<p>Per a recent conversation with the financial aid office they anticipate sending notices to those students who will be offered merit scholarships by the end of next week. Good luck!</p>
<p>Dana's Dad</p>
<p>Lot's of nail biting going on in our house. Thanks for the heads up Dad.</p>
<p>I've been selected as a Marquis Scholar!!! :)</p>
<p>woot for AA...</p>
<p>boy if you were accepted ea at MIT why are you still looking at other schools?</p>
<p>because there are other schools... lol
maybe money is an issue</p>
<p>Yeah, I just wanted to have options! There's nothing wrong with that, right? ;)</p>
<p>Yes there are certainly other schools. However looking at your other postings and your obvious superior background you are aiming at the ivies with Lafayette as your safety. I tend to think that you were aiming for MIT applying there EA. Wherever you go good luck.</p>
<p>what were your stats and congratulations</p>
<p>Marquis Scholar!!! Whoooo!!!</p>
<p>Ah yes, as far as stats and all, here you go:</p>
<p>White Male
Public HS
Maryland
Government, History major
GPA: 4.0 UW/4.6 W
Rank: Probably around top 5-6%
SAT: 1430/2190
SAT 2: 720 Math 2, 700 Literature, 620 Biology E (Biology is obviously not my thing... why'd I take the test? Lapse in judgement, haha.)
8 APs total (Euro History, Calc, Psychology, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Political Science, Comparative Politics, English Composition)</p>
<p>ECs: Varsity Soccer Captain, Varsity Lacrosse, SGA Treasurer, Amnesty International Executive Board, Self-teaching Arabic, NHS, Club Soccer, a good amount of work experience (lots of manual labor), Soccer Ref, etc.
Volunteering: Various standards, like cancer walks, blood drives, planning homecoming, soccer camp counseling, so on and so forth. As far as special volunteering goes, I went to Israel this past summer as a camp counselor for Messianic Jewish Israelis for about a month (which, coincidentally, happened to be during the war with Hezbollah) doing various community service projects and putting on dance performances (which, admittedly, is not a talent of mine).</p>
<p>Teacher Recs: One pretty excellent, others good
Counselor Rec: Ehh... she was new this year, didn't really know me, standard.
Essays: I was really proud of my common app essay, which dealt with an experience I had concerning transcending language barriers</p>
<p>I was so surprised to get the scholarship. Shooting 2/2 with acceptances so far! Good luck to everyone else!</p>