<p>can those who got scholarships post their stats? i think everyone is a bit curious :)</p>
<p>Did you at least get invited for University Scholars in Medicine? I know you did for Northwestern HPME because we had conversed on that thread.</p>
<p>thanks ST2!</p>
<p>Nada. Cross WashU off the list.</p>
<p>No… that’s why I’m soo confused!</p>
<p>KSDAD1, same here - my son sounds a lot like yours, and he is not a finalist for the three scholarships he applied for. It is a shame - I think WashU would be a great fit for him. I guess we’ll hope for a little merit money. We won’t get any need-based, unfortunately.</p>
<p>Rejected…I’m hoping this doesn’t become a familiar feeling in the next couple of months, but I guess I’d probably better brace myself. It seems pretty unlikely to me that people whose pathways say rejected could get contradictory calls. If WashU mixed it up once I doubt they’ll do it again.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if the regular admissions committee takes scholarship applications into account? I wasn’t able to visit or interview, but will they see my Lien application as a sign of interest?</p>
<p>Now what? We wait for March 10th for RD? Help ST2 and Calgon . . . take us out of our misery waiting waiting waiting at least let us know if March 10th is DDay?!?!?!?!?!! </p>
<p>On the bright side . . . February only has 28 days.</p>
<p>We wait.</p>
<p>When is the Finalist weekend this year? Same time for all scholarsips?</p>
<p>Also, how many are usually invited to interview for the University Scholars Program in Medicine?</p>
<p>Student10000: it’s on the website</p>
<p>hoping4duke - Now you know that would not be ethical.</p>
<p>:) okay ST2, you’ve been great, I won’t push the envelope.
Really, thanks for all.
Signed,
Hoping4WashU</p>
<p>Hey guys, congratz to everyone who received a scholarship and for those who don’t, hope you get accepted RD!</p>
<p>I myself received the McKelvey Undergrad Research Award, though didn’t get accepted to the engineering fellowship, entrepreneurial, or university scholars, though I am still quite happy at receiving something since I know these scholarships were a long shot and I didn’t really expect anything.</p>
<p>I just have two questions: does anyone know whether even by receiving this small scholarship that I am guaranteed a spot in WashU?
Also, I keep hearing on this thread that WashU offers additional merit based aid in addition to the scholarships and need-based aid. Do they give merit-based aid in addition to you even if you will definitely receive need-based aid (as in my case)?</p>
<p>Can2010- i believe you can receive merit and need both at the same time. i talked to a financial aid counselor today, and he said that merit+need scholarships are given to many students. i would assume that you are pretty much in with the scholarship!</p>
<p>Thank you so much for the quick reply, Indiangirl.</p>
<p>I hope the admission process goes well for you!</p>
<p>Do you know how many are usually invited to interview for the University Scholars Program in Medcine?</p>
<p>Do you know how many are usually accepted after that?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I received an e-mail from WashU this afternoon that said I was selected as one of the finalists for the Rodriguez Scholarship Program. I wasnt expecting it at all today, so the past few hours were very ecstatic. </p>
<p>I decided to make an account here and make a post because I had some questions regarding the scholarship. </p>
<p>ST2, I have a few questions for you, because upon reading some posts on this thread, it seemed to me that you were very knowledgeable about WashU in general. So, without further ado </p>
<p>1)Approximately how many people apply for the Rodriguez Scholarship? How many people are selected as finalists? (if you are not sure, no problem. I am just curious to how competitive the scholarship is.)
2)Is there a website that has more information about the Rodriguez Scholarship? The one on the admissions website is too simple.
3)How many scholarships are given? (In terms of amount: how many 100%, 50%, 25%?)</p>
<p>Thanks in advance, ST2.</p>
<p>I’m confused. Several posts on this thread seem to imply that people think they might get some additional merit money, even if they’ve not made finalist for the specific scholarship(s) or fellowship(s) they applied for. I thought that the merit money offered by WUSTL is the specific scholarships and fellowships; you apply for those, and if you do not make finalist, you are done on the merit aid front, right?</p>
<p>For those of you who have been wondering about stats:</p>
<p>I’m an Ervin Finalist</p>
<p>Region: Georgia
Race and Gender: Black, Female
GPA: 96.5ish? W<br>
ACT: 31 single sitting, 32 super-scored
ECs: Leadership roles in Marching Band, Yearbook and 2 Community Service clubs
Recs: Written by the club sponsor of one of the community service clubs; she has known me for 3 years
Essays: I think they were pretty good. I wrote it about a personal experience except I wrote it as though I were a cookie…weird I know.
Other: I visited the school twice: once as a junior and once for Discovery Weekend</p>
<p>To those of you who didn’t receive any scholarships, don’t second guess yourselves or your abilities. All of you are great people and I’m sure that each and everyone of you be accepted to a great school.</p>
<p>kleewave123 - First the numbers all depend on the year. The number of applications has been increasing every year by quite a sizeable percentage. The Rodriguez, like other merit programs is very competetive. You can expect between 30 to 60 Scholars this year for the Rodriguez. Remember it is about more than the money. The on campus Scholars program is dynamic and a great support system for the Scholars. There are only 100% and 50% scholarships (no 25%). All Rodriguez Scholars also receive a $2,500 annual stipend in addition to the tuition portion.
dsrnie - you are partialy right - you are done on the merit only, but you are still open for the merit/need awards. WashU tends to be quite generous in this area - so you may be in for a very pleasant surprise.</p>