"Yielding Protection" on Scholarships?
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 12:44 am
I'm in at HS, waiting on Y. I have very high numbers.
I am really hoping to get a Levy from Penn as Penn is one of my top choices so long as I am willing to forget about unicorn type jobs (the more I think of it, the more I am okay with it). I'd take a Levy over my current Hamilton.
The problem is that people with my numbers are apparently passed over for Levys
During my scholarship interview with Duke, I was more or less told that they yield protect on scholarships: "we only have so much money to distribute, and we want to make sure we are giving it to people who are very interested in Duke." Needless to say, I was not given a Mordecai.
I feel like I wrote a pretty good Levy essay explaining why Penn is an ideal institution for me.
Is there anything else I could/should do? Is it unheard of for someone to take a Levy over a Hamilton?
PLEASE NO QUOTING.
I am really hoping to get a Levy from Penn as Penn is one of my top choices so long as I am willing to forget about unicorn type jobs (the more I think of it, the more I am okay with it). I'd take a Levy over my current Hamilton.
The problem is that people with my numbers are apparently passed over for Levys
During my scholarship interview with Duke, I was more or less told that they yield protect on scholarships: "we only have so much money to distribute, and we want to make sure we are giving it to people who are very interested in Duke." Needless to say, I was not given a Mordecai.
I feel like I wrote a pretty good Levy essay explaining why Penn is an ideal institution for me.
Is there anything else I could/should do? Is it unheard of for someone to take a Levy over a Hamilton?
PLEASE NO QUOTING.