All I have heard about merit scholarships personally was an invitation to fill out the application and essay for the Stamps/Presidential Scholarship a couple weeks ago.
Are you in state? I am OOS, and still havenāt received anything about the stamps or presidential. Nothing about merit either.
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Today LSU mailed me a brochure of an initial merit scholarship package, about 14k/year. This package basically covers everything but dorm. By the way, I am instate. And this package does not have any info regarding STAMPS or Presidential Scholar. Good luck everyone!
The letter says āinitialā so I bet LSU has not started calling for Stamps scholar finalists yet. Hopefully I will be called. Cross fingers.
Do you mind sharing your stats? Thank you my daughter is OOS and waiting for merit.
Yeah, Iām OOS and got my invitation for Stamps on December 23. I havenāt got anything about any other merit scholarships though
That is bizarre. Iām hoping I will also receive an invite as my Net merit scholarship calculator on their website told me I am eligible to apply to those scholarships. Perhaps they are just sending them out in waves?
UWGPA 3.8, WGPA 4.6. ACT 34 (Superscore 35), 18 AP, 8 Honors, class rank N/A, 4 year varsity letter (11 years swimming), no leadership title, some volunteering work. Wish the stat help.
@fnpony. Do you attend a large high school.
My son goes to a small school with limited number of AP classes. And only allows freshman to take one. So heāll finish with 11.
My class (2021) started with 430 students and now only 335 stay after school kicked out student who could not maintain 2.5 GPA.
@fnpony. Thanks. My sonās class has 118
11 AP is very good already.
My son was invited to apply for stamps and presidential
In state
Mentioned in prior post he will finish with 11 AP.
7 completed through junior year with 5 on 5 of them.
GPA 4.3
ACT 35(E 36, 35 on others)
SAT subject test for math level 2 and Chemistry 800 on both
Well rounded activities. Baseball Art piano (11 years) and even tried a school musical
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He must have received other schoolsā admissions (ranking higher than LSU) already, I guess.
Yes however a bit complicated
Iām sure you know top 20 schools do not give much merit aid. Privates anyway. And his mother and I are divorced. Privates use all money where as publics use custodial parent. Before knowing this his list had several. Rice. Stanford. Cornell etc. So our research turned to top stem public colleges and Rice because of proximity.
He will be going to grad school or med school so coming out of undergrad with no debt is very important.
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I saw some ppl share stats so i hope mine can help
Invited to Stamps/Presidential Alumni Scholarships
GPA: 4.1 W (school doesnāt do UW)
16.5 AP/IB ~14 honors/ Full IB Diploma Candidate
SAT: 1500
Pretty Well Rounded ECās: Internship, 4 Year Varsity Athlete (T&F)+captain ,Speech 2x National Qualifier+ captain, leadership positions in clubs at school, and volunteering at church
Awards: College Board National African American Recognition Program, National Merit Commended,
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Thank you for sharing. Can you please describe more about the invitation? Is it a new form to fill, or is it a schedule of interview? Thank you.
I got an email right before Christmas sending me a form to fill out, which included writing a 500-word essay and submitting a resume by January 3rd. I assume that once they pick finalists, they will start scheduling the interviews. I hope that helps!
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Scholarship Calendar
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| December 15 | Application Deadline | This is the scholarship priority deadline for LSU. You must submit a completed application to the university through the Common Application by this date to be considered for the Stamps Scholars and Presidentās Alumni Scholars Programs. |
| Late December | Status Update | Students who are selected as semifinalists will be notified and will be asked to submit an essay and resume. |
| Late January | Finalists Invited | Semifinalistsā essays and resumes will be reviewed, and finalists will be selected and invited to attend Scholars Weekend, where they will participate in an in-person interview. |
| TBD | Scholars Weekend Activities | Scholars weekend activities and interviews will be held on LSUās campus. Dates will be announced in January. In keeping with best practices of the nationās most prestigious scholarship programs, we regret that no interviews will be scheduled on alternate dates, and participants must attend all activities for the weekend. |
Since I did not see (maybe lost in spam folder) such an email late December, I assume that I was now selected and I just need to move on. Good luck for everyone who is selected.