Some Killer Mistakes That Ruin College Scholarship Applications

January 18th, 2008

Can there be any mistakes that can exclude a scholarship application? Well, you bet. In general, the majority of local scholarship committees might find a few small mistakes acceptable, however the greater the competition level, the less charity there is for any faux pas. And if you settle on the gold medal at the national stage of competition, any mistake is impermissible. Even at some local level, when the competition is great, one error can bring about the loss of financing.

Even small mistakes in spelling can result in the thrown out of an application. A judge reviewed one submission from a student that was second in the class. This girl got a 3.95 GPA. The difficulty? She misspelled salutatorian. Believe it! How could that happen? Of course, this should have been seen. Was it an error of keyboard? Maybe.

One more application from a student on the college baseball team stated that he won the batting title with the score .259 average. Do you now anything concerning baseball? Probably, the number 2 must have been a 4, 5, or 6.

Yet, one more noted the applicant’s age was “88.” Do you think this student was the oldest student of a high school in the country…and in the world? No, wait, she stated her date of birth was eighteen years earlier. So, those are the sorts of silly little mistakes that can disqualify excellent candidates. Employ the spell check when typing and have somebody read for context as well as spelling problems. A good number of people simply cannot do a really good job when proof-reading themselves. So why take an opportunity?

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