Anyone get Kelley Scholarship finalist?

bthomp1
Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:24:42 +0000

The selection process is probably quirky to an large extent. They likely try to balance things like sex, urm status, what part of the state people come from, maybe even not trying to get more than one kid from a particular Indiana school (i.e. Carmel High School, which had like 35 IU excellence scholarship recipients in just one senior class a couple of years ago). I noticed in my son’s freshman class of Kelley Scholars that only four or five of the ten made the Founders Scholar list, which only requires a 3.8 gpa the first Fall semester at IUB. One of the ten transferred to another school already. So if you don’t get selected, take consolation that, like many of the bigger scholarships, colleges look at more than just your past achievements. Demographic factors (for lack of a better term) that are beyond your control and which nobody can change probably play a big role in being selected.