Apply for EF’s Global Citizen Scholarship by March 1
Are you prepared for the demands of the 21st century?
Do you want to travel on a free educational tour to China with other students from across the globe?
EF’s Global Citizen Scholarship program unites students around the world by breaking down language, cultural and geographical barriers. Our scholarship recipients enjoy the opportunity of a lifetime: a free educational tour to China designed to develop cross-cultural communication and promote cultural exchange.
EF is giving away 10 scholarships to current sophomores and juniors. All you have to do is watch a video on our website and prepare an essay response to the following prompt:
“As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, cross-cultural skills, communication, innovation and critical thinking are becoming more important than ever before. How could spending 14,000 minutes of your life on a tour to China equip you with these skills or others? By refining these skills, what future opportunities could become available to you?”
Enter by March 1, 2010.
For more information, visit eftours.com/GlobalCitizen or call 1.800.665.5364.
14 Comments
Minaal Bansal
February 6, 2010just can you give me an idea how to write it?
Christina Harsanyi
February 8, 2010Hi Minaal,
I’m sure you’ll come up with a great way to write your essay. Just think about what you would like to do in the future, and how traveling will help you refine the skills necessary to accomplish these goals. Good luck!
nisha
February 16, 2010dear mam,
i have written the essay and when i tried to email it to GCScholarhip@ef.com ,it bounced back.
please help me.
Christina Harsanyi
February 17, 2010Hi Nisha,
The correct address to mail your essay to is education.department@ef.com. To submit your essay, go to eftours.com/globalcitizen, fill out your info and follow the prompts to submit your essay. Good luck!
sakshi
February 25, 2010what is the submission date?
Eric Beato
February 26, 2010Sakshi,
The deadline has been extended to March 15, 2010. Enter online at http://eftours.com/globalcitizen
rohan katyal
February 26, 2010hello everybody
i have been trying to submit my essay on prescribed address but on the page of personal details , it is asking my state . i live in india , but that site supposed be an american link .
so how can the students from india send their essay.
thanx rohan
Eric from EF
February 26, 2010Rohan –
Information for the students from India to apply for the Global Citizen Scholarship can be found on the EF Tours India blog, Broadening Horizons: http://tinyurl.com/y8lug7q
You will need to attach your essay to an email with the information prescribed below and email it to: GCScholarship@ef.com.
After viewing the video trailer and writing your essay, here are the steps for Indian students:
Step 3: The EF Global Citizen Scholarship essay contest is open to Indian students 9th-11th standard and will be selected by EFs Education Department based on the quality of essay. Interested students will have until 28 February 2010 to complete and submit their essays to GCScholarship@ef.com. Students will be notified of their status in early April.
Email Submission Details:
When submitting your essay, please copy the information below into the body of your email and fill in the required blanks. Also, make sure to attach your essay to the email.
Email Subject Line: Global Citizens Scholarship Essay Submission
Name:
Grade:
Address:
Phone Number:
School Name:
Name of Teacher or Counselor who reviewed my work:
Vedika
April 6, 2010When will be notified of our status? And where do the Indian students look it up?
Christina Harsanyi
April 7, 2010Vedika,
We will be finalizing winners in the next two weeks. All winners will be posted both here at Following the Equator and on our EF Tours India blog, Broadening Horizons: http://tinyurl.com/y8lug7q.
Good luck!
Akshay
April 22, 2010When are the results going to be declared?Any Specefic date.
Christina from EF
April 23, 2010Hi Akshay,
This year’s Global Citizen scholarship recipients have been selected and notified.
For the U.S. results (and to read the students’ winning essays), please visit http://www.eftours.com/globalcitizen
For the Indian results, please visit EF India’s blog, Broadening Horizons: A Passage through the 21st Century, at http://passage21.eftours.in
rupinderjit singh
November 6, 2010hi i want go on ef tour please tell me how i can go my email is (www.pinderjattboy@yahoo.com
Katie from EF
November 19, 2010We’re now accepting applications for this summer’s Global Citizen tour at http://apps.facebook.com/eftours/globalcitizen. Winners will travel to Peru during the summer 2011 for free!