Ethics of Scholarship Applications

Obviously, it would be great to pay as little as possible for college, and many of us are trying to get as many scholarships and grants as possible to make the financial burden of our futures a little lighter. Many independent scholarships (where I find myself looking, because my dream school doesn't offer many of their own) require essays or other personal information in order to apply for the scholarship.Obviously, there will be heavy use of rhetoric to try and persuade the evaluators to give the scholarship to you, but at what point is it unethical? Sure, you might enjoy your time volunteering every week at such-and-such, but can you really write about it being a passion that has heavily impacted your life and made you into a better person and student? This is certainly what scholarship people would like to hear. My desire to acquire as much money for college as possible has led me to exaggerate a bit on things like this, and it's been hard to keep the ethics of it all in check. Thank God for TOK to keep that little voice in my head all the time making me worry about things like this!