<p>I am having so much trouble coming up with a project.. I've basically done two already, but they seem so generic. I am in near panic mode! Without the DHS I won't be able to go to Tulane and it is my top choice school. </p>
<p>CB finally released my November SAT scores and they are markedly improved, so at least I know I am competitive on that front. I'm studying like a crazy person for the ACT on Saturday and trying to bring that up as well. But without a good project.... :[</p>
<p>Don’t over think it or try to be too clever. Clear your mind, just observe everything around you without even thinking about the DHS, and something will come to you.</p>
<p>ahhh ok… thank you for the voice of reason. i am definitely freaking myself out and need to stop. right now. <em>breathe</em></p>
<p>I’ll also be applying, and I must say my project is certainly not the most outlandish or creative thing, but at least it’s reflective of me as a student and as a person</p>
<p>Where can you find the scholarship? I’ve look everywhere for the application</p>
<p><a href=“http://admission.tulane.edu/documents/ScholarshipApps/2010_2011/DeansHonorScholarship.pdf[/url]”>http://admission.tulane.edu/documents/ScholarshipApps/2010_2011/DeansHonorScholarship.pdf</a></p>
<p>^^That’s the link to the Scholarship Application</p>
<p>I’ve spent about six hours on my DHS project, and I think it’s pretty impressive, but that’s to make up for my less-than-stellar stats. I think if you have top stats, the project itself is less important.</p>
<p>Oh, I am not sure I would say that, whoazoe. Remember, there are only 75 DHS awards and at least a few hundred that will have almost indistinguishably high stats. Therefore to pick between these students they will be looking at the only other factors they can, including the project.</p>
<p>The project isn’t a big deal. I did mine the night before it was due in about an hour and a half. Just do something you unique. The best kinds of projects are those that are pondered over for a week or so and then hastily thrown together IMO.</p>
<p>On the other hand, my D spent a couple of weeks refining hers. I think the right way is as individual as the participants, which is in fact part of the idea of creating the project in the first place. Otherwise they would just award it based on stats and existing subjective considerations, rather than go to the trouble of looking at all these projects. If you talked to the top administrators at the DHS breakfast, you would realize that they do indeed look at the hundreds of finalists, after they have been screened.</p>
<p>I have a question for Fallenchemist please. My daughter has been reluctant to ask her teachers, present and past for a rec letter for the Deans Honor Scholarship. She goes to a very competetive school and the teachers are very busy. I think that the ettiquite requires at least a couple of weeks notice. Anyway…my question is this. Can she get a rec letter from a personal friend of the family who was a teacher in our district and has known her her whole life? She still works for our district as a high level educational administrator and has had some professional interaction with my daughter relating to a county wide competition. What do you think?</p>
<p>i feel a little bit reassured, so thanks everyone. mine seems a little cheesy but maybe that DOES reflect my uniqueness somehow… ha! i will just hope for the best.</p>
<p>Ciaobella - Mine was also a bit “cheesy”, and I received the DHS. My project itself didn’t take all that long, but the idea and prep certainly did. From the students I’ve spoken to who were fortunate enough to get it, the project were incredibly varied. Good luck!!</p>
<p>Gabby - I know! When we went to the breakfast and talked to students about their projects, some were amazingly clever and others were solid but not jaw-dropping, at least not to me. But in one way or another they usually allowed the people at Tulane a glimpse into the person writing it in a way that essays and stats don’t usually reveal. I am sure that is the whole idea of making it as open-ended and unstructured as it is.</p>
<p>malaml - Well, obviously the form asks specifically what courses the teacher has taught the student. However, (and clearly just my opinion) the spirit of the question is to ask someone that knows your D well and is a teacher (even if not one that has taught your D) how they feel about this student as a student and person. I think if your friend uses the space where they ask what courses they have taught her to explain why she is qualified to write it, and her position with the district, it certainly is better than not doing it at all. There is always a risk in going outside the instructions, but I think in this case it probably won’t hurt her. Like I said, if it is that or not turning anything in at all, go for it!</p>
<p>Fallenchemist - While we were talking to others about their projects at the breakfast, my mother and I just kept looking at eachother in amazement. lol Mine was definitely not an awe inspiring project, but certainly showed my personality and love of Tulane and New Orleans.</p>
<p>I think they seem to like the clever, creative projects. You don’t have to write a symphony or perfect cold fusion. Just be unique, clever and interesting. My s’s project took some advance planning, but in actuality, the bulk of his project was created by his friends. Ah… to learn to delegate at such a young age :)</p>
<p>Thanks for answering my question Fallenchemist. We decided to change tactics with regard to the rec letter and she has asked one of her art teachers instead of an one of the acedemics. We figured that her academic achievements have been established already and they are asking for some sort of creative project. I hope it will be ok. Thanks.</p>
<p>Sounds like a plan!</p>
<p>As a successful leader of Odyssey of the Mind teams and a quirky highly gifted student, I can say mine was quite clever, and really fun to do. I put a lot of time into it, but most was planning and that kind of thing. I honestly would have done it just for fun, it’s just like an Odyssey problem, so it was very nostalgic. Basically it was a tongue in cheek parody of some basic quantum mechanics and Einstein in relation to the box</p>
<p>I just sent mine in this past weekend. Now it is time for me to play the waiting game. My hope lies in the fact that my project has something to do with my intended major. Wish me the best!</p>
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Are you allowed to be nostalgic as a teenager?</p>