{"id":52221,"date":"2026-04-10T08:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/?p=52221"},"modified":"2026-04-09T16:38:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:38:59","slug":"scholarships-at-acc-5-tips-to-writing-your-essay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/2026\/04\/10\/scholarships-at-acc-5-tips-to-writing-your-essay\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarships at ACC | 5 Tips to Writing Your Essay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Applying for scholarships at ACC is simpler than you might think\u2014one application can match you to hundreds of opportunities. But one part matters most: your personal statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re not sure where to start, ACC has you covered. A new guide breaks down how to write a strong scholarship essay in just a few steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Give yourself time to think about your story<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jot down a few key ideas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connect your experiences to your goals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Write your first draft (don\u2019t overthink it)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Edit and get feedback<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The priority deadline to apply is May 1.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/admissions.austincc.edu\/blog\/2026\/04\/01\/write-an-acc-scholarship-essay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full blog for tips on your essay and where to start.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applying for scholarships at ACC is simpler than you might think\u2014one application can match you to hundreds of opportunities. But one part matters most: your personal statement. If you\u2019re not sure where to start, ACC has you covered. A new guide breaks down how to write a strong scholarship essay in just a few steps: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":51528,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1536,347],"class_list":["post-52221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-for-you","tag-blog","tag-scholarship","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}