ANY chance for mcnair scholars?

CockyMom
Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:36:58 +0000

Wavylays- My daughter had similar stats and was National Merit Commended. She did however have more activities in HS. She attended the dinner here in Atlanta, but was not invited to interview. She did interview for the “Haslam” at Tennessee which is similar to the McNair. She obviously did not get it or my name would be VOL Mom. In the past two years we have had a McNair finalist and a McNair Scholar from our local High School. They both had much better stats, top 1-2%, varsity athlete, Nat’l Merit semi finalist, etc.
The McNair finalist was awarded the Presidential Scholarship to Georgia Tech where he is now attending. The McNair scholar from our HS did attend S.Carolina.
My point in all this is it is VERY competitive. I would recommend applying to the Honors College. S. Carolina has awesome out of state scholarships. My daughter has the Cooper which is in state tuition plus $4000. She is a sophomore in the Honors College and loves S. Carolina. Good Luck to you!