Hey CC, I applied for the 40 Acres scholarship for UT and I just want to get some insight of the avg student who gets offered the scholarship. I am an Asian American male top 3.5% of class, NM Commended, 33 on the ACT very strong extracurriculars and leadership positions and varsity tennis for four years… also think I did really well on the scholarship essays and have gotten a BHP interview. Any info/insight is much appreciated
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also AP scholar and very good subject test scores (700 on Math2 is weakest) but I’ve heard subject test scores aren’t looked at (could be wrong)
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Read it and weep:
http://scholarships.texasexes.org/meet-the-forty-acres-scholars-program-class-of-2021/
The 40 Acres isn’t really about stats. On average, the finalists, as a group, have good but not amazing. It’s much more about ECs, Leadership, and personal characteristics. Good luck!
@ollie113 made me laugh! So true though
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Which is why McComb’s BHP/ Plan II double majors tend to represent well among 40 Acres recipients–the Ivy league-type candidates who are well spoken, engaged in extracurriculars, confident, leadership tendencies, strong writers, strong academic scores across the quantitative and writing disciplines. The face of UT, the representatives of UT. Who would you want to represent as the best of your school?
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Does anyone know when they notify the semi finalists?
@ggbucks Last year it was Jan 20th, so probably around then
@ggbucks Mid-January
I applied to Forty Acres but I haven’t received my UT decision nor have I received a BHP decision (I interviewed in early Nov). Will I be directly rejected if I don’t get a decision by Jan 20th or whenever the semi-finalists info gets released?
If you haven’t received your UT or BHP decision by now, you’re probably not in the running for 40 Acres.
The amount of junk in my mailbox worries me. None of it is actually important like it was two months ago…
Do you think tomorrow will be the notification date? I’ve looked into last year, and I believe you heard on the first day UT offices reopened in 2017? Thank you! to @itsgettingreal17
How will we be notified? If not chosen, would we get notification?
Typically via email
Do we think semis will be notified this Friday with the possible huge decision wave?
Anyone know when semi finalists will be notified
Has anyone found out? Do rejections for the scholarship come out at the same time as semi finalist notifications?
As far as I know, they do not inform you if you are rejected for the scholarship. Also noticed that before, the Texas Exes website said that semi finalists would be informed mid-January and now it only says that finalists will be informed late Jan/ early Feb. I don’t know whether this means semi finalists have already been informed or if they are going straight to finalists and not making a semi finalist cut?? Patiently waiting to hear anything whatsoever…
I believe semi-finalists have already been notified.