<p>I assume the 10K/year scholarship is not flexible in the requirements? I have all requirements met, but with a 680 in Critical Reading. I just want to know if I have any chance or if anyone knows anyone that has been able to get it despite JUST missing the requirements? How locked in stone are they?</p>
<p>They're pretty stringent. You could always call / email to make sure, but I doubt they are going to bend the rules.</p>
<p>The requirements are VERY much locked in stone. Non-negotiable. Period.<br>
We had direct experience with this last year. Even if you come from a school like TJ, Stuy, IMSA or Montgomery Blair, and have qualifying test scores, one must be in the top 10%. If your school doesn't rank, they ask the GC for verification of top 10% standing. </p>
<p>Peter Osgood told us that the terms of the trust in which the scholarships were established make those scores and rank and absolute condition for receiving money; no exceptions. My S was "one of those near misses."</p>
<p>I can understand that; S's grades were entirely within his control and he knew it was going to be close, but they missed a great kid who truly loved the school.</p>
<p>Thanks for your help.</p>
<p>Why don't you prep and take the SAT one more time? They'll consider your best subscores from multiple test dates. It's not too late.</p>
<p>You can still take the SAT in December and have the scores sent to Mudd. Really focus on that CR. You're close enough that some intensive work can put you over the top, and $10K/year, while not a huge chunk of COA, still helps.</p>
<p>I plan to take it once more in December because it is in fact a very large amount of money. </p>
<p>Does anyone know if ACT subscores are superscored when determining eligibility for this scholarship? I know some schools don't superscore the ACT so I thought I'd ask.</p>
<h1>ACT English Score: 32 or above</h1>
<h1>ACT Reading Score: 32 or above</h1>
<h1>ACT Math Score: 34 or above</h1>
<p>Does Mudd Superscore?</p>
<p>for sat 1 i mean?</p>
<p>They do for SAT1; i dont see why they wouldnt for ACT</p>
<p>I got exactly a 32 on my ACT English.
<em>wipes forehead</em>
That was close.</p>
<p>Anyone who is applying and isn't eligible, get eligible!
Thanks for the info, to all of you who posted.</p>
<p>what if I was admitted, and then re-appeared for my SAT to qualify for the 10k.</p>
<p>would that work? lol, i'm twisted.</p>
<p>Nope. Per HMC, eligibility for the Mudd merit award (10k/year) is determined at the time of the admission decision. Quote: "SAT and ACT scores from exams taken after the time of admission are not considered for the Harvey S. Mudd Merit Award."</p>
<p>HMC</a> Merit-based Awards</p>
<p>If you applied ED, that means the November administration of the SAT or the October administration of the ACT. If you apply RD, it means January SAT, December SAT.</p>
<p>I don't entirely understand the reasoning behind not taking scores and class rank from the end of the school year. Because of Freshmen year, I'm only top 12% of my class (which is quite competitive) and would be easy top 7% minus Freshmen year and my 4 As in HS as a Middle Schooler. I'd definitely have a chance at moving up that 2%, but it would require all of Senior year. I didn't qualify for the Writing, but I know I could if I took it again and used concrete examples on the essay. I applied Early Decision since I knew applying Regular wouldn't help because I couldn't get to top 10% in one semester. Even e-mailed the admissions office months ago about this and got no reply. I'll probably get in, though, since I have a letter of rec from a former professor there who taught multivariable and vector Calculus to me last year.</p>
<p>For one thing, if you feel passionately enough that you think you deserve the scholarship, email them again. Something tells me if they'd rec'd it, they'd have replied.</p>
<p>Also, I'm sure it's so that someone who gets in doesn't retake the test every month from january through june just trying to nail one score that counts.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure it would be too late to take the SAT again, though, since I applied Early Decision. I need to check exactly what I would need to do to raise my GPA to near the top 10% area.</p>
<p>Edit: Top 10% is roughly GPA of 4.561 and I estimate my final GPA after two semesters to be 4.552. I'd think that the bracket would go down, but there's no way I could be sure of that. Also, if I'm some how able to raise my Spanish grade for this semester to an A, which would be the only B for the year (I predict), I would end up with a 4.569, which would be the top 10%. It seems iffy to me, though, that they would still allow this, especially since I have not met one of the SAT requirements.</p>
<p>Well, I would recommend talking to them when/if you are accepted and saying, hey, I'd really love to come, here's my situation. It's worth a shot.</p>
<p>The fact is that the situation is that my family could still afford me going there with or without the award. Still, I don't want to put a lot of strain financially on my family, which is why I'd still like to be able to get it.</p>
<p>And if you tell HMC that, you might be able to get... part of it, or something? I don't know. I would just think it might be possible to at least get something. Your stats are good. If you express a sincere interest in attending, I would think they should be able to make it a bit easier, even without any expressed need.</p>