Johnson Scholarship Deadline

Puzzle78
Tue, 07 Jan 2014 22:35:03 +0000

BBDark & Esquette. I am simply an alumnus who sent two children there about 10 years ago. I have had a lot of skin in the game there over the years with two full pay students. I did not say much about scores being supremely important. I just feel that if the school is going to invest over $200k in someone it needs to be for both quantitative and qualitative reasons. Those in turn should lead to high achievers in and out of the classroom. Then again, I am a businessperson and measure things differently than those in academia.

W&L attracts smart kids. To me though Johnson’s should be for next tier up kids who are great multi-taskers in and out of the classroom. I am talking about the “it” kids at many high schools who seem to do it all effortlessly and continue to do so once in Lexington. I am not denigrating those who have received them so far, I just think there are opportunities to up tier a little. It’s competitive out there and the school should do what it can to stay towards the top of the ladder.