Anyone else receive the email? I just now got mine, and apparently 530 semifinalists were picked out of ~12,000 applicants.
You have until 5 pm to receive a notification, so don’t fret yet!
I was picked too! I had no expectation of being named a semifinalist. Quite the (pleasant) surprise!
Congrats to you guys!
Could you both please put up your stats so that the other applicants can get an idea of the qualifications required for these scholarships?
Objective:
SAT I: 710 M, 620 R, 690 W (taken at the beginning of junior year. not submitted)
ACT: 34 R, 34 M, 36 W, 36 S (35 composite)
SAT II: 780 Math 2, 770 Chemistry (not submitted)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): unknown, between 3.9-4.0?
Rank: 1/370
AP: Chinese (4, took during 8th grade year), US History, Euro History, AB Calc, English Language (all 5’s)
IB: none so far
Senior Year Course Load: IB SL 20th Century, IB HL-2 English, AP Physics, IB SL-2 Math, IB HL-2 Chemistry, AP Gov, AP Bio
Major Awards: Received a full scholarship to an engineering camp (won’t name for privacy), AP Scholar with Distinction, Honda-OSU Math Medal, Behavioral Science Award at OSU State Science Fair, National Merit Commended
Subjective:
Extracurriculars:
Varsity Soccer: 4 years, captain 2 years, 2nd Team Districts (2 years), 3rd team regional (junior year), 2nd team regional (senior year), team MVP (2 years), Senior All-Star
Club Soccer: 7 years, team captain
Piano: 12 years, participate in a yearly solo competition
Mock Trial: 2 years, participated in the state tournament, team finished 3rd in an international tournament
NHS: 2 years, VP
Student Council: 4 years
School Spirit: 4 years, executive member
School Math Team: 4 years
Volunteer at a local university’s Chinese New Year planning group: 11+ years
Kickball: intramural team, team captain
Interned at a local metalworking plant the summer after sophomore year
Other
Applied for Financial Aid? no
State (if domestic applicant): OOS
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Your standard public high school
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~$80,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none that I know of
I got it too!
Lol I didn’t even know this was a thing until I got the email…
Has anyone been notified about their ps interview time yet?
@Lkjh0987 My interviewer left a voicemail saying that they’re sending out emails with more info sometime later, but I still haven’t gotten it yet
@sophiawyu Thank you! S received email that said they would call by jan 26 with time of interview on Feb 7 or 8 but they haven’t called yet.
Has anyone received any further information yet?
We did get an email fro the local alumni network and they gave some basic info to my D about the general time and place for the interview but no specifics yet. They said they were still waiting to get replies from other semifinalists.
Any1 get that gift they were talking about? … most important part lolz
@eugeneccatalan yes haha. it wasn’t what I was expecting
Anyone know how we should prepare for the interviews? Any suggestions would be helpful!
@sophiawyu Legit it was so disspaointing
@eugeneccatalan I was hoping for a nice pen at least 
It’s a nice luggage tag…but if I don’t go to Tech it’s going to be kind of awkward to use.
How did everyone’s interviews go?
@silverdrop Mine went good!
Has anyone heard anything yet?
Decisions are supposed to be out today, has anyone heard anything yet?
I’ve refreshed my email at least 400 times in the past four hours lol
@yoloyng Nope, nothing yet for me.
I was cut from the first round of another scholarship last week, so my expectations are pretty low. My interview for PSP was decent but nothing great.