Hrm...I have to write a statement for a Scholarship Application...

[bicentennial_baby]

About my interest in Economics, and where I see my future in Economics heading. Not sure how to do this. I'm hoping to avoid any cheesiness or cliches, but I want it to be interesting. It's not due until Tuesday, and it only has to be 500 words or less.

I can haz thinking cap? kthzbai.

:P

[SallyMander]

1. I think you should write it in the form of a series of haikus

:P

:hi:

:hug:

[bicentennial_baby]

2. Ha!

:rofl: That would be hilarious...

:loveya:

[SallyMander]

4. "Econometrics" takes up a whole line by itself!

:rofl:

[skygazer]

3. I've been scouting scholarships

Some of them ask for the most ridiculous essays. I think they want to see how cleverly you can bullshit your way through however many words. :rofl:

I also wonders who gets stuck reading them. I mean, they must get a lot of apps and I'll bet a lot of the essays are horrible. That would either be a terribly amusing job or a terribly dull one.

Good luck with it, at any rate. :hi:

[Chan790]

5. I used to read them as an undergrad.

Scary. Actually, I was just pre-screening. If you eliminate the ones with bad grammar, spelling, or incoherent sentences; youse get left wid 5 oar ten. Those end up before the selection committee.

[bicentennial_baby]

6. Well I'm safe in that respect...

Now I just need to figure out my "hook" :D

[flvegan]

7. Well, in as few words as possible

What is your interest in Economics?

Where do you see your future in Economics heading?

Economics is, in its purest form, a very basic science that is then the header in a flowchart of nightmarish proportions. I'd make your statement in the same way. Then, you can use as few or as many words as you want.

[bicentennial_baby]

8. ...

"Economics is, in its purest form, a very basic science that is then the header in a flowchart of nightmarish proportions."

:o

You said it.

:applause:

[eyesroll]

9. Heh...when I applied for a scholarship from a women's organization, I went all Lifetime on them.

In other words--it was 2 pages of deliberate cheesiness and cliches. I'd had nothing but uncomfortable interactions with the organization and decided I would respond in kind.

I didn't get the scholarship (honestly? I don't think I would have qualified anyway--the person who did win it had dire financial need and I don't)...but it was fun to apply.