<p>Hmm, still no notification either way. Anyone know if they send out decisions in groups alphabetically over a period of days?</p>
<p>I haven’t heard either clearhorizon. How is everyone getting notified - email or letter?</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure everyone is being notified by email. Maybe because so many applied they aren’t sending out all the emails at once.</p>
<p>Does anyone know when the finalist notifications are supposed to come out? :)</p>
<p>The website says late February…but the Semi-Finalist notifications were about 1-2 weeks late…so I’m guessing early March. I don’t think they finished the Skype interviews until this weekend anyways, if I remember the schedule correctly.</p>
<p>Has anyone heard anything yet? I haven’t heard anything either way and it’s the end of February…but I’m not surprised because they were running late with the semi-finalist notifications.</p>
<p>They’re releasing the finalist notifications by March 6th, which is only five days away. Argh…</p>
<p>Best of luck to everyone! I wonder if that survey will affect our decisions…</p>
<p>@TehSummit
I wasn’t under the impression that the survey will directly affect our decisions. They probably wanted to get a better picture of us and blah blah. </p>
<p>And only a day left… ASDJFDFASDOIQWJDKLXCJ#Q*($!@$)(&%!(@$#(!)#</p>
<p>SO
NERVOUS.</p>
<p>At least for SF I doubt that the survey carries any weight…but perhaps for finalist decisions they might. Good luck and happy waiting :)</p>
<p>If the survey didn’t carry any weight for the decision being made today, they wouldn’t have had everyone take it last week. Personally, I’m 100% positive it was a tool to help them decide who among the semi finalists would make the next round.</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone!! And congrats to all that were even selected to apply for this scholarship. </p>
<p>Just one quick question. Did anyone else think this was a super tough and very laborious application? My S was nominated last year by one of the ND admission officer. S got accepted EA. He spent his whole Christmas break completing this application. Ugh!!! I thought it was very painful…</p>
<p>FINALIST!!! AHHH!!! I am so excited and grateful… AAH!</p>
<p>How many applied, how many semi-finalists? Then how many finalists are selected today? Then is it narrowed down even more after the interview at ND? I am interested in this possibly for my DS17 next year. It sounds rigorous.</p>
<p>@stressed56</p>
<p>They had 700+ last year, and according to someone on CC, more than a thousand this year (one candidate per school). 100 semi-finalists, 50 finalists, and 25 recipients :)</p>
<p>@Dungareedoll</p>
<p>While writing a gazillion essays/short answers (or 15ish, rather…) wasn’t the most pleasurable experience in the world, I am grateful for having had to do it because it was a good chance/excuse/reason to really contemplate on my value systems, my ways of life, my relationships, etc.</p>
<p>@lovestaciee</p>
<p>Thanks! Good to know. Congratulations on your finalist status!Best of luck to you!</p>
<p>How did you find out? email or snail mail?</p>
<p>Anyone who made the cut willing to post brief stats - for future applicants? thanks.</p>
<p>Made finalist! Can’t wait to meet all of you!</p>
<p>In response:
ACT: 33 (35 superscore)
SAT: 2190
GPA: 4.9 (weighted, 4.0 UW)
10 honors courses, 9 AP courses (5 US Hist, World Hist, Bio, Euro Hist. In Lit/Comp, Calc AB, Phy C, Span Lang, and Econ now)
A ton of leadership experiences
Probably good rec letters-close with a lot of my teachers
Service is so-so, but a lot of my ECs are community involvement, but not necessarily Christian service</p>
<p>I’m not even sure if they look at test scores, tbh.</p>
<p>@sandyrph</p>
<p>Email! I don’t think they are sending out snail mail. </p>
<p>I’ll probably do an incredibly long stats/comments/advice post if I were to be a recipient just because I don’t want anyone to be able to identify me on CC before I’m done with my college process… (:</p>