03-01-94 Scholarship Competition

                          NEWS ADVISORY
       730 STUDENTS TO COMPETE FOR OHIO STATE SCHOLARSHIPS

     Approximately 730 top high school seniors will be at The
Ohio State University Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 3-5,
to take part in the fourth annual Presidential and Medalist
Scholarship Competition.  About one-third will attend each day.
Events will be headquartered at the Ohio Union, 1739 N. High St.

     The top ten finalists will be awarded Presidential
Scholarships, which cover in-state tuition, room and board, books
and other expenses for four years of undergraduate education at
Ohio State.  The current value of these "full-ride" Presidential
Scholarships is $10,275 per year.  The next 30 finalists will be
awarded Medalist Scholarships, which cover in-state undergraduate
tuition for four years -- currently valued at $2,940 per year.

     All the scholarship competition participants have already
been designated University Scholars on the basis of their high
school academic achievements; generally they rank in the top
3 percent of their graduating classes.  All of the participants
have applied for admission to Ohio State.  Most are from Ohio,
though some are coming from as far away as Hawaii and California.

     While on campus, the students will be writing a two-hour
essay examination.  A faculty committee will evaluate the essays
to select the scholarship winners.

     In addition to the essay exam, students and their parents
will attend several programs during the day to acquaint them with
the university.  For students, there will be a multi-media
program about academic opportunities and tours of university
honors housing.  Parents will attend information sessions on the
Honors program and student financial aid and have opportunities
to question a panel of current Honors students, tour the campus
and visit Honors housing.

     Reporters are invited to cover the event and to sit in on
any session except the exams.  The best time to interview
students, parents and university administrators will be after the
exams are concluded at noon.  A schedule appears on the next
page.  For more information, call Ruth Gerstner in University
Communications, 292-8424.

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                         Daily Schedule
        Presidential and Medalist Scholarship Competition
                       March 3, 4, 5, 1994

9:00 - 9:30 a.m.   Registration
                   Main Lounge, Ohio Union

9:30 a.m.          Welcome remarks
                   West Ballroom, Ohio Union

10:00 a.m. - noon  Students take exam
                      No news media permitted in exam rooms
                   Parents Information Sessions
                     Conference Theater and Main Lounge
                     Speakers: Jack Cooley, assistant dean,
                      Colleges of the Arts and Sciences;, Mabel
                      Freeman, associate director, University
                      Honors Program; Thomas Hurley, assistant
                      director, Student Financial Aid.

Noon -1:30 p.m.    Luncheon, Ohio Union Ballrooms
                    David Hothersall, director of Honors Program,
                     and a current student will speak each day.

l:30 -2:15 p.m.    Students attend "Discover Ohio State" present-
                     ation in Wexner Center Film/Video Theatre
                   Parents attend Student Life Panel Discussion
                     in Main Lounge, Ohio Union (alternatively,
                     parents may take tour of Oval).

2:15 p.m.          Tours of Honors residence halls
                     Students: Taylor Tower, 50 Curl Drive
                     Parents:  Bradley Hall, 221 W. 12th Ave.

3:00 p.m.          Families reunite at Main Lounge for Farewell
                   Reception


[Submitted by: REIDV  (reidv@ccgate.ucomm.ohio-state.edu)
               
Thu, 03 Mar 1994 11:23:07 -0500 (EST)]
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