<p>Can you receive a scholarship without writing the essay?</p>
<p>Yes, I didn't write one. In fact, I don't think anyone here did.</p>
<p>Yo Mamma!!!!!</p>
<p>only the IU faculty award and some direct admit scholarships, for the ones that give you alot of money or full rides, you need to send in ur resume and write some essays as well as a interiew (for the full rides only)</p>
<p>So you only really have to submit your extracurricular activities and an essay if you want a scholarship that gives you a lot of money?</p>
<p>Here's what happens. You send in your application. They look at your test scores, curriculum and GPA. You get a packet back, either an acceptance w/scholarship, acceptance, or rejection. If you get an acceptance w/scholarship, some students receive the SSA, or selective scholarship application. This allows you to apply for other scholarships than the faculty award. That's where you write the essays, do the interviews, add in your EC lists. But these are for students who are in the 7K/year stat range, kids with 1330+ SATs and 30+ ACTs.</p>
<p>I wonder what kind of grades you need if your SAT score is 1450+?
I guess I will find out in a few months.</p>
<p>A2Wolves6, how are you liking Indiana so far?</p>
<p>Do you know when the earliest possible time is to apply?</p>
<p>Right now.</p>
<p>For next year, I graduate in 2008.</p>
<p>I am not totally in love with the school as people may think. Everynight is "lets get drunk" night. If you don't drink, then you don't have much to do. Fraternities dominate the social scene. Everyone goes to frats to party, or gets caught in their dorms. It's embarassing hearing each week about the dozens of freshmen who have had alcohol poisioning. There are many irritating girls here. Many of them clueless and just here because of the "cute boys" and the alcohol. The campus is big, walking to class can be seen as good exercise or an inconvenience. The student body is big, it's hard to make a school like this feel small. Some professors are great, some are terrible. You can have small classes, but whenever that happens, unless you are in the honors college, it will be taught by a grad student. The school is expensive if you need financial aid. You are stuck in whatever neighborhood you choose, so choose wisely! If you like to party, go to NW. If you don't, anywhere else is fine. Read is the music dorm. NW is the long island freshman business future greek neighborhood. Central is the quiet area, with exceptions to Teter and Eigenmann. </p>
<p>But there are positives. A beautiful campus, many beautiful people. The school is academically challenging, despite what people may believe. You get pushed here, you learn, there is no easy A, and you can't coast to a B. The honors college is well structured. The atmosphere is more cooperative than competitive. The campus is suprisingly diverse. There are interesting culture centers. Bus systems are convenient. Many, many, many oppurtunities. Very strong programs in every area. A degree that holds a great reputation in both the region and the nation. The business school has a fantastic reputation and is attracting better and better employers each year. Great athletics, both varsity and intramural. Better than expected dormitories. </p>
<p>It's not for everyone. You need to really ask yourself before going to a public school if you want to be jammed into a bus with everyone else going from class to class, or walking with tons of other people right next to you, to places, going to a school where people have cliques from their high school that they hang out with.</p>
<p>LOL well a2wolves6 and I must be having different experiences even though we live in the same dorm :). while i agree that parties do go on here and there are a lot of greek activity going on, THEY ARE NOT THE MAJORITY. there is no one single majority here at IU, in short, people do what they want to do. one thing i learned here was that you CAN make this school smaller by participating in clubs/organizations that you are interested in which is gud. Also, the academis are good and some classes are challenging while some are not, and economics btw is usually difficult in any school that properly teaches the subject because economics is a difficult subject matter and it is hard to grasp sometimes and as my brother believes, you need some "natural intelligence" to be able to fully suceed in the field of economics ( whether you are a econ. major or economist." but tats his opinion so take it with a grain of salt. Regarding the grad. student bashing :) yea some do suck, e.g. the ones a2wolves got HAHAHAHAHA sorry man, but fortunately some are gud like my eng. 170 teacher, she is very dedicated and enthusiastic about teaching us how to write more analytically and think more critically/creatively. She is a great teacher and yes, she DOES teach the class and assigns us useful assignments and essays. She even has office hours as well as office hours for students who cant make her official office hours. again she is great even though she isnt a professor.
"honors college is well structured."
agreed.
"financial aid is expensive"
well duh!!! its a public school for Indiana, DONT YOU KNOW HOW THE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY SYSTEM WORKS IN THE UNITED STATES!!!! its first priority are the Indiana residents, I agree with that and understand even though like a2wolves I got a not so great financial aid package. The gud news is, the loans are subsidized so no interest heh :) and if you have high stats. then you will be able to get some scholarships, for some of them WRITE YOUR ESSAYS CAREFULLY AND WELL! i made the mistake of writing horrible essays I KNEW no more scholarships were coming my way :(. so yea gud luk with your decisions.</p>
<p>How is the town of Bloomington? Maybe it's better to go to school in a city like Boston, NY, or Miami?</p>
<p>well thats entirely up to u, do you mind a small/mid size town or city? or do you like the night life of boston, nyc or miami? only you can answer that one. It wont have the crazy night clubs of the big cities obviously but they do have bars/restaurants and movie theaters and stuff. just think there are about 30,000 college students here so they adapt and cater to the IU students needs :) sorta. im from the LA area so I guess I wanted something different, maybe you're from a small town and you want a big city again its up to u.</p>
<p>In Bloomington, you can walk the streets alone at 2 AM and nothing will happen to you. That's not going to happen in NYC, Miami, or Boston. You don't have as diverse as an environment, but you also get the small town atmosphere. The town is catered around the students.</p>
<p>I enjoyed reading about your early impressions, Wolves and Dcho. A lot of similarities to U-Michigan, but I guess that probably could be said of a Big Ten campus in general. They're all big places and the challenge is to find your people and carve out your nitch. As opposed to a small college, it's up to the student to shrink the enormous environment by personalizing their own experience. Interestingly, a few of the positives you mentioned about IU were the negatives about Michigan that I disliked as a student. Top of the list...the cooperative v. competitive atmosphere. Sounds like you're both off to a good start. It takes plenty of time to settle in and turn that corner so don't expect too much too soon. Work hard and have fun! :D</p>
<p>Are there some relaxed/kicked back people at this school. If so what are some examples.</p>
<p>Collins LLC is a really laid back environment, lots of artsy people in that dorm.</p>
<p>Every school has laid back people. At Indiana, people majoring in business, or the sciences(biology, chemistry, etc.) are not relaxed since there is competition and a heavy need to succeed and become known.</p>
<p>IU so far has rocked for me. Met TONS of new people. Partying is quite notorious here. Eigenmann doesnt party that much, we all just go to other places to party. Briscoe is very infamous here, "Briscoe <em>oe" and those Mcnutt "</em>luts".</p>
<p>All together, some business classes have been challenging. The general ed is joke, you can skip a few classes and ace the exam by reading the book (Take psychology for your gpa ;) ). I do like this one course in gen ed called african arts and magic. good course and interesting. Take it.</p>