Scholarship Essay Prompts 2014

Students using the app received about million in scholarships this year, Gray said. Passionate about improving Internet speed in rural areas? Pretty much anyone can apply for that one, which aims to reward those who have made an impact on their community.Some private scholarships are pretty broad, but others are looking for someone specific. Gray also received one from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (for low-income minorities) which will pay for higher ed costs not already covered by other grants. I was accepted to many top schools including Cornell, Vanderbilt, UC Berkeley, UCLA, and USC.

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So worry less about coming up with something we’ve never read before (because we most likely have anyways), and focus more on making sure your essays authentically convey who you are (or some aspect of who you are).

If I, the reader, am able to learn something new about you, then you’ve written a great response and the essay has served its purpose.

Tailor the essay for the specific application, but your core content remains the same.

And while you're at it, don't explain how you "took initiative." Rather than rattle off a list of accomplishments, Gray tried to focus on how the scholarship would impact his life. He won that scholarship and the selection committee told him that it really stood out.

There are many other posts on the blogs here with great advice about writing college application essays, so I won’t bother repeating what they’ve said.

You should check out this post by Petey, this one by Krystal, and this one by Chris S, among others.

Our approach to application “essays” is not a single, longform essay, but rather five short-answer questions where we try to get to know different aspects of each individual.

Here are this year’s questions: People often ask me, “How do I stand out in an essay? As MIT admissions officers, our primary goal in reading these essays is to get to know you, the applicant.

(Note that some of the older posts refer to old essay questions that no longer exist, so while some of the specific content may be outdated, the general advice still applies.) Have fun, and good luck! I'm Mikey Yang, one of the admissions officers, and (as indicated by the "'05" after my name) a proud member of the MIT Class of 2005.

My story of how I came to be at MIT is an interesting one - MIT was actually my last choice when I was looking at colleges.