<p>I have a few questions about the scholars finalist weekend. What exactly is it like? Do we have time to relax at all and are there social things planned, or is mostly structured activities?</p>
<p>Also, I was wondering what professors current students would recommend (and why) in the Psychology and Political Science departments? I still need to select the top three departments/faculty members that interest me.</p>
<p>scholars weekend will include some social events and time to relax, but there is a bunch of interviewing in small groups and other evaluations of character...since there are a bunch of people, they will try to get a feel for you as a "person" rather than through numbers</p>
<p>The letter I got from Emory was quite vague about certain details. Does anyone know how many of the finalists are usually selected for a scholarship? What are the varying amounts? </p>
<p>Also, what are the interviews like? What kind of questions do they usually ask? What other kinds of evaluations are there?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>This is my understanding, generally speaking:</p>
<p>75 finalists
25 get a full ride
50 get full tuition</p>
<p>Pretty sweet deal either way.</p>
<p>for finalists: what are you planning on wearing during finalist weekend? i know business casual is appropriate, but can you give specifics? like dress pants vs. plain khakis, etc. thanks</p>
<p>I'm planning on wearing khakis and button day shirts. I figure it's a nice compromise between dressing well and not having to worry much about changing clothes for each day's interview and then an hour later have to change back into more casual clothes for the rest of the day.</p>
<p>BTW the phrase was "nice casual" I believe. I don't know if that is different from "business casual"</p>
<p>warden, huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge warden!</p>
<p>My daughter went through the process a few years ago. Basically, it was a lot of group interviews. The only problem with that is that some people kind of try to get ahead by making others look bad. She didn't like the process much at all. She just went through it again with a grad school that invited seven finalists for four slots to visit and duke it out in joint interviews. She said some people were desperate and unseemly because they had no other acceptances (she had two, so it wasn't do or die for her). But, anyway, try not to get too publicly competitive and good luck, everyone.</p>
<p>Oh, by the way, you'll get a phone call a day after you get home offering you either a full tuition or full ride scholarship. At least the waiting is mercifully short.</p>