<p>Has any of you ever found the information about previous winners of the top scholarships at OSU? That should offer you a reference point if you think your child should have gotten one.</p>
<p>Dad II... We would greatly appreciate it if you can elaborate on your point and perhaps provide a link to where we might find the information about the previous winners that you're talking about? Thanks.</p>
<p>HI! We received the message on Friday at 6:25 pm. Yes, it did have all of the emails listed. Hmmm.... My S received the message that he had been placed on the "waitlist" for this scholarship. We were assuming that everyone who didn't get the scholarship is probably on the waitlist. Is that true? </p>
<p>Anyway, his stats are: 3.95 uw, 4.15 w, 34 ACT, 1460/ 2120 SAT, average extra curriculars, great teacher recommendations, accepted into engineering, honors, maximus scholarship.</p>
<p>I specifically called the OMA to ask if he should apply for this scholarship, because he is Caucasian, in-state, and doesn't qualilfy for grants. However, we do live in an Appalachian county. We were told that he definitely should apply, that the scholarships were merit based, and that at OSU App. county counts for diversitly.</p>
<p>Did anyone receive word that they received this scholarship?</p>
<p>My daughter is a freshman at OSU and she did not apply for this scholarship because of consideration of the following criteria:</p>
<p>• Applicant’s status as a potential first-generation college graduate
• Applicant’s race/ethnic/tribal background
• Socioeconomic factors
• Ohio county of residence</p>
<p>If your children are highly qualified academically and you are wondering why they did not receive notification that they received this award, did you consider the above factors?</p>
<p>Also, Rocky River, did you see that the information for this comes from the Office of Minority Affairs? I think the point is to award scholars among those in a diverse population (So it shouldn't be re-named.) Maybe I'm wrong, but that's the way it looks to me. </p>
<p>Yes, it's disappointing, but you are not alone. I had hoped (and expected) that my daughter would get more than she did. Our kids work hard and you think they deserve it, but there's only so much to go around. Best of luck.</p>
<p>Are the rejection or acceptance emails being sent out at different times because I havent received anything</p>
<p>my son is still waiting also and has recieved no e-mail.has anyone heard if they have recieved the award yet.has everyone who's not getting the award been contacted yet?</p>
<p>My daughter has not heard. I guess no news is good news:)</p>
<p>the e-mails that came out about the waitlist and no's had over a thousand 'to' names on it. is that possible?</p>
<p>Fancy dancer, yes that is possible. According to the "recruiter" newsletter, there were 2,000 applicants for the Morrill Scholars awards. Last year, 450-480 (don't remember the exact number) awards were given..........</p>
<p>does anyone think all the waitlist and no e-mails are done.can we assume we have been accepted for the scholarships,or are we just being hopeful?this seems like such a secret program,and the supense is driving me crazy.we are going up for a admitted student day on april 4th so i hope we know by then</p>
<p>I'll say we should make no assumptions until we actually get our decisions.</p>
<p>I got an email saying i got the excellence version-- In state tuition. Is this thing for only out of state students? My application says in-state since my dad lives in Ohio--I'm confused</p>
<p>I just got the e-mail stating that I got the Excellence scholarship as well. In-state tuition is paid for along with my surcharge for tuition since I live OOS.</p>
<p>fgp217: If you are out of state, your e-mail should say that you should receive a non-resident award to pay for the surcharge. The surcharge only applies to OOS students.</p>
<p>My daughter received an excellence award as well. It covers 100% of the tuition. Oh Happy Day!!!</p>
<p>I just got an e-mail saying I got the Excellence scholarship. I never thought I'd actually get it. I'm pure Caucasian, but I have lived in several parts of the country and had good academics and essays. (I'm in-state, btw.)</p>
<p>my son got the excellence award also. i want to thank everyone on this site.you guys were so well informed and polite.i hope you all get yourself the award you need.good luck to the people on the waiting list.i hope everything turns out alright for you.also keep in mind how hard it must be to narrow down this field of candidates.at least they let everybody know.one of the schools my son visited only notified the awarded students</p>
<p>So if you get the excellence award and you live out of state is tuition covered?</p>
<p>babygrl4359: The surcharge is considered if you're out of state so tuition is covered.</p>
<p>I would like to see the guidlines they use for selection. My daughter had high hopes of receiving this scholarship but was put on the wait list. The problem I have is they only give one to her school and the girl that received it was behind my daughter in all areas that are listed for critera. The girl that received the scholarship only had one thing we didn't, a close realtive that is a powerful politician. I guess we taught her wrong by telling her that hard work and being number one in your class would pay off. Agin it is not what you knoe but who you know.</p>
<p>Morrill awards are freaking random.</p>
<p>I think the selection pool is also very, very competitive. The valedictorian and salutatorian at my school both applied (one has a 36 ACT, 2350 SAT, lots of involvement, and perfect GPA), but were both waitlisted for Excellence. Two other kids (both still in the top 5% of the class, but much weaker as a candidates, overall) got it. As far as I know, they have no connections/hooks/super powers. One of them is definitely rich enough to pay 10 times over for college without any need-based aid, while the other one is very run-of-the-mill. I'm confident that connections or need played any role in either case. I think it all came down to how strong the essays and recommendations were.</p>