If you receive the MLK scholarship post here so we can talk about the scholarship and the scholarship weekend! I was awarded the scholarship on 3/15/2016! I know that only 80/63,000 applicants were awarded this prestigious scholarship. Also, if you are a current student with this scholarship please post advice!
I received it yesterday!! 3/15/16 . I can’t believe it. What college did you apply to? Steinhardt here
Not MLK, but the Dean’s Scholarship Grant so I’ll be at NYU April 15-17 too! 
I’m so excited; this was so unexpected
So yesterday i got an email that said “congratulations again on your admission to NYU”, this was the first email I received from them since turning in my application, so when I saw congratulations “again” I was like WHAT??? Turns out the original email came on Tuesday but went to spam.
Anyways, it says “your MLK scholarship is in the amount of $45,000 renewable for four years”. Does that mean $45k PER year or $45k total over four years?
Per year! Congratulations!
I recieved the MLK scholarship as well!
@Stechane When did you hear from them?
@LGilmore I can’t speak for @Stechane, but I got my first email last Tuesday the 15th, then I got a follow up email on the 18th.
I got the scholarship and responded back to the follow up email asking for personal information regarding the scholars’ weekend. Have any of you received any confirmation back after emailing back the info? The email said “we need your confirmation by March 21st,” so I’m assuming they would’ve replied with something like “hey, thanks for letting us know your coming”––but I’ve gotten nothing
I needed special accommodations for the timing of my flight so i mentioned that and i already got a time set for my flight
This happened to me also. I was so confused and thought it was a fake email until I found the first one 
Another question. It says in the email something about doing an internship “in the summer of your freshman year” to get an additional stipend for living expenses. Does that refer to summer before freshman year or after?
Hey guys I’m planning to apply for Fall 2017. Could I get your stats please? Getting in shouldn’t be a problem, I’m just curious to see if I even have a shot at this scholarship. Thanks!
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): C: 2060 CR:630 M:750 W:680
ACT: Didn’t send
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ≈3.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 25%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc-4 Bio-4 APUSH-5 Spanish-3 Lang-3, Also took AP Human and AP World, couldn’t take exams.
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Stat, AP Physics, AP Psych, AP Macro/Micro, AP Computer Science.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 year varsity soccer, Vice President of Service club, Spanish and Social studies National Honor Society, Student Advisory Council
Job/Work Experience:None
Volunteer/Community service: About 50-60 hours with my service club.
Summer Activities: None
Essays: Well written and unique (In my opinion)
Teacher Recommendation:10/10, both of my teachers knew me and my siblings very well, really liked me.
Counselor Rec: OK, She’s new at our school, never really got a chance to get to know me well.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large, well regarded public high school. Top 10 HS in the state.
Ethnicity: Black/ Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle class, really not sure about income.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First generation American.
Reflection
Strengths: I imagine my essay and teacher recommendations were a really big help.
Weaknesses: GPA, not much work experience, not a lot of community service.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: URM, extra-curriculars.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Northeastern, Syracuse, BC, NYU, UMN Twin Cities, Rejected from University of Florida, Georgetown
When will NYU send MLK scholars their notifications?
@PrettyCool within the next week or two most likely
@PrettyCool @GetaLucy is there a thread for 2017 yet? I dont see one…
@jpgautlier I doubt it. If you want a new thread you’ll have to start one.