<p>is the ACT required for this?? and also, how does ur teacher nominate you?? and also, does this have a deadline, or can ur teacher nominate u any time of the year? and also, is this award REALLY hard to receive?</p>
<p>Bausch and Lomb is considered prestigious by specific universities (Princeton,
MIT, Caltech, Stanford and a some others including obviously Univ. of Roch).
The reason is that it is given to the top Science student in the Junior year
based usually on cumulative Science and Math GPA and Science
achievements that are above and beyond.</p>
<p>Usually the Sicence department does the nomination behind closed doors
(sometimes in consultation with the Math-AP Calc & AP Stat teachers). Unlike alumni
book awards and pins the Bausch and Lomb does distinguish the student
within the school and nationally amongst their peers.</p>
<p>Getting the Bausch & Lomb is usually coupled with a number of other science
related awards by colleges lookign to see what makes you tick...like ISEF, Siemens,
Intel STS, USABO, USANCO, USAPO etc.</p>
<p>:) You just walk up to the stage and receive the award...don't have to run
a marathon or anything...he he...(You were wide open there dude :p)</p>
<p>I received this last year, along with the George Washington University SEAS Science and Math Award, for the highest culmuative average in science throughout high school. </p>
<p>I honestly didn't even know it was looked highly upon until...well...I read arwen15's post above.</p>
<p>You personally don't have to do anything to receive this award, except get good grades in science, I believe.</p>
<p>thx, but does anyone know if the teacher can nominate u at anytime?? and how would u ask ur teacher to nominate u?? ?</p>
<p>My son received the Bausch and Lomb Science Award a couple years ago at our Academic Honors Night. Our school nominates the top junior student each year; it had nothing to do with his ACT scores -- simply his grades/performance in our science and upper level math classes.</p>
<p>powerbomb:
You are questioning whether you can ask a teacher to nominate you? Has this award been presented at your school in the past? If so, then I assume they already have a process in place to select a recipient. If not, it wouldn't hurt to ask a teacher if it is possible to be considered for the award and if the school would nominate you.</p>
<p>Each HS can select a B&L winner. The winner receives a certificate and medallion. Winner can apply to University of Rochester free of charge. Should you choose to enroll, you then are in the running for about $7500 in merit aid per year. Since most winners probably do NOT attend UR, I would think your odds of winning are quite good. Other merit aid may be coupled to the B&L scholarship.</p>
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Since most winners probably do NOT attend UR, I would think your odds of winning are quite good.
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teehee...that is funny...for some reason</p>
<p>MADad is correct though. My D won the U of R Humanities award last year and the selection process at her school for that and the other U of R awards (Kodak, and B&L) is mysterious. However, in her sophomore year I made sure that she spoke to the GC about her intentions of going to U of R (which ultimately she did not do found out the award was null and void for Eastman) and I think that planted the seed. In your case you may just want to tell them you want to go there and specifically say you would like to be considered. </p>
<p>Getting one of the awards is not a guarantee of admissions though, I have known great students who have won their nomination but not gained admission to U of R.</p>
<p>you usually don't get any money for this, however.</p>
<p>Narcissa--</p>
<p>UR is a great school for science majors, but if you are the top science student in your grade, you may be looking at ivies, Stanford, Duke, etc., etc.
For many kids looking at the MOST elite schools, UR is used as a fall-back (kinda like Tufts is full of kids who got rejected by Harvard).</p>
<p>My comments were not meant as a knock on UR. D had 2300 SAT's and chose UR, loves it there.</p>
<p>I don't think you have to intend on going to UR either if you want this award. I did not apply for it - it was more or less just given to me because I had the highest average in science - and I had no intention on even applying to UR.</p>
<p>As a school counselor I think I can speak to the process, or lack thereof. I coordinate the nominations for the U of R awards, the RPI Medal, Clarkson Achievement awards, and RPI Computing Medal. All are given to juniors at the end of their junior year in recognition of their academic accomplishments. We're simply told by the schools to give these awards to who we think are deserving students, although some of them come with strict class rank type cutoffs (i.e. top 10% of the class). I send nomination forms to our faculty and ask for them to give me their ideas, and then my colleagues and I sit down with a list of the top juniors and faculty recommendations and try to match appropriate choices with the awards. We try our hardest to award these to students who may actually use them, although we're often unsuccessful. Nothing pleases me more than to see someone actually use the $15,000/year RPI Medal scholarship, for instance! My son was awarded the Bausch and Lomb award as a junior and he applied to U of R and was actually awarded more than $7,500/year in merit aid. He liked the school, but ultimately ended up at Olin College instead, where he's just about done with his first year.</p>
<p>hey, so a school can only nominate one person? and...is there a deadline? also everyone who's nominated wins?</p>
<p>and also, when do you find out you've won ?</p>
<p>There is one winner per high school, nominated by someone within the school.</p>
<p>UR sends high school award, HS decides when to present the award.</p>
<p>ooh ok. clears it up :) thanks!</p>
<p>lotsofquestions, or anyone- my son was just given the Bausch and Lomb Award at his school's awards ceremony. I now understand that the scholarship money is not automatic even if you apply to and are accepted at Rochester, but does anyone have even a rough idea of what the odds are of winning? Like typical ratio of scholarships given to applicants who have received the Award and subsequently are accepted to Rochester? I'm feeling a little down right now because, at the ceremony, the presenter definitely made it sound like a guaranteed thing.</p>
<p>Weldon,
I know that U of R makes it clear that it's not a done deal, but I think his odds of receiving one are very good. As I mentioned, my son actually ended up being offered more than the Bausch and Lomb award when he was accepted. I'm guessing that the University just wants to have a "way out" if they feel a student selected by a local high school doesn't meet their standards.</p>
<p>Thanks 'questions.</p>
<p>UR awards are given by high school staff as they see fit. Uof R has nothing to do with selection. It is a clever way of spotting the talent for admissions though. Kodak Young Leaders can be given at any point during or after Soph year and consists of one form filled in with activities, gpa and a one paragraph statement from the person doing the nominating. The B&L Award likewise is a form filled out with info for the University and is decided by whatever criteria apply at the high school. Forms are faxed in and yes, there can be more than one Kodak Young Leader. In our district the RPI medal typically goes to the outstanding science student as measured by courses taken, grades, summer programs, research and of course relationships with the faculty members doing the pickin'.</p>