Made it the the semi-finals!!
Made it the the semi-finals!!
I'm just curious about my odds moving forward. For example, what percent of the applicants made it to the semi-finals and how many from this pool will be awarded the final scholarship? If anyone has any idea it would be greatly appreciated!
Re: Made it the the semi-finals!!
There is a scholarship stats page that said 14% of the total applicants receive the award last year (higher number than previous years). Another page I found last year said something along the lines of the semi-finalist round represents the top 50% of scholars.sapperdoodle72 wrote:I'm just curious about my odds moving forward. For example, what percent of the applicants made it to the semi-finals and how many from this pool will be awarded the final scholarship? If anyone has any idea it would be greatly appreciated!
So that means about 2,450 people applied last year. Top 50% would have been around 1,225 people and 343 of them got the scholarship. In 2016 around 2,665 people applied. Top 50% would have been around 1,328 people and 239 (or 9%) got the scholarship.
Last year was a weird case of extra funding came through part way through the process. We had a round of people receive the award over a week before another large round. I would guess that the original round was right around 9% just like 2016 then they were able to add on another 6% so I'd lean more towards 10% receive the scholarship.
Re: Made it the the semi-finals!!
Is there any information on how many Freshman are awarded this scholarship? I know the chances are better if you are sophomore or above, but do Freshman ever get selected?