USAID TEMAN LPDP

Coaching Workshop
for Universitas Islam Negeri Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin

Applying for a Scholarship and

for Admission to a US Academic Program:
Using the same skills and techniques for both
applications
November 09, 2022 Jambi
American expression:
What are you bringing to the table?

: S-1 Undergraduate Program Objective

80% . Subjective
20%

S-2 Master Program Objective 50%

Subjective 50%

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S-3 Doctoral Program Objective 20%
Subjective 80%

The essays in your application represent

your academic value for the university
and for the scholarship program
Do you know what the university faculty
and the scholarship program want?

University faculty:
What kind of students does the faculty want?
Do the courses and the activities match what you want?

Scholarship program:
Why does the scholarship program offer you free money?
What are the objectives of the scholarship program?
Do the objectives match your own objectives?
     .   Both universities & scholarship programs are
looking for indications of the same qualities
in an application

Examples of qualities
> academic aptitude
> community verification
University application > English language proficiency
_____________________________________________________________________

Scholarship application > potensi untuk critical thinking

> potential for leadership
> potential for networking
> potential for the university > pote
 Where do they find the qualities
in your application?

Examples of qualities:
academic aptitude > bio data & school records
community verification > 3 references
English language proficiency > TOEFL, IIELTS
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potensi untuk critical thinking > essays
potential for leadership > essays
potential for networking > essays
potential for the university > essays
potential for the community > essays
 Types of essays that allow you
to describe your academic value
Examples:
Study Objectives Personal Statement Motivation Essay
An essay is a short piece of writing that explains with details
the main one or two ideas that you plan to learn in your MA
or PhD coursework. Also, it is a proposal of your plan for the
research you intend to conduct for your thesis. You explain
how and why your research will be relevant to your field. You
explain that the work is necessary to do the following:
• Fill a gap in the existing body of research on their subject
• Underscore existing research on their subject
• Add new, original knowledge to the academic community’s
existing understanding of their subject
Your essay is your written
elevator speech. You have only a
short time to explain your value!
 Starting to write your application essay

• The application form will

tell you the maximum
number of words or the
number of pages that are
allowed.
• Divide your essay into
paragraphs. Each
paragraph describes 1 idea,
but many have 2 or more
examples of the idea. A
paragraph for an essay
usually contains 3-4
sentences.
 Starting to write your application essay

• The first paragraph is the

introduction, and the final Introduction
paragraph is the
conclusion.
• Grammar Rule #1: use “I” Body
only one time in each
paragraph.
• Grammar Rule #2: use Body
active voice; avoid passive
voice.
• Avoid emotion and unclear Conclusion
quantity words: state only
facts
 5 cultural things to remember
when you are writing about
yourself:

• The reader may be a foreigner who does not know

Indonesia, or an Indonesian who lives far from your home.
• Always write the complete names of people, titles, places,
and things. Do not use acronyms.
• Only the President can help the entire country of Indonesia.
You describe what part of Indonesia that you want to help.
• It is better to write in simple English that is clear, rather than
in complicated English that the reader cannot understand.
• Sell yourself through your actions and your ideas!
Please help this poor
applicant with his boring,
boring, boring sentences!
1. I was born in Jambi. 5. Your university has all
2. With a degree from the good things I need for
your university, I will be my Masters degree.
able to help my country 6. I was influenced by the
in the future. work of Dr. Dion.
3. I am applying for the
LPDP scholarship 7. My English is good
because I need money to enough to study outside of
pay for my Masters Indonesia.
degree. 8. My goal is to become a
4. I received many good lecturer for my
awards when I was an students.
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