<p>I didn't advance to semifinalist for the coca-cola scholars scholarship. I am a bit confused. I had a great academic record, good scores, and strong ex-activites. Do you know what might have affected my chances?</p>
<p>bad personality?</p>
<p>"Do you know what might have affected my chances?"</p>
<p>Um, the fact that they may have only wanted x amount of semifinalists, but they had y amount qualified to be a semifinalist, so they had to eliminate some.</p>
<p>The Coca-Cola Scholars program relies very heavily on the number of extracurricular activities in which a given student participates. Whereas a college focuses on quality, with 50,000 applicants and a program staff of 3, that is impossible. The submissions are electronically logged and the applicants are numerically ranked. Top 2% are semi-finalists.</p>