<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>I was invited to apply and I just received confirmation that SU got my essays. I have a few questions. First, when will we find out whether or not we are finalists and what does this mean:
"If you are chosen as a finalist for the Coronat Scholarship, you will be asked to participate in individual and group interviews with the Committee from Monday, March 21 through Thursday, March 24, 2011."
Are we supposed to stay in Syracuse for the 4 days or is it just one or two of those days?
Thanks,
good luck to all!</p>
<p>I have no idea. I’ve been wondering the same things. I sent my essays thursday last week and have yet to receive confirmation that they got them.</p>
<p>Yeah, well actually I sent mine on Saturday. But the whole thing is pretty ambiguous.</p>
<p>Yeah, I agree. Was SU your top choice?</p>
<p>No, actually Yale is my top choice. but I don’t think it’s going to happen. My mom convinced me to apply to SU, partly because she went there and also because of the possibility of scholarships. How about you?</p>
<p>Haha pretty much same thing with me, except my top choice is Dartmouth.</p>
<p>haha. I was talking to a friend whose sister is currently a Coronat Scholar at SU at he said that you have to go for all four days and that there is a dorm ready for you. That sounds really kind of boring. I have no idea what we would do for 4 days. Plus, being from Central New York it really isn’t much of a vacation.</p>
<p>I was invited to apply for this scholarship as well. I sent in my essays this past weekend.
Here are my stats for anyone who is interested:</p>
<p>ACT: 32
SAT: 2100 (superscored)
GPA: 98/100 (unweighted)
Gender: female
High School: Public
Lots and lots of extracurriculars:
President of Key Club (12) (I have also been VP and secretary in past years; it’s also my schools largest and most active club)
President and Founder of National Dance Honor Society (Pres for 2 years and VP for 1 year)
President of Homecoming Club (I have also been VP and secretary in past years)
Executive Board Delegate Chair in Model Congress (have been committee chair, media and communications chair, and hospitality chair previously)
Member of National Honor Society
Staff Reporter on school paper
Head Student Representative of District Food Bank
Head Student Representative of District Clothing Bank
Head Student Representative of annual Relay for Life event
Medical Intern- I conducted 2 years’ of research at an endocrinology lab in a local well-known and extremely reputable hospital</p>
<p>Those are all the main ones</p>
<p>These are my stats:</p>
<p>I am applying as a Chemistry major.</p>
<p>GPA 99/100 UW, 102.9/100 W
ACT 33
SAT R 770 M 720 W 670
SAT II Bio M 780 (taken as a freshmen) World History 800 (sophomore) Math II 750 (sophomore)
Rank 1/220
AP Scores Euro (5), Calc AB (5) US History (5) Chemistry (5) English Language (5) Macro (5)
Current Classes AP Eng Lit, AP Spanish, AP Biology, AP Comparative Government, AP Physics B, AP Calc BC, Orchestra</p>
<p>Extra-curricular:
I studied abroad in Russia for a summer through a State Department merit scholarship.
I have played the piano for 14 years and have participated in many performances and I am part of a youth music group.
Student Council President
I volunteer at an inner-city advocacy group, where I research and write grants.
Mathletics where I have been on the main team and our team has won for the past 4 years
Science Olympiad
Foreign language club Treasurer
Orchestra secretary. I have played the bass for 9 years and have participated in area-all state and received an A+ on all-state solo. I also take private lessons at Hamilton college,
Model United Nations secretary/historian where I have chaired 3 times and won numerous awards
private russian lessons
national honor society
mock trial</p>
<p>I also have legacy.</p>
<p>thought of some additions to my previous post:
8 AP classes by the time of graduation:
AP Euro (5) AP US (5) AP Bio (4) AP Physics B (will take in may) AP Government (take in may) AP Macroeconomics (take in may) AP Statistics (take in may) AP English Lit and Comp (take in may)
-Studied French and contemporary global issues abroad in Paris this past summer at the Universite de la Sorbonne
-Awards:
Best Speaker (Model Congress committee)
Best Speaker (Model Congress committee)
Best Speaker (Model Congress committee)
Honorable Mention (Model Congress committee)
Best Speaker in Senate (most prestigious award in Model Congress)
Honorable Mention at LI Psychology Fair for my social sciences linguistics research project
A few community service awards
A few dance awards</p>
<p>and can anyone estimate about how many Coronat invitations they sent out this year? I was reading older threads and in that year the people chatting on the thread said it was about 120.</p>
<p>milkheiress, you have pretty good stats. What’s your top choice? I would presume that they invited the same number, but SU did have an increase in applicants, so I don’t know if that changes anything.</p>
<p>Thanks ny4chelsea- so do you.
And my #1 right now is university of pennsylvania, but it’s a reach so we will see about that. What about you?</p>
<p>Thanks, I also applied to Penn, but my top is Yale. However, I was deferred early so I don’t know if it will work out.</p>
<p>Also, which book did you guys write about?</p>
<p>I wrote about The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I think it will be an interesting experience if we’re all finalists for the scholarship and go to SU for four days. It’s going to be a pain missing all that school though. </p>
<p>Do you think you’ll go if you get the scholarship?</p>
<p>I wrote about The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder. It’s going to be rough missing all that school, because I missed 2 day this week, I am missing 3 next, and then we have a day off after that and then four more days. </p>
<p>I would certainly consider the scholarship, but if I got into Yale, I would almost certainly go there. But if I don’t, then I could see me accepting the scholarship. How about you?</p>
<p>Yeah, this scholarship would be hard to turn down for me. If I get into Dartmouth, then they’d have to give me a really good financial aid package to beat this. </p>
<p>Although I think I’d take some debt to go to dartmouth…</p>
<p>when do you think we’ll find out if we’re going to the interview?</p>
<p>I would say be the end of this week</p>