What is presidential scholars?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Is it only for people with perfect scores? I think it is in Texas...? (I live in TX)</p>

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<p>You also have to be a citizen and a HS senior.</p>

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<p>Well, I know a guy that lives in Utah who got it, and he got a 35 on his ACT, not 36. How did that work?</p>

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<p>I think they pick the top 30 guys / girls in each state, so in smaller states, you could probably get it which less than perfect scores.</p>

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<p>No, not top 30 for each state...they only choose a total of 144 in the entire nation.</p>

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<p>First they identify Candidates--about 2600 out of 3 million high school seniors, with a minimum of 20 male and 20 female per state (plus DC, Puerto Rico and Americans living abroad) based only on the highest SAT/AC scores.</p>

<p>Then those Candidates submit an application (arghh--more essays!).</p>

<p>Then Semifinalists are selected. 6 minimum per state/group (3 male and 3 female).</p>

<p>Then Presidential Scholars are selected. Minimum of 2 (1 male, 1 female) per state (plus DC, PR and Americans abroad), plus some floaters (15), for a total of 121 academic Presidential Scholars. </p>

<p>They also select 20 Presidential Scholars in the Arts, but that is done through a whole different process that includes live auditions, etc.</p>

<p>Yearbook from 2006 is here:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/2006/yearbook.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/2006/yearbook.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I think they usually select 1-3 people per state.</p>

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<p>It's one boy and one girl per state</p>

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<p>No I'm talking about candidates. What score do you need to be a candidate?</p>

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<p>The site says that up to 141 students are recognized as presidential scholars, so it can't be just two per state.</p>

<p>If you want to see last year's scholars, go here: <a href="http://www.presidentialscholars.org/scholars_year.asp?scholar_year=2006%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.presidentialscholars.org/scholars_year.asp?scholar_year=2006&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>The candidates: <a href="http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/2006/candidates.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/2006/candidates.html&lt;/a>
The Semifinalists: <a href="http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/2006/semifinalists.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/2006/semifinalists.html&lt;/a>
The Scholars: <a href="http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/2006/scholars.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/2006/scholars.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Kentucky has 47 candidates this year.</p>