Wrapping up your nursing scholarship essay.

The Third Step to a Great Scholarship Essay

The last step of your fantastic award winning scholarship essay is the conclusion. A conclusion is the summation of your essay. There should not be any new points made. It should reiterate what you wanted to get across in the previous paragraphs without restating your ideas word for word. You should be able to show in your conclusion that all your main points were answered as you expected them to be. You may want to pose a provocative question or use an inspiring quotation to end your concluding paragraph. Give the reader something to think about as they pick up the next (not nearly as good as yours) essay.

Remember what we talked about in our first post in this series. In the introduction you “tell them what you’re going to tell them.” In the body you “tell them” and in the conclusion you “tell them what you’ve told them.”

Despite being a short paragraph, the conclusion can be the most important part of your essay. This is where you should leave the reader with a call to action. If this is an essay seeking acceptance in a nursing school you might say “For the preceding reasons, I believe I have much to offer your program and ask that you accept me.” If this is an essay for a scholarship you might say “Based upon the previously mentioned items, I ask that you award me this scholarship so that I might [bla bla bla].”

When you have completed your essay you should have others review it to check for mistakes and clarity. They may see something you missed or point out a part that is not easily understood as it is written. It helps to read the essay aloud or have someone read it to you so that you can hear how it might be interpreted by others. Make sure that you run a spell checker and also have someone proofread it carefully for spelling or grammatical errors. Take a deep breath and place it in the envelope….then let the breath back out.

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