Getting read to write or edit your scholarship essays? Have you ever thought about how much your essays are really worth? When your essay wins you money for tuition and books, it can be worth a lot. Let's take a look.

How Much for That Essay in The Window?

When you write an article that gets published in the newspaper or in a major magazine, you might earn $1 a word, perhaps a little more. It depends on how popular the magazine, and how much their ads cost.

But how much can good scholarship essays earn? In some cases, great ones can earn you thousands in money for college. You can pay your tuition, your books, sometimes your rent and food, too.

When you think of it like that, you can earn a serious amount for each word in that essay, if it wins.

Here's another example for you students at college already: How much did you pay to go to school at your university last year? Add up the tuition, books, transportation, food, your rent: how much?

A good scholarship will pay that much. And good scholarship essays will win those. Some pay less, but they still give away free money for students.

All right, so maybe you don't like to write, and you don't want to hassle with the essay, or even with the application. I'd love to know how many students don't even apply for free money. It makes it that much more attractive to those that do apply. And that much easier to win.

Most applications only require 500-2000 words. Some even require less. This article you are reading now will run about 500-600 words, just to give you a comparison. You can write essays this long.

How to make your essays better

When you apply for a scholarship that requires an essay, plan to do a rough draft. You should always have someone read your essay to check for grammar and spelling mistakes, too. Nothing ruins a scholarship application like simple mistakes. This includes word use errors.

Be sure to check your whole application for mistakes, not just the essay. You wouldn't want to make a mistake in your address, for example, and not receive their answer.

Next, avoid stating the obvious. You already included your GPA, you don't really have to repeat it in your essay. And if your GPA got you onto the honor roll, that probably doesn't bear mentioning either. But if you saved a historic building with a petition drive, well that's cool. Talk it up.

And include how many people you had sign it, as a great little detail. Maybe you helped at the hospital as a volunteer. Instead of leaving it at that, perhaps you can estimate how many beds you made, or meals you delivered, or bedpans you emptied (ick!).

Your scholarship essays provide the reviewers a chance to learn about you. They want to know why you deserve their scholarship. Tell them a true story of the great things you have done. And if you haven't done any, get started doing them now.

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