McKenna Achievement Award Finalist

raven001
Fri, 11 Mar 2005 01:03:24 +0000

I’m rejected by the scholarship though…
I think CMC is giving the scholarship to those who they think have great possiblity to attend CMC. Maybe I missed something that expressed my willingness.

On the contrary, according to the adcomm I spoke with, they are trying to attract the “best and the brightest” to CMC with the McKenna award. CMC expects that only roughly 30% of those offered the scholarship will accept it (they fly 100+ kids out, offer 100+ scholarships, and expect to actually give around 30).



Just curious–did both of you who were invited have straight A’s through high school? Do you think they mostly choose regular decision applicants as a way of encouraging them to attend as opposed to ED, who they know are already coming?

One CMC student told me that they offer only 1 McKenna scholarship each year to the ED applicants. As you guessed, this is because the scholarship is intended to attract top students to CMC, which is a wasted effort with respect to ED applicants.

Of course, if you’d qualify for the McKenna scholarship, you’re better off not applying ED anyways (you won’t need the advantage)!