奖学金大作战：万事开头难

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牛津大学｜经济学硕士

哥伦比亚大学｜经济学学士

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Here are three actionable steps to take if you're considering applying for a postgraduate fellowship. I mostly draw from my experience winning a Fulbright as well as other success stories I've heard. The singularly most important thing to do, though, is to start early.

如果你正在考虑申请研究生阶段的奖学金项目，那么你可以稍微参考我在下面列出的三条比较可行的步骤。总结时，我回顾了自己申请富布莱特项目的经验，同时也打听了不少其他成功申请奖学金的案例。然而，归根结底，整个申请环节中最为关键的一环就是：尽早准备……越早越好！

1. Seek out your school's Fellowships Office and get to know its officers. These people are arguably your most valuable resource--and for three reasons. Firstly, they will alert you on all those internal mini-deadlines that you won't easily find on the Fulbright, Marshall, or Rhodes website. Don't shoot yourself in the foot; so many rising seniors already do. Secondly, they will help you craft your personal statements and research proposals--so the earlier you reach out to them, the more valuable feedback they'll be able to offer. As submission deadlines approach, they'll get exponentially more busy and might not have the chance to review your materials as thoroughly as you'd like. Lastly, your Fellowships officers will most likely have some clout in the selection process. By forging a relationship with them early on, they'll be more confident speaking to your abilities and academic standing in comparison to other candidates from your school.

1.要了解学校负责奖学金审批的办公室，更要了解负责的工作人员。这些人绝对无可非议地是你申请过程中重要的资源——原因有如下三点。首先，他们会通知你学校内部各项审批的截止日期，而这些消息你往往不会在富布莱特、马歇尔或者罗得岛奖学金的官网上找到。所以，不要搬起石头砸自己的脚；这可是无数成功前辈亲身换来的经验。其次，他们会帮你修改个人陈述和研究申请——因此越早和他们接触，你全面审视自己申请材料的机会就越大。最后，你的奖学金审核者通常会对遴选过程起到一些影响作用。提早接触他们，让双方都加深对彼此的了解，到时候他们在推荐你时，相较学校里的其他竞争者，自然会更有信心地去阐述你的个人能力和学术水平。

2. Start writing your proposal today. But how do I write one? And where do I start?, was exactly what I was thinking when I decided to apply. The solution? Read and write a little every day. I know, I know--where will you find the time when you're already juggling classes, extracurriculars, a colorful social life, yadda yadda yadda? This is not something you need to clear your afternoons for. Read the abstract, introduction, and/or conclusion of an academic journal article (check out JSTOR or Google Scholar) and jot down the key takeaways and questions you still have for 10-15 minutes. Every day. Before checking your Facebook. Ride the avalanche of bibliographical information for a few days or weeks--and, I promise, ideas will emerge.

2.今天就开始动笔写你的研究申请吧！“可这要怎么写？”“我从哪儿写起好啊？”——确实，当初我决定申请的时候脑子里想的也无非是这两个问题。那么解决方法呢？每天读一点，再每天写一点。当然啦，我懂我懂——每天要上那么多课、还有那么多课外活动，别提你们五彩斑斓的社交生活等等等等……哪儿有写的时间啦(；′⌒`) ！读文献的时候，挑摘要、简介，以及（或者）结论看（可以去JSTOR或者谷歌学术搜索），大致记下这篇文章的关键和问题以后，你就会有10到15分钟的空余时间来准备和思考。其实我们每天都能挤出这样的时间。甚至水人人（脸书）之前都可以。像这样大量阅读文献资料一段时间以后，我保证，你脑袋里会冒出无数个好点子。

3. Connect with professors and experts. Even if you've only got the faintest idea of a topic or discipline worth pursuing ("I want to study marine biology in Kathmandu!"), start messaging professors and experts in that field, either within your school or at the institution with which you want to affiliate. Make sure you've read up on some of their work as that will make them more likely to respond. And you'll be surprised how often they do, especially if you craft and pose good questions surrounding their research. Once introductions are made, ask them about their latest projects, topics that are in high demand of scholarly attention, best practices on writing proposals. And who knows. You might even get a research adviser out of it.

3.多多与教授和专家联系接触。就算你的研究意象还没成型，或者只是有个模糊的学科概念（比如说，“我好想去加德满都学海洋生物学啊> <！”），你也要尽早开始与该领域的教授和专家联系——不管他们是任职于你目前就读的学校里还是在你希望被录取的学校里。在联系他们之前，你至少应该提前阅读一些他们的著作/作品，这样一来得到回应的可能性相对会增加很多。可能你甚至都会惊讶于他们对你的回应之频繁，尤其是当你能提出关于他们研究项目有价值的问题时。在你们对彼此都有一定了解之后，你就可以向他们询问他们的最新研究项目，或者学术关注度高、适于用作撰写研究申请联系的科研话题等等。再者说，谁知道呢？搞不好你最后还能收获一个研究导师呢！

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