<p>D is #1/300, 4.0 u/w, 4.83w, 740v/730m/790w Good rec's and essays.</p>
<p>All AP's she can take
Girl Scout Gold
Church missions / hurricane reconstruction work
NHS, peer tutor, etc.</p>
<p>Plans anthropolgy/religious studies then MD.</p>
<p>What makes top scholarships in reach? Or are they "unobtanium" if you don't walk on water in every aspect?</p>
<p>How attainable / lucrative are the next tier of scholarships to reduce the financial burden? Dad isn't as capable as his daughter is smart. But she loves the school, and if accepted I will need all the help I can get.</p>
<p>I don't, as a rule, address someone's chances, and so the only advice that I can give is to apply for everything. That probably doesn't sound all that newsworthy, but I think that a lot of people don't do the entire merit based scholarships application because the three extra essays are just too much in an already-busy fall semester of their senior year in high school.</p>
<p>If you do complete the full application, everything has to be in on December 1st, which is a month before the due date of the merit-based application if you don't do the extra essays--another reason that some people just can't do it.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks. I understand that it would be impossible to make anything other than generalized statements about scholarships. After all, it's their money and they will give it out to whom they feel are the best qualified applicants. </p>
<p>D has already turned in all of the application and scholarship paperwork for the Reynolds and Carswell scholarships. She finished her essays and got them there on time (we got the card in the mail that everything had been received).</p>
<p>My D is just an ordinary kid who works very hard to get where she is. I was just wondering if she had a legitimate shot at scholarships that would make the school a fiancial reality.</p>