<p>^ thats what I'm wondering!</p>
<p>No, because I'm OOS (KS) and I got it.</p>
<p>jegan, how did you apply EA to both UNC and Yale? Yale is SCEA.</p>
<p>UNC's is "early notification" with a notification date after Yale's. Yale's policy says you can apply to state schools with a later notification date (after December). I'm looking for the exact statement on these boards (it's been posted several times before). My counselor said she had had a student do this previously.</p>
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[QUOTE]
If you are an applicant to Yale under the Single Choice Early Action program, then you may not apply to any early program that notifies
candidates in December. However, you may apply to another college's
early notification program under certain conditions. First, you may
apply to a public university's "rolling" admission program if the
program is non-binding (a program is non-binding if you have until May
1 to respond). Second, you may apply to a college with a scholarship
"deadline" only if the notification of admissions occurs in the
regular admissions cycle. Finally, you may apply to another college's
"Round 2 Early Decision" program if notification is after January 1.
If you are admitted through another college's "Round 2 Early Decision"
program, you must withdraw your application from Yale.
[/QUOTE]
</p>
<p>It's also stated elsewhere, but this was the first one I found.</p>
<p>i attended last year (at first i was pretty sure that i would just skip over it). i'm really glad i went and i highly recommend it. basically, unless you come dressed in a night robe or scream curse words every five minutes, you will get a scholarship. i was in a group of five, all of us received full scholarships (although not all the same kind), all of us decided to attend, and those other four people are some of my best friends now.</p>
<p>you will be put into a group depending on whether or not you are in-state or oos. then you will eat some dinner and there will be talks about topics like research opportunities, the honors program, and study abroad. then you will meet with a discussion leader and discuss a previously assigned topic (you should get this a week or two before the date of the "interview"). it is not supposed to be stressful or anything, but i suggest you read the assignment and ponder it for a while (it could be an article, a poem, whatever). come up with some good discussion ideas about the topic, and do not hesitate to speak in the discussion (but its not a contest, don't try to hog all the time)</p>
<p>you will maybe meet with an upperclassman to talk about college stuff, then you can take a tour of campus if you want. i was oos, and this thing was enough to make me commit to unc. if youre in-state, i don't know. if you dont go, you get the option of sending in a response to a video tape that they send you. i dont know anything more than that, but in my opinion that seems like more of a hassle than just going out there. they pretty much assured us that if you made the trip out there, at the very least you would get enough scholarship money to cover travel costs and be treated to a nice dinner. (although i think pretty much everyone gets a carolina scholarship, davies, or johnston) the carolina scholars award is about as prestigious as it gets. only a handful of top-30 us news schools offer university-funded full rides (among them caltech, uva, and rice are the only ones that immediately come to mind), which means that you have a chance to receive one of the top 5 merit-based scholarships in the country.</p>
<p>hope this all helps. you guys should be very proud of yourself; you're in the top 1% of all applicants. going to college debt free is extremely nice, but being able to do it at unc, where you can get (imo) the best undergraduate experience out there, is amazing. i hope you guys consider going out on scholarship day.</p>
<p>on that note, if any of yall decide to come, im completely open and willing to meet up with you guys, give a quick tour, or just discuss whatever questions you might have, when you come on scholarship day. im sure you will only add to the academic excellence at unc.</p>
<p>my info: im a freshman, from texas, living on south campus, majoring in business, rushing a fraternity in the spring, and working as a volunteer firefighter. i received a chancellor's carolina scholarship (carolina scholar)</p>
<p>when is the scholarship weekend?</p>
<p>jan. 26.
