<p>Basically I am wondering how easy the latter two scholarships are and how exactly one can get the Morrill scholarship. I’ll post some basic stats/</p>
<p>-White female from Maine
-4.01 GPA W (probably similar weighted…all A’s in reg, hon, and AP classes)
-top 10% of class
-1310 combined CR + M on SAT
-lots of volunteer hours (not a sports person), leadership positions in clubs
-for the Morrill scholarship, I am an ambassador of my school which has a huge international student population; many of my close friends are international students</p>
<p>So I guess I am hoping someone can chance me for the Provost and Buckeye scholarship. Then my other question is even though I would not contribute to a less white OSU campus, is it possible that my experiences at my school would give me a chance at the Morrill scholarship?</p>
<p>The National Buckeye’s criteria are posted on the OSU website, though it was unclear whether the GPA minimum was weighted or unweighted. Apparently it was weighted, because my daughter was granted the scholarship (which provides in-state tuition to out of state students).</p>
<p>For the Morrill, my daughter (white girl from the suburbs) was awarded the full tuition scholarship. She wrote about the importance to her of attending international camps and meeting a diversity of people in her life, which sounds like a comparable background to yours. She did have higher SAT scores (1400 combined CR+M), but your grades are higher, so I’d say you have a shot. My advice is to read carefully about the scholarship, and write your essay to show these traits in your background.</p>
<p>My daughter was awarded the full tuition Morrill, she was co-founder and president of the Diversity Club at her high school. As Baywood above suggests, read the online info about the scholarship prior to writing your Morrill essay. I believe that the essay is the most important determinant in the Morrill process. And yes I think you have a shot at being awarded the Morrill. </p>