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Bali Sani may be very close to a realistic answer. Some scholarships, such as the Danforth, are awarded without application. They find you. If you do a web search on any scholarship in which you are interested, you will find helpful information, and I suspect, the exact information you need to apply or not apply.I need to add, most if not all schools require a master's degree prior to applying to a PhD program. Yet UC Berkeley doesn't offer a "terminal" masters degree, only a master's/Phd program. If you quit early, there is no master's degree waiting for you. PhD However, one can apply for their PhD program if they have a master's from somewhere else.

Picture: Downing College's Organ.(I think this is probably the only account of an application to the organ scholarship program on quora, so I'll go into detail. It's not like normal admissions to the university.)'Let the organ trials begin!' Andrew Arthur, director of the program initiated the week of terror, as he hit his gavel on his desk. There were 30 applicants, and we were fighting for roughly 12 organ scholarships, which came with admission to a world class university.I walked back to the college I had put down first choice* (Peterhouse) and started talking to the other Peterhouse applicants. All three were from well known private boarding schools.I'd been given a timetable before arriving, with 4 interviews on. 2 academic (I'd applied for Computer science with maths), 1 an organ audition, and 1 where I had to conduct a rehearsal for a choir. On my first night however, I'd been informed that the next day I was to attend 2 additional interviews, one with the dean of Peterhouse, and one with the director of music at Peterhouse.(Interview count: 6)My first, and main organ audition, was attended by directors of music from about a dozen colleges. Afterwards, the director of music from Homerton asked me to come and play for him at Homerton, and then meet the dean there.(Interview count: 8)My two academic interviews went well, I think. My Homerton interviews - terribly. My interviews at Peterhouse - pretty good.On the second night, I went out to get a drink and do some bowling with the other Peterhouse applicants. As we were doing this, I received two sets of texts: one from the director of music at downing college, and another from the current organ scholar from downing. Part of one of these conversations is below, to show how informal these organ trials were at some stages.I also had been requested to meet the Priest at Peterhouse now.(Interview count: 11, although a couple of these were now just long chats with faculty.)I'd say the main difference between an organist's application and one for general admission to the university of Cambridge is that the organ trials were extremely informal. Directors of music and Deans of colleges tried to get to know you on a personal level - yet you had to do well in your academic interviews too.The morning after I'd arrived back in Manchester from Cambridge, I received a phone call. However, I was in a lesson at school. I excused myself to go to the toilet, and on the way, I listened to the voicemail that had been left.'Hello Mark, this is the director of music at Homerton. Just letting you know we are offering you a place to study computer science with maths with and organ scholarship. All the best'It took a few more days for a confirmation email to arrive.*As an organ scholarship applicant, you could apply to as many colleges as you wanted, as well as able to apply to both Oxford and Cambridge.

I’ve looked forward to the admissions process for a long time, and was definitely obsessed with college research and writing essays. My results were pretty all over the place!A Few Things About MeI attend a public high school in California. I’m a low-income, first-generation American (not first-generation Student) with a funky cultural background (Malaysian and Israeli). I’m the oldest of four. Poli Sci major.Stats4.19 W GPA, 3.78 UW. After 1st semester senior year, jumped to 4.25/3.83. I had a lot of personal stuff that impacted my grades, which I talked about in my essays.1460 SAT, only took it once, didn’t study. In hindsight I wish I had taken it again.680 US History SAT subject test, 720 Chem. Again, didn’t really study, just took them because I had a fee waiver and someone recommended that I take them.ExtracurricularsSaxophone Section Leader in a competitive marching bandLead Alto in school’s top jazz band, was the first freshman ever accepted to top group.Principal Oboist in school’s top Wind EnsembleSoprano Leader in school’s top vocal groupMock Trial Team Captain, team won county champsFounder/mediator of a political discourse clubPrivate Lesson Saxophone TeacherNotable stuffGirls Nation: I was selected as my school’s delegate