Merit Scholarships

shennie
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:03:57 +0000

My son was a finalist for the Ren. He ended up being awarded a 1/2 scholarship. (He chose to attend a different school.) I will give you his info:

GPA: 4.0 (school doesn’t weight)
ACT: 34 SAT: 2040 Did not take SAT IIs
NM Finalist
Did not have any AP exam scores at time of application

Classes included 4 years of English, 3 of History, 5.5 years of science including Adv. Chem, Adv. Physics and Adv. Bio., Math through Calc. BC, French through AP French.

His ECs included extensive involvement in music and theater, but no major awards in any of them. To be honest, I was surprised that he was chosen as a finalist. He is a great kid and interviews quite well. He had wonderful recs, but he doesn’t have anything that makes him really jump out at you.