Meinig Family Cornell National Scholar

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<p>I received an email a few weeks about about being selected for the Cornell Commitment and the Meinig Family Cornell National Scholar program. Does anyone know how prestigious or beneficial this program is? I don't know much about it besides the mail that has been sent to me...</p>

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<p>There are other threads about this. I suggest you use the search function.</p>

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<p>Kojak, you can check here as a first step:</p>

<p>[Meinig</a> Family National Scholar](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/683414-meinig-family-cornell-national-scholar.html]Meinig”>Meinig Family Cornell National Scholar - Cornell University - College Confidential Forums)</p>

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<p>i know this is an old post, but i’m a meinig scholar so i’ll tell you a little bit about it. it’s pretty prestigious, usually only about 60 students are selected from each incoming class to be members. it offers benefits such as a scholarship for up to $4,000 for those of you on financial aid and a $3,500 grant to use throughout your undergrad years to pursue leadership activities. the grant can be used to pay for travel expenses to and fom a leadership conference you may like to attend. or it could be used to pay for travel and living expenses associated with a non-paid internship or volunteer work. that fund is usually not available for use until after your freshman year.</p>

<p>as a freshman, you’ll be required to participate in something called the freshman forum. during the first semester, you’ll meet about once a month or every six weeks to partake in teambuilding activities with your fellow members. this is all to prepare you for the project you complete during the second semester. you’ll be given different issues currently affecting the campus and the scholars as a whole will choose one to research and give a presentation on in april. you’ll have more meetings during the second semester… after freshman year, the only thing you have to do is to complete 150 hours of involvement on campus. you also have to write a short essay each year. it’s definitely worth the perks!</p>