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When the scholarship application guidelines specify a 2-page essay, am I wrong to deduct points for 3 pages?

Posted by MojaveMeg (aka Mojave) May 8 '12, 22:08

Not to mention the application package submitted in a presentation folder with head-shot cover, table of contents, C.V., and transcript, along with the four documents we ask for.

All of which I have to take apart and scan - one. slow. page. at. a. time !

Grrrrr.

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yes math is hard -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 9, 05:54
*garbage* Next! -- nm - Beaker May 9, 04:33
considering last year or so you had to extend the deadlines just to get any applications, I'd let it slide -- nm - zeitgeist May 8, 22:59 4
- I actually have a number of viable candidates this year, including some of the also-rans from the fall if they've maintained their eligibility. -- nm - MojaveMeg May 8, 23:17 3
  - did you ask of their cooking & other outdoor skills? -- nm - peglegpete May 8, 23:19 2
    - Application Section 1, Sub-section B: Describe your fieldwork experience. -- nm - MojaveMeg May 8, 23:24 1
      - extra credit for skinning & dissection? -- nm - peglegpete May 8, 23:37
Was it scented paper? If so, then yes - 3 pages is overkill :) -- nm - JenBro May 8, 22:40 1
- Not that one. The California girl used fancy textured stock for her essay. If my committee - MojaveMeg May 8, 22:44
I had a part time job in the admissions office during college. The admissions people used to say "Thick folder, thick kid." nm - ralph wiggum May 8, 22:35
has she finished detailing your car yet? -- nm - peglegpete May 8, 22:30
Stop reading at the end of page 2. -- nm - loosilu May 8, 22:20 3
- "Essay lacked a proper conclusion at the end of page 2." heheh -- nm - Beryllium May 8, 22:23 2
  - seriously, that's a common policy among college instructors. -- nm - loosilu May 8, 22:25 1
    - Hmm, I never encountered it. :) -- nm - Beryllium May 8, 22:26
nope -- nm - TFox May 8, 22:13
hot or not? -- nm - psilotum May 8, 22:10 5
- Actually a California girl-next-door type. Quite cute :) -- nm - MojaveMeg May 8, 22:24 4
  - we need proof! PICS!! -- nm - Beaker May 9, 04:34
  - Then let it slide. -- nm - psilotum May 8, 22:29 2
    - And she wants to combine her anthropology major with the study of the deaf and American sign language...no archaeology :( -- nm - MojaveMeg May 8, 22:39 1
      - Sub-discipline snob! -- nm - psilotum May 8, 22:53

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