<p>I'm aware that you are able to apply under early decision for both the Annika Rodriguez Scholarship and the John B. Ervin Scholarship. I was wondering what the benefits are of applying for these under early decision? Also, do the applicants receive earlier notification of scholarship acceptance than the applicants under regular decision do? Thank you!</p>
<p>The title of this thread cracks me up.</p>
<p>No scholarship benefit with ED.
The scholarship deadlines are in January regardless if you apply ED or RD.
ED notification is in early Dec.</p>
<p>Well for these two scholarships it states that you can apply for them under early decision along with your early decision admissions application, and the applications for both admission and Rodriguez/Ervin scholsarships are due in November. Otherwise you can apply for them all under regular decision in January.</p>
<p>From what I understand, there is no advantage. And I’m pretty sure the ED kids find out about the scholarship at the same time as the RD kids. I wouldn’t recommend applying ED if you are dependent on a scholarship.</p>
<p>Styxandstones is right. I applied ED last year and also applied for the Rodriguez scholarship. The ED application for admission was due November 15th and the Rodriguez application was due January 15th. I was notified of my finalist status in late February. There was no option to apply for the scholarship earlier than other applicants.</p>
<p>the process of applying for those two scholarships through ED ended, I believe, two years ago</p>
<p>Ohhh so this was just an old policy? Because ya, I was looking at the following website and at the top it talks about applying early decision for those two specific scholarships. But it’s from 2009-2010, so I guess they don’t do this anymore??<a href=“http://hs.harlan.k12.ia.us/Guidance/2009-2010/Scholarshippdfs/WashUniStLouis%20General%20Application.pdf[/url]”>http://hs.harlan.k12.ia.us/Guidance/2009-2010/Scholarshippdfs/WashUniStLouis%20General%20Application.pdf</a></p>
<p>yeah. when i went to scholarship finalist weekend, i met some upperclassmen who applied through ED, but that is no longer an option.</p>
<p>Alright that makes sense, thank you so much! So if I plan on applying for those scholarships, do I just wait till I receive my early decision ADMISSIONS letter to see if I was accepted/rejected, orr can I even still send the scholarships applications before the ED admissions decisions are made so I can maybe show more interest?</p>
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Well that would be pointless… applying ED is about as “showing interest” as you can get.</p>
<p>Are you sure you want to apply ED to a school with a name you don’t even know? You are committing four years of your life. Do it because it’s a good fit, not for some random reason.</p>
<p>Exactly what marcdvl said. You can’t possibly love the school if you don’t even know what it’s called.</p>
<p>Yep, it should have engaged your critical thinking skills. Why would the state of Washington have a campus in St. Louis, Missouri?</p>
<p>More to the point, apply ED, see what they say, and if you get a yes then apply for the scholarships. While it is true that you should be capable of attending even if you don’t get the scholarships (since you are applying ED) there is always financial aid. If they don’t give you a good enough FA package, you don’t have to go.</p>
<p>Hi, I’m going to a Ervin and a Rodriguez Scholar in the fall AND I applied ED. </p>
<p>Apply ED. If you are sure that WashU is where you want to be, why wait? I know that there is the issue of money and I know a fair number of people who wanted to wait to accept because they wanted to know if the scholarships would pan out, but trust me when I tell you that WashU finds money for everyone who wants to be there. </p>
<p>As far as helping your chances of getting into either program, it’s difficult to say. Plenty of people who apply ED and apply to these programs do not get chosen. Only twenty for Rodriguez and forty for Ervin get chosen every year out of the thousands of applicants. It’s important to show interest but there are other ways to do that don’t involve binding yourself to the school. Applying ED is a great way to show your interest, but it isn’t the only way and it’s definitely not a surefire way. So as always, be cautious.</p>
<p>If one is accepted early decision, is it less likely that she will get a merit scholarship because Wash U already has her commitment? In reality, does Wash U actually award these merit scholarships to people who have already committed ED? Does anyone know statistics about this?</p>
<p>No formal stats but from what I have heard it doesn’t have any impact. I know kids who were ED that received merit scholarships (including full scholarship) and others that received merit scholarships who were RD.</p>