National Dean's list

[Ema]

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Hi,

Has anyone ever heard of National Dean's List? I got the letter in mail saying that I was selected for it, and now I am in for a scholarship. Apparently only 1% of students get selected.They do not say what criteria plays role in the selection except that students are chosen based on thier achievement Anyway, I have never heard of them before, and I never got anything from my University reagrding this list.I am wondering what kind of list is this.
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[socerbal94]

Hi,

Has anyone ever heard of National Dean's List? I got the letter in mail saying that I was selected for it, and now I am in for a scholarship. Apparently only 1% of students get selected, they do not say based on what criteria. Anyway, I have never heard of them before, and I never got anything from my University reagrding this list.I am wondering what kind of list is this.
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your dean's office sends a list to this "national deans list" thing of kids with at least a B+ (3.3) average that semester.

that is all

if your not on the national deans list and you DID have a B+ average in a particular semester, then your deans office is just lazy.

 

[Ema]

your dean's office sends a list to this "national deans list" thing of kids with at least a B+ (3.3) average that semester.

that is all

if your not on the national deans list and you DID have a B+ average in a particular semester, then your deans office is just lazy.

Oh ok, so that means that they were lazy untill this semestar 😀 Thanks.
So...I guess that's not worth of puting on the award section in apps? I do not have any awards then

 

[Duchess742]

Actually, I think diff schools have diff cut-offs. My bf and I think that at our school, you have to have a 4.0 semester gpa to get on it.

 

[kevster2001]

Actually, I think diff schools have diff cut-offs. My bf and I think that at our school, you have to have a 4.0 semester gpa to get on it.

Are there diff dean's lists? for my school we have these two cutoffs:

Dean's List—you must earn a semester grade point average that places you in the top third of all undergraduates in Trinity College.
Dean's List with Distinction—you must earn a semester grade point average that places you in the top 10% of all undergraduates in Trinity College.

There's no mention of national dean's list

 

[Duchess742]

Are there diff dean's lists? for my school we have these two cutoffs:

Dean's List—you must earn a semester grade point average that places you in the top third of all undergraduates in Trinity College.
Dean's List with Distinction—you must earn a semester grade point average that places you in the top 10% of all undergraduates in Trinity College.

There's no mention of national dean's list

for our school itself, there's only 1 dean's list i think (unless there's some other, higher-gpa one that i've just never heard of b/c i've never been on it 😉 ), and the cut-off for that is 3.7 avg for the whole yr.

 

[Tribeca]

Honestly, my theory is that this is a marketing campaign (sorry, not to rain on anyone's parade) from a company who found a great way to make money. I recieved the same letter in the mail, and it said that I was nominated by the Chairman of the Music Dept at a liberal arts college in CA.
My supporting facts for my theory are:

a.) I didn't go to school in CA, and am far from being a music major. However it said the correct school that I'm attending at the bottom of the letter;

b.) It musn't have been a mix up because I have a very unique middle and last name;

c.) it really is just encouraging you to buy the book (they'll publish your name for free) and other memorabilia;

d.) it offers a "free" scholarship search with a minimal membership fee (something you can do on your own for free via the internet);

e.) it's got other lists such as Who's Who in High School (or something like that) and recognition for outstanding teachers.

Of course their marketing strategies worked on me because I couldn't resist buying that plaque with my name on it. Hehe... I didn't buy the book because it says you can find it in public libraries.

Anyhow, it's just a little theory of mine. I don't anticipate including it on my AMCAS, but that's just me. 🙂

 

[SemperJeff]

Honestly, my theory is that this is a marketing campaign (sorry, not to rain on anyone's parade) from a company who found a great way to make money.

I agree that its just a marketing thing to make money.

Although I did get a letter from the National Dean's List and I confirmed with my school's Academic dean that he did send them my name.

It may be a cool book to have on your coffee table. Then you can tell people you're listed in it... And then they stare at you cause they've never heard of it before....

 

[Dr.McDreamy]

it really is a marketing scheme. it's pretty much analogous to the who's who among american high school students. i get these stuff like every year. i fill out the questionaire and everything ecept buying their products cuz i'm too cheap hahaha.

 

[jojocola]

whats a dean? heh... heh

im serious