If you are planning on applying or if you already have applied to the Scholarship in September of 2017 and would like to be n touch to other applicants please join the discussion and maybe enter your stats using this template I found in a thread from last year.
Hey so did any of you get the scholarship? If so, what were your stats.
University: (your top pick)
Stats
SAT (old):
SAT(new):
SAT IIs:
ACT:
AP Tests:
GPA:
Rank:
Volunteer Hours (approx):
Other stats:
Subjective
Essays:
Teacher Recs:
Other Rec:
Hook (if any):
State or Country:
High School Type, Relative Competitiveness (1-5): 1 is low and 5 is high
Application opens up towards the end of August, make sure to sign up for the notification. They accepted 55 students last time, and over 100 students the time before that, so hopefully this round it will be closer to the 100 mark right?! The journey is soon to come.
@univbound101 , perhaps you were thinking about the scholarship for high school students? It’d be odd to open at the end of September, considering the deadline is at the end of October. A month to fill out a long application(believe me, I’ve seen it. My CC had two Jack Kent scholars this year and they showed me the ropes), is a bit too little.
I can’t wait to see how it goes though! Transfer students always have amazing stories, so I look forward to meeting/seeing the people who are also applying.
To be honest, I’m starting to think this is actually for high school seniors. Last year’s thread for seniors was named similarly…
I’ll make one for the Undergraduate Scholarship in a bit.
2015 College Scholar (the high school senior --> freshman one).
SAT (old): 2100
SAT(new): N/A
SAT IIs: App didn’t ask/or didn’t list
ACT: N/A
AP Tests: App didn’t ask/or didn’t list
GPA: 4.0 unweighted, which is what matters. Courseload was maxed out.
Rank: 1/925
Volunteer Hours (approx): App didn’t ask/or didn’t list
Other stats: Stuff they asked about like international awards/national awards/etc.
Subjective
Essays: Gr8
Teacher Recs: Chem teacher who knew me through an EC competition too, and I think my french teacher? I forget who I asked for the humanities one actually, not a big humanities person. Must’ve been gr8 cause I got it?
Other Rec: Idk I think they asked for one from my guidance counselor too. Was good.
Hook (if any): Rough early life, some press about unique professional accomplishments
State or Country: Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania at the time
High School Type, Relative Competitiveness (1-5): 1 is low and 5 is high: 1
I think the deadline is today or tomorrow- so I’m wishing you all good luck on this ride! I’m in the undergraduate transfer boat but we’ll still be sharing similar moments.
Mom of applicant here, and we’re anxiously awaiting for the semifinalist yes/no email…looks like the JKCF Transfer scholarship notification happened about 5 weeks after the deadline. We’re at 5 weeks post deadline for the college scholarship now…