Presidential Scholarship

Colleges and Universities A-Z Villanova University
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<p>I was just wondering who else on CC is applying for the Presidential Scholarship. Lets post stats too.</p>

<p>ACT: English 35
Math 35
Reading 35
Science 31
Writing 11
Composite: 34</p>

<p>Class Rank: 7/318
W GPA: 4.11
UW GPA: 3.95</p>

<p>I have taken all of the honors classes offered by my school and all but one AP class.</p>

<p>EC's: President of FBLA, VP of DECA, VP of Science Club. I am a member of a variety of other clubs, but I am not an officer in any of them.</p>

<p>Awards: 1st in state Finance Challenge (senior year), 2nd in state Finance Challenge (Junior Year), 4th in state Economics Challenge (junior year), selected as the Hugh O'Brien Youth Leadership representative for my school, and some other minor awards.</p>

<p>Other: Held a part-time job for three years.
Started my own computer services business.</p>

<p>Volunteering: I have been volunteering for Big Brothers Big Sisters for three years now, with a total of about 125 hours. I volunteer for the American Red Cross when possible (125 or so hours) and helped in a Congressman's campaign for re-election during my sophomore year (75 hours as well). In addition, I tutor for NHS and tutor another student from my high school, with a total of about 50 hours.</p>

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<p>… anyone?</p>

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<p>Why not wait until notifications come out this week? That way we can proffer our stats and whether or not we got an interview, which would be much more useful for future applicants.</p>

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<p>Decisions are now available :)</p>

<p>I was fortunate enough to be named a finalist. </p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>Major: Nursing </p>

<p>Stats:
ACT: 34 Composite
GPA: 4.0
Rank: School does not rank, but I’m in the top 1%
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: Were pretty good
Teacher Recs: Likely glowed
Counselor Rec: Awesome (our counselor is amazing)
Hook (if any): Participated in TASP, other good ECs
Location/Person:
State or Country: Michigan
School Type: Public (ranked in the USNews top 10)
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Other Factors: Dual enrolled with a GPA of 4.0 at a local university</p>

<p>EC’s: Model UN President, Student Gov, Spanish Honors Society President, NHS member, and participated in a Youth Leadership Project in my community. I have also volunteered a fair amount, and I think that the prompts about ECs and community engagement were the strongest components of my application.</p>

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<p>Didn’t get it…</p>

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<p>oh do u kno how many they nominate?</p>

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<p>Finalist as well!</p>

<p>Major: Business</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2300
UW GPA: 4.0
Rank: 2/200
Essays: Pretty solid
Teacher Recs: Likely glowed
Administrator Rec: Very good
ECs: StuCo, Yearbook, MUN, Investment Club, et al.
Hook (if any): Published research paper/nasa internship
State or Country: OH
School Type: Catholic Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other Factors: Enrolled in OSU for Multivariable Calc</p>

<p>Congrats to other finalists! Can’t wait for the 17th…</p>

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<p>no dice…</p>

<p>SAT:
Writing: 760
Math: 770
Reading: 780</p>

<p>SATII:
Chemistry: 730
Math II: 790</p>

<p>Major: Accidentally applied as “Comprehensive Science”… no idea why. I want to do Biology.</p>

<p>School Info: highly selective public magnet school, regarded as the best in the state and in the top 5 nationwide, no rankings. all courses are honors.</p>

<p>GPA: 97.5/100</p>

<p>APs: taking AP Bio and AP Calc BC, my school does not offer many.</p>

<p>EC’s: Varsity Field Hockey, director for Performing Arts Club, Prom Chair, NHS, Multicultural Club, Biology II League</p>

<p>Awards: Various awards from science fairs for research projects, national merit commended</p>

<p>Volunteering: CROP Walk Teen Committee, various other service projects</p>

<p>Essays: solid</p>

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<p>Congrats to all the finalists, anyone know how many finalists there are in total for the 18 scholarships?</p>

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<p>didn’t get it…there’s always financial aid, but i heard nova doesn’t give good aid…if not i might not be able to go to nova :(</p>

