Comments on: Make sure your name is on the essay. http://www.outlawstudent.com/2008/03/26/make-sure-your-name-is-on-the-essay/ Renegade Advice About Scholarships, Financial Aid, College & Jobs Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:16:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Malaysian girl http://www.outlawstudent.com/2008/03/26/make-sure-your-name-is-on-the-essay/#comment-3227 Malaysian girl Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:37:07 +0000 http://www.scholarshipsuperpack.com/blog/?p=114#comment-3227 Hello Josh It is really good to know that someone out there is helping us out to get scholarships. Thank you for your kind heart. Well my question is what are the criterias that should be in my essay? Can I mention my family hardships. For example, finacial problems and single parent issues? How detail should be my essay? Does my citizenship, religion and race will affect my application? I really hope Busy Josh would feel free to reply because it will be very helpful not only for me but many out there. Thank you. Hello Josh
It is really good to know that someone out there is helping us out to get scholarships. Thank you for your kind heart.
Well my question is what are the criterias that should be in my essay?
Can I mention my family hardships. For example, finacial problems and single parent issues?
How detail should be my essay?
Does my citizenship, religion and race will affect my application?
I really hope Busy Josh would feel free to reply because it will be very helpful not only for me but many out there. Thank you.

]]> By: Josh Barsch http://www.outlawstudent.com/2008/03/26/make-sure-your-name-is-on-the-essay/#comment-3226 Josh Barsch Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:19:31 +0000 http://www.scholarshipsuperpack.com/blog/?p=114#comment-3226 Hi, Irish Girl -- sorry for the delay there. I don't think there is a magic safe number for paragraph and sentence count. The five-five rule you mention is not something I can endorse -- that sounds pretty arbitrary to me. I do have an answer, though -- cover the subject thoroughly, and then be done. I had a politically incorrect journalism professor in undergrad school who summed it up like this (in private, and certainly not in front of any female students): A good article, he said, "should be just like a lady's skirt -- long enough to cover everything but short enough to make it interesting." You get the point. Regarding the name: well, if the app and the essay are separate, and could conceivably be separated at any point during the judging process, then yes, I'd definitely put my name on it anyway. Does that help? If I've left anything out, let me know. Thanks for your comments and questions! Hi, Irish Girl — sorry for the delay there. I don’t think there is a magic safe number for paragraph and sentence count. The five-five rule you mention is not something I can endorse — that sounds pretty arbitrary to me. I do have an answer, though — cover the subject thoroughly, and then be done. I had a politically incorrect journalism professor in undergrad school who summed it up like this (in private, and certainly not in front of any female students): A good article, he said, “should be just like a lady’s skirt — long enough to cover everything but short enough to make it interesting.” You get the point.

Regarding the name: well, if the app and the essay are separate, and could conceivably be separated at any point during the judging process, then yes, I’d definitely put my name on it anyway.

Does that help? If I’ve left anything out, let me know. Thanks for your comments and questions!

]]> By: Irish Girl http://www.outlawstudent.com/2008/03/26/make-sure-your-name-is-on-the-essay/#comment-3225 Irish Girl Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:50:45 +0000 http://www.scholarshipsuperpack.com/blog/?p=114#comment-3225 Hi Josh I am still awaiting your reply to my question above, maybe I missed the information and if this is the case could you please re-direct me to the place I need be. I did read your write up on if a word count is specified but some sites are not specific on the word count. Am I confused about essay and extended paragraphs? Respectfully Irish Girl Hi Josh
I am still awaiting your reply to my question above, maybe I missed the information and if this is the case could you please re-direct me to the place I need be. I did read your write up on if a word count is specified but some sites are not specific on the word count. Am I confused about essay and extended paragraphs?
Respectfully
Irish Girl

]]> By: Irish Girl http://www.outlawstudent.com/2008/03/26/make-sure-your-name-is-on-the-essay/#comment-3224 Irish Girl Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:26:53 +0000 http://www.scholarshipsuperpack.com/blog/?p=114#comment-3224 Hi Josh I have a couple of questions for you today. When sending an essay through a web site is it redundant to put your name on the essay when you have filled in the contact information? When a site asks for you to respond to a question and does not place limits, high or low, is there a safe paragraph and sentence count? I had been told by a professor, for her, when writing an essay to use the five-five rule. The five-five rule translation is five paragraphs and five sentences in each paragraph when writing an essay. The example I am thinking of is for the scholarship in your grandfather's name. Irish Girl Hi Josh
I have a couple of questions for you today.
When sending an essay through a web site is it redundant to put your name on the essay when you have filled in the contact information?
When a site asks for you to respond to a question and does not place limits, high or low, is there a safe paragraph and sentence count? I had been told by a professor, for her, when writing an essay to use the five-five rule. The five-five rule translation is five paragraphs and five sentences in each paragraph when writing an essay. The example I am thinking of is for the scholarship in your grandfather’s name.
Irish Girl

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