<p>I have a solid GPA, extracurriculars, and other stuff. However, everytime I work on a scholarship application, I always get scared. I have a huge distate of rejection, and I haven't applied to many scholarships because I'm scared of either not hearing back or recieving a tiny envelope in the mail. How have you been able to conquer their fear/distaste of rejection when applying for scholarships?</p>
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<p>___< I've never thought that way. If you apply, changes are, you may not get it. However, if you dont apply at all, you won't get anything for sure. And how can a rejection hurt you? You are not going to add it into your resume rigt?</p>
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<p>I always imagine I won't get it. I know for most scholarships, the odds are very much against me and often in these things, I will not be passed over because of some fault with me, rather because another person was exceptional, or lived in the right place, or had some experience I never had, or simply fit the ethos of the awarding organization a little better than I did. Not winning says very little about me, winning doesn't say much either.</p>
<p>So, to me, it's a little like playing lottery- if I don't get it, well I never expected to and wasn't counting on it, and if I do, it's a wonderful surprise, almost like a gift. I couldn't even tell you half the scholarships I applied for. Apply and move on.</p>
<p>How important are scholarships and your financial need for college? IF you need as much outside aid possible, get over your fear of rejection and start completing them. Chances are, you won't win most, but you will not receive anything if you don't apply. Daughter won an exception scholarship from a local builders association. Had no clue she would win, didn't want to take the time to complete the essay but made the effort and came in first place.</p>
<p>My son also got some scholarships I didn't think he would - and YES, it was hard for him to rework some essays for the scholarship applications. But we were surprised to discover the offers that he got. It is really worth the effort.</p>
<p>vtoodler, you sound like my daughter! She didn't apply for many scholarships because "I probably won't get them, anyway." Knowing her as I do, that comment comes from, as you state, the fear of/distaste for rejection. I got her to apply for some, and she was very pleasantly surprised. She didn't get everything she applied for, but she got some ... she even got a Best Buy scholarship. Suck it up & apply ... you have nothing to lose!</p>
<p>I had that same mindset. But then one day, I just decided to do it because i had nothing to lose. I had 20-30 minutes to finish it, and I was at work. I wrote a paragraph describing myself and my family and stole work's paper to print it out. I rushed to the office to turn it in and several months later, I got 2000 dollars. For 30 minutes worth of really really bad paragraph.</p>
<p>Just do it, you have nothing to lose. You might make 2000 dollars for 30 minutes of sorta writing. I mean 2000 dollars won't cover much, but its better than nothing. It saved me from working this summer (my parents usually force me to =_=)</p>
<p>Oh my goodness, I took you all's advice, and I just won a $1000 scholarship yesterday.</p>
<p>thanks for the good advice everyone.</p>
<p>Congrats, you can also consider it as a lotto, your gambling a couple hours of prep and writing and a $0.41 stamp, and look at the upside. What were you going to do with that 2 hours anyway???</p>
<p>You probably waste that much time in a week figuring out which clothes on your floor are dirty and should go in the wash vs what can be folded and put in the drawers or hung up!!!</p>
<p>Nothing ventured nothing gained!</p>