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<p>Rejected.</p>

<p>ACT 36</p>

<p>SAT IIs: Math II 800, US History 800, Literature 780</p>

<p>GPA: 4.36 on weighted 4.0 scale</p>

<p>APs: last year Calc BC 5, APUS 5, AP Lang 5. This year German, Psych, Bio, Lit</p>

<p>Varsity Gymnastics captain, DECA internationals, NHS, National Merit Semifinalist (they havent announced finalists yet), Student Association president, AATG study trip (one of 39 nationwide), Religious ed teacher</p>

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<p>pinkdaisy, with your grades and ECs if you didn’t get the scholarship, who did???</p>

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<p>Does anyone have any idea what to expect during the interviews? How many finalist are brought to campus? From what I gather it looks like there will be fewer than 50.</p>

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<p>@FLVADAD:</p>

<p>I did some research on Villanova’s website and found out that in 2008 they interview 1.5 times the number of scholarships they were giving (they gave 18 and did 27 interviews). I think in 2009 they increased the number of finalists to something like 40 or maybe even 50, but I think that there will likely be between 40-50 finalists this year. What is your take?</p>

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<p>My guess is that it’ll be right around 40-45… Smart.cookie, have you received anything else about finalists week? Sort of weird that they sent out notifications without any info about the campus visit</p>

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<p>^ I know! Flights are going to be really expensive by the time we receive enough information to actually book them :(</p>

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<p>And no, I have not received anything about finalist’s weekend.</p>

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<p>i got a call from the chair for vsb for the scholarship she asked for my email and was going to send info later so you guys prob will be getting a call at some point she said we stay with an older pres scholar for the 3 days if that helps and were supposed to be there Wed and leave Fri at like 830 PM</p>

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<p>Yeah, we got a call and basically it’s like philly says. They indicated more info would be forthcoming early this week. Sounds like it’ll be a lot of fun, but right now we still have a lot of questions. Like, are there consolation awards for finalists who don’t get the scholarship? Not thinking negatively, but it’s a big investment of time and energy to possibly come away with nothing IMO. That’s why we were trying to figure out the odds somewhat. I guess 50% or so is about as good as anyone could expect. At several schools, the odds seem more like trying to win the lottery, LOL.</p>

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<p>Hey guys,</p>

<p>I just got the finalist call a few days ago – I was caught completely off guard (I didn’t think to check MyNova after I was accepted EA, my bad…). I know people were wondering how many finalists there were so since I’m enough of a dork with apparently lots of free time, I counted, and it looks like there are 55.</p>

<p>Out of curiosity, are you guys planning on going to the EA Weekend? I know my contact said it might be difficult since we’ll be on campus the following weekend, but I technically only live about an hour away… (Jersey, and please - not Jersey Shore, haha)</p>

<p>I can’t wait to meet you all! (How far are you coming from?)</p>

<p>And since it’s pretty standard, here’s my stats (in all honesty, I’m shocked since it seems like they turned away some REALLY qualified people):</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT Verbal: 680</li>
<li>SAT Math: 750</li>
<li>SAT Writing: 800</li>
<li>SAT Total: 2230</li>
<li>SAT II: Math II=770, Chem=740, Biology M=740</li>
<li>IB taken/scores: US History SL, Spanish SL, Math SL, English HL, Bio HL, Chem HL</li>
<li>GPA weighted (only know number value): 97.75</li>
<li>GPA unweighted: ?</li>
<li>Rank or % estimate: school doesn’t rank</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: personal essay was a risk, but I was told it worked – then again, who knows?</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: best friends with my teachers, who are also club advisors, so hopefully good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: again, best friends so hopefully good</li>
<li>Hook (if any): none?</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: New Jersey, USA</li>
<li>School Type: Public (Vocational/Magnet type… focuses on Biotech)</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>Important ECs: Junior Leader for younger Girl Scout Troop, Student Council (Fundraising Chair, 4 years), Math League, Academic Team, NHS, Spanish Honor Society, Yearbook (Photo Manager and Assistant Editor, 4 years), Drama Club (Senior Director and Secretary, 4 years), Junior Statesmen Association, Service Club, Art Club, Environmental Club - that just might be it (I really do love getting involved)</li>
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