MSU student is a Rhodes Scholar Finalist
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It just means he's been nominated by MSU. He's got to truly be a renaissance man and then some (not only book-smart but active in community, service, or his field and at least be active or fond in sports (maybe staying until the end of games could count?) and he'll be up against not only people nominated by universities in this region but also students from the region attending the Ivies, Stanford, Duke, etc.
No disrespect to any National Merit Finalists - I was one myself - but becoming a Rhodes Scholar is much more difficult and prestigious.
being a finalist and being nominated sounds like two COMPLETELY different things to me. one comes before the other.
Actually, I stand corrected. Those nominated aren't necessarily selected to be interviewed. I know a national scholarship officer who's had applicants for the Rhodes Scholarship interviewed every year it seems so I guess my friend & that university does a pretty good job of selecting/approving candidates.
He does have a pretty tough road because if he's interviewing in St. Louis that means he's got to contend with candidates from Washington University, which is very selective.
See Question 3 in Page 13 for more details.
He does have a pretty tough road because if he's interviewing in St. Louis that means he's got to contend with candidates from Washington University, which is very selective.
See Question 3 in Page 13 for more details.
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For comparison sake, I was a national merit scholar
And I didn't even sniff the Rhodes. Hell, I wrote my national merit essay on bass fishing. And it worked.
And I didn't even sniff the Rhodes. Hell, I wrote my national merit essay on bass fishing. And it worked.
I am in no way comparing being a National Merit to being a Rhodes Scholar. Just that when I think academic national/global academic honors, those two are the first things that pop into my mind.
He actually won it though (not just a finalist). Pretty sure he was the only winner the state of MS his Sr year.
He actually won it though (not just a finalist). Pretty sure he was the only winner the state of MS his Sr year.
Heck if someone from my hometown could be a Rhodes Scholar...
...certainly someone from Vicksburg has a shot.
...certainly someone from Vicksburg has a shot.
I snuck by w/ a C avg. and now I'm hanging out w/ scholars on a message board, I fell special..........
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