I'm a little disappointed because I applied to lots of small local scholarships and won very few. I turned everything in on time and wrote excellent essays so I'm not sure what went wrong. Is is possible that I wasn't picked because my application was too "perfect"? I'm a valedictorian with a bunch of varsity sports and music who wants to be a doctor. Most of the scholarships said they were mostly academic merit based, and I can't imagine many kids (particularly with school based scholarships) beat me out on the academic front. Are the scholarship committees actually looking for the good (vs excellent) student with a more interesting story? Sorry if this is a bit of rant, I'm just frustrated and I can't understand what I could have done better (I did get lots of merit aid from my college so I'll still be able to pay but more scholarships would have been nice).
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