Build a Scholarship Committee Rubric That Survives Bias and Family Politics

Made for Administrators

Build a Scholarship Committee Rubric That Survives Bias and Family Politics

Also useful for: Chief of Staff, Counselors, Program Managers, Project Managers

35 min Intermediate College Make a Decision Need to Compare Options

Score applications on published criteria before anyone mentions whose cousin applied.

We'll use them to write your prompt.

Make Your Play

Give us the situation. We’ll build the prompt.

Scholarships damage communities when criteria shift mid-read.

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What you'll do

This is the plan inside your prompt. Add your details first. Then follow these steps with ChatGPT or Claude.

01 Lock criteria and weights Publish before reading names.
02 Design the scoring sheet Numbers reduce favor trading.
03 Set process and blind review Recusal isn't optional.
04 Define tie-breaks and notifications Ties happen with small funds.

Use this when

Applications are in, funds are limited, and someone already lobbied for a favorite.

You'll need

  • Award criteria and amounts
  • Committee composition and conflicts
  • Application components
  • Values the org wants to reward

Fill these in the prompt workspace.

You'll get

  • A a weighted rubric, scorer instructions, and tie-break policy you can use without rewriting it from scratch.

By the end of this playbook

You will have:

  • A a weighted rubric, scorer instructions, and tie-break policy you can use without rewriting it from scratch.

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