Mohammed Abubakar

fter reading through the scholarship essay prompt, breathe, and make a list of smaller questions you can answer, which relate to the big essay prompt question.

Let’s say in the main essay prompt question asks you, “What were challenges or barriers you had to work to overcome?” Then the smaller questions might be something like:

What is your background? Family, finances, school.
What was challenging about that background?
What’s your greatest accomplishment? How did you get there? How have previous challenges influenced your goals?
Think of these questions as mini prompts. They explain your story and help you answer the main essay prompt with more details than if you just answered it without a plan in place.

2. Brainstorm and Outline
After considering smaller questions, it’s time to brainstorm your answers. Take out a pen andpaper – or open up a document on a computer – and take your time in answering each mini prompt. Organize your responses in order:

Intro to main essay prompt.