<p>I was chosen as one out the two in my school to apply for the scholarship, anyone has more information on this. How much are we getting if we do win. What are the possibilty of winning it? THANKS !!!!!</p>
<p>I was notified last week that I had been chosen as a recipient for a Robert C. Byrd Scholarship for NC. The one I got was $1,500 a year for four years. Also, my school nominated two seniors and both of us received scholarships.</p>
<p>i got nominated as one of the two, have to go for an interview now.</p>
<p>The deadline in Minnesota for the Byrd Scholarship was March 15, so I think we'll be waiting awhile before we hear anything. My son was nominated by his school. In Minnesota, your application package is scored (essay, transcript, letters of recommendation, etc.) and the top eight students from each Congressional District are named the winners of the scholarships. We're crossing our fingers! Ours is also $1500, renewable for a total of four years.</p>
<p>Do you think they notify people who don't make it? What kind of stats do you need to make it?</p>
<p>BTW, your state requires letters of recommendation and an essay? My application was a page long, and we don't even have to send in our transcripts until we've been selected. But I live in Tennessee... ;)</p>
<p>Minnesota process: If your school has less than 350 students, one gets nominated; if you have more than 350, then two students are nominated. It is a four-page application. They had to list all courses/grades from high school, cumulative GPA/class rank, list of activities including leadership roles/awards/honors, an essay describing educational/career goals and how you plan to attain them, a copy of your college acceptance letter, and letters of recommendation from two teachers (or one teacher and one activity advisor). Once the application was complete, the principal had to sign to attest to its accuracy and they had to place the official school seal over his signature. Now we wait for what will hopefully be some good news!! In glancing at the application, I don't see anywhere as to when winners will be notified.</p>
<p>erm, in michigan there's no interview, no essay...
i think the only thing that went in was my transcript.
a bit unsettling...</p>
<p>For me, this was the easiest application I have filled out. I just sent in my transcript and a little form. No essays, reccomendations, or anything difficult.</p>
<p>hmm, at my high school anyone could fill out the app, which consisted of an essay, transcript, forms, and recs. Oklahoma btw.</p>
<p>i just wrote an essay about after high school plans. thats it.</p>
<p>Ha! I was ineligible for Iowa's Byrd scholarship because, even though I had three years of science (Physical Sci, Biology, College Physics), I didn't have the three years of LAB science. Stupid schedule requirements...</p>
<p>You guys have to write an essay. I'm living in California and the scholarship coordinator did not tell me anything about any essay. Is it different states have different requirement????</p>
<p>Each state has it's own requirements. In CA, your GC fills out the form, you both sign it and it is mailed in. The state ranks you with every one else who is nominated, first based on UW GPA as submitted by the GC, so 4.0 only need apply, then they put them in order of SATs....they award down the list until the money runs out. Last year it stopped at 4.0 UW and 1260 SAT. I do not know if the 4.0 includes only academic or all classes, you'd have to ask the GC or read the form. I think it is $1500 annually to take to any college AND at most schools it does not reduce grants, it is additional, it can replace loans, I don't know if it can go to EFC, but I would think so, though it may be each school's policy!</p>
<p>No essays needed in CA :)</p>
<p>top 5% of school's students invited to apply in PA...no work at all... i think all i did was have verification of my SAT and gpa/rank and have a transcript sent?... yea it was so easy i don't remember doing it lol... then all qualified students are put into a random drawing... then the winner (or winners?) receive money</p>
<p>For Ca, has the deadline passed? </p>
<p>My Daughter would qualify based on the stats given in another post, but she didn't get any information from her guidance couselor. Can you apply for the scholarship on your own?</p>
<p>in FL the principal of each school nominates one student who is put into the race. Beyond that, I really don't know how it works. I'm just hoping that the principal picks me. lol I'm one the co-valedictorians, so shouldn't that count for something?</p>
<p>Is there any recourse if a high school keeps the process secret and does not announce the nominee?</p>
<p>for CA:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.csac.ca.gov/doc.asp?id=125%5B/url%5D">http://www.csac.ca.gov/doc.asp?id=125</a></p>
<p>Deadline for CA is April 28
No, I think that you must be nominated by the school coordinator.
They must select the top two students that they think are eligible.
For me I just filled out the student information page and the rest(GPA Verification, SAT, parents' income etc..) the scholarship coord. did all that for me. So I guess you can't do it on your own. Certain signatures of the school staffs are required.</p>
<p>Most schools will be aware of it and do the nomination themselves. Some smaller private schools or poor performing schools who are simply not up on the opportunities may not be aware, but in general, they need to pick two students with an UW 4.0 (not including PE) and with the highest SAT scores, as the cut off can be different each year. Then again, some high schools may have made decisions about how they choose the students from amongst the 4.0 kids. It definitely makes any little glitch in your transcript along the way become a huge issue now. So, talk to the person at your school who handles this stuff, if they have already done it, they can at least explain how they choose the two students.</p>