Monthly Mini Scholarships - PLEASE READ

beatthegmat · Last edited by beatthegmat on Sat Dec 16, 2006 1:47 pm; edited 7 times in total

Beat The GMAT! is a community service project. One of the founding principles is that all profits earned by this project are given back to the community in the form of scholarships and services. With this in mind, it gives me great pleasure to announce a new initiative to provide financial aid to our community members: Beat The GMAT! Monthly Mini Scholarships

Monthly Mini Scholarship winners will be decided every month by an essay contest. On the first day of each month, I will post an essay topic on this forum and members will have an opportunity before the last day of the month to reply with their response.

One winner will be selected each month. The prize will be a $50 Amazon.com Gift Certificate.

To be eligible for the Beat The GMAT! Monthly Mini Scholarships:

You must be a registered member of this forum.
You must have posted at least 30 messages on this forum (the more the better--I will take that into consideration). Moreover, your posts must be substantive; if your posts are not meaningful, you will not be eligible to win a mini scholarship.

I will try to post essay topics that deal with a variety of subjects: business, society, humor, etc. These essays are meant to be informal; members should be as creative as possible in their responses. There are no constraints on length—write as much or as little as you wish.

I encourage all members to take advantage of these monthly scholarships! Best of luck, and thanks for helping me build a great GMAT community!

beatthegmat · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:35 pm Post subject: Substantive Posts

I just wanted to add some clarification on what I mean by "substantive posts." As I had described in the rules above, members who apply for this scholarship must have posted at least 30 meaningful messages on this forum to be eligible for this scholarship.

These posts should be thoughtful. I understand that there is a lot of subjectivity in determining what is "thoughtful" or not, but I'm sure the members on this forum have a sense of what I mean. I don't want to see one-word responses to other peoples' posts, or messages that add zero value to a discussion.

Ideally, I would like members to post issues they are having with specific GMAT questions, as well as to post thorough responses to such questions. For example, if you are confused about a specific sentence correction problem in your textbook, post the question on this forum and describe what is confusing you. Or if you see a post to a specific question, write a thorough response explaining how you would solve the problem.

This forum is a resource to help you prepare for the GMAT--use it actively! I think that you will find you gain a lot from contributing/participating in the discussion on this forum.

Best of luck!

aim-wsc · Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:17 am Post subject: to whom it is applicable?

hey Eric,
good strat Wink

but whos qualified?
i just checked & you kno it already,,,,, Ms Consultant Exclamation

Mr. Myself Exclamation

& Mr. Captain Twisted Evil

any one near to this.: Mr.dkiran gone for Hibernation Question

& others are way behind.

YOU KNO I M ON VACATION TOO.

so what are you suggesting.?
lets have an essay war!!! among we three Razz

hey just kidding.

what i mean is
you need to give people/ members some time to come along....
yeah i think people are catching up.

So, WHEN THIS ESSAY STUFF GONNA START?

beatthegmat · Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:58 pm Post subject:

I plan on releasing the essay topic for this month's mini scholarship on July 15. Thanks!

tngearhart · Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:19 am Post subject: 30 posts by when?

Do I need to have 30 posts by July 15th, today, or by August 15th. Or a more general question, does a member need to have 30 posts by the essay topic release date or by the essay deadline?

beatthegmat · Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:36 am Post subject: Re: 30 posts by when?

aim-wsc · Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 4:09 am Post subject: one more query sir.

one more query sir,

just a thought:
what about disabling the smillies for essays?

i think, when one couldnt express his/her feelings through his/her pen, smillies help.

please tell us clearly about this. Very Happy

beatthegmat · Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:09 pm Post subject: Re: one more query sir.

dkiran01 · Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 10:17 pm Post subject: i am back

hey Aim-Usc,

lol!!! i am back.. giving the test on aug 9th.. so really tensed up.. will keep u ppl updated abt my prep.

_kiran

aim-wsc · Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 6:47 am Post subject: name s wsc. aim-wsc

its doubleU. Aim-WSC.
check introduce urself section for d full form.
hee hee.
good that u r back.
all d best.

beatthegmat · Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 1:46 pm Post subject: Change in scholarship logistics

Folks:

I'm changing the schedule of these mini scholarships--essay topics will be released on the first day of the month, and responses will be due by the last day of the month.

Thanks! The topic for the January 2007 mini scholarship will be released around January 2, 2007 (probably will be partying the day before Smile

).