Scholarship Essays? How to answer?

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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I was wondering if Scholarship essay prompts should be answered in anecdotal form or straight-out explanation. For example my D is a semifinalist for CocaCola and one of the essays is "Choose the most meaningful service activity and describe how you and your community have benefited" How would this best be answered?</p>

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<p>bump10char</p>

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<p>I would lean toward the explanation because that is easier for me, but I don’t think it matters. I think it is easier to give more details in an explanation.</p>

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<p>I think it should be both. An overview of the activity peppered with a few anecdotes. I remember hearing an adcom speak about reading essays and she said that it was much more enjoyable and informative to read anecdotes than rambling prose.</p>

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<p>I’d include at least one anecdote.</p>

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<p>I can’t imagine how you’d answer this without anecdotes or examples. These are just like college essays, you want the committee to feel like they know and like you.</p>

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<p>I agree with the other posters. However, I thought the OP was asking about doing one extended anecdote.</p>