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McCall MacBain Scholarship

The McCall MacBain Scholarships provide full funding for a masters or professional degree in any field at McGill University in Montreal. Open to U.S. and International students. Nomination required. Deadlines: Preliminary: Aug 1, 2024; Internal: Sept 1, 2024; External: Sept 27, 2024.

Eligibility

The scholarship is open to U.S. and International students, seniors and alums.

To Apply

• Complete the online McCall McBain Online Application Form.
• Arrange to have two letters of recommendation submitted through this online recommendation form. Send this link to your recommenders to complete.
• Provide the names of two potential writers of letters of recommendation, at least one of whom should be a professor. You are advised to inform these writers of your plans to apply for this fellowship.
• Deadline:  Preliminary: Aug 1, 2024; Internal: Sept 2, 2024; External: Sept 27, 2024

More Information

For more information, please contact Fellowship Adviser Ellie Stanford at estanford1@brynmawr.edu or 610-526-5375.

Thirty-two Rhodes Scholarships are awarded each year to U.S. citizens, for two years of study at Oxford University in England. The scholarship pays all fees and tuition in addition to a personal allowance. Scholars may earn a Master’s degree, a second B.A. or, in some cases, a D.Phil.

Deadlines

• Preliminary: Aug. 1, 2024
• Internal: Sept. 1, 2024
• External: Oct. 4, 2024

Who is Eligible?

To be eligible for the American competition, you must be:

• A U.S. citizen.
• At least 18 but not yet 24 on Oct. 1 of the year of application
• Recipient of a bachelor's degree before taking up the award.

Please note that Rhodes Scholarships are available to citizens of more than 20 countries besides the United States. Deadlines for the competition in other countries may be much earlier than those in the United States. In addition, in some countries students pursuing undergraduate degrees abroad are not eligible to apply for the Rhodes. See the Rhodes website for more details.

Adviser: Eleanor (Ellie) Stanford, Fellowship Adviser.

Selection Criteria: In keeping with the criteria established by Cecil Rhodes’s will, selection committees seek candidates who will be “intellectually, morally, and physically capable of leadership,” whether that leadership is in traditional public service or not.

In addition to an excellent overall academic record, strong applicants will have extracurricular activities that demonstrate qualities of moral leadership and social purpose.

Finally, although Rhodes applicants need not be athletes, some activity that attests to “physical vigor” will certainly strengthen their application. In addition, successful applicants should have strong preparation and a convincing rationale for the proposed field of graduate study. 

Application Process

Preliminary application: Because competition for this scholarship is so intense, it is important to begin the application process early. The initial application is intended to get you started putting together the materials you will need for later stages. Based on your initial application, you will receive feedback from the Fellowships Adviser regarding whether you have the potential to receive institutional endorsement and if so what steps you should take and what concerns you will have to address to earn that endorsement.

Rhodes Preliminary Application Form

The preliminary application will consist of the following:

• A current, comprehensive resumé, including employment, activities, honors, skills, and languages. This need not be limited to one page. Please include a description of planned employment or other activities for the upcoming summer and fall.
• The names of five to eight potential writers of letter of recommendation, at least four of whom should be professors. You are advised to inform these writers of your plans to apply for this fellowship.
• A personal statement worksheet
• A list of any other fellowships you are planning to apply for
• A list of any questions you have about the fellowship or the application process

Official fall internal application: In this stage, you submit your online application internally and are interviewed soon after by the Committee on Fellowships and Prizes here on campus. This online internal application includes the following elements:

• A current, comprehensive resumé, including employment, activities, honors, skills, and languages. This need not be limited to one page.
• A “personal statement describing your academic and other interests.” This statement “should describe the specific area of proposed study and the applicants’ reasons for wishing to study at Oxford. ... This personal essay must not exceed 1000 words in length and should be written in as simple and direct a manner as possible.”
• Three letters of recommendation, at least two of which should be from professors. (Please note that you should have an addition two to five people lined up to write recommendations if you are selected for nomination.)

