Presidential Scholars Scholarship

CollegeChica12
Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:59:57 +0000

Okay, so I’m a little confused about something here and just needed some clarification. I could be completely wrong, but this seems odd. Here’s the deal: I applied to St. Mary’s as a safety and was accepted within a week and a half of submitting my application with an $11,000 a year Honors at Entrance Scholarship.
I’m confused, however, because I assumed I would also receive the Presidential Scholars Scholarship. I don’t mean to sound arrogant, but I’m a competitive student, and the average GPA for Freshman for last year’s entering freshman was a 3.56, and the average CR+M SAT scores was an 1120. I emailed the admissions office and was told that while my accomplishments were notable and my grades and scores above average, only the top 7% of the admitted class receives Presidential Scholars Scholarships, and I fell outside of that range. I have a 3.9 UW GPA, 4.0 W, and a 1300 CR+M SAT score. Does anyone else find this a little odd given St. Mary’s average GPA/test scores for freshman?
Sorry if this sounds like a case of sour grapes. It’s really not. I’m just thoroughly confused because the admissions data on St. Mary’s website doesn’t match up with what I was told by the admissions office. If roughly 400 students are admitted for each class, and 7% of them have higher/better test scores and GPA’s than mine, at least SOME of the data has to be wrong, right?
Any thoughts?