Chance me please for Washington & Lee Johnson Scholarship

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I fell in love with W&L after learning about the Shepherd Poverty Program. I did not do ED because my family was trying t figure out some things from a financial angle. It’s a long story, but my family falls above the threshold for need based aid, but due to some recent circumstances, I would need a lot of merit aid to afford private or out of state. So I appreciate you chancing me for the Johnson Scholarship

Demo: Caucasian female, both parents college educated

ACT: 35 (taken in a single sitting, fall of junior year)
English: 36
Reading: 36
Science: 33
Math: 33

GPA: Unweighted 95.5 / Weighted 98.8 – only B was one semester of ap chem
APs: HUG (3), world (5), US hist (5), chem (4), bio (TBD), Euro hist (TBD), art (TBD)
Rigor: 7 APs (my school caps the number allowed)
Class Rank: Parochial school doesn’t rank but top 10%, class <150 students

Recommendations: Should be good, written by teachers who really know me and have nominated me for honors in the past so I think that means they like me.

Campus Interview: Seemed to go well, also did local alumni interview

Essays: I think they were pretty good.

Service: >150 hours community services per year since 7th grade; active in a service organization.

Sports: Not a star, but 4 years varsity swim (captain senior year), 1 year JV lacrosse, 1 year varsity lacrosse

Arts: 3 years of honors choir, 4 years in a cappella group (including 2 leadership offices), 4 years in school musical, 2 years in school play, >5 years voice training

Clubs: NHS 2 years, Science NHS 2 years, Rho Kappa 2 years, Student Government Social Committee 2 years

Leadership: 1 year school honor council, various positions in charity organization, various positions in choir, team captain for swim, nominated for girls’ state (didn’t win), nominated for state community service award (results not announced yet)

Activism: Part of a co-curricular program in global service learning, some summer service travel, and doing a capstone project and Shark Tank type competition for that

I’m new to CC so if I have posted this in the wrong place or anything, sorry!

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A kid in my school actually just got in to W&L with almost a full ride and his score were a lot lower than yours.

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Good to know. Do you know what kind of full ride?

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Excellent stats! You are a solid candidate for any college or scholarship in America. Congrats for n the 35 ACT score, very impressive.

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You look like a great candidate - but remember even if you don’t get a Johnson Scholarship W&L is very generous with Grant money. It seems the Johnson Scholar program is about more than stats so there is no easy formula. My son had a 34 on ACT, great grades etc. is not a Johnson but did receive a nice Grant. He is very happy at the school. Good luck!

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Hey, I would just remind you there is no “threshold” for financial aid. The 75k/year number on the website only means that if your family makes less than 75k a year, you’re guaranteed full tuition at least (though many get room and board as well). Many people whose families make over that figure still get financial aid. I would say that if your family makes less than 200k/year you would probably still be eligible for some aid, especially if you have any other siblings in college/other aggravating financial problems.