Scholarships for High GPA but Average Everything Else… Do Essays Help?

I have a 3.95 unweighted GPA and a 4.38 weighted GPA, along with a 1390 on the SAT (though I’m studying to retake it). I’m the president of my school’s environmental club, but we haven’t really done anything too impressive. Other than that, I haven’t been super consistent with outside-of-school activities. I’m a pretty good writer, so maybe an essay could help me stand out… Any suggestions?

Are you a current junior? You might want to apply to the Coke Scholars program next year.

Bennett said:
Are you a current junior? You might want to apply to the Coke Scholars program next year.

Nope, I’m a senior. I didn’t really hear about these big scholarships until after the deadlines passed :(.

@Skyler
You could check out this forum’s scholarship daily updates… it might help you find opportunities that are still open.

Have you applied for any merit-based scholarships so far?

Kai said:
Have you applied for any merit-based scholarships so far?

Aside from the college-specific ones, no.