<p>Um.
That doesn’t really help either…</p>
<p>Full scholarships go to the truly outstanding and special applicants, I assume. Everyone else can compete for the smaller scholarships (supposed to be 1/3 tuition), but don’t expect the Honor Scholarship unless you have a reason to.</p>
<p>well, there goes my hopes of getting a scholarship…at least the full ones anyways…</p>
<p>Good thing I never even hoped to get one?</p>
<p>Oh lord, i was worried that somehow I’d missed a box on my application that would give me the chance to be considered for that, but it looks like I wouldn’t get it anyway.</p>
<p>Schmivy, if you didn’t check the box, you may want to email your regional person to mark you for consideration. There are smaller merit scholarships given out that are easier to get.</p>
<p>lol This is so hopeless…</p>
<p>I just checked the preview application page, and I did check it.</p>
<p>it’s just not something I remembered doing. and I’m going to try to get loads of scholarships from random stuff, too</p>
<p>Maybe I question everything too much- but I don’t believe that guy’s stats. </p>
<p>THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE.</p>
<p>He has an account on AoPS that lists the same location, so I’m inclined to think that he is for real.</p>
<p>What kind of high school senior does better on a physics exam than Ph.D. level students?</p>
<p>I’m inclined to think this is fake.</p>
<p>The GRE’s are typically taken prior to graduate school. The students are usually still undergraduates. No opinion on the authenticity of the post, however.</p>
<p>He’s currently a student at Duke University on another full-ride scholarship(YES OMG HE TURNED DOWN THE CHICAGO OFFER) and attended RSI last year, so based on the contacts that I have, I can tell you that everything he has posted is genuine.</p>
<p>What? But…it’s Chicago!</p>
<p>I might be off here, but the Chicago offer was only full TUITION. If the Duke offer was a full RIDE, I can see where he would make that choice. And for all his brains and physics know-how, maybe he’s just not a total nerd like the rest of us (not interested in the Core maybe?).</p>
<p>lameface, I’d never choose Duke over Chicago</p>
<p>That said, I live near Raleigh, and find Durham to not be very interesting. And rather sketchy.</p>
<p>My S’s friend turned down Chicago for a top Ivy even though the full tuition scholarship was offered. Though Chicago was by far the first choice, its offer fell nearly $12,000 short of the Ivy’s.</p>
<p>Wait, Idad, I’m confused. Do you mean that his need-based aid at the Ivy included $12,000 worth of stuff (living expences, etc.) that the full tuition scholarship at Chicago didn’t include? Or am I reading that wrong?</p>
<p>corranged, the Chicago offer of full tuition does NOT include the over $10,000 room and board or other expenses. Apparently the Ivy offers did.</p>
<p>At some Ivys you don’t need parental contribution if your family has a yearly income below a certain level</p>
<p>It’s possible that the student fit into that category</p>