Diversity Scholarship?

Paying for College
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<p>I'm currently working on a scholarship essay that is focused on how I've fostered a community of intercultural awareness and inclusion. However, it has a 350 word max so I'm hesitant on additional information. Should I include my race? I'm Asian American but it's irrelevant to my essay. My essay is simply about the Science Olympiad that I founded in a private middle school. I grew up in that middle school experiencing natural segregation between ethnicities so I wanted to create a club where I could have all races come in and work on events together. It actually turned out quite nicely and now it's being led by parent coaches after two years of coaching. </p>

<p>This scholarship is for a particular college (Ohio State University - Morrill Scholarship) but I'm pretty sure most colleges have some type of diversity scholarship. If I add my race, it might take out a sentence in my essay that has value. However, if it adds tremendous value for the readers to know my race, that will definitely take first priority. Thank you!</p>

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<p>If you mention that you co founded a club for that reason I don’t think race is important,plus isn’t there a section to fill out that asks for race?</p>

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<p>Yeah, but I’m not entirely sure if the reader for the scholarship will be reviewing my entire application as well. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Actually, since this is a thread on a diversity scholarship, I just want to get this question out there; Are there any essential aspects that I should definitely add to my paper? (Kinda vague question but intuitive). The competition is crazy because it can scale up to a full ride scholarship for undergrad so I want to give it my absolute best! Thanks guys!</p>