<p>Curmudgeon, congratulations. Congratulations to Lindalana and Cathymee and everyone else who has a child that received a merit scholarship.</p>
<p>Congratulations, all! - And remember, you don't HAVE to accept the merit offer ;)</p>
<p>Curmie baby, congrats on the wonderful news.</p>
<p>Cathymee, texasmom, splashmom and beprepn congrats on all of the merit awards coming to your house. I am sure that more will be coming.</p>
<p>cur
what they do at U S Carolina is reduce OOS tuition to scholarship winners to instate rates which this year was a little above $6,000.Then they apply the scholarship amount the winner has received(whatever it is). The $6,000 S received so far is off that instate tuition amount.He didnt have to apply for this one its automatic to NMF.He applied seperately for their Honors College/McNair scholarship..there's 40 of them for OOS. It's up to $12,000,in S's case if a winner,it would not be in addition to the 6,000 but that would be absorbed,so $12,000 is the total.Will hear by beginning of Feb and then theres an interview weekend. Could cover in state rate of room/board nicely!
We found the U by accident while searching by major interest and have since heard only positive things.
Congrats to your D on her awards so far!</p>
<p>Curmudgeon,</p>
<p>That's such wonderful news for you and your DD, but it should not have been surprising given her accomplishments. I bet she'll have even more choices before she is done.</p>
<p>Curmudgeon,</p>
<p>Cha-ching!! Love the sound of affordable college! Congrats to you and your stellar kid!</p>
<p>Congrats Cur -- looks like she'll have some difficult choices ahead, but of the GOOD kind.</p>
<p>cathymee, that is what I was hoping you were saying.:). Outstanding work. Good luck on the McNairs.</p>
<p>great news - curmudgeon, cathymee. congrats on the $'s so far. they'll be more to come:)</p>
<p>congrats to all the others as well. thanks for sharing. many of us are serving as research assistants, administrative assistants, facilitators, secretaries, personal assistants, administrative specialists, etc. so it's great to see the awards rolling in for the kids. good work:)</p>
<p>Congrats and Merry Happy to all! Large and small, all these awards have meaning for affordability and for validation of the achievements of these kids (and their Application Manager deputy assistant secretary administrative facilitators and Chancellors of the Exchequer).</p>
<p>curmudgeon-congrats ..btw I am a tech grad, son considered tech honors seriously -he was top 10, NMF eagle scout ...instead will be at west point... curious as to how D thinks of program for S2 ,, any rate congrats no matter the choice</p>
<p>Are you interested in the "small stuff"?</p>
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<p>Yes, all of it! I think it is all useful information for the families coming behind our kids. </p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone who has received an award so far! I am sure we will have many more before the end of the admissions season.</p>
<p>OK, here's some small stuff. </p>
<p>On Christmas Eve, Son received an OOS merit scholarship from University of Vermont, $2,000/yr "Presidential". It was a confirmation that he does have a lot to offer and provided a much-needed boost to his ego. A really nice Christmas gift!</p>
<p>Large or small, it is wonderful to get those awards in the mail. Congratulations to everyone on their acceptances and awards.</p>
<p>Great news from many quarters! I'm so pleased for all of you and your scholars :)</p>
<p>My news is "old" from last spring: Wonderful S#2 won Rensselaer Polytechnic Medal in Science and Math, which really is a medal on a ribbon just like the Olympics and also comes with $60,000 for 4 years, and an application fee waiver (you said you wanted to hear about the small stuff! Ha!) Also won the Bauch & Lomb Science Award from Rochester Institute of Technology, which comes with $30,000 for 4 years.</p>
<p>He has applied to Rensselear, not Rochester, BUT we're hoping that having that bird in hand scholarship money & awards will encourage U Chicago to make an effort. Won't know 'til March.</p>
<p>Wyogal, Could you tell us a bit about your son's stats so we can get an idea of how he qualified for these prizes (congrats!)</p>
<p>Well, first, about these prizes. Both of these prizes come from being nominated by the student's high school, and the recipients are announced spring of junior year at the honors assembly. If your high school is not currently participating, you are not eligible. It is not limited to private schools, but the school has to be approved by RPI and/or RIT, which involves providing a curriculum which meets their standards for science & math. Our high school doesn't necessarily nominate someone every year, only if there is a very good science/math student. Once the nominations are made, the student still has to apply to the college, but if accepted the scholarships are automatic. There's no further competition or evaluation. Both of these prizes are prestigious, and very well known throughout the academic community, including admissions departments.</p>
<p>Now, S's stats, as I posted on the UC EA thread ;) :</p>
<p>SAT: 2400 (PSAT=240, no fluke)
SAT II: 800 Chem, 760 Math, 750 Bio
GPA: 3.9+ unweighted
Rank: top 5% (class size 77), Cum Laude Society as a junior. (Cum Laude is the independent private school equivalent of the National Honor Society)
ECs: School newspaper editor, performance choir (tenor), tutors calculus, 4 years wrestling team, Habitat for Humanity volunteer
Essays: we think good, but we're prejudiced
Recs: we assume they were good (GC + math, english, & research prof)
State/Country: Maryland, US
School type: Private independent
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Other: Could have graduated 1 year early based on advanced placement. RPI Math & Science Medal, Bausch & Lomb Award, many AP classes w/4-5's, now independent study in linear algebra. 2 summers' research experience in heat transfer lab at Johns Hopkins. 10 years studying Japanese, including reading and writing in all 3 alphabets. Great hair (a joke, folks!).</p>
<p>RPI has a special "Medalist's Visiting Day" in the fall, which we attended (at our own expense). There were about 1500 medalists there, and they told us that the class of 2009 were ~ 30% medalists. I don't know how many of the attendees were there from outside the New England/Mid-Atlantic areas, but we did talk with a few from the upper South and Ohio. If anyone wants more info, I'll try to help. Just PM me.</p>
<p>The son of a very close friend of mine, a medal winner, attends RPI's 7 year med program. He is now in his first year of med school (year 4 of the seven) at Albany Med. When he first visited RPI, he was a bit put off by the appearance and area, but after getting into the med program, he visited again and decided that the med school and scholarship added up to an unbeatable combo. He actually had a great time there, found wonderful friends, and was the top entering med student in his class.</p>
<p>Wyogal
Congrats!
just curious why S#2 does not want to follow S#1? I suspect the answer is obvious.......</p>
<p>9500 to Augustana (IL) .. 28 ACT, 3.4 GPA, lots of extracurriculars/community service. Honestly, though, my application for them was not very good (first one I did - left out a lot of stuff, didn't send an essay or a recommendation since they were both optional). It's their Dean's scholarship. Kind of confused, though, because their Dean's scholarship is listed as 9000 max and their Presidential scholarship picks up at 10000 max... and I fall right in between, heh.</p>
<p>Just want to add some more info about RPI's science/math medal to avoid any misconceptions: the stratospheric stats of wyogal's son is not characteristic of the majority of medal winners. In fact, I don't think SAT's are used in our school's selection, but rather the student's specific academic achievements in science and math. For example, my d. was medal winner, and her SAT was a 1490 (old).</p>