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Essence
Member

01-12-2002

Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - 12:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This show premieres on (Monday) June 6 at 8:00.

The opportunity of a lifetime is about to come true for one of America's best and brightest high school students in an original, new, one-hour unscripted series that will send the winner to a top-rated university, all expenses paid. Filmed on location at the University of Southern California, The Scholar will be the first show ever to celebrate higher education as the ultimate American prize.

For the chance at a full ride to the college of their choice, ten qualified high school seniors -- who might not otherwise have an opportunity to attend one of America's top universities -- will compete for a full scholarship, a prize valued at $250,000. They will have to demonstrate excellence in the areas of academics, leadership, creativity and community service, while facing sudden-death oral exams defending themselves to an Ivy League scholarship committee.

The Scholar contestants include:

Max C., Oakland, CA
Alyssa D., Yuba City, CA
Amari H., St. Charles, MO
Melissa H., Tarzana, CA
Davis L., Memphis, TN
Scot P., New Freedom, PA
Jerald T., Commerce, TX
Jeremy T., Westminster, CA
Liz W., Buhl, ID
Milana Z., Fresh Meadows, NY

The $250,000 college scholarship will be donated by philanthropist Eli Broad.

Hosted by Rob Nelson (The Rob Nelson Show, The Mole II), The Scholar was filmed in and around the Los Angeles-based campus of the University of Southern California.

The Scholar, produced by Bunim-Murray Productions, Martin/Stein and Carsey-Werner, is a concept based on an original idea by Jaye Pace, Shannon Meairs and Waxman Williams Entertainment. Steve Martin, Joan Stein, Jon Murray, Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner serve as executive producers.

http://abc.go.com/primetime/scholar/show.html

Wilsonatmd
Member

01-23-2001

Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 8:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
bump..it starts tommorrow night. This is interesting because the New York Times had an article this week about how Wal-Mart is making it's first ever sponsorship of a reality show in this program...a lot of commercials, product placement in the show (for example, the winners of a challenge win a $2,000 Wal-Mart gift card), and they're paying for the runner-up scholarship prizes (some $300,000 worth....so it's nice that everyone will get some scholarship money in this)

Jennabeesmommy
Member

06-06-2004

Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 12:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It's nice to see something like this being done, with a really worthwhile prize, instead of just money. I just worry about the possible negative effects it might have on the paticipants, with the extremely high level of competition.

Gina8642
Member

06-01-2001

Monday, June 06, 2005 - 2:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm looking forward to this...

I hope they cast people based on their academic potential - not just on their "reality TV show drama" potential...

Ketchuplover
Member

08-30-2000

Monday, June 06, 2005 - 6:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This is totally unlike any other reality show

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Monday, June 06, 2005 - 6:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am confused, I cannot figure out who is in the lad or how they get eliminated.... My ds would not let me focus 100% on the show, so that is likely the problem. Can someone clarify it for me. Is Melissa the only "lock-in" for the final five? No one got eliminated???

Kep421
Member

08-11-2001

Monday, June 06, 2005 - 6:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OH NO...I started a thread in the TV Show's title for this show...I didn't know this one existed...

Mods...could someone please move it here for me? Thank you...

Kep421
Member

08-11-2001

Monday, June 06, 2005 - 6:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
No Julie...no one gets eliminated...but there are only 4 more positions available in the finals. Everyone except Melissa will be vying for one of those spots...

...can't say I like the cocky kid tho...he grates on my nerves big time...very full of hims
elf...




Teachmichigan
Member

07-22-2001

Monday, June 06, 2005 - 6:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Rats -- missed it completely. Anyone know if they're repeating the first episode again? (Seems like quite a few shows do that in the summer). If not, would anyone mind recapping the overall gist of how Melissa was chosen for one of the five final spots? Thanks! :-)

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Monday, June 06, 2005 - 6:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I thought I would watch this with my 9 yr old.

Not1worry
Member

07-30-2002

Monday, June 06, 2005 - 7:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
They explained the rules in dribs and drabs, so it was a little hard to understand. As I heard, if you win as a Team Captain, you are guaranteed a spot in the Showdown. 2 other people get selected by the committee based on performance, etc. Whoever wins the showdown gets a spot in the final five. Now what I don't know is, since Melissa won, does that mean she's not eligible to be Team Captain or in any more Showdowns? What would be the point? Maybe only the other 9 will compete? Maybe she can be a captain, but why would she bother with the Showdown? Ideas, anyone?

