Scholarships - how do they choose?

unalove
Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:26:30 +0000

Good question. What I guess I meant is that somebody who is extremely “Chicago” is academic without being overly obsessive. If I were to line up all the merit award winners I know and say what they have in common, it would be that they all love to learn and love to challenge themselves (such as putting themselves in honors calculus even when they intend to major in political science). They take the opportunity to attend a school like Chicago and really grow from it, and seem to be very happy, good-natured people.

The merit awards aren’t always academically-based, either. A friend of mine (I don’t want to offer too many details here, because he’s a relatively well-known person on campus) was offered money from Chicago for what I imagine were various reasons-- a combination of personal circumstances, intelligence, and character.