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RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS
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Eligibility |
Deadline |
Past Winners |
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www.rhodesscholar.org |
Graduating Seniors/Grad Students |
Early Fall |
Niuniu Ji (2000-01) |
Purpose
The Rhodes Scholarships, the oldest international fellowships, were initiated after the death of Cecil Rhodes in 1902, and bring outstanding students from many countries around the world to the University of Oxford. The first American Scholars were elected in 1904.
American Rhodes Scholars are selected through a decentralized process by which regional selection committees choose 32 Scholars each year from among those nominated by selection committees in each of the fifty states. Through 2004, applicants from more than 300 American colleges and universities had been selected as Rhodes Scholars. In most years, a Rhodes Scholar is selected from an institution which has not formerly supplied a successful applicant
Application Procedure
- Case must nominate candidates, so there is a prelimianry screening process. If you wish to be considered, please complete and return the preliminary application to Dean Hamel in Sears 357 by August 1.
- brief account of your interest in science or engineering, and your career plans
- a one-page summary of your activities (including any research activities and presentations), honors and awards.
- The preliminary applications will be reviewed by Case's faculty representative. Students will be contacted as to whether their application has been moved on to the next stage.
- Students moved on to the next stage, will need to complete the formal Barry M Goldwater Scholarship application and return it to Dean Hamel in Sears 357.
- The final applications will be reviewed and students will be interviewed by Case's Goldwater Committee.
- Up to four applications will be endorsed and nominated by Case.
Eligibility
Applicants apply as a representative of one of the 50 states: either in the state in which you are received at least 2 years of college training and a bachelor;s degree before October 1, 2007, or in the state where you are a legal resident on April 15, 2006.
- An applicant must be a citizen of the U.S.; pending application for citizenship does not qualify a person to apply.
- An applicant, by October 1, 2006, must be at least 18 but not yet 24 years of age. (Applicants will be eligible who were born after October 1, 1982 and on or before October 1, 1988).
- An applicant must have achieved academic standing sufficiently advanced to assure completion of a bachelor's degree before October 1, 2007.
Qualifications
- Literary and scholastic achievement
- Academic accomplishments, honors and awards (including applicable, honors thesis, or paper
given, research completed, scholarships, competitive summer programs, and recognition won);
- Energy to use one's talents to the full, as exemplified by fondness for and success in sports activities (whatever you do to keep physically fit) and letter;
- Truth, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for and protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfishness and fellowship.
- Service and community activities (things like tutoring, Habitat, Adopt-a-Grandparent,
hospital volunteer, internships, and any recognition you may have received for service); and
- Moral force of character and instincts to lead and to take an interest in one's fellow beings.
- Leadership (groups in which you participate and your leadership positions)
Selection Process
Value of the Award
Rhodes Scholars are elected for two years of study at the University of Oxford, with the possibility of renewal for a third year. All educational costs, such as matriculation, tuition, laboratory and certain other fees, are paid on the Scholar's behalf by the Rhodes Trustees. Each Scholar receives in addition a maintenance allowance adequate to meet necessary expenses for term-time and vacations. The Rhodes Trustees cover the necessary costs of travel to and from Oxford, and upon application, may approve additional grants for research purposes or study-related travel.
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