<p>Does anyone know anything about this program? For example, </p>
<p>1) How competitive is it to get?
2) How many applicants are invited to apply and how many will be awarded with the scholarship?
3) What are the primary selection criteria?
4) Is there any SAT/ACT cut off score?
5) What is the range of the merit scholarship amount?
6) Does it matter what your intended major is? </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I wouldn’t worry about it unless you are a valedictorian or salutitorian AND have taken the toughest curriculum possible. I’d assume 32 as a cut-off ACT score, but it may be lower.</p>
<p>I am a current Morrill Scholar. Most of the information you want is available on the OSU website. But I would urge you to apply for the scholarship, as it does reap $$$. Especially if you’re a minority, you don’t need all those fantastic scores. Just a hard-work ethic that shines…</p>
<p>my son recieved it 2007 and he did have high gpa,class rank,plus alot of extras including varsity sports.his act was 28,but that year they said 2000 applied and 550 recieved it.my daugther is considering osu and will apply also.its a great program</p>
<p>Most of the kids from my high school who apply get at least full tuition (and they all have 26+ ACT). I got the Morrill Distinction, which is the full ride. When I was awarded it, they said they gave out 10 of them to over 2200 applicants. So, the top award is extremely competitive, but the other ones are a bit easier to get.</p>
<p>On the site it says you have to be invited by them…
does anyone know how long it takes to process your
application and wait for the invite? Or can you just
request to be in the program. I’m a little confused.</p>
<p>We have the same question as ColdAsIce</p>
<p>The OSU website states: Students cannot go online and register for the MSP scholarship until after they have applied to the admissions office and received their OSU ID and an email from OMA.</p>
<p>Do you have to request to be invited—what triggers the email from OMA?</p>
<p>hmmm…that’s interesting.
when i applied, there was no waiting to be invited by OMA…there was just an additional supplement that you had to send in to the OMA people.
i would probably call them and ask, because there’s a possibility that they changed the system since last year (when i also know that they simply had another app to send in).</p>
<p>there is no invite…once you have ur OSU ID, the app is there for you to begin on the site.</p>
<p>Not according to the OMA website and the email we got from OMA. You Have to be invited or the sign up doesn’t “work”. Plus the deadline has passed.</p>
<p>The flyer we received about scholarships says you must apply for admission to Ohio State by 12/01, then the Office of Minority Affairs will send an e-mail to candidates outlining the MSP process and materials needed for submission.</p>
<p>It’s changed this year from previous years. You must have applied by the admissions application deadline, and could only apply if you received an “invitation” by e-mail. This is the first year for the “invitation” method. Guess this is to weed out too many applications from those who don’t qualify. </p>
<p>I do wish my son had applied last year, when there was no “invite” rule yet, but I know he wouldn’t have gotten one anyway (male, middle-class, one mile from “official” Appalachia, no diversity/minority background, etc.). Our niece who applied this year was “invited” to apply - girl, Appalachia, etc. Our son is trying VERY hard to be generous and not jealous that she’s likely to get something while he’s trying so hard to pay without loans. lol! Think it’s the Appalachian thing that bugs him the most - they live a mile apart and both in solid Amish country, but because we are just over the county line he is not Appalachian. Maybe if we’d known how much it could have meant for financial aid purposes we might have bought a house a mile south instead. :P</p>
<p>My son received an invitation but I think it was more because he participated in man community wide voice programs and they considered this as leadership in diversity? Not sure but we still applied.</p>