Hodson Trust Scholarship

Colleges and Universities A-Z Johns Hopkins University
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<p>Several questions about this scholarship. First, will notifications of winning this be announced in admissions letters or at some other time. Second, to anyone who is a recipient or knows one, what are the usually criteria for being awarded this. Is there any way to increase chances of receiving this award</p>

<p>Just as a note, I am fully aware how highly selective the scholarship is; when I inquired about it at a meeting I was told it is not usually brought up because so few students are awarded it. Still, one can hope.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>Dear LOLProudPtricia9,</p>

<p>Nice username. I am a Hodson and will be reviewing Hodson applicants from the 2014 fall applicant pool. The Hodson Trust Scholarship is a $122,000 merit scholarship awarded to 20 students from a pool of 16,000 applicants for “academic and personal achievement, leadership and contribution.” Whether it’s starting a successful company or breaking a world record, you need to set yourself apart from an excellent pool.</p>

<p>Good luck and may the odds be ever in your favor.</p>

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<p>My kid was a Hodson. It came as part of the admission package. Of course TripleE must know more about it than I do, but I thought they offered it to about 40ppl, anticipating about 20 will accept. But that’s from old memory.</p>

<p>One of the Admissions officers described the award as ‘the best of the best’, and the half dozen or so Hodsons I met all ‘stood out’ somehow. It’s not about being the president of the school MUN, its about doing something that not another 400 applicants have done. A near-olympic athelete, a food bank starter inner city, a business owner and a kid that had been published in local papers…cool stand out stuff. Have a look at the "Official ED " thread, and look at all those kids had to offer the school, and keep in mind a few thousand other kids offer the same thing.</p>

<p>Also…It seemed to me like the typical Hodson was upper middle class and would not quailify for other need based awards, but this might be based on the few that I met.</p>