<p>Phillydad – they are completely different. She got into Chemical and Life Sciences and then, separately, got into Scholars. She should receive a letter in the mail soon from Graig Stewart, the director of the Scholars program. Basically, she can decide which of the scholars programs interests her, and it doesn’t have to do with her academic major at all. (<a href=“http://scholars.umd.edu/programs/index.cfm[/url]”>http://scholars.umd.edu/programs/index.cfm</a>)</p>