<p>How did everyone’s telephone interviews go?</p>
<p>Mine went pretty good, I think.</p>
<p>Interviews? Have you been previously accepted into the JSP or is this to get in? Maybe it’s a department thing?</p>
<p>if you are being considered for the James Scholarship you had to conduct a telephone interview to narrow down the “semifinalists” to “finalists.” </p>
<p>did no one else get an interview?</p>
<p>The James Newton Matthews Scholars Program is referred to as the “Matthews Scholars Program”
vs the Honors program in the Engineering Dept - which is referred to as the "James Scholar Program ". Separate entities.</p>
<p>The James Newton Matthews Scholars Program
The University of Illinois seeks to recruit the very best and brightest students from throughout the state of Illinois and beyond. Any academically exceptional student is eligible for the Matthews Scholars Program. Many potential Matthews Scholars will fall into one or more of the three groups of high-achieving students especially targeted for recruitment by the University. This includes: National Merit Scholars, Campus Honors students and out-of-state students.</p>
<p>Scholarships are awarded to incoming freshmen who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in high school. Students do not apply but rather are selected for consideration from the entire first year class based upon their academic, leadership, community service and extracurricular high school activities. A field of students are selected and then narrowed through a pre-arranged, personal telephone interview with a member of the selection committee.</p>
<p>so did anyone get interviewed about the Matthews Scholarship (the one i was interviewed for)?</p>