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[quote=Anonymous]Don't try to figure out how the BK scholarships are given because you might fall into a trap. Nobody knows the rules and you ended up in a frustrating state that is transmitted to your kid. UMD is great school that awards these scholarships for tens of years. They do not say they are purely academic merit based. Someone with lower stats but a significant volunteer activity that he initiated might get a BK but one with perfect score might not.

My son is also in a HS magnet and has almost perfect scores. He also got awards that only few in Maryland have. He didn't get the BK that he was 101% sure he will get. But that's ok! Maryland has done for him and the rest of the magnet kids way more than a BK scholarship. He was privileged to take advanced classes that other kids couldn't attend to. The MD state invested resources to provide these kids better education than others received. And, there is always a divine balance in life. You were already awarded in HS, maybe it is time for other amazing students to be awarded too. Right?

Most of these perfect score kids will end up going at other colleges with or without a BK scholarship. Just relax, wait for March admission results, and acknowledge that there are many, many great students outside magnets.

These are my 2 cents for those still looking for BK answers.

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