<p>How incredibly competitive are the Honorary Scholarships in Arts and Sciences?? How good do you have to be to get one? It says top 10% of class with good SATs and ECs...</p>
<p>Then again, you should be in the top 10% of your class with respectable test scores and ECs to have a reasonable chance of even being admitted. Scholarships at WashU are less about raw numbers and are based more on what sets you apart as an individual.</p>
<p>do you know if that applies to the USP as well?</p>
<p>I don't have experience with the University Scholars Program, but I'd assume that the most qualified candidates will all have high GPAs and test scores, so (as usual) WashU will be looking for individual strengths, awards, etc that distinguish one 2400 student from another.</p>
<p>Anyone know if the danforth essay should be like a creative app essay or a more informative straight-forward one, like the other scholarships?</p>
<p>Can you still apply for the Danforth? I thought that you had to be nominated by your school and that the deadline for it passed sometime around November.</p>
<p>nervous1, you are correct you must be nominated for the danforth scholarship and the nomination deadline has passed</p>
<p>Would it be a bad idea if I wrote similar essays for the Danforth scholarship, University Scholar, and the Moog scholarship? I am going to talk about my research project and it does answer what all three prompts ask. But would they frown upon this?</p>
<p>Sakura girl I too am in the same position. Anyone know if this would hurt our chances at any or all of the scholarships?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>The Danforth and Honorary Scholars Programs might be headed by the same group of people, administratively speaking, but I'm not sure about that. You're fine writing the same essays for these two scholarships, though, because they're ultimately reviewed and decided by different faculty panels.</p>