Distinguished Scholars Weekend Invites

momof2giants
Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:57:30 +0000

Hopefully this will provide a few answers. My D received an Alison scholarship which (for last year’s recipients) is 23,000/year. This is the mid-range “DiScho” award, for which we are very thankful. For the scholarships that are not DuPont, they are a fixed dollar amount and do not rise when expenses go up. The weekend last year was quite tiring but fun for my D – several mixers, organized meals, an interview and a “test,” which involved group interaction and a writing assignment. Nothing she could have prepared for in advance. It seems that about 15 or so people are offered DuPont and most of the rest are offered one of the other named scholarships. There are probably candidates who are not offered a “DiScho” at all, but my D did not know anyone who had that experience.

As for guests, they are not incorporated in any way, at least not last year. There were no meetings or activities for parents and many of the candidates traveled there alone. We are from NYC. We drove our daughter down, took a regular tour of the campus together, and left her there. She took Amtrak home two days later. After seeing so many schools and going to so many meetings, I did not really mind not being involved. I know there were parents who stayed down there for the weekend, but I assume they did not see their kids until the activities were over.

Good luck everyone. My D really loves UD, although she has had her adjustments to make, like many other students.