<p>What exactly does it mean that I'm a finalist for the McMullen Dean's Scholar award? What benefits does this hold and how many receive this? Is it a significant honor?</p>
<p>Thanks guys!</p>
<p>Anybody know?</p>
<p>I am curious too. Did you apply for it??? Is it some form of financial aid?</p>
<p>Take a look: Cornell</a> Engineering : Special Awards</p>
<p>It doesn't have many specifics nor a specific dollar amount attached, but congrats!</p>
<p>I didn't apply for it, jackwang.</p>
<p>aurona, I saw that, but it doesn't really say much more than the letter did.</p>
<p>Okay so I didn't get the finalist letter, but I just got a letter saying I was selected as the scholar and if you got the letter, you'd know by now, but for those who don't:</p>
<p>The McMullen Dean's award will reduce the loan component of the aid package if sufficient need is shown if you applied for financial aid.
If you didn't apply for financial aid, you will receive $600 toward the cost of books.</p>
<p>Tada, though this might be unneeded now.</p>
<p>I got scholarship money for it. You also go to an awards banquet thing, and some dinners. there are special opportunities for the scholars, but not too many.</p>
<p>I received the Jacobs Scholar ... That's the one for the Engineering school ... The Deans scholarship is for the Arts and Science school... That is what the admission person told me ... The Jacobs is "most pertigious award given in the School of Engineering" and I am asssuming the other says most prestigious for the school of arts and sciences... All you get is extra money and an honor that you can put on your resume for grad school</p>
<p>lkmkl, McMullen is also for engineering</p>
<p>the admission person told me otherwise ... if that is so ... then I got a letter that said it was the "most pretigious" award ... It sounds like the McMullen would be more prestigious though...</p>
<p>McMullen is prestigious, and it is Engineering.</p>
<p>On the McMullen letter it says "this award, the most prestigious available from the College of Engineering"...
maybe they use that phrase loosely.
Maybe they're tied. The world will never know...</p>
<p>Well, McMullen is an older scholarship, I believe. Jacobs I think is a lot newer-the money was more recently donated to Cornell. I'm not sure what the distinction between them is other than that. When we had the awards banquet type thing/met the Dean, it was for both the McMullen Scholars and the Jacobs Scholars at the same time. The only difference was like the color of our nametag or something silly like that.</p>
<p>I got a likely letter from cornell saying I'm a finalist for the McMullen scholarship, but this was mid-march. I haven't received anything since (haven't gotten my financial aid package either). Does this mean I got the scholar or no? Do I have to be selected after you are a finalist?</p>
<p>Just wait for the letter in the mail ... I just got the letter two days ago... It should come ... All finalist get the award.</p>
<p>I received this award. I’m assuming it is a one-time thing?</p>