<p>thanks, son has had work service at his high school (residential school) for the past 3 years, so he wouldnt mind that and would kill to have a single room! already had 3 years of roommates, wants his own space.</p>
<p>I also have no knowledge of residential scholars. I don’t know anyone who has done that.</p>
<p>If I remember all this correctly, this is what I saw come to my D regarding an offer of admission.</p>
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<li><p>The first thing she got is the “congrats” e-mail and it says that you are eligible to apply for SSA. I think it’s the 2nd paragraph.<br>
1st = Congrats.
2nd = Eligible to apply for SSA.<br>
3rd = Set up your account and get housing requested.</p></li>
<li><p>Then next came the small packet by snail mail. That ALSO had paperwork that said what your automatic scholarships were. "We show you are eligible for $XXXX.XX automatic scholarship and $XXXX.XX national merit, etc. </p></li>
<li><p>Then you get a SEPARATE mailing from Hutton Honors college, if eligible. That mailing has only a post card in it, to return by 5/31 if you accept IU and Hutton. There is no application/essay.</p></li>
<li><p>She’s gotten a “postcard” from CAS, but it really doesn’t SAY anything (she hasn’t finished her SSA application yet). There are four deparmental scholarships listed for incoming freshmen in CAS. Only one has a link to any info about it. </p></li>
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<p>Once you go online and create an account to apply for SSA, there are three essays. Unfortunately, I don’t know what they are. I do know that my D said that one of them (the largest?) does ask you to speak on a subject specific to an academic interest of yours. If you are majoring in music…it should be an essay on a music topic. That’s all I really know. You also need 2 recs. One is academic, and the other is someone who can speak to your personal accomplishments, interests, etc.</p>
<p>This account will also allow you to look into housing preferences (we haven’t gotten that far in our house yet) and MAYBE give more info on the residential scholar?</p>