how to handle the Scholarship Interview

PercMom
Mon, 25 Nov 2013 20:11:12 +0000

My daughter was offered full tuition to one university and a full ride to another based on scholarship competitions that involved interviews. She competed in a third competition and didn’t get a cent. She wore a dress to all three. Most of the guys we saw were in shirt and tie. I do remember one being in a suit.

After one of the interviews, I was called in to chat as well. It was very casual. My daughter was asked about her greatest accomplishments, how her friends view her vs how her teachers view her, etc. She was asked a lot about leadership in one interview. In another she was asked about historical events and their relation to current events (she was warned ahead of time about this). She was asked her opinion of a lot of current events come to think of it. She was also asked what she felt were the biggest concerns of people her age, challenges faced by her generation, classes she thinks should have been required in high school, opinion of political involvement in college, diversity issues, why she chose her particular major, benefit of her extracurricular activities, etc.

All three scholarship competitions involved writing essays as well. One involved small group activities and an independent project. Good luck!