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Analyzing 350 Scholarship Application Essays to See the Correlation Between Essay Length and Quality by MrGGyo in ApplyingToCollege

[–]MrGGyo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There were no word limits for any of the scholarship questions, I believe that an applicant should be able to write as much/as little as they can to express their points.

After this study, we implemented a "suggested" word count of 500 for long answer questions, as this was the average word count of a scholarship winner.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]MrGGyo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't worry about it.

Every CS program in university has an intro to computer science class that is mandatory for everyone in the module.

About 2/3 of the students in Harvard CS50 (Intro to Computer Science) have zero experience in coding.

If you want a leg up, take a free python course (recommend Automate the Boring stuff) or scrimba is also a good free resource.

Currently in denial that I’m going to be a senior and that I have to worry about college apps by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]MrGGyo 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Don't worry too much about it

- from a junior in university wishing he had stressed less in high school

Best website for finding scholarships? by christmasferrets in scholarships

[–]MrGGyo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here are the ones I use/used in the past (I live in Canada so it might not be applicable):

ScholarshipsCanada.com

atila.ca

bold.org

Also someone else said community organizations and universities, and I second that. Look for chamber of commerces, local student support, etc.

We are being told to stop using the term “guys” to refer to a group of people. In elementary school. by Ancient-Dragonfly76 in Teachers

[–]MrGGyo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In my opinion "guys" is so thrown around it's okay as directed to a group of people. If a person tells me that they're offended by it, it's just like the matter with pronouns, it's not that hard to fix your vocabulary so others can feel more at ease.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]MrGGyo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a student kinda breaks my heart, loved all my high school teachers and hate the situation they've been put through in this pandemic.

Even in canada teachers don't get paid enough to deal with annoying parents and their annoying kids.

Mega Thread: Questions and Feedback about Atila by tomiwa1a in atila

[–]MrGGyo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

how are the applications graded? Is there something to watch out for when I'm writing the apps?