For those that are starting to apply or have already applied: What is the prompt for the required essay? Thanks in advance.
You’re the only person I can find talking about eminence for this year. Did you end up applying?
Ended up not applying. My daughter is interested in other schools. Good luck to you.
Son applied. The place on the application to drop your essay in mutilates your paragraphs and told him he had more words than microsoft word did when he was writing it. He was very worried about that but I told him it would be the same for everyone else. He had to quickly eliminate some words and is worried that it left a hanging comma in there that he saw later. He had not experiences the difference in word count with any other essays and applications.
D submitted application on for Eminence. Does anyone know when students are notified of decision? How about the method used to contact her? Thanks for any insights!
@rcr1954 I believe (and I’m just speaking from the memory of what I saw when I submitted) finalists will be notified by the end of the month, and then it’s on to interviews and such.
Thanks much! I thought it might be coming up. Would be a nice surprise if D made the cut but I know the competition is VERY stiff!
Current Eminence Fellow here. You’ll be notified within the week I believe. Last year it was Tuesday but I know they got a huge amount of applications this year
Thanks much! Do you know if they e-mal or mail the decision?
It should be an email stating whether you’re a finalist (meaning you get an interview) or not. Hope you get good news!
Thanks much! D has 3.94 UW GPA, 4.56 weighted. 9 AP course (4-5), (4th in class of 330) 9 honors courses, president of orchestra, plays Youth Symphony in town, some EC activities. Do you know if these stats look good for Eminence? Thanks again!
Oh - D had 34 in ACT.
Essay will likely play a big role. Also, from what we saw last year kids with internships/research positions got Eminence scholarships over kids without them (even with scores/grades that were slightly worse).
Thanks!
@saillakeerie @rcr1954 Not necessarily true. Quite a few in last years class didn’t have any internships or research positions. A lot of it is based on the interview, there are quite a few kids i know that got into Ivies and didn’t get Eminence and vice-versa. A lot of it is a demonstrated passion for the topic and for OSU (specifically) in general. Grades/Scores aren’t too important in the eyes of the committee, more a foot in the door. Essay is a big distinguisher
I received my notification that I am an eminence finalist yesterday! However I believe that one of my friends received an email saying that they aren’t a finalist so it’s possible that they have not processed all of the applications yet
Congratulations, rafa1812! My D did not make the cut and had what we thought were qualifying stats. Best wishes with your interview!!!
congrats @rafa1812 !
My D received an invite to the Eminence scholar’s weekend but had to turn it down due to it conflicting with another scholarship weekend. It’s really a shame that she was not able to take a shot at it.