Why don't scholarships just get rewarded automatically, one a student is picked?

Paying for College
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Good evening, forum users :slight_smile:

For example, in my CC you can apply to write a nice essay to see what scholarships will they pick for you.

I have gotten an email saying this $1,500 would be suited for me but have to do more work; fill out the form and do more writing ‘Why I need this’ need a professor’s recommendation as well letter as well.

Do all scholarships have this tangled-up monopoly that has extra work to be put in? When a student has already submitted the app and now more work comes along the way, which can sometimes be time consuming.

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Most scholarships are not awarded “automatically”. There are many many more applicants than money allotted.

If you want a scholarship
so the submissions. Otherwise, the award will definitely go to someone else who does.

Even if you do everything, there is no guarantee you will receive every scholarship you apply to receive. That’s just not how it works. The applications are reviewed, and recipients are selected.

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True it’s based on the probability of who will most need it.

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Need is not always a consideration with a scholarship. It depends on the scholarship and the criteria. Some scholarships are need-blind and entirely merit-based
 awarded to the most-qualified applicant regardless of financial need. Some scholarships do take financial need into consideration. You should read the criteria for the particular scholarship you are applying for.

But remember it is an application, not an automatic acceptance simply because you filled out a form. You must meet all the requirements, whether that means additional essays, interviews, etc. and then your application “package” will be considered. Even then it may or may not be selected for the scholarship depending on the quality of your application as compared to the other applicants.

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I never said that. I said the committee reviews all the applicants and makes a decision. This has nothing to do with need.

But I can tell you for sure, you won’t be considered at all unless you submit everything they ask for.

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I was on a scholarship committee and we didn’t automatically award scholarship monies because we didn’t know if and when we would have money, that year, for a scholarship.

We could ALWAYS tell which students had put in the extra effort to present a quality application. Essays with multiple mistakes in grammar and punctuation were immediately not considered. Inability to convey thoughts and feelings adequately were also not considered.

We always had more applications every year for one scholarship. If you want a chance at the scholarship, you jump through hoops. You do the extra work. That “extra work” is what makes a university caliber student. It’s not a “tangled up monopoly”,
It’s simple economics- supply and demand.

If you don’t get the scholarship, then that just means someone else had a stronger application.

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