Competitiveness for Full Tuition/Full Ride?

mamag2855
Fri, 04 Dec 2015 00:01:54 +0000

Back in 2012, according to a letter which invited DD1 to attend UD’s Distinguished Scholar weekend in mid-March, she was selected as one of 100 applicants out of 26,000 that year to compete for full tuition/full ride scholarships. Her stats: 2300 SAT(800CR, 800Math, 700 writing), 3.95/4.0 U/W, paid summer research internship, Varsity swim team(state finalist), National Merit Finalist, Presidential Scholar nominee, good ECs, service, recs,etc. She attended the weekend and was offered a full-ride scholarship. She was In State, but both IS and OOS are invited to compete. She chose to attend a different school , also on a full-ride. She was also awarded a smaller merit scholarship when she first received her acceptance to UD. The scholarship weekend invitation arrived later, some time in February.

2 years later, in 2014, DD2 applied to UD and was not invited to compete for a scholarship. Her stats: 2230 SAT(730CR, 750Math, 750 Wr), Varsity Athlete, multiple sports, NMF, Presidential Scholar nominee, paid summer research internship, good ECs, service, recs, etc.

You must have very high stats and a strong application to be competitive for the big Distinguished Scholar awards.