<p>The top scholarships are the Singer and Stamps scholarships. Singer covers full tuition for all four years, while Stamps covers full cost of attendance plus a stipend for research and studying abroad. These are not just for Florida residents. About 150 kids attend Stamps weekend I believe (I was there this year, I forget the exact number). 25% of those kids get Singer and 5-7 students are invited to move on to an interview with Mr. Stamps to potentially get the Stamps scholarship. There are then two more weekends of just Singer candidates and I think 1/4 of the students at each one of those weekends get Singer. In a class of 2,000 these are pretty competitive as you’re going up against the best of the best. </p>
<p>There are threads for each year that talk about the Singer/Stamps weekends and everyone (I’ve posted a lot about my experience with it, and IllinoisMom has posted full-detail reports on the entire weekend, literally play-by-play and it’s definitely an enjoyable read!). Filter through those threads and you’ll get a lot of insight to those two scholarships.</p>
<p>With your stats, you are definitely in the running. I had a 35 ACT as well and got into Stamps weekend. My SAT wasn’t even 1530 if you’re talking just CR + M… mine was a mere 1320. You are a fine candidate and definitely have a shot at these. Get stellar recommendations and write a brilliant essay and you’ll be a big target!</p>