McNair Scholarship?!

cathymee
Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:29:59 +0000

so its 4:35 EST and no Fedex so I guess thats that on the highest ranked scholarships!
Got todays mail and nothing in there either.
S will still be eligible for whatever they give NMF’s when that designation comes through (soon I hope!) and he did apply for the departmental scholarships on the forms they sent him last week.I stil think those were generated in the dept after the other committee looked over the big application and said no.
We’re still planning a visit during the Washington Birthday break week but now we’ll have to pay airfare ourselves,I guess!
MomofPaul…S has a decent resume/stats but not as stellar as the young men who reported theirs under the Carolina Scholars thread.Our HS doesnt rank but theres no way he would be in the top 10 anyway (super competitive HS here).His SAT was high but not in the 1500’s(old scale) like theirs.His average comes out to about 98 on a 100 scale.All AP’s (will have 7 at the end of this year) and Honor’s.Community service/leadership is his forte .We thought he might be geographically desirable.
His choice of major doesnt hold the promise of future accolades/awards for a college like a science kids might.
I guess the competition was pretty stiff,and all congratulations go out to the winners.Seems like they will be in good company.