Instructions for writers of letters of recommendation (Please forward to your recommenders)

Link for writers for letters of recommendation (please email to your recommenders)

On the basis of that application and interview, the Committee will decide whether or not to endorse your application.  If you are selected as a nominee, the committee will prepare an official letter of support for your application. You will also receive some feedback on your application and have a short time period in which to revise materials for your final application. The better and more polished your initial application; the likelier you are to have a strong interview, a strong letter of support, and the strongest possible final application. 

External application: You may apply either from your home district or from District IV (Delaware and Pennsylvania). Consult with the Fellowships Adviser about which district to choose. 

Revised application must be submitted to Eleanor (Ellie) Stanford, Fellowship Adviser, at least two days before the official external deadline. If necessary, you should be prepared to make last-minute editorial corrections and must ensure the final application is submitted by the published external deadline. 

External application is now online and includes:

• Rhodes application, which includes a list of principal activities and honors while in college (including prizes, scholarships, offices held, athletic record, extracurricular interests and activities) with dates
• Personal statement
• Transcript for each college or university attended
• Passport photo
• Scanned birth certificate, passport, or other proof of age and citizenship

You are responsible for ensuring that your recommenders each upload their Letter of Appraisal. In 2010, for the first time, all letters of recommendation are due by the external deadline. Finally, please submit one copy of your application form, list of activities, and personal statement to the dean’s office, to be included in your permanent file. 

After the application is submitted: Each regional selection committee will interview selected candidates on mid to late November. Results are announced at the end of the district interviews, and students selected as Rhodes Scholars are expected to immediately accept or reject the Scholarship. Scholars-Elect must then apply for admission to Oxford; they will be given more information about that process at the time of their election.

Schwarzman Scholarships

The Schwarzman Scholarship is awarded for a year of graduate study in public policy, economics and business, or international studies at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. 

Two hundred students of exceptional ability will have the opportunity to pursue a fully-funded Master's Degree at Schwarzman College in Tsinghua University. Schwarzman Scholars will study with world-renowned faculty from the U.S. and elsewhere and will also benefit from many opportunities for travel, mentorship, and leadership development. Note that prior knowledge of Mandarin is not required since core courses will be taught in English. For those students who do not know Chinese, basic conversational Mandarin classes will begin pre-semester and continue throughout the year.

Deadlines

• U.S. and other passports: Preliminary: Aug. 1, 2024; Internal: Sep. 1, 2024; External: Sep. 12, 2024
• Chinese passports: Preliminary: Mar. 1, 2025; Internal: Apr. 15, 2025; External: mid-May 2025 (to start Sept. 2026)

Who is Eligible?

Students from all majors and international students. 

Applicants must be at least 18 but not yet 29 years of age as of August 1 of their enrollment year.. No restrictions based on either citizenship or major. However, please note that applicants who hold passports from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macao will apply online from January to May of the year before the program begins (i.e. January-May 2024 for study beginning in 2025). 

Adviser: Eleanor (Ellie) Stanford, Fellowship Adviser.

Selection criteria: As stated on the Schwarzman website, "Scholars will be selected on the basis of not only their academic aptitude and intellectual ability, but also their leadership potential, entrepreneurial spirit, ability to anticipate paradigm changes, exemplary character, and desire to understand other cultures, perspectives and positions."

Although there is no GPA minimum, most strong candidates will have very strong academic records, with GPAs that would place them near the top of the course (approximately 3.8 and above). 

Application Process

Preliminary application (recommended): Complete the online preliminary application.

• US and other passports: online preliminary application
• Chinese passports: online preliminary application

Official internal application: Leadership essay and Statement of Purpose

Official external application: The application includes the following major elements:

• Online application
• Statement of Purpose (up to 500 words)
• Leadership essay (up to 750 words)
• Three letters of recommendation. One must be from someone who can speak to the experiences you discuss in your leadership essay. Schwarzman does not require an institutional nomination.
• Uploaded transcripts.
• Resume
• Strongly recommended: one-minute video introducing yourself.  

Learn more and apply for the Watson Fellowship.