merit scholarships/what smith looks for

<p>They tell you flat out - “Heady, nervy, intellectually exciting”. No separate application. The admissions office seems to send over a bunch to a separate committee (which includes the college pres) to decide. The reason I know this is that the pres called us, and she’d read everything in my d’s application.</p>

<p>(My d. is a Zollman - and she didn’t have a real GPA - she was homeschooled.)</p>

<p>But there are also 40-50 STRIDES, and they carry most of the major benefits of the other awards.</p>