<p>Ya I know! It is coming up so fast! I cannot wait for it...but then again it might be bad news so i'm not so sure! lol I know one of us will hear good news though so that is great!!</p>
<p>Hi everyone, can't wait for the finalists to be announced! :)</p>
<p>mmm indeed!!! it really is coming soon... i totally cannot wait! i wish we could have a chance forum on this, but the criteria is ambiguous to most of us, with the exception of the omnicient icfireball!!</p>
<p>Whats a chance forum? lol im not familiar with that lol</p>
<p>I'm the opposite dairy -- I want to hear the news right away, good or bad, because I feel like not hearing news is just delaying the inevitable.</p>
<p>Also, a chance forum is like, "My stats are (blah blah blah). What are my chances of getting into ...?"</p>
<p>I personally think chance forums are really dumb. Since when did anyone every apply somewhere based on whether OTHER people thought they would get in or not? For most of the schools people ask about, it's almost always impossible to give even a slightly reliable answer. If you're likely enough to get into a school, you already know it. I do understand the motivation behind wanting to know. I admit that I too want to know my chances of getting in. But I just think that chance threads oversimplify the applicant and just offers minimal conciliatory support because no matter what people say, it doesn't change the actual likelihood of getting in.</p>
<p>But Jared, I do definitely understand the want to know your chance at something :-)</p>
<p>".................minimal conciliatory support......................"
^
its human psychology!</p>
<p>Only FIVE days until judging begins and at most 17 until we find out!!!!!! :)</p>
<p>Question–</p>
<p>Did y'all put that you were a Coca Cola Scholars Semifinalist on your college application? I just left it out because I had other items and I didn't know how impressive "semifinalist" would be. Also, a more general question, if you win something, (i.e. if one of us were to be selected as a finalist), should you notify colleges you are applying to of such awards?</p>
<p>First off I think semifinalist is pretty impressive!!! lol We are in the top 2% of high school seniors in the nation! and if we are named a finalist we are in the top 1/3 of 1%! lol but anyways I did not put it on my application when I applied. If I would happen to win it as a finalist I probably will not notify them of it. I don't think it would have any bearing upon the college's decision, but it also depends what the scholarships can be used for ex: if it can ONLY be used for tuition or housing lol</p>
<p>According to the people who helped me write my resume... semi finalist designation is a very big deal and something that colleges will recognize and consider.</p>
<p>Too bad I put other lamer stuff like National Merit Commended. <em>Sigh</em></p>
<p>just a heads up:</p>
<p>you can check online whether they have received all the necessary parts of your application by logging into your semi-finalist "account page". Next to each form is will say "received" if they successfully received that part of the application or it will be blank (I assume) if they didn't.</p>
<p>I'm sure most of you knew this already, but I just realized it... so i'm just letting anyone know in case they didn't!</p>
<p>good luck everyone! :)</p>
<p>Thanks for letting everybody know! I stumbled upon that before when I was just looking at the coca-cola website because I was bored lol I still can't wait until we find out!!!! (4 days until judging begins and at most 16 until we find out!!!!) Let's all cross our fingers for everybody!!</p>
<p>Thanks, I didn't realize this.</p>
<p>yea..its nice to have the peace of mind that they actually got all of the necessary materials lol the only one it will have a blank by is the Instructions because we obviously didn't send those in lol</p>
<p>ugh I just sent them an email earlier today asking them to confirm if they received my materials.</p>
<p>I feel stupid for asking them now...lol</p>
<p>LOL!!! thats funny! lol but don't worry they probably won't email you back i sent them an email with a question when i was filling it out and they never responded so I just had to call them lol</p>
<p>Three days until judging begins and at most 15 until we find out finalists!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Goodluck everyone!!! Hopefully see ya'll in atlanta!! :) UHS, am I mistaken or are you going to BHP next year. Sorry, your username looks really familiar haha.</p>
<p>haha yeah I was accepted to BHP. College plans are up in the air though until all decisions/scholarships are out in april...
If I can remember, weren't you accepted ED to Wharton?</p>
<p>oh and dairy, you were right. they never responded to my inquiry...haha.</p>