While one twin waits on TS, the other twin has received his appointment to USMA at West Point. Hope it’s a good omen. Maybe UofSC will just make everyone who was admitted in DEC a TS designation.
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congrats and I appreciate the service.
I think Dec admit is a big group, too big to be that inclusive.
Any idea how many were admitted in December? How many were admitted to honors in December?
No - but we are talking about HC admit, right? Weren’t there students given different merit awards?
Perhaps the highest amount merit award could get TS but I think that group is quite big too.
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I don’t think academics alone is what they look for in a Top Scholar. While academics is a component so is leadership and character.
I totally agree. I have no idea about the numbers… but I assume the Dec HC recipient is a large pool in proportion to TS finalists. (Is there even a semi-finalist round!!!)
Everyone who gets the Top Scholars invite gets a Top Scholars prize :-). The only determination then is which of the three Top Scholars levels each student gets.
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So perhaps there will just be an award letter without the weekend, in person or virtual.
I was told specifically that notification will come in form of an email.
I would suspect there will be some type of TS interview process for determination of scholarship awards; however, the orchestration for that has not been announced yet either.
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No one heard about top scholars today, right? I was really thinking today would be the day.
nada… but it may just mean that we both didn’t get it. 
Didn’t hear yet either. I think it just hasn’t came out yet.
Nothing here yet either.
Nothing here.
Crickets
I haven’t heard anything either
Is it possible notifications are released during the weekend or does none of the staff work on weekends?
unlikely with email… i don’t sense the urgency or need.
My OOS daughter received her acceptance 12/15 with a merit scholarship of instate tuition. She has applied to the HC, but has not heard yet. Her portal says she should hear mid Feb. Wondering why so many have heard already?
I think most that have heard already, including my twins, found out shortly after the initial acceptance letters. It was about a week after the acceptances in December that they heard about getting into HC.
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