Hi,
Has anyone who made it as a Johnsons semi-finalist received the essay prompt? It’s due on the 25th so somewhat worried…
Hey! I emailed someone and apparently we will be getting it via mail and email sometime this week before Friday. Have you heard anything yet?
Also, does anyone know the prompt from last year?
Thank you @papyrusreed This is helpful. So they expect someone to write an essay in less then a week? Is it still due on 25th of this month?
Yes, I believe that it is still due on the 25th.
Just received the email that I was selected as a semi-finalist for the Johnson Scholars Program! The essay is due by 5 p.m. PST next Thursday, Feb. 25. I have never heard of the scholarship until today, so I would greatly appreciate it if anyone could share some contextual information regarding the scholarship (e.g. how many students are selected as semi-finalists each year?)
I’m not sure how many semi-finalists are chosen (I would also like to know this), but I do know that 50 finalists are chosen and after the Scholars’ Weekend, 10 are selected for the program. It’s pretty competitive!
@papyrusreed Thank you for the information! I would’ve liked more time to write the essay, but I’ll try to write the best essay possible and see what happens! 
Do you guys think we can draw upon our supplement essays for SCU in our Johnsons essay?
Hey! Im a current Johnson scholar at SCU. I drew a little from my supplement, but not a whole lot. Good luck in the process!
Any other finalists here? Looking forward to meeting you guys in April!
@papyrusreed i am! and same here – so excited to go to cali
@musicpen Nice!! Hopefully we’ll run into each other. Do you have any idea what the essay is going to be like? It’s on the agenda and I’m a little nervous.