The only one that required an application was Robertson. All the others do not require any additional application.
RE: Duke Scholarships… I don’t know where some of the conflicting information is coming from but the date that all paperwork must be back to Duke for the AB, BN, Howard and University Scholarship Finalist Weekend is March 16th, as the actual ‘weekend’ starts March 30th. That does not include the Karsh, but I don’t see how the University Scholars decisions could still be going out until the 15th under the circumstances.
Haha, sorry I didn’t even catch that they had ‘2015’ instead of 2016 when I copied and pasted that from the scholarship office site, but those are the correct finalist weekend dates for 2016. Hope that helps.
University, in particular, will be out a little before March 15 according to the office. They are trying to finish it by this week. But latest, it will be out before March 15 @critter
@clueless- Like I said before, I know they have, at minimum, started notifying University Scholars finalists at least as of yesterday. I can’t say that they have all gone out and I do know that sign-ups for the weekend are starting tomorrow, and all forms and other paperwork are due on the 16th. They need time to get travel arrangements booked. They probably want the two weeks in advance because airfare tends to rise sharply after that window. I can’t imagine that they would expect anyone to get everything done in one day and miss the opening of class and activity sign-ups, etc by pushing some of the notifications back as late as “a little before March 15”. That would be a huge disadvantage for anyone notified so late. It seems likely that someone you spoke to was mis-informed or confused, but I just don’t see how any emails that might still be going out could be anything but imminent.
Did someone you know receive the University scholar finalist email? @critter
Received email from black student alliance which sounds promising.
Invite is for March 31-April 3 which is after the notification date 
@Fuzerabit
Congrats on your admission, BSA (Duke likely letter).
@clueless96 @critter Maybe the office said before March 15 because that would be the absolute last date that they could release decisions? So they’re just trying to give us vague information to make it seem like they have answers when in reality they’re actually not allowed to disclose any important information? :-??
@IfnousWHO
Thank you!
I was like does this mean what I think it means!
@zeedoq today they said that University may have already started going out. But Karsh will need a couple of weeks. I think everything will definitely be sent before the 15th.
@Fuzerabit
Yes, at first glance I was wondering as well but then I carefully read the letter and invitational link (FAQ). See my earlier post here #233 in which I inserted the key excerpts.
So should we give up on these merit scholarships? @Clueless99
@IfnousWHO
I did the exact same thing. Read the FAQ and it states unless something comes to light before admissions decisions are released.
Huge sigh of relief 
Not just anything but something major (RARE) that would have resulted in an official acceptance being taken away in any case.
FAQ section:
“Q.Does this mean I’ve been admitted to Duke?
A. Naturally, inviting you to campus means that we think you’re a very strong candidate for admission. Occasion- ally, something happens or we receive new information between the time we mail our invitation and the time we nalize admissions decisions, and we can’t admit someone we’ve invited. But that’s very rare. Your chances of being admitted are excellent.”
***That is the same core message in other schools that formally use the word “likely” in their letters such as Ivys.
If it is Karsh that you are interested in, then there’s hope. Otherwise, I guess not. @rungal616
@IfnousWHO
Very true!
Congrats to you as well! I won’t be at the BSAI due to a family vacation but will definitely attend one of the Blue Devil sessions!
@Fuzerabit did you just get this invitation today?
@ThatGirlCoder
Yeah I received it last night around 10:30
@Fuzerabit Oh wow, I didn’t know they were still sending them out! Congratulations to you
@Fuzerabit - First, Congratulations! Hope you go bcoz I would love to.
May I ask what school/major you applied to?