Eminence Scholarship Odds

comet02
Tue, 22 Apr 2014 19:19:57 +0000

Hey! I was wondering what you guys think my odds are of getting the Eminence Scholarship at OSU. I really need the money, my step-dad (legal guardian) is rich but there’s no way he’s helping me out. Basically that means that I will get no parental monetary support or any need-based scholarships. Please be honest :)

High School: Lagre, high-acheiving public school
Prospective Major: Political Science (pre-law)
Race: White
Weighted GPA: 4.53
Unwighted GPA: 3.78 (substantially increasing after a poor freshman year)
ACT Composite: 34 (two sittings)
English: 34
Math: 33
Reading: 33
Science: 36
Writing: 9 (makes no sense to me, writing is what I’m best at in school)

AP Classes: 10
APUSH (5), AP Gov (4, self-studied), AP Enviro (5, self-studied), AP Human Geo (5, self studied), AP Psych (4, self-studied, AP Physics 1 (4), AP Econ Micro (5), and Econ Macro (5), Ap Comparative Gov (5) AP English (5)
I will have taken 5 more by the time I graduate

EC’s:
Football 9-12 (not good enough to play in college though)
Wrestling Freshman Year
Debate Team 10-12 (Event Captain 11-12 and state place-winner)
BBYO Jewish Youth Organization 9-12 (elected secretary, recruiter, and vice-president)
NHS
National Merit Finalist
National AP Scholar
150+ Hrs Community Service
ACT Tutor
APUSH Teacher’s Assistant
2 summers at Brown Pre-College
Published 20+ political editorials for the Plain Dealer (the main Cleveland Newspaper
High School English and History Departmental Honors

I’m fairly certain that my essay will be one of the strongest points of my application as, like I said, English is what I’m best at. Teacher recs will hopefully be pretty good too, my history teacher and I have a really good relationship