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03-20-2008, 05:31 PM
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#16 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 65
| I'm in NC also and was nominated by my school, though I haven't received notification of anything yet. Does this mean I didn't get it? | 
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03-20-2008, 06:04 PM
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#17 | | Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 872
| No. It just means you haven't received notification yet. | |
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03-20-2008, 08:31 PM
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#18 | | Junior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 123
| Every state runs on a different schedule. For example, Oklahoma applications aren't even due until April 11, 2008. | |
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03-21-2008, 12:51 PM
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#19 | | Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 319
| ferrel812,
I'm sorry, but announcement emails went out Feb 23 for NC. | |
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04-02-2008, 06:29 AM
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#20 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 65
| that's okay! thank for letting me know, huguenot! | |
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04-02-2008, 12:16 PM
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#21 | | Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 872
| Quote:
The U.S. Department of Education has announced that scholarships will be available under the Robert C. Byrd
Honors Scholarship Program for 2008-2009. The purpose of this program is to promote student excellence and achievement and to recognize exceptionally able students who show promise of continued excellence. Byrd Scholarships will be awarded to selected high school seniors for full-time study at colleges located in the United States.
| I just found this out today, from Connecticut's dept of education. New York State has approximately the same thing. I wish they would just not make us feel even more stress than we already feel about this stuff.... | |
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04-02-2008, 05:02 PM
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#22 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Rice University
Posts: 156
| Thanks for posting this! | |
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04-02-2008, 08:33 PM
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#23 | | New Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 15
| I'm from GA and was nominated. but nothing back. I sent in my form like.. mid February.. Guessing I'm not a finalist? | |
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04-03-2008, 01:39 PM
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#24 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 5,962
| State's all do it differently. In Texas 2 years ago my Val D with top 1% scores on both the SAT and ACT and a perfect GPA with every bonus point possible did not get it. Still ticks me off. | |
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04-14-2008, 01:52 AM
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#25 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 38
| Hey. I read a couple of times that GPA tops SAT big time in CA? So a 4.0 GPA 600 SAT is higher on the list than a 3.9 2400 SAT? Anyone familiar with the California system. I mean... if what I'm thinking is true... then anything less than a 4.0 mean you are disqualified. | |
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04-14-2008, 08:45 AM
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#26 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 323
| From the California Student aid website:
"Eligible applicants will receive a score based on their combined calculated GPA/converted GED scores and SAT/ACT test scores. Applicants will then be ranked in descending score order (highest first) for selection of new scholarships (e.g., if an applicant's reported GPA is 3.50 and her or his SAT score is 1150, the applicant's score is 350.1150. If another applicant also has a reported GPA of 3.50, but does not have an SAT/ACT score, his or her score is 350.0000)."
More info here: http://www.csac.ca.gov/pubs/forms/gr...tionPacket.pdf | |
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04-14-2008, 09:04 AM
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#27 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: AR
Posts: 1,174
| Woah so...
3.51 + 1000 SAT > 3.50 + 1600 SAT? | |
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04-14-2008, 11:15 AM
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#28 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 323
| Yes - but that is just in California - each state can calculate it their own way. Try finding your own state's student aid website for details. (Each California high school can only nominate two students, so that limits the competition.) | |
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04-15-2008, 05:42 AM
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#29 | | Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 479
| curm, as long as they don't raid your 'compound' best to leave well enough alone,.. | |
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04-15-2008, 12:16 PM
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#30 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: West Coast
Posts: 2,013
| As I recall, in CA, it is UW GPA first, then SAT...so each HS nominates 2 people, all are rnaked in the state and my Ds year it went down the ranking to 400.1260 before they ran out of funding, so if your GPA was not 4.0UW you did not get it, even with a 1600 SAT! | |
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