<p>The prompt asks to write about a generational issue. I was thinking of talking about how attending college has become the expectation, but college is not for everybody - while it is the right decision for me personally, I know of many who are just wasting their time going to school. Seeing as this is a scholarship essay to earn money for COLLEGE, I was wondering if this is a totally awesome or totally horrible idea. Thanks for the insight!</p>
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<p>I would consider writing about the topic, but I would address how it pertains to you and not to others. You are speculating that college may be a waste of time for others, but perhaps some of these students may in fact excel after a semester or so. I think that most essays should try to put the focus on you.</p>
<p>How will this help you sell yourself? This essay is an opportunity to show scholarships how awesome you are, so make sure you choose your topic with that goal in mind.</p>
<p>I reckon this is the kind of thing they can expect , you need to surprise them or at least make them be interested in you 
Don’t try to ‘’ put others down ‘’ but just talk about something you really care about and really influenced you and inspired you to study what your gonna study , for example if you want to be a lawyer you can talk on how new generations are becoming more violent and how this inspired and motivated you to study law , this is just to give you a sense of how it should be 
Hope it goes well :D</p>
<p>Your topic is a good one, and it is timely. Higher ed has moved from being only something a few could do a couple of generations ago to the expectations that everyone CAN go. I think it is very good, but do be careful about coming off as superior. It’s a fine line. </p>
<p>The other wonderful thing about our system is that college may not be right, right now, but people can go back to school whenever they want. America!</p>
<p>I agree. There has been a lot of talk recently, like MD Mom said, about the appropriateness of college for everyone. A recent scholarship essay I wrote (and later received) dealt indirectly with the silliness of ‘college-for-everyone’, though my main thesis was more solution-oriented and dealt with Career and Techincal Education.</p>
<p>What good things about yourself will this topic allow you to reveal?</p>
<p>I was thinking that it could allow me to reveal the fact that I am making the conscious choice to continue my education, that many do it simply because it is the social norm, or because their parents expect them to do so, but that I’m going because I personally feel that it is the right choice for me. Everybody is a genius in their own right, and school happens to be my place to shine.</p>
<p>No doubt some percentage do go to college for social reasons, but I suspect that many, especially among better students, go because they truly want to be doctors, engineers, executives, etc. and know that college is their means to those ends. How will your essay distinguish you from those many other strong students and potential applicants for the scholarship(s) that you have in mind?</p>
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<p>It’s no doubt an interesting topic, but hard to pull off without seeming braggy. Try for a more colorful/less judgmental generational issue that will enlighten the reader about who you are and what makes you tick.</p>