Rhodes Scholarship
* In each of the 50 states, a Committee of Selection is authorized to consider applications from applicants who maintain their legal residence within that state or who will have received two years of college or university training and a bachelor's degree in that state before October 1 in the year following application. Each State Committee nominates applicants to appear before a District Committee of Selection. Each of the eight District Committees, in turn, is empowered to designate four applicants from the group of District finalists as Rhodes Scholars-elect.
* Number of awards: 32 annually from the United States
* Amount of Award: 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 the 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.
Specific Standards set forth by Mr. Rhodes' Will: literary and scholastic attainments; energy to use one's talents to the full, as exemplified by fondness for and success in sports; truth, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for and protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfishness and fellowship; moral force of character and instincts to lead, and to take an interest in one's fellow beings.
Conditions of Eligiblity:
- United States citizen.
- 18 or over but not yet 24 on October 1 in the year of the application.
- Have academic standing sufficient to assure completion of a bachelor's degree before entering Oxford the following October.
Applicant Responsibility:
- Institutional Endorsement - this form must be supplied by the applicant to the president, dean or other official responsible for graduate fellowships who will then send it directly to the Secretary of the relevant State Committee of Selection.
- Letters of Appraisal - Each person asked to write a letter on the applicant's behalf must be provided with the "Request for Letter of Appraisal" form and should send TEN copies of their letters directly to the Secretary.
The applicant must submit TEN sets of the following materials:
- The completed "Application Blank" signed in ink.
- College Transcript which must be certified by the Registrar's Office - one must be the original, the other nine can be copies.
- A succinct pertinent list of principal activities and honors in college with dates. This must not exceed two pages in length, and should be set in a typeface no smaller than 10 points.
- A signed short personal statement describing the applicant's academic and other interests. This statement should describe the specific area of proposed study and the applicant's reasons for wishing to study at Oxford, and it must conclude with the following signed statement: "I certify that this essay is my own work". It should not exceed 1000 words in length and should be set in a typeface no smaller than 10 points.
In addition, please include one photocopy of your birth certificate, passport, or other proof of age and citizenship; TEN copies of an unmounted head and shoulders photograph (do not staple these to the application but rather submit in an envelope clipped to the original set). Passport size is acceptable.
