<p>My S received his letter for the Pogue interview weekend in yesterday’s mail. It’s dated Feb 24th & postmarked Feb 25th. It also states that they selected 26 North Carolina finalists & no mention of how many OOS (but I believe it’s 4-5). We’ve had several other Pogue finalists in the family in recent years & this is definitely a change. In the past, a student applied by Nov 1st, submitted the Pogue app by Dec 5th & approx 60 finalists were invited to the interview weekend for the end of Feb. Then, they selected 20+ scholars plus a couple of alternates. The new process cuts the number of finalists interviewing in half (but not the number of scholars). The rsvp deadline for the interview is Fri, March 5th (by FAX). They have not sent emails or posted the invite to the UNC event portal yet (just rechecked both). btw, UNC also sends letters to applicants they did not select for an interview & they would’ve been mailed at the same time (both letters come in the same size small envelope). If you do not receive your letter in Monday’s mail then you may want to email or call UNC to check your status.</p>
<p>i received my letter, now im a little nervous about the interview.</p>
<p>me too!
i wish i knew what it was going to be like?</p>
<p>I haven’t received a letter.
Do they send one even if you aren’t invited for interviews?
I just want to know either way!
I emailed them on Saturday because I thought we would be finding out by email, and they said I should get a letter in the mail today. I hope no news doesn’t mean bad news.</p>
<p>well from my understanding, every person that applied was contacted by letter. They dont send emails, even though they said they were going to. does anyone know how many scholars are chosen total? and how many out of state kids are finalists? (they said that 26 are nc residents r finalists, so im guess maybe 4 are oos, bc i heard they chose 30 kids) im not sure though</p>
<p>I am an in state finalist!!! and I am sooo nervous about the interview as well.
If anyone finds out about how many of the 26 in state finalists will actually get the scholarship please post it. I am curious!! Good Luck to those of you who are finalists as well, and I guess we will be meeting in a couple weeks!!!</p>