<p>Was anyone else offered a full tuition merit scholarship for all 4 years at Trinity?</p>
<p>Yes! I was under the impression that they didn't give merit aid, but I recieved this too.</p>
<p>Would you mind sharing your stats? I hope I am not imposing.</p>
<p>We are still waiting for a fin aid pkg and am anxious to see what they will offer. Was curious to know what type of profile they so graciously offered a full scholarship for.</p>
<p>And I offer you my happiest and warmest wishes for your college experience wherever you attend. Congratulations to both of you!! What an honor!!</p>
<p>We will visit Trinity again on the 11th for the Open House.</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>Rank: 1/450
GPA: 4.0 unweighted
ACT: 35</p>
<p>AP Scholar with Distinction. Add'l math/science courses at local university: Calculus III, DiffEq, Linear Algebra, Modern Physics.</p>
<p>EC: Baseball captain, school mascot, ballroom dancing instructor.</p>
<p>Sure.</p>
<p>Freshman GPA:96.5
Sophomore GPA:94
Junior GPA:101
Senior GPA:100.5</p>
<p>SATI: 760M 750CR 800WR
SATII: 720 Span 770 U.S.</p>
<p>ECs: assistant editor of literary magazine (350 hrs/year)
tutor math,span,chem (50 hrs/year)
National Merit Finalist, toughest courseload...</p>
<p>I was pretty surprised to receive this award.</p>
<p>Well you both deerve the full ride and then some! Impressive.</p>
<p>My D received it and we were also happily surprised by the award! </p>
<p>Her stats:</p>
<p>4.9 UW GPA
6 AP classes (4 this year)
school doesn't rank, but is one of the top public school districts in the country.
32 ACT, SAT's in the 700s.
Governor's School for Japanese language, which she's studied since 1st grade.
ECs: singing and Japanese.</p>
<p>To the other recipients: my D is wondering what other schools you are considering attending.</p>
<p>She's deciding between Trinity, William & Mary and Johns Hopkins.</p>
<p>Yeah, I got this too, rather plesant supprise.</p>
<p>Quick Stats:</p>
<p>GPA 4.4/5, top ~20% of competitive HS</p>
<p>800m 800v 770w
800 chem 770 bioM 740 mathII</p>
<p>Lots of AP's</p>
<p>Killer EC's inc. research @ MIT</p>
<p>Not an Athlete or Minortiy</p>
<p>CONGRATS!!!</p>
<p>Did you read the article "Trinity offers Merit Scholarships to Class of '10" in the 'Trinity Tripod'? </p>
<p>here's an extract:</p>
<p>"For the first time ever, Trinity will begin offering merit scholarships to incoming first-year students. Approximately 100 students will be offered scholarships and Trinity is expecting to enroll about 20 of them. A Presidential Scholar will be offered full tuition for four years of study and a Summit Scholar will be offered half tuition for four years of study."</p>
<p>"Right now, the Presidential Scholarships are being targeted at the top five percent of students that are offered admission. This amounts to approximately two percent of the entire applicant pool. The students offered scholarships will be selected through a holistic approach that mirrors the standard admissions policy. Some things that will be considered are test scores, grades, difficulty of classes, and personal qualities such as leadership, ability to overcome disadvantage, and concern for others. Presidential Scholarships will be offered without regard to family resources, as the intention is to attract the best possible students."</p>
<p>So, congrats again!! Seems like Trinity is finally increasing its efforts to attract the best students!</p>
<p>Got one too, but I think I might turn it down. W&L's straight financial aid is better, although I don't know where trinity will land me with financial aid... but I'm pretty attached to W&L now.</p>
<p>But stats:</p>
<p>33 ACT
3.7 GPA
2 AP classes
Wisconsin! That's a big reason
National Merit Finalist
2280 SAT
Also just turned 17 and graduating in 2 months :D</p>