New Jersey Scholars Program 2018

lesjubilants
Thu, 12 Apr 2018 03:46:29 +0000

Again: for all of those who have guidance counselors telling them that NJSP is not as prestigious as other summer programs, you and they are wrong. Any summer program that you pay tuition for (including those at Harvard, Brown, Iowa, etc.) are usually ignored by colleges; all you need is a relatively good GPA and the $13,000 to get into them. Gov School and NJSP are equals, and I would even argue that NJSP is superior for the above reasons.
You’re right that NJSP will not automatically get you into top colleges. The way I look at it, getting into the program is a stamp of approval that signifies to colleges that you are a strong applicant who has done amazing things. NJSP also gives you the opportunity to do unique research and have intellectual conversations in both a formal and informal setting, so you usually have more things to add to an application. If you want to go to Princeton, the program is 100% a feeder.

If you’re curious about me personally, here are my acceptances. Obviously, I did not magically get into all of my colleges. No one did. No one will, not really. But I did do very well with getting scholarships, which was a HUGE concern for me and what I focused on.

Accepted: Duke University, McGill University (largest scholarship), University of Toronto (half tuition), UNC Chapel Hill Honors Program (Robertson finalist), University of South Carolina Honors College (Stamps finalist, McNair Scholar, full ride), Miami University Honors and Scholars programs (full ride), Rutgerts Honors College (full ride).

Waitlisted (Didn’t even know that waitlisting was a thing until I got waitlisted at five places lol): Brown, University of Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt, Lehigh, and American.

Rejected: Harvard and Yale.