joeman, just curious, but do you have an approximate percentage of how many of the ppl that were invited got the scholarship?</p>
<p>What if you can't come? They said they'd make alternate arrangements, but does this totally kill my chances of getting money?</p>
<p>I'd do all I could to get there if at all possible. One thing that the adcoms and financial aid folks are trying to determine when looking at high profile high achievers is are they REALLY interested in attending UNC or is it a safety. </p>
<p>There was a person last year on CC who was 4.0/800/800 Valedictorian at very good OOS private school. He got the likely letters and early admission but when scholarships were offered he got NO MONEY. The only thing that anyone could attribute it to was that they (Fin Aid) truly believed that he was headed to an HPYS and they wanted to offer it to someone who really would attend UNC if given the scholarship.</p>
<p>In the beginning UNC had been his safety but after learning more about the school he really wanted to attend and was poised to turn down the Ivies he had been accepted to.</p>
<p>my friend got that last year and got in and into the honors program and another got the morehead.</p>
<p>i think i already answered both of those questions in my post (sry if its a bit long) but heres some more help:</p>
<p>Q: how many ppl that are invited get scholarships? A: my father asked this in the q/a section of the event last year. the financial aid dept doesnt want to get into specifics or make any promises, and i think this is reasonable. they hinted, and my own observations seem to confirm, that about 90% of these students are offered a scholarship. about 90 people attended last year, and there are around 40 carolina scholars this year, which is the highest award offered. i have to note here though, that i did not apply ea, and know that there are two different events, one for ea and another for rd. this means there are actually 180-200 people chosen for the event.</p>
<p>so what about those other 50-150 ppl? many might have gone to some other school. some were offered davies (i think its called colonel something now), some were offered johnston, and a few were offered minor scholarships. there are also a few that probably received moreheads or robertsons (which arent run through the university) or pogues and the overlap helped the fin aid dept out a bit. i think to not be offered a scholarship after attending, you have to do something really bad. roughly estimating-40 carolina, 40 davies, 80 johnston, 40 pogue, 80 morehead, 20 robertson- about 300 students enter unc with prestigious (full for oos, almost full for in-state) merit scholarships each year, and many others received different awards.</p>
<p>note: carolina, davies, johnston, pogue, morehead, and robertson are all full rides, so not getting a carolina scholarship doesnt mean any less of a prize. note2: there are SIX (6!) merit-based ways to receive a full ride at UNC, which has got to be tops in the country-UNC is really gunning to steal top recruits from arguably more prestigious schools, and many people in my scholarship group turned down harvard, princeton, duke, etc</p>
<p>Q: what if you cant come? what are these "alternate arrangements" A: last year the deal was that theyd send you a video tape with a topic and youd send in a written response. the dept claims there is no disadvantage to this method as it understands that many people might have schedule conflicts (i actually had used up all of my college visit days and had to skip school haha) i recommend going just for the experience, but if you cant go, then i suggest spending some quality time on your response, although again, if youve made it this far, they already think youre special and just want to confirm that youre not a convict or whatever.</p>
<p>to eadad: i dont remember that story. however, i think that the fin aid dept tends to look at more than just the numbers, MUCH more so than HYPSM, etc. imo, they REALLY like good ec's, leadership, and essays. last year at the event they read one of the essays outloud, i think to showcase this, and it was extremely well-written. i dont think it has anything to do with them believing that app-x liked UNC as a safety. perhaps they thought the morehead would choose him (which tends to look at numbers + some ec's like sports) maybe he just got screwed- i had a friend from a prestigious high school who was a finalist for the jefferson full ride at UVA, but b/c many colleges only offer a few spots to good schools like his, and some girl with much lower stats who was a double legacy had applied early and gotten in-he wasnt even accepted to uva at all. how can some one be a finalist for jefferson and not get into uva? maybe app-x was screwed in similar fashion? i dont know enough of the story though to give a definitive answer. if he had outstanding ec's, recs, and essays, then i think there was either a red flag, or a miscommunication. in any event, getting in OOS, and into the honors program, are both huge accomplishments and nothing to be ashamed of. i know honors students that have no money that i consider smarter than me, and some moreheads that arent in the honors program at all. the system isnt perfect, and perhaps theres some luck involved.</p>
<p>I got the scholarship thing too. Does anyone know how formal the dress should be?</p>
<p>semi-formal if i recall correctly</p>
<p>actually i cant even remember if i wore a tie. maybe i did. positive i didnt wear a jacket though. if its cold, then maybe a jacket is fine.</p>
<p>in fact i think they mentioned that while it was important to look nice because you would be eating dinner and be among distinguished faculty and attending an honorable function, etc- on a practical note, you will be doing some walking around campus, at least for your individual discussion groups, and they said dress comfortably enough with that in mind.</p>
<p>so nice shirt, pants, maybe a tie for guys.
for girls relatively same idea. i wouldnt suggest high heels or anything particularly suggestive.</p>
<p>for almost all of these questions, someone from the school will contact you shortly via email. they are very nice and helpful. dont get too nervous about making a perfect impression. they know you are just a high school teenager and have never done this sort of thing before.</p>
<p>sounds like fun.
especially the food...it best be good.</p>
<p>I got in. I also got a likely letter a few weeks ago which says I'll be invited at the end of Feb. to attend some special events in March/April for exceptional students. The letter didn't use the words Honor Program or Scholarship.
Do you think these special events for exceptional students are for scholarships/honors?</p>
<p>My likely letter said that too. I was wondering the same thing.</p>
<p>I was wondering also.</p>
<p>Are there two versions of the invitation to Scholarship Day? My letter says that I am a finalist, but the invitation itself (printed cardstock) says that the day is for "candidates for a merit scholarship." </p>
<p>BTW, Scholarship Day is at the end of January. The letter and invitation were separate from the "likely" letters.</p>
<p>I got called today by some gentleman and he said I would be invited to something in februrary... perhaps this is a scholarship day as well?</p>
<p>well egghead (appropriate name at a time like this)...why didnt you ask him what it was?! lol c'mon now.</p>