<p>1.When will Provost Scholars be selected and notified?
Students admitted in our Early Action round will be notified by January 15. Students selected as Provost Scholars from our Regular Decision round will be notified by March 15. </p>
<p>I copied the above from the Provost Scholarship website.</p>
<p>@helen22
You have a good chance of getting into the honors program. Many more students than those who are PS get in. Also, many of the notified 500 will not attend GT.
And the application is short and sweet!</p>
<p>Lonely - Do you know how many honors students?</p>
<p>Weeeeak I didn’t make it. No real biggie, I’m instate and my parents can easily afford the $10k or whatever it is after HOPE pays, so it’s not a big deal at all practically (and the odds of my getting past the semis were very low anyway). Slight ego blow, but it’s not like I had this date circled on the calendar or anything, I actually forgot about it until this week. But still. Eh. </p>
<p>On to the honors essay!</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for the info on the Provost scholarship and the honors program. We’ll keep our fingers crossed for the Provost since the national merit scholarship for GT is not much. I read the web page on the Provost - it says you will get a letter, an email, and a phone call. Good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>Just a question guys: if one gets semifinalist in PS, then he is automatically in the honors program? My dad told me this but I never read it anywhere…</p>
<p>@007math
There have been some changes recently in the honors program. Honors is still relatively new. My brother was a PS 5 years ago, and when he came to GT honors was only a year or two old. Back then Semifinalists and other strong students (judging based on their admissions application only) were asked if they would like to be in honors in mid-December. If they said yes, they were automatically in.</p>
<p>I believe this is the first year GT has had an honors application. Honors has been changing as it establishes more classes and more concrete requirements.</p>
<p>Anyway, this might be why your father was thinking that semifinalists were automatically in. I do not believe they are this year. (That being said, as long as you write a reasonable essay, I cannot imagine why they wouldn’t accept someone they’ve offered semi status to.)</p>
<p>@MichiganGeorgia
I do not know how many get in. From my brother’s experience in honors courses, many (most) of them are not PS’s (after all there were only about 65 PSs per class [now there are only 50]). If you felt that you had a reasonable shot at semifinalist notification, I don’t see why you wouldn’t be very competitive.</p>
<p>Keep in mind some of the 9,000 early applicants (as evidenced by other threads on this forum) will likely not come to GT if they do not receive PS. Also, of the semifinalists themselves, over 100 (~115 for my brother) used to be offered PS. They only had about a 50% acceptance rate (since these students were being recruited by other top schools). Since the financial incentives have increased, I assume they have a higher yield rate now, but the point still stands - you are not competing with all the admitted students for honors; you’re competing with the (significantly smaller) freshmen class.</p>
<p>That was a lot of writing for a fairly simple point.</p>
<p>TLDR; apply for honors, don’t be disheartened. You have a strong chance. Semifinalist notification isn’t everything; a desire to be in honors is.</p>
<p>I got it, though I’m instate so my chances are probably higher. I already know a few people from my area who are also semifinalists.</p>
<p>Does Provost Scholarship reduce OOS tuition to in-state tuition?</p>
<p>^It offers quite a bit of money</p>
<p>On the site, using the 2011-2012 year I think it was, the award was around $9K per semester</p>
<p>Are there any specifications for the resume?</p>
<p>I emailed them and they said the resume is given to your interviewer. It is pretty much all the interviewer will know about you.</p>
<p>My son is a semi finalist and will be having an interview via Skype in a few weeks. Does anyone know what the interview is like?</p>
<p>Did anybody get the provost scholarship?</p>
<p>Nagala and I received the Provost Scholarship.</p>
<p>Congratulations!</p>
<p>I guess I’ll keeping waiting over the weekend and hope for the best!</p>
<p>Well I think interview period is over. We find out Friday if we advanced or not!</p>
<p>Notified at 1:10 PST. Didn’t make it. Not surprised since my interview was good but not great.</p>
<p>It is a very nice letter though.</p>
<p>My S just received notification that he is a PSP Finalist. He is super excited!</p>
<p>I didn’t make finalist status.</p>
<p>I’ve got a perfect SAT score (the 2400), I’m valedictorian, I’ve taken 9 APs (we’re only allowed to take them as juniors and seniors) and I’ve made 5s on every AP exam I’ve taken. </p>
<p>For progress, I’m a dancer who spends over 20 a week dancing. I’ve also created a bunch of school wide initiatives and followed them to success.</p>
<p>I’ve got hundreds of hours volunteering at hospitals and with kids, and I single handedly created a recycling program and environmental club. I also pioneered an anti-bullying campaign for my school. I work with a bunch of other service clubs as well. </p>
<p>I’m president of NHS, my environmental club and math club, I’ve camp counseled, I teach dance to kids and everyone who knows me knows that I’m a natural leader.</p>
<p>I’ve gotten a bunch of accolades, won state academic competitions, been selected for a few student of the year awards, I was on homecoming court and so much more.</p>
<p>My calculus teacher who’s taught many students who went on to become GT presidential scholars told me I was a shoo-in for it. My PS friends told me the same thing, so I was really hopeful. I thought my interview went well. I’m also a Georgia resident.</p>
<p>The only thing I don’t have is legacy. None of my family has gone to Tech and I have no alumni connections. </p>
<p>It’s kind of always been my dream so that email broke my heart, but congratulations to those of you who made it! You must really deserve it :)</p>
<p>I’m a little curious about this years’ finalists’ credentials so I can get some closure. Anyone care to share?</p>