<p>I’m OOS and received the Engineering Scholarship of Honor. I found out about it before accepting my admissions offer–I was accepted in mid/late-December and found out about the scholarship towards the end of February (accepted offer in mid-April).</p>
<p>Didn’t have any spectacular extracurriculars (wish I’d done some research or more recognized competitive activities), academic stats were good but as a whole still not top tier (or at least, was waitlisted/rejected by Caltech, deferred/rejected by MIT, and rejected by Stanford), so I was very happy to have gotten it, and it should at least give you one data point. On other note, I also got Purdue’s GPA-based $10k scholarship, but that was the only non-loan award they gave me, whereas Michigan gave me a decent need-based grant that pushed the cost well below that of Purdue and Georgia Tech out-of-state (GT gave me a moderate grant but no merit aid).</p>
<p>SAT (Took once) - 790 (m), 760 (w), 750 (r) - 2300
SAT II - 800 (Math II), 800 (Physics)
GPA 4.0/4.0 (Junior/senior year on a system where A-'s [92.5-94.4] are 3.7’s), 5.2 weighted
AP’s at application time - Bio, Env. Sci., Gov. & Pol., Calc AB, U.S. History, Calc BC, Physics Mech, Physics E&M, English Lang., all 5’s
AP’s in senior schedule - English Lit., Chem, Psych, Latin: Vergil
Rank - Top 5%</p>
<p>Extracurriculars/Awards - Science Olympiad team all 4 years, made it to National tournament all 4 (3 at time of application), Math club president, 3rd place at a math competition at NC State, Quiz Bowl, Key Club, Honor Council, Nat. Honor Society, Varsity Cross Country, Varsity Golf (captain), and a good bit of smaller positions/awards.</p>
<p>Went to a small (~530) public charter school in NC
Gender - Male
Intended major - Aerospace engineering, ever since I knew that’s what it was called.</p>