<p>I plan on applying for the morehead scholarship this coming fall, and I was wondering if any previous winners/semifinalists could post their stats. Thank you!</p>
<p>My son is a Morehead.</p>
<p>Are you in state? If not, you cannot apply but must be nominated for the scholarship. If you are in state you can self-nominate. You can also put yourself into consideration for the Robertson with an interest form that is available on their website.</p>
<p>This is from The Morehead website:</p>
<p>"Students attending high school outside of North Carolina must be nominated for The Morehead in ONE of the following ways:
-by a participating eligible school outside of North Carolina
-by a nominating affiliate program
-by the UNC-Chapel Hill Office of Undergraduate Admissions
-as a direct or sponsored applicant from any secondary school or c</p>
<p>eadad couldn't have said it any better. Stats are not that relevant. I know of people with 1200s that won and people with upper 1500s that were turned down. I know of students in the top 15 win over valedictorians. Leadership is definitely the most important criteria. If you have any specific questions, PM me.</p>
<p>Thank you for your comments. Yes, I'm in-state. One of my best friends won the morehead this year, and she's not the top of her class, but she happens to be probably the most amazing people I know. I'm aware of the fact that winning the morehead isn't soleloy based upon standardized tests and class rank; I was just wondering about the different accomplishments of the applicant pool. I was really wondering what made them stand out. I' m always interested in seeing the different kinds of people that certain scholarship programs attract. </p>
<p>Eadad-Does your son enjoy chapel-hill as much as he expected? What about you mradio?</p>
<p>Ask me in a couple of months. I'm an incoming freshman.</p>
<p>Phellax</p>
<p>He loves Chapel Hill (or as they call it Chapel Thrill) and UNC and says he is happier than he has ever been in his life. Hard to argue with that!</p>
<p>Hard to argue with that, indeed. So, he never feels like he's missing out on anything by not attending a more prestigious university? One of my cousins goes to chapel Hill, and she said she has never thought twice about choosing it over Duke. Chapel Hill is a good school for pre-health professions isn't it?</p>
<p>He turned down EA at Yale to accept the Morehead. There were I believe 5 total in class that turned down Yale that year along with others turning down HPS. You will find that most OOS Moreheads (and many in-state) are regularly turning down HYPS and more to accept. One of John Motley Morehead's intentions when he created it was to "attract" students to UNC who might otherwise not have considered it or attended.</p>
<p>At Christmas I asked him if he had any regrets about Yale (he was the only one of 7 accepted from his HS class that didn't matriculate there) and he said "none whatsoever" and that he was happier than he had ever been in his life! In all honesty, it probaly took his mom and I longer to get over the fact that we weren't putting a Yale sticker in the back window of our cars, but seeing how truly happy he is has made it very easy to accept.</p>
<p>You also have to remember that graduating as a Morehead is perceived by grad and professional schools as well as employers as being at least equal to graduating from HYPS and with the experiential learning component of the scholarship, many employers and schools see them as more mature, experienced and prepared to take on the next level of challenenge.</p>
<p>Awesome. Thank you very much eadad. I'm sure your son is a great person. My friend, who has recently been named a morehead, is one of the most amazing people I have ever known. I automatically assume that your son must be just as exceptional. Knowing that UNC is populated with students like them makes me want to go there even more. Thank you for all of your comments.</p>