It seems like at least a good handful of people where invited to interview for the Stamps scholarship at Tulane. Emails went out today. If you were contacted, what were your stats?
Mine for reference:
SAT I: 2330 (Reading 800, Math 770, Writing 760)
ACT: None
SAT II: 800 Math II, 720 Literature
GPA: 4.68 weighted, 3.9 unweighted?
Class Rank: Top 3%
Senior Course Load: AP Stat, AP Lit, AP Biology, AP World History, Greek History at nearby university
Major Awards: AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Semifinalist (I know these aren’t major)
Extracurriculars:
- Taught myself French. No tutors or classes. After a year I took the AP test and got a 4.
- Also studied Portuguese and Arabic to intermediate levels.
- Debate Team (President), 10-12
- Recreational soccer for 10 years.
- Environmental team 9-12.
congrats!
My d did :
ACT 34
GPA weighted 4.2… unweighted 4.0
11 AP’s
School doesn’t rank- but in top 5 of public HS
Senior Rigor - Calc AB and then BC, AP Spanish, AP lit, AP stat, AP Econ, Physics( gifted), Work study In Lab.
GA Governors Honors participant
Class secretary
President of Spanish Club
Captain of Varsity softball ( 2 yrs) - County All star Team, Academic All Star ( 2 yrs)
A student in my orbit who doesn’t have a CC account has told me that he has a 34 ACT and a 3.9 UW GPA. He is a class officer and varsity sports captain and is also involved in a range of activities outside of school. I don’t know how many AP courses he has taken, but I think it is a fair number and I know that he has also taken some courses at a local college.
I just saw the email. I was surprised since my project wasn’t very good at all.
SAT: 2230 (R 800, M 650, E 780)
ACT: 34 (M 31, E 36, R 34, S 36)
GPA: 4.0 unweighted
Class Rank: N/A
Senior Courses: Western Civ H, Forensics H, Physics H, English IV AP, Calculus AP
Awards: National Merit Semifinalist
Extracurriculars: NHS, Science Olympiad, French Club
@hagoloquequiero Cool username. I was surprised too - my project was really bad. The music drowned out my voice, it had bad editing, and people who watched it didn’t get what it was about. I’d be surprised if this email went out based on the projects … seems to be a stats thing.
Another student that usually doesn’t post gave me this info to add to the discussion:
SAT: 2350 single sitting (R 800, M 770, W 780)
GPA: 3.95UW, 4.37W
Class rank: N/A
APs: Chem 5, US History 5, Calc BC 5, French 5
Senior year courses include: AP Lang, AP Gov, AP Stat, post-AP Chem, French, Linear Algebra
SAT subject tests: Math II 800; Chem 800; US History 760
PSAT: 238; National Merit semi-finalist
National honors in Grand Concours all three years (National French Exam)
Variety of extracurricular activities including Model UN, French Honor Society, Writing Center; significant leadership positions in primary activities. Volunteer archaeologist for last five years.
Son’s stats
ACT 35
GPA 4.24
AP - Calc bc 5 physics mech 5 physics em 4 APUSH 4 chem 3
Sr. classes - Multivariable calculus (Calc 3), logic, AP bio, humanities, English
High school doesn’t rank
4 years varsity basketball, senior captain
4 years varsity baseball, all-district, all-state, senior captain
SAT I: 2260 (Reading 800, Math 690, Writing 770)
ACT: 34
AP Scores: 5 AP Bio, 5 APUSH
GPA: 4.519 weighted, 3.8 unweighted?
Class Rank: No ranking - freaky smart magnet school. within top 5% for sure at local public school, probably within top 3%.
Senior Course Load: H Calc, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Econ, AP Studio Art, H Physics, H Anatomy
Major Awards: National Merit Semifinalist, French National Honor Society
Extracurriculars:
- Lacrosse 9-12
- Volunteer at the local aquarium, 120+ hours a school year, 11-12
- Volunteer at dance company with productions, 9-12
- Art Club 9-12, grade rep 11, president 12
- Movie Mania Club, VP 9-12
- A Capella Club VP 10, President 10-12
- This awful thing called a senior thesis? I’m basically writing a huge a** undergrad-level paper that compiles previous research about my topic (in short, sexism in comic books pertaining to costumes and what it means), and then designing the new costumes, then surveying people in my area, AND THEN FINALLY analyzing my data to see if such designs could be feasible in a real market situation. It’s kind of the biggest thing I’ve ever done in my life.
I think my stats are all right, but looking at y’all, maybe some of the invites were sent out based on the projects? not all, but some. I was really proud of mine and thought I did well. (I’m kind of an artsy kid) I literally never even thought I’d qualify for this scholarship bc I figured it would be going to people like y’all (aka freaky good at literally everything) (I’m totally in awe of multi-lingual boy up there. wanna tutor me in French, StagNation?
Did my interview recently. My interviewer said that around 200 people got invited to do it (out of 75 DHS winners). He seemed to allude that there were DHS people and also others mixed in for other reasons. This gives me the impression that they have mostly figured out who gets the scholarship already, and the rest of us are interviewing for more of a sales pitch. Mine had very little actual evaluation.
@fallenchemist and others, what do you guys think? Did your interviewers give any information?
@StagNation
Can’t help at all on this one. They are doing the interviews earlier and differently than last year, so not sure what the thinking is.
@StagNation Thanks for the update. D2 also did her interview recently. Her interviewer didn’t share any details about the process with her.
It sounds as though it was a pretty general “getting to know you” sort of interview. I gather the interviewer was more balanced in approach than usual, which gave him much more credibility than is often the case!
If they follow past practice, you should all learn the results of the DHS selection process in a few weeks. Best of luck!
@fallenchemist – any news or insights for these young people?
@Arlmom2
Nope, I think you summed it up well. DHS results should hit the UPS trucks in about 3 weeks.
Anyone else with any information about the interviews?
D also had her “interview” last week and found it really enjoyable. She and the interviewer seemed to have a lot in common and it was a relaxed conversation.
DD had her interview, which went really well and was very relaxed. I asked DD if it seemed more of sales pitch for Tulane, or more of a process to pick Stamps scholars. She said it was a mix of both. She was told that there is nothing further she’ll need to do for Stamps consideration, i.e. no additional interviews or materials.
If around 200 people were invited to interview and there are only 75 DHS winners, does that mean that most likely all the winners were invited to interview?
I really am not sure what is going on with that or even how accurate the 200 number is. Sometimes these things get garbled.