<p>Hey, any of you out there planning on attending National Scholar Day at A&M on Nov. 20th?</p>
<p>I just want to say that I went to one of these in January (I’m a current freshman) and it’s what made me decide to come here. I did SHIP but all I took from that was random traditions (which I love, but I didn’t care about at all at the time), and so the national scholar day was the first time I really saw the campus from the perspective of a student/learner/scholar and when I realized that being a national merit scholar at A&M would mean, potentially, a lot of personal attention, as well as peace of mind because the school gets a lotttttttttttt cheaper haha.</p>
<p>Stbs, thanks for the info. My son went to SHIP also and loved it; however, it was all a little overwhelming and he needs to take a second look at A&M. We are hoping it will be productive. When did you hear from the Honors Program about your scholarships? Was it before the finalist list comes out in February? Thanks.</p>
<p>I’m not exactly sure when I heard back about the scholarships, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t until I officially became a finalist and had named A&M as my top choice.</p>
<p>Actually on second thought, I believe I heard about the President’s Endowed Scholarship (the $12,000 one that is given regardless of national merit standing) sometime before all the others… I’m not sure when though. I’m thinking January/February for that one. (I’m trying to remember when I went to my national scholar day in January if I had been officially awarded any scholarships by that point… I don’t think so, but I think I got the PES one shortly thereafter.)</p>
<p>So I would expect notification about PES in Jan-Feb and then the rest of the national merit ones sometime after, maybe in March or April?</p>