Rhodes Scholarship

Scholarship Website

UH Campus Preferred Deadline: May 10, 2013
UH Campus Deadline: August 26, 2013
National Deadline: October 2013 TBA

Description:
Each year 32 young Americans are selected as Rhodes Scholars for their outstanding scholarly achievements and their leadership potential to receive full financial support to pursue a degree at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

Important Notes:
Candidates must be nominated by the Office of Undergraduate Research to apply. Contact the Office of Undergraduate Research for more information.

• Be U.S. citizens; pending citizenship does not qualify.
• Be at least 18 but not yet 24 years of age (i.e., the applicant must still be 23 on October 1 in the year of application).
• Be sufficiently advanced academically to assure completion of a bachelor’s degree before October 1 in the year following election.
• Demonstrate academic excellence, leadership abilities, and concern for the greater good.

1. Review the information and instructions online.
2. Schedule an appointment to meet with a representative from the Office of Undergraduate Research
3. At the meeting:
   • Be prepared to talk through your responses to the essays within the application with a scholarship advisor.
   • Plan to provide the names of five to eight (5 – 8) letter writers.
   • Bring in a résumé listing awards, honors, activities, research, jobs, service, leadership, hobbies, etc. 

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Contact the Office of Undergraduate Research if you’re interested in applying for this scholarship.