I believe it is through email.
I was told having to wait this long doesn’t mean a rejection, but it certainly doesn’t feel good to be one of those who haven’t heard back. This scholarship is my only hope at attending tOSU.
I was awarded Excellence on March 20 and was accepted February 18 due to issues with my application. I hope all of you hear soon!
All notifications are made through email.
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Has anyone waiting heard anything yet? Or is everything going out on Friday?
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My D received an email yesterday letting her know she did not receive the Morrill scholarship. Finally got the closure we’ve been waiting on. Now onto deciding between the schools that did offer scholarships.
I received my denial tonight. Sucks to have waited this long to only be rejected. Now scrambling to look at my other schools and options.
I’m so sorry @Kimmy04. I hope you’ll be happy wherever land. My D was also denied last night. Fortunately, she received a provost scholarship to help defray some of the cost.
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Does anyone know if the tuition-only scholarship covers study abroad costs? I received Prominence and the people I spoke to at Buckeye Bound weren’t 100% sure.
If it’s like my daughter’s college it can apply toward study abroad during the school year but not during the summer term.
Does Morrill do an early arrival program before fall semester for freshmen?
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@dreamschool19 Yes, MSP has an early arrival program. You can find it under “Signature Events” via the OSU MSP page. The info is not up to date for 2019, but general info should be the same.
@Sb123Momof3, I understand what MSP is for. I also understand that MSP doles out extremely generous amount of money. It’s based on an essay, some superficial activities, and being packaged well. In fact, my boy put in almost 300 volunteer hours. He helped at local food bank, ethnic festivals, and serving as the school’s only student teaching assistant. And I also understand the benefit of diversity and inclusion. Every MLK Day, I remind my kids Dr. King’s contribution to the country. With that being said, I know many over achieving kids don’t go to OSU because the very stringent merit scholarships. If OSU is willing to spend a few more million dollars a year on full tuition merit scholarship, OSU can easily be a top 40 university in the country. OSU is choking off the pure academic merit scholarship to fund the MSP.
Many American colleges are hijacked by a few individuals. Once they have control of the college, they use the college to promote their political platform at the expense of the students and alumni. Ohio State is one of them. My boy spent about 300 volunteering. I wonder how many “ambassador” has put in that many hours. I guess he did the wrong kind of volunteering and goodwill activities. I predict that average ACT score for the income class is lower than previous years.
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@JakeMiller44022 All of this seems like you are just very bitter. Yes, your son is very academically gifted, however, OSU only has 300 Morrill Scholarships to give. There is no way they can give it to every academically talented student. It is best to just accept that your son got the short end of the stick and was one of thousands of smart kids they couldn’t offer a scholarship to. Also, saying their ACT average will be lower purely because your son will not be attending negates all the talented students who were admitted. I would also like to say I am a Morrill Scholar with over 1,000 documented hours of community service in high school and three gold presidential service awards so just remember your son might be the best in your eyes and that’s only right for you to think that way he is your son and from what you’ve said he is extremely gifted. But rule one of college there is always someone working harder than you, with more involvement, higher GPA. It’s up to you to sell yourself enough to get the edge. I wish you both the best he will surely thrive where ever he ends up attending.