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Rhodes Scholarship
What:
A scholarship for two years' study at Oxford, with the possibility of a third year. This scholarship is funded by a foundation established by Cecil Rhodes.
Who is eligible:
U.S. citizens, from 18 to 24 years of age in the year of application. In practice, most applicants are seniors who intend to graduate the following spring or summer. Winners must have graduated from their college or university by October of the year they take up residence at Oxford. Citizens of Bermuda, Jamaica, the Commonwealth Caribbean, Kenya, India, Singapore, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe are eligible to apply in their own constituencies on the basis of a degree from an American university.
Selection Procedure:
The U.S. is divided into eight Districts, each of which selects four Rhodes Scholars. Candidates apply in a state -- either the one in which they are legally a resident or the one in which they go to school -- and the two finalists from each state go on to the District interview. The state and District interviews are all-day affairs, with each candidate being interviewed for 30-40 minutes. In California about 15 candidates are typically chosen to be interviewed (from about 100 applicants), and two of these are sent to the District finals. Selection is made in the fall for the following fall.
Deadline: Pre-Application 4/12/2010 (Due to SOP)
Who wins:
The official selection criteria are "(1) literary and scholastic attainments; (2) fondness for and success in sports; (3) truth, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for and protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfishness and fellowship; (4) moral force of character and instincts to lead, and to take an interest in one's fellow beings."
Winners typically have outstanding academic and extracurricular records, are leaders in their university and (possibly) larger communities, show an inclination to serve others, and display "physical vigor" or a taste for sports.
One Rhodes official describes successful candidates as having the potential "to make things happen, to become public leaders 20 years from now." They should be "a little scrappy," with "some evidence of selflessness." They may or may not have brilliant academic records but will certainly have solid ones, enough to suggest that they "could do the work at Oxford without needing to slave over it," with "time left over for the playing field, where valuable connections are made at Oxford." Otherwise well-qualified students need not be college-level athletes, though they should have a record of participation in games and sports, if only at the intramural or high-school level.
Finances:
Includes all university tuition and lab fees, travel to and from Oxford, and a maintenance allowance of at least £735 per month. This should be sufficient to cover room and board, books, laundry, and some additional travel.
Comments:
The Rhodes Scholarship is a highly competitive and highly prestigious award. It is generally regarded along with the Marshall Scholarship as one of the two most prestigious post-baccalaureate scholarships an American university student can receive. Famous Rhodes Scholars include former Pres. Bill Clinton and Bill Bradley.
World Wide Web: Further information and applications are available at:
http://www.rhodesscholar.org/
For applications and more information, contact the Scholarship
Opportunities Program at 824-5461 in the Office of the Campuswide
Honors Program, 1200 Student Services II.
SOP is able to provide counseling and applications to UCI Students only.
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Division of Undergraduate Education