Has anyone received a letter inviting their student to campus to interview for the Townes or Duke scholarships at Furman yet??
My son received a letter yesterday for the full-tuition scholarship. 
Interviews are late this year. My son interviewed for Hollingsworth one year ago tomorrow .
@vandygrad87 to interview for full tuition ?? My son received notification of the bell tower scholarship a while ago but we are waiting in notification to interview for the Townes or Duke?? I am wondering if those interview notifications have been mailed?? Furman is supposed to be mailing those out by end of Feb. thx.
Yes to interview for it. I think it is the Duke but I’m not sure- I read the letter once. It’s the interview date in March.
My son was invited to interview for Hollingsworth last year. Just FYI, last year they had over 1200 applicants . They invited 48 applicants to interview weekend. They had 10 Hollingsworth , 4 Townes and 8 Duke if I remember correctly .
Yes, the invitation my son received stated there would be up to 8 scholarships awarded and 20 participants were invited.
@vandygrad87 thanks. My son was so terribly disappointed to find out today by sending an email that he was not chosen to interview for more scholarship money from Furman. We visited SMU today and he really like it and they are giving him a nicer package.
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@amyandscott I am sorry that your son was not selected to interview. The named scholarships are extremely competitive. Good luck to him.
@carolinamom2boys thanks. It was his no. 1 choice and he has been hoping for an interview at Furman.he absolutely loved it! SMU is looking like a viable option. We think he will he accepted at William and Mary but we are not sure if he will get scholarship money there.
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My goddaughter goes to William and Mary and loves it @amyandscott
@carolinamom2boys good to hear! S received a post card from them indicating that we will be getting some good news soon!
amyandscott- Wishing your son the very best. This is my second of three kids to do the college search with and I strongly believe that they all do well wherever they go. May he land exactly where he is meant to be!
My daughter is a James B Duke recipient. We are so happy for her. She probably will not be able to accept it though because it will still be more expensive than her other options 
This is a little sad for her because she loves Furman. She has amazing options though so she will be ok
@Charleigh congratulations to your daughter for getting the Duke scholarship. Glad she has some great options, good luck to her.