Hey! Last year there was a forum for people who are applying for the Bryan Cameron scholarship, so I figured I’d start one for this year. How many of you applied early, and how many are applying for the September deadline? I only found out about the scholarship a few days ago, and am finishing my application now.
I found out about the scholarship a few days ago as well! I’m applying for the September deadline and just waiting on my transcript
I’m working on the application now. I was waiting until I got the results of a major competition I was entering (super glad I waited). Good luck everyone! Last year’s winners all look like incredible students and citizens.
Good luck to you too! May I ask what competition it was? 
What does the process look like for recommenders? Do they just have to write a generic recommendation, or are there specific questions that must be answered?
It seems like it’s pretty involved. There are specific questions based off of academic achievement and extracurriculars.
I applied for the Regular Decision deadline! If you log in to your account, there is a number with your application. Mine says “BCEF - 6446”. I’m curious if the number indicates how many applicants there were? Is anyone willing to share when they applied and the number associated to their application?
@girlwithgoals they said they were limiting the application pool to 5,000 people and they ended up not reaching that limit. I’m guessing around 3,000 applied just like last year.
@TheRolf makes sense. thanks!
Do any of know when we’ll be notified if we are getting an interview? I really hope it’s soon, I’m so nervous!!
@Freesia32 I got an email from them (about my submission) that said they will be notifying everyone late October.
@TheRolf How long ago did you get that email?
@TheRolf Okay thanks.
Ms. Lucas gave me that date also; she told me this in mid-September.
@UVAwahoowha I got that email September 31st
How long was all of your essays? Should we do a stat dump? I am very interested in hearing about other people who have applied.
Stats are important, but I talked to one of the winners and they emphasized that the program is looking for someone with a big contribution. We should do a stat dump after we get finailst notifications.
Did anyone else get the email that @TheRolf is talking about?
Hi, everyone!
Adding to this thread; I applied regular/September deadline, and Ms. Lucas told me that we would hear back at the end of October!
How long were everyone’s essays? I’m worried because mine were pretty long. Hahah, I might’ve taken too much advantage of the fact that there wasn’t a word limit.
Also, I’m guessing that around 3000 or 3500 applied because they said they would notify eveyone on social media and their website when the 5000 limit was approaching, but they never did, so yea I’d agree with the 3000-3500 guess.