{"id":"wri-col-scholarship-donor-thank-you","audience":"college","category":"writing-emails","technique":"context","title":"Thank a scholarship donor with the details they want","free":false,"task":"Your scholarship foundation asks recipients to send the donor a thank-you. Write it under 100 words. Name the scholarship exactly as it appears on your award letter and the amount, give your major and year, and say one specific thing the money is paying for. Skip 'blessed' and 'words cannot express', and sign it 'Maya Hernandez, Bayside State, Class of 2029' as the foundation asks. Write a prompt that gets that note.","materialLabel":"Award letter and your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"AWARD LETTER (Coastal Valley Community Foundation)\nDear Maya Hernandez,\nCongratulations! You have been awarded the Robert and Elaine Tsai Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $2,500 for the 2026-27 academic year. Donor: Mrs. Elaine Tsai. Please send her a thank-you note by Dec 1.\n\nMY NOTES\n- I keep calling it \"the Tsai scholarship\". The full name is on the letter.\n- Major: Nursing, sophomore at Bayside State University.\n- What it's paying for: it covers my clinical uniforms, stethoscope and the $1,200 NCLEX prep course I need next year, and lets me cut my weekend shifts at the grocery store from 3 to 1, so I can study for anatomy.\n- Mrs. Tsai's husband Robert was a nurse for 30 years (from the foundation's website).\n- I'm the first in my family to go to college.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":100}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 100 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part: \"5 sentences, each under 18 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Using the nickname","why":"Your notes say 'the Tsai scholarship'. The donor will notice the full name is missing.","fix":"Say it: \"Name the Robert and Elaine Tsai Memorial Scholarship and the $2,500.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Generic gratitude","why":"The AI writes \"this will help me achieve my dreams\" without one concrete use.","fix":"Add: \"Say it lets me cut weekend shifts from 3 to 1 to study anatomy.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Over-the-top phrases","why":"AI thank-yous lean on \"I'm so blessed\" and \"words cannot express\".","fix":"Add: \"No 'blessed' or 'words cannot express'. Sign it Maya Hernandez, Bayside State, Class of 2029.\"","checks":["r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]},{"label":"Uses the full scholarship name","patterns":["robert and elaine","memorial","full name"]},{"label":"Gives a specific use","patterns":["shifts","uniform","nclex","specific"]},{"label":"Gives major and year","patterns":["nursing","sophomore"]},{"label":"Bans clichés","patterns":["blessed","words cannot","clich"]}],"hint":"Donors want to know their gift landed somewhere real. Give the AI the exact name, the amount and one concrete use.","rubricLabels":["Names the Robert and Elaine Tsai Memorial Scholarship exactly (not just 'the Tsai scholarship') and the $2,500 amount","Gives her major and year (Nursing, sophomore at Bayside State University) and one specific use of the money (such as cutting weekend grocery shifts from 3 to 1, the clinical uniforms and stethoscope, or the NCLEX prep course)","Uses neither 'blessed' nor 'words cannot express', is addressed to Mrs. Tsai, and is signed 'Maya Hernandez, Bayside State, Class of 2029'"]}