<p>Hi, I have a question about the incoming freshman Monroe Scholars. Can anyone tell me when and how the students are notified if, indeed, they are selected of such? I see there is a Monroe weekend in the spring, so I am assuming the students are notified before May? By email? snail mail? Text? Phone call? Thanks for sharing the information.</p>
<p>I was notified in March in my acceptance letter, but that was 4 years ago.</p>
<p>Thanks for your input. You were notified w/ your RD acceptance letter. How about the ED acceptances? About the same time in March?</p>
<p>I believe the Monroe letters go out slightly before the other acceptance letters, maybe middle-ish of March?</p>
<p>Any scholarship recipients are notified in their admission letter. Most scholarship recipient letters are mailed in March (no exact date but usually in the early part of the month). If there is any special admitted student program associated with that award (such as Monroe Weekend in April) that information is also in the decision letter or a subsequent letter.</p>
<p>Financial aid notifications (need-based monies) are sent via email shortly after admission decisions are released.</p>
<p>Oh, and for those who applied ED, if you are awarded a scholarship, that information will be in the new admit pack you are sent in March.</p>
<p>Admissions’ web site that the Monroe scholarship it is “offered each year to the top 10-15% of all admitted students”. What all criteria are used to decide a Monroe scholar? Do the criteria differ for ED vs. RD admittees? Do the criteria differ for IS vs. OOS? What percentage of ED, RD, IS, OOS are offered Monroe scholarships?</p>
<p>There are not cut and try criteria for the Monroe Scholarship however, as noted, it’s awarded to the top applicants in our pool based primarily on academic merits (and it’s about 5-7% of the admits are offered the Monroe Scholarship, not 10-15%). Generally speaking, those awarded Monroe will have taken very rigorous classes throughout high school, they will be at or near the very top of their graduating class, and they will have a 1470 or higher on the SAT (that equates to a 33 on the ACT). Again, these are not hard and fast cut-offs, they are merely parameters. We also look for high levels of intellectual curiosity and any research inclination on the part of the student as the Monroe Scholarship is research funding.</p>
<p>We have no set ratios for how many EDs, IS, or OOS students get the Monroe Award. It is equally open to all cohorts of our applicant pool.</p>
<p>Thank you W&M admissions and fellow posters. The new info was very helpful. I also believed that the Monroe was offered to the to 10%-15%(reading from the W&M website) but now understand how competitive it is to receive. 5%-7% and more criteria, not just academics.</p>
<p>Berliner, the web site is correct in that 10-15% of admitted students are offered the Monroe Scholarship. However, that equates to about 5-7% of all applicants. Hope that makes things more clear.</p>