text dengan tema applying for scholarship

collocation and idiom

applying for scholarship

Some people say that life is never flat and like a roller coaster. Everything
sometimes becomes so dramatic and unpredictable like the plot of a movie. The
story of getting scholarship is also one of them.

Ahmad : Do you have a plan after your graduation?

Endang : I have no idea at the moment. I just think about what to wear on that
event.
Ahmad : I may have three advices for you; continuing your study, applying a
job, and getting married. Which one is your choice?
Endang : Getting married, not a chance! Applying a job, dream on! Continuing
my study, I am not really sure regarding my financial problem.
Ahmad : But you can get a scholarship to deal with that!
Endang : Oya? How does it work?
Ahmad : Well, you just need to follow my three advices; self-purification, being
grateful, and preparation.
Endang : What do you mean by them? Could you just give more explanation!
Ahmad : Will do, start from the first one ya! Self-purification means removing
the dirt of your heart which may generated from the act and feeling of
hatred, jealousy, defame, or alike. Knowledge is a light and it will be
absorbed and reflected from a pure heart.

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Endang : To whom may it concern?
Ahmad : The first one is to Allah SWT. Take your time to internalize yourself
related to religious practices such as 5 main prayers. If we have done
them, we have to improve them by adding sunnah prayers. If we want
to offer more, we can have dhuha, tahajud, almsgiving, and other
recommended (sunnah) practices. We must evaluate, upgrade, and
constantly offer the good deeds and avoid the bad ones.
Endang : I got it but it is not easy to be a pious girl. It is worth to try! Then
explain the next one?
Ahmad : The next one is being grateful. It means showing thanks to Allah for
what he has granted especially the scholarship rejections
Endang : How can we be grateful on the scholarship rejections? It just does not
make sense for me.
Ahmad : Please bear in your mind this thing! QS Ibrahim: 7 ‗If ye give thanks, I
will give you more; but if ye are thankless, lo! My punishment is dire‘.
So we must be grateful for whatever happen on us because there will
be a wonderful thing ahead. We just do not know yet.
Endang : Can you prove that by giving some sample cases?
Ahmad : I still remember that I applied for USAID scholarship. Filling out a thick
application neatly. Revise and consult it before sending it to the
address provided. But the fact was in the contrary. I have nothing to
say except ‗Alhamdulillah‘. May Allah guide me to better scholarship?
The second attempt was applying for AUSAID from Australia. The
answer was in the line with USAID. I still heard to voice of rejection but
I promised to say ‗Alkhamdulillah‘ once again. Then I applied ICCR
Scholarhsip India. They accepted my application to study linguistic in
EFLU (English Foreign Language University) Hyderabad India.
Consecutively, the final announcement of Ford Foundation Scholarship
was just about three months afterward. So, what can I say except
‗Alkhamdulillah‘ all the time for all gift pouring on me. I believe that
being grateful is a way to yield more blessing from Allah. It was totally
awesome to opt one of two prestigious scholarship.
Endang : No doubt about it! And come to an end, what is your last advice?
Ahmad : Do you still remember the previous two?
Endang : Ya, mmm... They are self-purification and being grateful.
Ahmad : You are absolutely right. The last advice is preparation including your
GPA (Grade Point Average), consultant, English proficiency, scholarship
information, passport, most recent photographs, certificate translation,
CPA (Contact Person Abroad), social work involvement, drafting study

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Endang objective and personal statement. Those can be said as preliminary
preparation for scholarship application.
Ahmad
: Are there anything else?
: There are some more to prepare but they can be done in a single night.
Endang
So that, we don‘t have to worry about.
Ahmad : Let me affirm once again: self-purification, being grateful, and
preparation.
: Haha… You rule Endang!
A. Text Comprehension
1. What is life like a roller coaster?
2. What are three advices offered in the text?
3. What does the actual life happen in the story?
4. What are self-purification, being grateful, and preparation?
5. Do you have the typical experience?
6. What do you think about the 3 advices to get scholarship?
7. What is the purpose of the writer?
8. What is the most important thing among the three advices?
9. Will you be grateful if you find many obstacles in your life?
10. What will you do after reading this article?

B. Collocations and idioms: learn the meaning, pronounce, and use them in
your own sentences
1. Life is never flat: life is dynamic.
Example:
● People say that life is never flat.
● Life is never flat due to problematic world.
● ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

2. Not a chance: it will not happen.

Example:
● There is no chance to be lazy.
● You want to be my boyfriend? Not a chance during my study.
● ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

3. To show off: act extra special for people watching.

Example:
● CV is a piece of paper to show off ourselves.
● We need to show off our skill during the competition
 ● ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

4. Dream on: what you are expecting or wanting to happen is nothing but
fantasy.
Example:
● Dean thinks he's going to get the job. Dream on!
● Let‟s dream on the condition of one world with peacefulness.
● ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

5. Milestone: a very important event or point in one's

life Example:
● Joan's wedding was a milestone in her mother's life.
● The birth of a child is a milestone in every parent's life.
● ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

6. To fill out: to write information in blanks, as on a

form Example:
● The form must be filled out in capital letters.
● The students fill out the bank statement before registration.
● ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

7. An egg today is better than a chicken tomorrow: What we have now is

the reality but what we hope tomorrow is delusion.
Example:
● You must be grateful with what you have today. An egg today is
better than a chicken tomorrow.
● This condition is like a saying „An egg today is better than a
chicken tomorrow‟.
● ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..