Chances for Gold National Scholarship?

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<p>First and foremost, if youve gotten this scholarship which covers either half or all of the diffrence between in-state and out of state tuition, what were your stats??</p>

<p>Im an OOS student in Arizona and Im wondering what chances I have for getting the university wide, "Gold National Scholarship." It says that recipients should have "Academic performance, high academic potential, outstanding leadership, creativity, community involvement, and contribution to diversity." I have a 4.3 weighted GPA, 1980 SAT, have participated in the most difficult course load at my school including 8 AP's and 8 Honors. I've participated in 9 clubs at 2 years each, 2 of which I created myself and am the president of. I also have leadership in another 2. I have also logged over 250 community service hours at my local VA Hospital helping out with patient care. Im also Indian (Asian).</p>

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<p>InderG…What is your class rank? D1 was awarded the Gold National last year, and at that time it was listed as top 5% for the Gold and top 10% for the Maroon although I don’t know if they held strictly to those criteria. The current listing on the website still lists top 10% rank, so I’d guess that’s still a good place to start. The higher your class rank, the better chance of getting the Gold National.</p>

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<p>I’m definitely in the top 10% but maybe like 8% at the most, I’m at a pretty competitive high school where like 25% of the kids are honors students. My un-weighted GPA is 3.7 if that means anything</p>