<p>My D applied for the Barnes Scholarship 2 years ago when she applied to CC, but didn’t receive it. (She did receive a major merit scholarship at another school–which she is now attending and doing quite well.)</p>
<p>A girl from D’s high school received the Barnes in 2007. This girl turned down Harvard and Stanford (I think it was Stanford–I know she had a Harvard acceptance in hand) to attend CC. So yeah, the Barnes is quite competitive–and the applicants for it are extremely well qualified.</p>
<p>BTW, the Barnes scholarship is restricted to students majoring in chemistry or biochem–and changing your major to anything else during the 4 years disqualifies from receiving the scholarship monies. (The terms of the endowment are quite specific.)</p>
<p>However, CC does offer other kinds of financial assistance.</p>