I liked the show, but I worry that many viewers won't be interested in it. I kind of hate that they are so young and already doing the reality show competition for something as important as college. Something about it just makes me unhappy about that part. I am SO glad there is no voting out or sending home by peers.

As someone who's homeschooled my 2 kids for 5 years, I was disappointed with the admissions committee's remarks about Scot. In fact, my eyes hurt from rolling so hard. I had hoped that this supposedly experienced committee would not spout the fallacy that homeschoolers are unsocialized weirdos unable to function in a group or stand in line properly. Most homeschoolers I know are so darn socialized you can barely shut them up sometimes. There are so many activities available that if we participated in all of them, we'd have no time for, you know, actual school. Just my little rant. I'll say no more on that. Probably.

I liked Melissa. I think the cocky guy, Davis, is just putting on an act. That's who he was in high school and now he's going to have develop beyond that. I knew all of the questions on the Showdown, except I made the same mistake as Jeremy. I was sure it was White Fang! Everything else was very easy and I don't consider myself any sort of scholar at all. Now the space exploration quiz? Forget it. I wonder how many the winners got right? I wonder if they only got about 4 right, but they didn't want to announce that.

Needmylifeback
Member

08-14-2000

Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 8:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I knew I could come here to find out the ending... although I would appreciate if anyone could elaborate .. from the moment they asked Davis the Gone With the Wind question...(after commercial break) right at that moment as they focused on his face and blank stare with him straining to remember...my power went out ... and not just for a minute ... it was out for four blasted hours! ... (According to the Safeway guy this morning... I was asleep by then! LOL! ... ) ... So if anyone would recap the last 15 minutes... What was Melissa's question...

(I knew most of the answers to the space quiz that they showed ...I grew up in that age... and was doing well on the lit quiz .. and the light bulb challenge... but it would have taken me a while to visualize the cow/stick one! LOL! .. I might have come up with it tho' had I had time to really look at it ... I am more of a visual person.... I am so glad that I as a college grad ...compete with High Schooler's! LOL! ... said tongue in cheek ... I am amazed at what I can retrieve from my brain.. since I can barely remember what I ate for breakfast yesterday! LOL!)

I'm adding that it figures Davis would miss this question... he seems the type to discredit women authors as being 'unworthy of his time' .... It will be interesting to see if he gets another chance at the final challenge.....

Metoo
Member

02-22-2005

Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 8:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I don't remember exactly what Melissa's question was but the answer was Old Man and the Sea - which she got right.

Fruitbat
Member

08-07-2000

Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 9:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Her question was to identify the Hemingway novel that contained the following quote, _____. The quote was very obviously from Old Man and the Sea. It was about .

I guess Melissa will be out of the competition until the final 5 because she already has her slot.


Kep421
Member

08-11-2001

Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 9:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
They read Melissa a line from a Hemingway book, and she correctly identified it as The Old Man and the Sea. Melissa deserved to win, she studied her butt off. So did Jeremy, but he didn't have the solid background in literature that Melissa seemed to have. Davis didn't even crack open a book for the Showdown...he told the confessional camera that he was sure his knowledge of American Literature was far beyond that of his competitors....

I could NOT believe that Davis didn't know who wrote Gone With The Wind...and he got all defensive with his mom when she said he missed an easy question because it was such a classic. I know what she means, I never read the book either yet I knew who wrote it!! And the kicker was that just before leaving for the Showdown, Davis held up Gone With The Wind and asked if any had a few moments to read it...LOL.

Melissa got chosen for the Showdown basically because the Committee Members (which are all on staff at the University I believe) felt that she had has the most personal growth so far. Melissa was crying during her interview, so I'm not real sure how they came to that conclusion. I got the feeling that the interview process was much more extensive than what was shown, so Melissa definitely impressed the committee somehow.

Since Davis was the winning team captain, he was guaranteed a spot in the Showdown and didn't have to interview with the committee members. I can't wait to hear the committee members opinions after interviewing Davis.

Hummingbird
Member

08-21-2002

Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 9:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I thought all the literature questions were very easy! Is it the generation gap or what? Almost anyone in my high school graduating class would have known all those answers.

Fruitbat
Member

08-07-2000

Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 10:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Those questions were easy for us but to a highschool student they may have been harder. The time line was much easier for someone who was alive during those years.



Lilfair
Member

07-09-2003

Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 10:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I agree, Hummingbird that those questions were relatively easy especially if you have an interest in literature.

