I was interested as to how competitive these scholarships are? DD has applied to both Clemson and Calhoun so she was thinking about applying for this as well, but 4 essays and application due on Wednesday.
@burghdad Last year there were over 500 applicants. 20 finalists reach the interview round and 10 are admitted into the program. It’s a commitment to a 4 year program as well. However, the deadline was December 11th, unless they extended it.
@Baxter126 Wow those are some long odds. We have been getting emails that the deadline is December 20.
@burghdad It’s a pretty amazing program and worth going for it. Obviously, a lot rides on the essays to make the cut to 20 finalists. All the best to your daughter of she decideds to go for it.
@Baxter126 Its funny I was a political philosophy major in college so many of the books listed that they read and discuss are ones that I read and discussed oh so many years ago. For some reason my daughter was unimpressed…
they extended
@burghdad It gives the a Poly Sci minor too so that is nice.
@Baxter126 My daughter did end up submitting an application to Lyceum. She figured for a shot at some more money and the opportunity to be part of what sounds like a pretty cool program she could suck up writing 3 more essays. As always thanks for sharing your information.
@burghdad That’s great! Keep us posted.