Loads of Scholarship Apps! Help!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Washington University in St. Louis
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<p>So I'm applying for three merit scholarships at Wash U:</p>

<p>The Danforth (main, uber-competitive, all nominated applicants)</p>

<p>The Mylonas (for humanities, CAS people) and</p>

<p>The Nemerov Writing (extensive portofolio, etc.)</p>

<p>Now, here's my primary question: All of these scholarships (in addition to extra essays) ask for 4 "short answers," all 150 words or less. I realize that 150 words isn't a whole lot, but when you multiply it by 4 per app and by 3 apps total, that's a substantial amount of writing. There's a helpful benefit, though: many of the short answer questions are exactly the same, verbatim. Would it be acceptable to literally copy and paste my answers from one scholarship app to the other, or will the same committee be reviewing my apps and get tired of hearing the same stuff over and over??</p>

<p>I'd really appreciate the advice of WashU students who have applied for multiple scholarships! Thanks!</p>

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<p>I want to know the answer, too, please.</p>

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<p>same here. Yeah scholarships are just a pain in the *** right now. Not just the ones for WashU either. :(</p>

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<p>i would think you could obviously use the same answer... did i miss something?</p>

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<p>washU has so many forms for scholarships</p>

<p>i think washu is the only college on my list with extra apps for scholarships; the other ones either just use my application to the school itself or don't have merit scholarships at all (harvard, princeton, yale....)</p>

<p>i would assume you could just copy and paste them</p>

<p>i wish there was just one collective "Office of Admissions and Financial Aid".. that would help so much in terms of not having to do extra apps (one to the admissions office and another separate one to the financial aid/scholarships office)</p>

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<p>Mmk, I vote we all copy and paste!</p>

<p>If all the cool people do it (i.e. CCers) then it'll be the new cool thing ;)</p>

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<p>^ well put</p>

<p>i think copying it would be fine</p>

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<p>applying for scholarships is a pain in the a$$, especially at Washu.</p>

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<p>^ it is a pain; esp. will all my other apps to do for other colleges</p>

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<p>hookem - sounds good to me. If all the CCers are doing it then it must be ok.</p>

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<p>If the question is the same, "verbatim," would it not be somewhat absurd for the answer to change. (i.e. ESPECIALLY if the same committee were reading different pools of applications, different answers to the same question would prompt the conclusion that one of the two answers was less sincere than the other).</p>

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<p>^ Now that, my friend, is the smartest response we've heard. That makes a lot of sense.</p>

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<p>Yeah the scholarship apps are a hassle, but I figure since there is no supplement for WashU that is is a fair trade off.</p>

<p>Scholarship essays in place of a supplement essay.</p>

<p>Also, I agree with magg. If it is the same question, I see nothing wrong with the same answer. Just don't stretch your answer to make it fit two seperate questions.</p>

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<p>Yeah, that's true; since there's no supplement, the scholarship apps pretty much replace that.</p>

<p>"If the question is the same, "verbatim," would it not be somewhat absurd for the answer to change. (i.e. ESPECIALLY if the same committee were reading different pools of applications, different answers to the same question would prompt the conclusion that one of the two answers was less sincere than the other)."</p>

<p>^^ nicely worded</p>