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Elite Scholarships: A Guide to Long-term Strategies and Application Process

Discover long-term strategies for prestigious scholarships aimed at well-rounded students. Learn about the application process and explore various elite scholarship opportunities for academic and career advancement.

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Elite Scholarships: A Guide to Long-term Strategies and Application Process

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  1. Prestigious Scholarships:Helping Your Students Reach For Their Stars

  2. Long-term StrategiesCultivating “Well-roundedness” • Keep GPA high • Take challenging course work – that makes sense • Cultivate faculty mentors • Think co-curricular • Assume leadership roles • Join community service organizations • Do research • Study abroad • Apply for “stepping-stone” awards and scholarships

  3. The Application Process • Faculty mentor • Transcript • Proof of citizenship • GRE scores • Resume • Personal statement • Research statement • 3 or more letters of recommendation • Institutional nomination?

  4. Prestigious Scholarships for Well-Rounded Students • Rhodeswww.rhodesscholar.org • Oxford University • Marshallwww.marshallscholarship.org • Most UK institutions • Gates www.gatesfoundation.org • Cambridge University • Jack Kent Cookewww.jackkentcookefoundation.org • Graduate Study in U.S. or Abroad

  5. Careers in Public Service • Truman Scholarshipwww.truman.gov U.S. policy issues, junior standing • Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Junior Fellows Program http://www.carnegieendowment.org/about/index.cfm?fa=jrfellows Peace studies and conflict resolution

  6. Careers in theForeign Service • Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship • Undergraduate http://www.woodrow.org/fellowships/foreign_affairs/pickering_undergrad/index.php • Graduate http://www.woodrow.org/fellowships/foreign_affairs/pickering_grad/index.php • Rangel Summer Enrichment Program & Fellowship http://www.howard.edu/rjb/rangelprogram.htm

  7. Prestigious Scholarships for Scientists and Engineers • Goldwater www.act.org/goldwater • Sophomores and juniors • Astronaut Scholarship • www.astronautscholarship.org • Sophomores and juniors

  8. Humanities and Social ScienceScholarships Careers in Environmental Studies • Javits http://www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.html • Social sciences, arts, and humanities • Udallwww.udall.gov • Environmental studies and Native American interests

  9. Prestigious Internship and Study Abroad Programs • NSEP Boren www.borenawards.org • National Security Education Program for undergraduates • Gilman www.iie.org/gilman • Scholarships for Pell Grant recipients • Fulbright www.iie.org/fulbright • Full Grants and funding for English Teaching Assistantships

  10. Scholarships for New Americans • Soroswww.pdsoros.org • New American is an individual who • is a resident alien, i.e., holds a Green Card; or, • has been naturalized as a US citizen, or • is the child of two parents who are both naturalized citizens

  11. Scholarships for Underrepresented Groups Future academics from underrepresented groups: • Ford Predoctoral Diversity Fellowships http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/ Most fields of study • Institute for the Recruitment of Teachers http://www.andover.edu/irt

  12. Summer Opportunities • Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.cfmSummer Research in Natural Sciences, Engineering, and Social Sciences • Critical Languages Scholarship http://clscholarship.org/ Summer Language Study

  13. What’s Next? • Send me student names and information • Encourage students to make an appointment with me

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