<p>Same here. No early deposit and S got first choice dorm. Then again Max P has over 700 students so you have better than 50% chance of getting it (assuming most residents are first year’s).</p>
<p>I wouldn’t be at all surprised if S decides to stay in his house next year, either.</p>
<p>In my admittedly limited experience, the awards aren’t merit based. They often use them to lure minorities and athletes.</p>
<p>And in my equally limited experience, there’s no hint of sports or minority status. There aren’t so very many, and don’t say how they award them. It’s probably not a good idea to draw any conclusions from an internet board.</p>
<p>As they say: “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.”</p>
<p>I believe a faculty committee awards these, so the criteria may vary as a function of the make-up of the committee.</p>
<p>from UofC Admissions folks on Saturday … each year there are 30 full merit scholarships and about 100 partial merit scholarships. That’s about 10% of the entering class. (Not sure if “full” is just tuition or FCA)</p>
<p>Stogo,</p>
<p>It would be good to think about the difference between how many are offered versus how many are accepted. Which did admissions say? I bet they said, or at least meant offered.</p>
<p>Anyone actually know?</p>
<p>^ … not sure … good question.</p>
<p>I wasn’t paying close attention since it is not a separate application process … check off the box and you’ll be considered for the very low odds scholarship. For my kid the next step was obvious (check the box to be considered) … and for us parents the next step was obvious also (in no way plan on it so have a plan for all $200,000).</p>
<p>Admissions has made clear in various mailings, etc. that the scholarships are not re-distributed if a student declines to attend, so while offers made be made to 10%, it’s unlikely they yield that many. S knows a couple of folks who turned down the full tuition rides (sigh).</p>
<p>^ Suspected as much. This keeps the cost down. So I suspect the actual percent walking around campus who have merit aid is less than 5%. But who really knows? The U does not release these details.</p>