Merit Scholarships at Kenyon

keylyme
Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:31:58 +0000

I did not see the deadline for Kenyon’s merit scholarships until after the deadline (December 15) had passed. When my son visited one of the deans was talking with us and said to make sure my son “applied” for the merit scholarships. At the time, it was assumed he would be applying ED1 which was probably why she never mentioned the December 15 deadline. Now he is appying RD and I am concerned that the amount of fa he needs might hurt his chances of admission (he won’t need full fa, but more than 50%). However, I did read somewhere in Kenyon’s literature that in order to be considered for a merit scholarship students are “encouraged, but not required” to apply by Dec 15. Does this mean that some scholarships are held back for the applicants who missed the deadline? And how does it work, anyway? Do they stamp the date the app is received and only consider the ones received before the 15th for scholarships? As they are merit scholarships, what if there are more qualified applicants who applied later? Ugh…stressing a bit. My son’s school uses Naviance and this info is not listed under the deadlines on the Naviance page.