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Rhodes Scholarships |
A Rhodes Scholarship is tenable at the University of Oxford, and may be held for a maximum of three years. Thirty-two Scholarships are assigned annually to the United States.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens, aged eighteen or over but not yet twenty-four on October 1 in the year of application. They must also have academic standing sufficient to assure completion of a bachelor's degree before going into residence in Oxford the following October in the event of election to a Scholarship.
The criteria for selection used by the Rhodes Committee are:
1. literary and scholastic attainments;
2. energy to use one's talents to the full, as exemplified by 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.
Applications must be postmarked no later than October 13, 2000. Rhodes Scholarships are the most prestigious and competitive scholarships available. Applicants are therefore advised to begin preparing their applications well in advance of the October deadline.
More information about Rhodes Scholarships can be found at: http://www.rhodesscholar.org/