<p>Can it hurt to show too much interest in a university when being interviewed for a merit scholarship at that university?</p>
<p>Imagine the following scenario: A university has a full-tuition scholarship to give out, and students A and B are being interviewed for the scholarship. Student A shows great interest in the university and states that “he’ll definitely go the university”, while B doesn’t show as much interest. In this circumstance, wouldn’t it be optimal for the university to offer the scholarship to B, since A will probably attend the university anyway? If the university offered it to A, they would likely lose B, and the money would be wasted.</p>
<p>Or do scholarship committees not do this sort of second guessing and just award the scholarship to whoever shows the most potential at the university?</p>