This year, we are selecting our Hesburgh-Yusko Scholars using a two-pronged system: high school nominations and admissions referral.
High School Nominations
High schools that have been invited by The Hesburgh-Yusko Scholars Program to do so may nominate students to submit a Program Application.
Instructions for Nominating High Schools
1. Select your nominee based on the extent to which he or she meets the four Hesburgh-Yusko criteria.
2. Direct your school nominee to apply to the University of Notre Dame. Deadline to apply to Notre Dame is November 1, 2009
3. Direct your school nominee to the Online Application to The Hesburgh-Yusko Scholars Program. Deadline to submit the Online Application is November
15, 2009
4. Complete and submit the online Counselor Form. Deadline to submit the Counselor Form is November 15, 2009
5. Mail a copy of your nominee’s official transcript, including standardized test scores, to The Hesburgh-Husko Scholars Program at:
The Hesburgh-Yusko Scholars Program
Transcripts
202 Brownson Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Nominee’s transcript must be postmarked by November 16, 2009. Counselors are welcome to include a school profile and any comments about their nominee.
Students Invited by Admissions
Students who are admitted Early Action to Notre Dame and have been invited to apply to The Hesburgh-Yusko Scholars Program by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions are eligible to apply to the Program. All application materials must be submitted by January 8, 2010. Invited students are responsible for:
1. Submitting an online application. Deadline to apply is January 8, 2010.
2. Requesting two online recommendations to be uploaded to their online profile. Deadline for recommendations is January 8, 2010.
**Please note: Students will not be able to submit their applications until both recommendations have been uploaded online.
3. Requesting that an official transcript be sent to The Hesburgh-Yusko Scholars Program, 202 Brownson Hall, Notre Dame, IN, 46556.
Transcripts may also be faxed to The Hesburgh-Yusko Scholars Program at 919-933-4048. Transcripts must be postmarked by January 8, 2010.
Criteria
Hesburgh-Yusko Scholars are selected based on four criteria:
1. Distinguished Academic Accomplishment
2. Exemplary Moral Character
3. Demonstrated Leadership Abilities
4. Sincere Commitment to Service
Distinguished Academic Accomplishment
We seek students who care about exploring ideas and engaging in meaningful and productive dialogue. These students will have demonstrated significant achievement in the classroom and on college admission tests, but their motivation for academic success stems from a true passion for the learning and discovery process.
Exemplary Moral Character
Applicants should demonstrate strongly developed moral principles— they are guided by their beliefs about right and wrong, good and evil, justice and injustice. They should be sincere in their convictions, and they should be respected among their peers as people of kindness, integrity, courage and faith.
Demonstrated Leadership Abilities
We are looking for students who have the potential to influence others to effect great and beneficial change in the University, the nation, the world and the Church. We are looking for students who have led with confidence and humility. Strong candidates will be able to point to specific times during which they have taken action to solve a problem, to improve a situation, to meet a need.
Sincere Commitment to Service
Successful candidates will have a generous spirit and a worldview that is oriented toward serving others. They should possess, in the words of the University of Notre Dame Mission Statement, “a sense of human solidarity and concern for the common good,” and their social concern should be borne out in active service toward others.
Timeline
November 1 Deadline for High School nominees to apply for admission to the University of Notre Dame
November 15 Deadline for High School nominees to submit Online Application to The Hesburgh-Yusko Scholars Program; Deadline for high school counselors to submit Counselor Form online
November 16 Postmark deadline for high schools to mail nominees’ official transcripts, including standardized test scores, to The Hesburgh-Yusko Scholars Program
Mid-December After Early Action admissions decisions are mailed, students referred to The Hesburgh-Yusko Scholars Program by Notre Dame Admissions are invited to apply to The Hesburgh-Yusko Scholars Program
January 8 Deadline for students referred by Notre Dame Admissions to submit Program Application
Early February 100 Hesburgh-Yusko semi-finalists selected
Early February Each semi-finalist interviewed via phone conference
Mid-February 50 Hesburgh-Yusko finalists selected and invited to attend Finalists’ Weekend at the University of Notre Dame
March 21-24 Finalists’ Weekend
End of March Twenty Hesburgh-Yusko Scholars are selected