<p>ahh oh well.</p>
<p>Wait, so the online status also shows if you got the Sumer Scholars Program or not?</p>
<p>0 for 5
balls.</p>
<p>btw, where did you get your call from
i saw that danforth may or may not be online
and I got a call today from an 866 number that refers to an agency that helps with college admissions among other things... but it could be something else entirely.</p>
<p>Im a Danforth, and Dean Sharon Stahl called me herself from home on Saturday... her husband's name came up on caller ID. haha</p>
<p>Danforth decisions have also been posted online. Congrats to all Finalists, and good luck to all the rest in RD!</p>
<p>BtheB44 - The Danforth call will come from Dean Stahl, who is in charge of the program. It will be from a 314 area code.</p>
<p>I got my danforth call today woohooo, does anyone know like how many people applied or the percent of finalists that get some form of a scholarship?</p>
<p>I am crying.
Well. Does anyone know if the fact that I have been on campus for 5 weeks for Summer Scholars Program could influence the decision? I mean, they decided not to invite me on campus for the scholarship interviews in order to give someone else a chance to see the school?
I don't know if this sounds silly - I am just trying to make sense out of this.</p>
<p>the only way to make sense out of not receiving a merit finalist spot is that the applicant pool is extremely competitive. already, schools like WUSTL have a general applicant pool that's really strong... then, from that pool, you have (usually) only the very top kids apply for merit scholarships. people who have no chance of receiving a scholarship <em>usually</em> don't apply for them. though there are exceptions i'm sure... overall though, it's probably self-selecting. it's called MERIT for a reason, and you wouldn't bother applying if you have little merit for receiving one of those scholarships. therefore, the merit pool has got to be even more talented than the general applicant pool, but there's only a small handful of spots available, making it exponentially more competitive than normal admission.</p>
<p>i'm sure that most people applying for a merit scholarship are qualified and talented, but they can't choose to name everyone a finalist. with such long-shot odds of receiving one out of their pool of probably hundreds (if not thousands) of applicants per program, getting hung up about it really isn't worth your time :)</p>
<p>not receiving a scholarship doesn't preclude your chances for admission... it's really only a small % of people who are named a scholarship finalist out of the larger general admissions applicant pool.</p>
<p>keepitcoolidge - very well said, your description is very realistic. By the way the applicant pool for most awards is well into the thousands. </p>
<p>helen_mes - Unfortunately the answer to your question is - all merit award finalists are invited to Scholars Interview weekend. Being or not being on campus is not part of the awards equation. Attendance at the weekend is required in order to be considered for an award.</p>
<p>^^ I agree. keepitcoolidge, I think you managed to make everybody who was denied a merit scholarship feel just a bit better.</p>
<p>is there only one scholarship for the Sam Fox School College of Art?? that basically means that the best artist applying gets the money...</p>
<p>Thanks ST2. I understand, but it is hard to accept - I have put so much work into the application essays. So approximately how many people are awarded those scholarships? I am curious about Poetz (Art) one too, since I applied...</p>
<p>I have to echo what keepitcoolidge is saying, these merit scholarships are VERY tough to get, mainly for the reason that is also the answer to Helen's question. For the MOOG, Mylonis, etc. there are only 4 full tuition scholarships and 4 half, if my information is correct. Most kids would only be applying in one of the categories, a few two. So think about that. You have a school that is extremely tough to even get into, right at or just below Ivy in competitiveness. Add to that that this year is the peak year for number of kids of freshman college age. I think you can see that, if about 1,000 apply for any given category of scholarship, and nearly all of these people are of very very high caliber, it becomes almost luck at the end. Not that they mean it to be, but that is just reality. Who did you happen to get that reviewed your essay? Maybe if it had been a different screener they would have seen something in it the screener you got didn't. There are so many factors, none of which reflect your quality or efforts.</p>
<p>So chin up and all that, you just keep going for things like this. Sometimes you hit, sometimes you don't. I know this may sound hollow now, but believe me, the fact that you are of a quality that even puts you in a position to be going for this is outstanding.</p>
<p>Now my curiosity question. I know how many get the scholarships. What I want to know is how many usually get invited as finalists?</p>
<p>Here is our experience : We got a call from the dean of A&S on Sat telling us that we are 1 of 8 that made the finalist list out of over 800 for MOOG. I agree with fallenchemist, it is all about luck at some point because my guess is out of those 800, at least the top 80 are very close to the same. We feel extremely lucky.</p>
<p>4 full tuition out of over 800, those are tough odds (.5%, yep, not even 1). Even Harvard admission doesn't have that kind of odds so if you did not get it, it's not because you don't deserve it.</p>
<p>So if I am thinking straight, the kids they invite are guaranteed a scholarship, just a matter of whether it is full or half, right?</p>
<p>This number of scholarships at Wash U. makes you realize how generous Tulane is with their scholarships, giving a bunch of $24K, $20K packages, and 75 full tuition scholarships (this year, 100 last year. Damn this market). Makes me cringe to think of how much debt a lot of these kids are going to come out of school with.</p>
<p>Considering that there will probably be approximately 70+ in the three largest Scholars programs alone (Danforth, Ervin, Rodriguez) next year, I think WashU holds its own very well. Unfortunately there are always more qualified candidates than scholarships, it is not an easy choice for the people making the decisions. The quality of most of the candidates is very very high and they all should be very proud of themselves.</p>
<p>Yup- I got my finaid back from Tulane- with $24k merit/honors college, and a $4000 EFC, I'd have to pay NOTHING to go to Tulane. Especially in this financial climate, that is a very, very enticing offer.</p>
<p>don't know how many are invited to each scholarship program to interview as finalists. i imagine it varies somewhat -slightly- year to year. guess people will find out when they all come to campus and see X number of others there for the same program :)</p>