USC Trustee/Presidential Scholarships!

bmanbs2
Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:28:22 +0000

I had a friend who was ATPS (association of trustee and presidential scholars), and she helped the committee that chose who got what. They bring the candidates on campus around Feb. and divide them into groups. Some groups are trying for trustee, some for presidential, but no one knows which groups are which. In each group, I’m guessing around 6-8? They select around 2-3? for the scholarship. I’m not sure of the numbers I’m not ATPS.

I really don’t like how they do it is if you are stellar and everyone else in your group is, you don’t have a great chance. You are not compared with the entire applicant pool, just the several in your group. Also, if they designate you a trustee candidate and they don’t give you the scholarship (they give out much fewer of these than presidentials), you are not placed in the presidential applicant pool; you receive nothing.

If someone in ATPS has a first hand account please correct me.