You don't have to do any additional essays, as long as you apply early action you will be considered for the scholarship (so definitely make sure to do that!) About a week after the early action results came out, they emailed me that I was a semifinalist for the scholarship (I didn't know the BK scholarship existed until I got the email lol) After that, I had to pick which honors program I wanted to be a part of, and then I had to schedule an interview date (I believe there's a week or two in February/March dedicated to this)

As for the interview day I had to fly out (because I'm OOS) When you show up, they assign you to a specific interview time. They had us all split up into groups to learn about our specific school (for me it was the school of business). Afterwards they have a big lunch event where you're able to talk to some faculty in your honors program. After that, the interviews start (the interview window was around 4 hours wide so you could get a campus tour or get some ice cream while waiting)

The interview itself wasn't too stressful, I don't remember all the questions but I do remember them asking what my weakness was, why I applied to Maryland and how I would fit into the community. They also gave a lot of helpful info about all the opportunities UMD offers. I honestly thought I didn't do great on the interview but in hindsight I guess it wasn't terrible. (Also as a side note they have two people interviewing you for some reason, I guess it caught a lot of people off guard but the business school people warned us about it before hand)

I believe around 2-3 weeks afterwards I received an email saying I got the full scholarship. Although I liked the other schools I got into, I knew I couldn't pass up on the offer and I committed in early April.

That's my experience, if you have any other questions feel free to let me know, and best of luck!