<p>Let us say a student is applying to a scholarship from a foundation/govt. agency/sponsor whose head had known political views/affiliations etc and may even be an elected official. The general charter of that scholarship is say merit/need/community service/academics etc. and is not based on a political philosophy. A student could have activities related to that political view point or activities relating to a different political view point. In that case, does the applicant</p>
<p>1) Not mention anything about political views/affiliation and remove all references to such activities?</p>
<p>or</p>
<p>2) Mention it only if the views are similar or in synch</p>
<p>or</p>
<p>3) Mention it if the activity is relevant to who you are or answers a particular question, irrespective of the agreement on view points and forget the consequences, as the charter is non political. </p>
<p>I know this question is fairly generic and the idea is not to say one view point is better or people with one view point are more open then others. The question is more about if you know the political persuasion of the head of the organization, how do you position yourself? Or an similar question, if you are looking for nomination from your congressperson to a service academy and he/she belongs to a different political party?</p>