<p>Hi all, </p>
<p>I've heard that one can receive a full scholarship by winning first place senior on the North Carolina State Mathematics Contest (if one is an NC resident). Can anyone confirm this information, and what are the chances of winning this contest? </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I doubt that's true, but am not absolutely sure. Duke seeks alot more than just a person who is good at math to give money to. To get any merit scholarship (much less a full ride) from Duke, you have to be pretty amazing. I think only about 30 people total end up getting full merit rides from Duke out of each freshman class.</p>
<p>actually that is basically true. if you win the state math contest, many schools will offer you a scholarship, duke being one of them</p>
<p>I have heard of some of the people who get full ride merit scholarships from Duke, they have done things like won medals at int'l olympiads. There may be some sort of scholarship award for the NC state math competition, but I would be surprised if it is anything large. My son won a statewide math competition at Texas A&M a couple of years ago, but the scholarship that went with it was only for $1000. (if he had actually applied there, there would almost certainly have been other merit aid forthcoming, but it would have had nothing to do with the contest).</p>
<p>The Duke Bulletin of Undergraduate Instruction states it very clearly. </p>
<p>"Upon enrolling at Duke, the top student finishing in the top ten of the North Carolina Math Contest taken as a high school senior is eligible to receive a scholarship equal to the amount of tuition. This scholarship is available each of the four years of undergraduate enrollment as long as the student maintains the specified average. Winners must have applied to and been accepted by Duke University."</p>
<p>The scholarship doesn't cover room and board, fees, books, etc., though.</p>
<p>Full tuition?! Cool! Maybe I should pass that on to Texas A&M.</p>
<p>Reading the post above, it sounds like the scholarship could go to the 10th place winner if the top 9 go to schools other than Duke. Is that how everyone else is reading it?</p>
<p>i dunno, i guess u could read it two ways</p>
<p>that's the way I read it, what's the other?</p>
<p>u could read it as the top student in the top ten, or in other words, the 1st place winner. or u could read it as the student who gets accepted to duke who places best in the top 10. i think the 2nd way is more probable. then again, my friends make fun of me for not having any common sense, so im probly just confused... plus it doesnt matter for me- im not even from north carolina</p>
<p>if it was the top person, they wouldve just said it. It's the second way I think, and they give it to the top person who is accepted AND enrolls.</p>