Why Do Scholarships Require Essays?
The foundations, committees, universities, some grant giving agencies and so on require you write college scholarship essays for three reasons. Once you see them, I think your stress will drop a notch: 1. Your Ability. Pure and simple, they need to see that you can write. If you are honest, and you should be, you will write the essays yourself. Whether or not you have some editing help, you should still come up with the basic idea for all of your essays. Turning in an essay shows that you have some capability of completing the course of study you have chosen. 2. Their Ideals. When you apply, your essay should show some alignment with the group giving you money for college. They want to promote their principles, and to do that they award some students scholarship money. 3. The essay represents you. By writing a personal essay, you present yourself for the scholarship, and the judges can see if they want to associate their scholarship award with you. They are hoping that you will be a pe
