<p>I do not think that the SAT score had anything to do with it. The SAT scores are OK, no one can find fault with a PSAT of 236 and SAT of 2330. You do not need a 2400 to get this scholarship. The only thing that stands out appears to be essay, again not having seen the package, we have to give the OP the benefit of the doubt that everything else was OK.</p>
<p>The student has some excellent choices and is obviously very talented. Let him/her just consider that as the luck of draw and not take it personal. The student should have no regrets.</p>