Robert C. Byrd Scholarship

<p>Very interesting, Skyhook.</p>

<p>If the funding status has been determined as you say, why would the DOE website not show the amount of 2009 funding? It shows an amount for every other year, but it does not show the 2009 numbers.</p>

<p>I don’t think the states have the leeway to use the money for anything but RCB scholarships.</p>

<p>OH scholarships were just announced (although specific money wasn’t - it just says up to $1500 for four years). My daughter is a recipient. 36 ACT, valedictorian 4.0 unweighted.</p>

<p>Mythbuster, the way these work from what I understand is that money has to go to the existing recipients first. Each year there were more students than the year before so those rolling off this year were much fewer so the real question is how does this compare with the number who were added 5 years ago. From what I understand it also depends on how many of the prior year students are still eligible to receive. So for example a non-school based study abroad program would make you ineligible for this year while a program where you pay tuition to the US based school and then study abroad would be. I agree though that a drop from 400 to 108 is HUGE.</p>

<p>thanks… i already figured out how they work due to the fact that there are about 1000 students receiving it at anytime… its just a bit unfair, wouldn’t you agree?</p>

<p>Mythbuster, I completely agree. I don’t understand why they would have gotten 400 students started on this last year only to have money for 108 this year. I’m sure that its partly the use it or lose it philosophy that has something to do with it. Also don’t understand why the amount isn’t known. Hopefully when we eventually get a letter we’ll know how much the award is for. The fact that the website has the phony “up to $1500” statement just seems wrong as well. </p>

<p>It also seems to me that they may have created an arbitrary cutoff not to go over the funding. Namely if the next group of students was a large group, they would have cut it off before starting the group since they couldn’t easily split the group in half. I’m thinking this might be true because when I called earlier and talked to the administrator he indicated that my daughter might not even qualify. </p>

<p>And of course, lets remember that this is the largest high school graduating class ever which obviously doesn’t help anything.</p>

<p>Has anyone from New York heard anything back yet?</p>

<p>Interesting discussion. So, if the state program administrators need to spend all the money each year, do they just try to figure the number of graduating seniors who will be “dropping off” and the number of students dropping out of the program, and then give only that number of new scholarships to incoming freshmen?</p>

<p>Skyhook, that’s my understanding of how OH handles it. From talking to the administrator he had to figure out who from the existing scholarship recipients were going to be getting scholarships next year before he could allocate money to the class of 2009.</p>

<p>JrProv1:</p>

<p>I am from Alabama and received my schools nomination for the Robert C. Byrd scholarship months ago. I haven’t heard anything back yet. I have a 36 on my ACT and a 770 on each of my SAT II 's (mol bio and math II) as well as an unweighted 4.0 GPA. How did you find out that you were selected? (ie a letter, e-mail, phone call, etc.)</p>

<p>Proteus7:</p>

<p>The selections were made in April, but because the state has not yet been assured of the funding amount, they can not officially send out recipient notifications. I would like to leave it at that for now.</p>

<p>But I will say that you are almost assuredly going to be one of the recipients with a 36 ACT. I was one reading question from a 36, but a 35.25 isn’t too bad.</p>

<p>Based on my discussion with some counselors, it has been very normal for the notifications not to be sent out until the month of June. I’m trying to be patient also while waiting for the OFFICIAL notification.</p>

<p>Thanks for the response. I am buying a home to live in at Auburn and that money would really come in handy. It has been worrying me for a couple of months. Thanks again.</p>

<p>Does anyone know if NY students have been notified and what scores were needed?
My child has a 99.33 Byrd GPA and over 2300 on SAT.</p>

<p>Has anyone from PA been notified about the scholarship recipients yet?</p>

<p>My son received a letter in the mail today, informing him that he is a recipient of the Byrd Scholarship for NC! I guess they have resolved their previous worries about funding…</p>

<p>Yes, the funding status is now showing something for 2009. Here is the link to the federal website: [Funding</a> Status – Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program](<a href=“http://www.ed.gov/programs/iduesbyrd/funding.html]Funding”>http://www.ed.gov/programs/iduesbyrd/funding.html)</p>

<p>Maybe all of the states will expedite the recipient notifications now.</p>

<p>Has anyone heard from New Jersey yet?</p>

<p>@JrProv: Wait, are they missing a 0 or something? “Total program funding: $40,642,00” because the commas and zeros don’t match…</p>

<p>gblob331</p>

<p>That is too funny. Our federal government obviously doesn’t know how to handle money or count money. :slight_smile: </p>

<p>Since they are printing funny money everyday, I guess they can make up numbers that are nonsensical.</p>

<p>For everyone in NC - here is the information: [Robert</a> C. Byrd Honors Scholarship](<a href=“http://www.ncpublicschools.org/recruitment/scholarships/byrd/]Robert”>http://www.ncpublicschools.org/recruitment/scholarships/byrd/)
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<p>Is this scholarship available for students in Louisiana? I’ve never even heard of it. Do you have to attend a public university to receive it? How do you apply and what is the deadline? </p>

<p>Son is rising senior. Don’t want to miss any deadlines!</p>

<p>The only information I can find on LA Byrd’s is listed here:
[Robert</a> C. Byrd Scholarship Program](<a href=“http://www.osfa.la.gov/schgrt7.htm]Robert”>Robert C. Byrd Scholarship Program)
I guess you’ll have to contact the person listed on that page to find out details. Each state does it differently. In MS (where we are) anyone can apply. In many states you need to be nominated by your school. In LA…?</p>