I didn’t see any Ohio State Eminence Scholarship threads for this year, so I’m hoping we can get a discussion started. My S just received his invite to the interview weekend! If he gets this scholarship, he would definitely go there. He was really impressed when he visited in the summer. Anyone know approx. how many finalists there are? How many scholarships they award? Any tips for the interview weekend? Thanks in advance!
Unless they have changed it they interview about 75 kids and award 25 scholarships. Good luck to your son.
@saillakeerie Thanks! That is way better odds than the scholarship his twin sister just interviewed for at St. Louis University which was around 35-50 scholarships for around 500 interviewed finalists!
@saillakeerie Have you have a kid go through the process?
My son applied but was notified that he wasn’t chosen. Good luck to all the applicants!
I also received my I invitation to interview weekend! I emailed back asking how we should prepare for the interview and this is what I got in reply:
“The best thing is to be yourself, give some thought to what you want to study and why, and enjoy the experience. Spend some time learning about Eminence as well – it’s much more than just a scholarship.
Dress is business attire and you should make sure to have your OSU email account set up, if you have not already done so.
Let me know if you have further questions. Looking forward to meeting you –“
Good luck to everyone!
@KathyV The number of people awarded the scholarship varies from year to year. It’s usually around 25, but it seems the number of scholarships offered has been dwindling, or not everyone awarded the scholarship accepts.
Also, I didn’t receive an email notifying me that I was accepted into the Honors program, but I was selected as an Eminence finalist. Is it safe to say that I was accepted into the Honors program?
See you guys there 
Anyone hear anything yet? When should we expect a decision? All fingers crossed!
I have not heard anything. Based on last year’s thread, I would bet we find out midway through next week. But today is also possible I guess. They call people on the phone number they listed on their application so just keep your phone on you I guess.
Will we only get a call if we got it? Will they email us if we don’t get it?
I think we will be notified regardless, but I don’t know if they call those who didn’t get it.
The Eminence Scholarship website also says that decisions will be made about two weeks after the interview, so fingers crossed for next week. Good luck to everyone!
Yes good luck!!
We should be hearing back any day now
I got my phone call at around 3:30 today.
You got it?!
I would imagine that all of the calls have gone out by now (assuming they call the winners first). Hopefully they will notify the non-recipients soon so they can finalize their plans for this fall. If there’s some kind of alternate system if people decline the scholarship (which I doubt occurs) then it would at least be nice to be notified of our status soon.