Davis is too cocky and it'll get him in the end. Confidence in yourself is a major asset but over confidence will bite you in the rear every time. If Davis hadn't been so cocky, when he picked up GWTW he might have glanced at the author. LOL

Nice show.


Forum_moderator
Moderator

01-01-2004

Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 11:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kep, I hope it's OK with you but I just deleted your thread in the TV show area as there were only three posts and two of those directed people here.

PS I loved this show!!

mod 47

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 11:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I wrote this up for another board this morning. Y'all might as well have it too, although some of it may duplicate discussions above:


quote:

Okay, here is how it worked this time. Unsure if it will work this way every time.

They have a Captain's Round to start off. All 10 kids answer (on paper) the same set of questions. Last night it was space travel. Match the event with the year. Two with the most correct answers become team captains. In the event of a tie, and there was one last night, fastest answers win.

The team captains pick their teams like grade school picking teams.

Then they did a group task, solve a bunch of puzzle type thingies at various places on the USC campus.

The captain of the winning team goes on to the finalist's challenge, or whatever they call it. The judges choose two other kids from either team to go up against the winning team captain. Those three kids answer out loud one by one questions on a selected topic. Last night it was 18th and 19th century literature.

So far there is one villain kid, Davis, white boy from Memphis TN. Very arrogant. When they were doing the get to know you part, he said people either love him or hate him. So far, everybody but Elizabeth hates him. He was the winning team captain last night, meaning he went on to the finalists round.

Other two kids who were picked by the judges were Jeremy, Vietnamese boy from Sou Cal, and Melissa, very shy african-American girl from ?Pennsylvania? maybe.

When Jeremy and Melissa got chosen and got the topic, they studied like fools for the final quiz, even though it appeared Meilssa already knew the topic and Jeremy was going to be totally lost. Davis did push-ups and made fun of them, saying he already knew everything. He even pulled a book out of the book case and sarcastically inquired if anybody wanted to read Gone With the Wind before they went to bed.

Guess which question Davis got eliminated on next day? Right. Gone With the Wind.

Jeremy stumbled on a Jack London question, said White Fang when the answer was Call of the Wild, his second choice for a guess.

Melissa won the $50,000. She is thrilled beyond words.

Jeremy was so ashamed that he lost and was wondering how he could tell his father that he lost on such an easy question.

Elizabeth consoled Davis, while nobody else did.




Oh, and I did not see Davis talking to his mother. Maybe it was in the last 30 seconds or so of the show? The show seemed to run over the hour by a couple minutes, and I changed channels about 9:02 pm.

Kep421
Member

08-11-2001

Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 1:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yes Mod 47...its perfectly fine with me!!! I apologize for not searching more thoroughly before starting that thread!!

Ladytex
Member

09-27-2001

Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 1:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The three members of the scholarship committee are not on staff at USC.


quote:

Marquesa Lawrence graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a degree in Chicano Studies and Spanish. She has been a Student Affairs Officer at the University of California at Berkeley since 1993, recruiting applicants for admission in the Southern California region.

Peter Johnson graduated from Earlham College in Indiana. He previously worked in college admissions at Hampshire College in Massachusetts. A long-time resident of Harlem, Peter has served at an Ivy League university for over 20 years in various student affairs positions, including Dean of Student Affairs. He has served on a number of college admission panels and is regularly a featured speaker at national conferences. He is currently Senior Associate Director of Admissions at an Ivy League, where he directs the university's multicultural recruitment efforts.

Shawn Abbott graduated from the University of New Hampshire, has a Master of Education degree from the University of South Carolina and is finishing up his Ph.D in Higher Education Administration with a concentration in urban studies. Shawn has worked in student and alumni affairs at a community college in Boston and at Drexel University in Philadelphia. He formerly served as Assistant Director of Admissions at Boston University, and currently is a Senior Associate Director of Admissions at an Ivy League University.




http://tinyurl.com/ajnmq

Kep421
Member

08-11-2001

Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 1:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I knew they were university staff members...just wasn't sure if it was the same one or not...thanks Ladytex...

Hummingbird
Member

08-21-2002

Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 2:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Gosh Fruitbat, I wasn't alive when Gone With the Wind was written and certainly not when The Scarlet Letter, Tom Sawyer, and the Poe stuff was written! These kids are supposed to be the top scholars. Maybe high school literature isn't what it use to be. I'll bet all of them could humiliate me in a math competition though!











Native_texan
Member

08-24-2004

Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 2:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I can't believe that kid could not hear me screaming "MARGARET MITCHELL." GWTW is my favorite book and movie. I read the book when I was 12 years old.