WRITING A COVER LETTER

When you are applying for any degree course or applying for higher studies, make sure that your cover letter should picture your vision and mission clearly. Your cover letter should be framed in a manner that it will explain your education, skills and experiences that are needed to join the course. Try not to show off but request in a way that the reader will praise you and show his interest in you. Here is a sample PhD cover letter: Dr. K.V. Sharma, Assistant Professor, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 14 th  May, 2010 Dear Dr. Sharma, I am writing to apply for the PhD program in Environmental Sciences at University of Cape Town under your skilled supervision. I had done my graduation in Zoology in the year 2005 and post graduation in Environmental Biotechnology from University of Rajasthan, India. In all the years of my study I tried to develop a good sense of research. I was very interested in developing new methods of wetland conservation with the advance technology. I had do...

Summary: sample scholarship letter is written to help those people who do not know how to write a scholarship letter and need some guidance. This letter involve the same common content can be used by any person. To: Jim Smith Head of the Believe in Yourself Foundation Los Angeles Dear Mr. Smith, I am writing in request that you would accept the following application for the Believe in Yourself Foundation scholarship that was recently advertised as being available. I would like to tell you a bit about myself since I have just finished my Master’s degree in History Education and I am doing an internship at the Museum of History. I have recently been accepted into the PhD program that is available at the University of California, Los Angeles. I am planning to go back to school in the fall. Included with this letter is the application for the scholarship, the resume, and all other information requested. This scholarship could help me to be able to pursue this degree since the financial bur...