From a number of prior posts here, looks like the Morrill Distinction weekend is fast approaching (sometime in February right?). We have not heard either way on a Morrill award. Son was accepted in December. Has anyone called to find out if all the Morrill awards are all out already? Thank you in advance!
Excellent question. Our son was just accepted yesterday. It took forever. I don’t know if being accepted so late will hurt chances of morrill…
That’s what I’m worried about, as well. I need to get Morrill Scholars, otherwise I’m in a tough spot financially in order to be able to afford OSU… and I’m an instate student. (My family has a rough financial situation.) I hope that they aren’t done awarding people, it would be unfair if they really gave out most of the awards before all decisions came out.
We’re alumni too but Miami was super generous with merit so that’s where she ended up. No regrets bc she wants grad school!
However now it’s our son’s turn … we’ll see how it goes for him
I just spoke to someone in the Office of Diversity & Inclusion. She advised the recipients will receive notification through the middle to end of next month. Typically by email first then a letter will be mailed. She also confirmed those not receiving the award will also be notified by end of February.
Do you mean that about the upper level awards or to Morrill at all?
Someone’s prior post indicated Morrill Distinction candidates will know by end of this month for interviews weekend of Feb 23. So the between now and end of February notifications must be for Morrill Prominence and Excellence.
@berry0720 but what if you just got accepted, that doesn’t seem right. You have to be accepted before they’ll even consider you…
For Distinction I’m just going off a prior post indicating the actual date of the interviews. So maybe they will still make notifications after this month for that one. For anyone who was just accepted or will be by the end of this month there’s definitely still time for consideration for Prominence and Excellence. You are correct you have to be accepted to be considered. But I’ve also noticed that depending on who you talk to you may get a different answer regarding these timeframes.
@berry0720 I mean for being considered for distinction. Sorry if that wasn’t clear.
It just seems a bit odd that all of those decisions would basically be out already, unless admissions sent over the Morrill Scholars applicants over as soon as they made the decision, ESPECIALLY for those of us who were just admitted…
Edit: I just saw your post.
While I agree there is still time for the other scholarships, I’d be more fair if everyone else who applied was also considered a spot for interviews of distinction.
For anyone who applied EA and accepted by end of this month it would only be fair they receive the same consideration. I am not expecting my D will be considered for that one but for anyone who qualifies it would be my hope you are still fairly considered .
Yes! I was just saying that’s why it seemed a bit odd they would be out by the end of this month, unless they were super duper quick at making decisions. Hopefully everyone who applied is carefully considered!
no new posts of additional recipients of the Morrill Scholar award. Normally you would see a few here, or on Twitter. With the February event fast approaching the likelihood of additional awards being announced are greatly diminished. Anyone heard an update? or call the office this last Friday?
@PadreDe3 Yeah. I haven’t heard. I’m loosing hope because I was admitted really late, and I feel like I have no chance for Distinction.
My friend got the excellence scholarship last night.
@PadreDe3
I was admitted on 1/25 and was wondering how long it takes for them to get back to you about scholarships. Is there a deadline for notification? Hoping for excellence.
@Kimmy04 In my admissions packet I received from OSU, they said they notifications would go out until the end of March. From looking at past Morrill Scholar threads, it looks like being notified in the middle to late March means a rejection.
Has anyone in the December wave heard back from Morrill, since the last update a few weeks ago?
I don’t know what wave they were accepted in but there were some Morrill announcements this past Friday.