I applied to Notre Dame by January 1, and I just received an email, Jan 29, that I have been “nominated for a merit scholarship” as a semifinalist for the Stamps Scholars Program.
This is very exciting news, but I am wondering whether this means I have been admitted?? I never received an acceptance letter or email, but it seems to imply that I got in.
Any thoughts? I am reallyy anxious to find out.
If you look at the notre dame applicant threads, the consensus is yes you are admitted.
Same here. Question: have you done the 25min quiz? I don’t understand what it is…
I was also nominated, and did the 25-min assessment - the first part is kind of like a personality test, if you’ve ever done one of those. The second part is a mini-quiz with simple math problems/puzzles - all in all, for a geek it’s pretty enjoyable.
@coreopsia Was it timed?
I’m curious why there would be academic questions included which would permit cheaters time to research unless ofcourse it were timed.
@reformedman From what I read, it is timed at 15 minutes with 60 total questions, but as the page says, it is not expected that all will finished.
However, I really do not get the point of academic questions at this stage. ND already has our SAT/ACT scores, APs and SAT IIs from many/most of us, and 3.5 years of high school grades. What is a 15 minute quiz going to tell them about our intelligence and academics that all of these cannot? I understand the personality test makes sense, but an academic quiz seems unusual. I wonder what they learn from it that they think that cannot learn elsewhere.
Anyways, good luck to everyone and Go Irish!
Anyone know how many people get merit email. Its sounds like its selective but I wonder how many people get to this stage. My letter did not specify a specific scholarship.
@historiaimperii
Maybe the reason they do another academic test is because the SAT is cheatable. There are documentaries out there if you search for them that show how some kids cheat the SAT to get perfect scores. I’m sure that this academic test survey is also cheatable but I suppose the logic is that they further weed out more of the people who can’t afford to keep paying the fees required to get a cheated test.
Another reason might be to have the student further demonstrate interest if he were accepted so that they don’t offer too many non-productive acceptances thereby keeping their yield rate up. The yield rate is the holy grail to Universities for its weighty effect on their USNews ranking.
Have you done the slide room video? I made an account, but don’t find anywhere on the site to do what they ask. Do you know how it works?
Since only a very small percentage of Notre Dame students receive merit scholarships - yup, you will be admitted
Email today from ND’s director of Merit Enrollment in response to my questions about unnamed merit scholarships and my chances at admission:
"To answer your questions, you are under consideration for all scholarships for which you fit the designated criteria. (In your case, this does not include the Hesburgh-Yusko Scholars Program or Stamps Scholars Program, as those are separate programs with separate applications). We sort out scholarship criteria “matches” as we review applicants’ supplemental materials. We’ll know more on that front soon.
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions sends its formal decisions in mid- to late March, but I can tell you that you would not have been nominated for merit scholarship consideration if your chances of being admitted were not excellent."
Sounding like money to me
Not selected as finalist for merit scholarship–
Hmmm
ND website says only 3 percent of enrolled students (that’s just 65 freshman) end up with merit scholarships. Super hard to even to get nominated, much less be a finalist, much less actually get one…
All expense paid trip to ND…you would have received the email already RED and RD…congratulations to all who got them that is really awesome!