to attend Girls State, a week-long government immersion program. Based on my performance at the state level, I was selected out of 550 delegates to attend Girls Nation as one of two senators.National Civics and Law Academy: Selected as one of twenty students nationwide to attend four-day seminar hosted by the American Bar Association in Washington, D.C.Stand Up Gladiator Mock Trial One-on-One World Champs: selected as one of 44 mock trialers in the world to compete in championships. To be fair, the competition isn’t well known. I wasn’t able to compete due to financial issues.UCLA Mock Trial Full Scholarship: received scholarship to attend UCLA’s mock trial summer institute. Was awarded “best attorney” on my team at institute.Speeches: Spoke at Nixon Library on behalf of American Bar Association, spoke at city Veterans Day ceremony on behalf of American Legion Auxiliary.Other: Internship with state Senator, took two classes at community college, audited class at CSUF.EssaysCommon App: I talked about my voice, and how I was often stifled at home. I tied this in with school giving me a voice with music and mock trial, then talked about how I want to utilize advocacy to impact others through politics. It was good, I received a lot of compliments on it and really took my time to perfect it.UC essays: I took my common app essay and split it into two parts: one essay on advocacy and how I’ve stood up for myself, another on politics and why I’m passionate about it. I wrote another on civil discussion in regards to politics, and my last was a break-up letter with music.Letters of RecREALLY strong. One of my teachers sent me hers, and my other teacher asked me if she could write the letter for me, so I know it was also very strong. I was close with both teachers.TL/DR: Low GPA and SAT, strong extracurriculars, strong LOR, personal circumstances which were described in the essay.Early ActionYale - deferred, then denied. I wanted to apply somewhere early, so I picked Yale. The admissions office called my counselor in December for an update on my grades and for her to send my first semester grades ASAP. Apparently that’s a bit uncommon but either way I was denied. I also missed my interview! I received 20 emails from colleges the day they asked me to interview, and didn’t find the email until a few weeks later.UC’sUCI - acceptedUCSB - acceptedUCSD - acceptedUCLA - waitlisted. I was definitely borderline, as they asked me to write two extra essays and send in first semester grades about a month ago. But I know they care a disproportionate amount about GPA so I wasn’t expecting much.UC Berkeley - accepted a few weeks early as a Regents scholarship candidate. Found out on Ivy Day that I won the scholarship!Private Schools / Ivy DayAmerican University - waitlisted. This was supposed to be one of my safety schools so that did sting a bit.George Washington Uni - waitlisted. Same deal as American. I applied as Poli Sci, which might explain it.Boston University - waitlistedWesleyan University - waitlistedScripps College - waitlistedWashington University in St. Louis - rejectedVanderbilt - rejectedDuke - rejectedYale - rejectedBrown - rejectedHarvard - waitlistedOverall:My takeaway from this whole process is that college admissions are NOT in any way a benchmark of who you are. I had been stuck in that mentality for years, but looking at my scattered results I realize how flawed that is.The UC application was the best format to express who I am. They gave MUCH more room to explain extracurriculars and had us write four essays. The common app, however, felt really limiting. As my stats were lowered due to personal issues, being able to share my personality was crucial. For Harvard, I essentially used my UC application. My common app combined two essays, I condensed one into a short answer, and used the break-up letter as a supplemental.It seems like a lot of colleges had no idea what to do with me. I definitely wasn’t expecting to be waitlisted by this many colleges. I guess looking at it from an analytical perspective, it’s reasonable that with my low(ish) stats I would be rejected from most of these places. To be blunt, I’ve spent four years being told by people who never saw my stats that I’m quite impressive and Ivy-bound, which led me to forget (to an extent) that having a high GPA and SAT actually matters.I’ve been in contact with my Harvard interviewer, who told me he’d make a few calls just to see what happens. Nevertheless, I’ll probably end up at Berkeley this fall! Due to my level of financial need, the Regents scholarship covered absolutely everything- tuition, food, housing, books, etc. It also gives me priority class registration, guaranteed housing, and a faculty advisor which eliminates a lot of the worries I had about a public school. Overall, I’m excited to be Berkeley Bound!