Arch at Home Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 My DD will be attending a scholarship competition in a couple of weeks. The competition includes an interview and an essay. As she will not receive the essay topic/question ahead of time, we were wondering what types of question others have faced at scholarship competitions. Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachermom2834 Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 I believe at one school my ds was given a question along the generic lines of why he wanted to attend the school and what he could contribute to the campus. The other one sent him some academic papers he was to read and be prepared to discuss in a classroom format. His essay was also related to that topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie of KY Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Is it common for competitive scholarships that require interviews to also have onsite essays? I thought my son would end up doing some of these competitive scholarship interviews, but he already accepted a spot at a university giving him lots of need-based money. He would do very poorly at an onsite essay since he has learning disabilities - most notably severe dysgraphia. He can write a very good paper, but it takes time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachermom2834 Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 I think the on site essay was common if interviews were required. It was for the school ds applied to. These were in a scholarship weekend or all day type of competition. However, I am a bit skeptical of these weekends. I think they are a recruiting event as much as a competition in many cases. I suspect the big winners are already identified or at least the field significantly narrowed pre competition. But I tend to be cynical by nature :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch at Home Posted January 31, 2017 Author Share Posted January 31, 2017 Essays seem pretty common as both of the competitions that DD was invited to included an essay. I agree that they are marketing events as they also include a full program for the parents. The competition is stiff but we are seeing it as a good experience in performing under pressure as some job interviews have similar formats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachermom2834 Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Essays seem pretty common as both of the competitions that DD was invited to included an essay. I agree that they are marketing events as they also include a full program for the parents. The competition is stiff but we are seeing it as a good experience in performing under pressure as some job interviews have similar formats. Oh I agree! I think they are a good experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch at Home Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share Posted February 1, 2017 Dd would really like to respond to a couple academic papers as opposed to why she wants to attend this institution and what she would bring to it. She has so struggled was the second type of essay for college apps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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