Leaky Johnson
Senior Member
If this were a social networking scholarship (or a WyzAnt scholarship for that matter) I would agree with you.
However, we're talking about a music scholarship here. Granted, social networking is a large part of the music biz nowadays and perhaps demonstrated skills in this area should at least be considered.
But to not even bother to read the essay based on votes alone??
Maybe we should apply this method of selection to all aspects of finding employment?
Imagine the time and money we'd save on reading worthless resumes and selection criteria when we can just put an essay online and wait for the votes to roll in?
What really shits me is that it looks like this kid is going to miss out on a scholarship just because he doesn't have enough facebook friends/ belong to enough forums and is not as well versed in manipulating social media as the competition.
Is he the best drummer/ the best candidate/ the hardest worker/ the most deserving? Who the hell cares??
He can't get enough votes, therefore he doesn't even deserve consideration. Yep, sounds totally fair to me.
I'm picking up what you're putting down, bro. I had a look at the criteria and it appears to be an open-ended scholarship. The recipient determines the study they wish to pursue. So not just music...this is where the OP would use it.
Another thing that is interesting is that the top 10 vote recipients are considered and 10 others to be determined by the judges after reading the essays. The OP may not get in with votes but may get in by the merits of the essay. Then the pool of 20 essays are judged and there are three winners. One gets $10000, another $3000 and another $2000.