Is there any former or current Robertson Scholars that could give any advice on what the selection committees look at the most? On the Robertson website they don’t really talk about test scores or specific activities they are interested in. It would also be very helpful if someone could give a brief summary of the activities and test scores that they included in their application. I applied to UNC @ Chapel Hill for the scholarship.
Thank you so much, any information on this would be greatly appreciated 
What is the time frames you have heard regarding interviews for this scholarship?
Dates from Robertson last year (2019)- February 12 received invitation for a skype interview for semifinalists, it took place maybe a week or two after that. On March 1 they sent invitations for finalists. Finalist weekend was last weekend of March. The called winners the day after. Good luck
Thank you for starting this thread! I’ve been looking everywhere for possible dates of the finalist weekend so I don’t commit to another event.
Let’s keep the updates going as we get into February for semi finalist notification
Good luck everyone !
On https://robertsonscholars.org/domestic-students/ it gives an outline for the dates that are important. People should hear on February 15th if they get a Skype interview.
I believe you can read profiles of current scholars at UNC and Duke online. That might give you a sense of the kind of students they seek. But no, GPA and scores aren’t part of that.
My daughter was just invited for a Skype interview.
What do they ask during the interview?
Got semifinalist
And finished my interview today.
The entire interview was just asked about extracurriculars
does anyone know if decisions come out on rolling basis? i am a current UNC student
Not sure abt current students
but for HS students my interviewers said 2/27
The Robertson website says invitations to the first-round of interviews for current Duke/UNC students are released on 2/26/2020. Has any current student heard anything?
I have not received word either way yet and it is late on Feb 27. Has anyone heard???
Also I’m a high school semifinalist btw. I know in past years they told people who got it a few days before rejects but that wouldn’t make sense because they told everyone Feb 27 during interview.
Also, however, my interviewers said don’t hold them to that date
Yeah, I’ve been stressing waiting all day for them to release decisions, but it seems too late at this point.
Last year, they released finalist decisions on March 1 at around 5:00pm EST. Last year, March 1 was a Friday, so it is plausible that finalist decisions will be released on Friday, February 28 this year.
Has anyone got a finalist decision yet?
No how about you?
No, I haven’t gotten anything yet.
I haven’t gotten anything either.