Technical Question About Scholarship Application

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Alabama
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<p>The directions on the Scholarship Application say to “list” leadership roles, volunteer activities, academic achievements, etc.</p>

<p>So my son did just that. He made a list for each category and copied and pasted his lists into the appropriate boxes on the online Scholarship Application form.</p>

<p>Then he clicked “Continue.”</p>

<p>On the third page, he had a chance to review his responses. But here’s the problem …</p>

<p>His responses were now all gobbledy-gook. They were all run together, with no proper phrasing, because he made “lists” in the boxes on the first page, and the listed items were not separated by punctuation.</p>

<p>Like this:</p>

<p>Fruit Topping (Elected) - (9-10)
Vegetable Soup (Elected) - (11)
Asparagus (Appointed) - (9-12)</p>

<p>But it came out like this on the third page:</p>

<p>Fruit Topping (Elected) - (9-10) Vegetable Soup (Elected) - (11) Asparagus (Appointed) - (9-12)</p>

<p>And so on.</p>

<p>It was MUCH harder to read than the way he wrote it. And, as you can imagine, things that included descriptions within his list [Fruit Topping (Elected) - fresh fruit blended with sugar and cooked over stovetop - (9-10)], in a run-on list, came out even more ridiculous.</p>

<p>So, here are the questions …</p>

<p>1) Did anybody else have this same problem?</p>

<p>2)Does anybody know if the READERS will get the same messed up list? Or do the readers get an actual list in the format that he wrote it?</p>

<p>He saw an email address to ask this question of the scholarship office. So he’ll probably do that on Tuesday. We also realize that he could just “list” his things with semicolons between them, one right after the other, in paragraph form, instead of in a REAL “list.” That would solve the problem, if the reader is actually seeing his “list” the way it shows up on the Review page. But the real “list” form looks so much neater and more readable.</p>

<p>So, I wondered if, by chance, anybody here knew anything about this.</p>

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<p>I didn’t know about this problem. I think using semi-colons would be the answer.</p>

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<p>S rewrote it with semicolons so it looked better in the format, otherwise it all ran together</p>

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<p>i think it would come out how you originally put it (for example turnitin.com gives the submitter a messy text-only receipt, but the teacher sees the essay fully formatted online), but i dont know how their system works, so i second the semicolon idea</p>

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<p>After you send in the online version, you could also send a printed resume along with the teacher recommendations. </p>

<p>My son did that as well. He is a current freshman.</p>

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<p>^Except that the instructions say, both on the online app, and on the UA website, that “Personal resumes are not accepted.” So, my son was hesitant to send one.</p>

<p>We’re going to just ask the scholarship people directly, I guess. I’ll be sure to get back on here after he hears something back from them! :)</p>

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<p>Here’s the response from the UA Scholarship Office – student rep, I think:</p>

<p>“As long as the information entered is correct, the format does not matter. When applications are submitted, they go into a different database where our office is able to review all applications in the same format, no matter how they were entered. There is no need to worry about how the items are listed, just as long as all of the information is correct. Please let me know if you have any further questions. Have a good day.”</p>