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<p>There has been a fundamental change in the selection process as of this year. The Morehead Foundation was limited to approximately 150 OOS schools because of the capacity of the committee to read and process applications. I don’t know if you’ve seen the Morehead app but it is longer and far more detailed than any app I’ve ever seen for any school. Additionally from our experience the committee has such in-depth knowledge of each finalist during the interviews that they have obviously really spent much time getting to know everything they can about them before they meet them, far more than I would guess a normal adcom spends on a given application. </p>
<p>This year they have increased the number of readers and were able to open the process to any school in the US that wanted to apply and could meet certain criteria. The number/ratio of public schools increased dramatically as a result of this and the total number of OOS schools increased by at least 50, maybe more on this first go round. I know that my D’s school was informed by us of the change yet took no action to even try to become a nominating school for reasons unclear to me. </p>
<p>I found it interesting that the Cain family selected the Morehead as their benefactor and perhaps it was because the infrastructure was already in place so the impact could not only be more direct but also more immediate. This way all the funds can go to deserving recipients rather than toward creating a whole new foundation and process somewhere else which would take time and divert funding to help build the infrastructure.</p>
<p>The Morehead has really evolved in terms of what it offers etc over the years and today’s recipients have far more opportunities than those from 15 years ago. The Jefferson, and others that have been modeled after it still don’t offer the array of summer opportunities that the Morehead does nor are they quite as “create your own life” as the Morehead is.</p>
<p>On another note, how are things at CMU? How’s the process going for your sis?</p>