Presidential Scholar Candidates 2010

Parents Forum
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<p>haha, whew tarheel, thank goodness. i know how you feel, a scholarship recommender for me for a different program finally submitted his recommendation two hours before the deadline. i was getting pretty anxious</p>

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<p>So, are there stages to this competition? If so, what are they? Do we have an interview or anything similar?</p>

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<p>Would like to know the same thing, as well as how they choose, at least to a certain extent, but I doubt they disclose much. Grades, essays, activities…</p>

<p>There’s a semifinalist stage that we’re notified about in April, but that’s all I know</p>

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<p>No interviews. The next you will hear is in mid-April, when semi-finalists are announced, with the Presidential Scholars named in May. </p>

<p>Congratulations to all who finished with the application. I’m envious of the parents whose children allowed them to see their essays!</p>

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<p>Thanks for the info, momalot! As for letting parents read the essays, I figured they deserved to since they didn’t get to see any college or scholarship app ones…</p>

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<p>Semifinalists list is up!</p>

<p><a href=“http://www2.ed.gov/programs/psp/2010/semifinalists.pdf[/url]”>http://www2.ed.gov/programs/psp/2010/semifinalists.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>One from our HS!</p>

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<p>I’m a semifinalist!</p>

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<p>Wow… I’m nearly positive I won’t be a finalist, but at least those essays didn’t go totally to waste.</p>

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<p>Whooo I’m a semifinalist! Who knows from here on out :)</p>

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<p>anyone got notification from snail mail? S is a semifinalist, but we only found it out from this forum :).</p>

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<p>Yeah, I got the letter yesterday.</p>

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<p>One from our h.s. and she’s great!</p>

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<p>Congrats to all the semi-finalists. It may count as the biggest honor that the fewest people have heard of… those of us that know what it is, say “Great job!”</p>

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<p>I received an email from UPS yesterday with a tracking number from the Us Department of Education for a letter they sent 2-day airmail. I’m not sure why else they would be sending me a letter…has anybody else received this email?</p>

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<p>Nicoleslaw23: Congratulations. The results are up today and you are in!</p>

<p>It is an amazing honor. Best wishes to you.</p>

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<p>Wow. I am dumbstruck. I was really not expecting to be chosen. This is going to be awesome!</p>