Unversity Scholar Stats

JHS
Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:22:22 +0000

In the olden days, which is to say until a couple years ago, I believe the numbers were 100 $10,000 scholarships and 30 full-tuition scholarships (these are “merit” scholarships, not based on financial need). Of course, not all of those were accepted by the recipients, who often had other attractive options. The $5,000 scholarships are a relatively new twist, coming in with the current dean, but I’m sure they’re here to stay. I think the number of $10,000 scholarships was cut back when they started awarding the $5,000 ones, but I don’t know by how much, or how many of the $5,000 scholarships get awarded. All in all, maybe about 5% of accepted students get offered merit scholarships, but the real percentage is meaningfully higher, since my impression is they don’t award them to students who would be getting significant need-based financial aid anyway. (Under the University’s rules, one scholarship would just substitute for the other.)

I will also third or fourth what others have said – it’s hard to see any pattern other than the one I just mentioned. Some people who get offered scholarships have high stats all around, but others don’t. I surmise that the people who get offers are the ones who have written great applications. You do have to ask to be considered, however – there’s a box to check on the application.