US Rhodes scholars chosen to begin Oxford studies in 2023

 
FILE - People walk around Oxford University's campus in Oxford, England on Sept. 3, 2017. A new group of Rhodes Scholars from the U.S. has been selected for the prestigious academic program in a selection process that was conducted online for the third consecutive year, the Office of the American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust said in a statement early Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Caroline Spiezio, File) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A new group of Rhodes scholars from the U.S. has been chosen for the prestigious academic program in a selection process that was conducted online for the third consecutive year.

The class of 32 scholars for 2023 was “elected entirely virtually, with both candidates and selectors participating remotely, safely, and independently,” American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust Elliot F. Gerson said in a statement early Sunday. “As successful as the process was, we of course hope to return to in-person interviews and selection next year in cities across the country, as had been done for over a century.”

Interviews for the 2021 and 2022 scholarship classes were conducted virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2023 scholarship class, including 16 female and 16 male recipients, is expected to begin studies at the University of Oxford in England in October in pursuit of graduate degrees in social sciences, humanities and biological and physical sciences, the trust said.

The U.S. scholars, who are among students selected from more than 60 countries, were vetted by 16 independent district committees from a pool of more than 2,500 applications. From those applicants, 840 were endorsed by 244 U.S. colleges and universities.

After receiving the endorsements of their schools, most of the district committees chose 14 or more applicants for online interviews. The committees met separately Nov. 10-12 through a virtual platform and promoted 235 finalists from 73 colleges and universities, including nine schools that have not previously had a student win the scholarship, although there were no first-time winning institutions, the trust said.

The scholars’ financial expenses for two to three years of study – averaging about $75,000 per year – are covered by the Rhodes Trust, a British charity established to fulfill the bequest of Cecil Rhodes, a founder of diamond mining and manufacturing company De Beers.

The scholarships were created in 1902, with the inaugural class entering Oxford in 1903 and the first U.S. Rhodes scholars arriving in 1904, according to the website of the trust’s American secretary.

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如果是想着Rhode Scholars,看看里面的这句话。 -gossipgirl8- 给 gossipgirl8 发送悄悄话 gossipgirl8 的博客首页 (406 bytes) () 11/13/2022 postreply 09:05:58

Harvard(6), Yale(5), MIT(3), Columbia(3) 四校总数(17)包揽了32名额一半多 -beachlver- 给 beachlver 发送悄悄话 beachlver 的博客首页 (227 bytes) () 11/13/2022 postreply 09:15:46

. -randomness- 给 randomness 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 11/13/2022 postreply 09:18:44

每所名校都很重视这个申请,传统上这也是各名校竞争的一个指标 -beachlver- 给 beachlver 发送悄悄话 beachlver 的博客首页 (39 bytes) () 11/13/2022 postreply 09:27:21

有些孩子不想浪费两年赚钱的时间 -东华dj- 给 东华dj 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 11/13/2022 postreply 10:39:30

这是很高的荣誉。我儿要能被选上,会放弃挣40万的。 -left123right- 给 left123right 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 11/13/2022 postreply 21:28:52

这么多剃光头的。是不是这部分的名额给分走了。 -gossipgirl8- 给 gossipgirl8 发送悄悄话 gossipgirl8 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/13/2022 postreply 09:18:50

HY 好像每年都是第一第二。 -tennisluv- 给 tennisluv 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 11/13/2022 postreply 13:23:38

哥大这次有点好得出奇。印象中它经常光头,而且总人数远低于非藤的UVA。 -czhz- 给 czhz 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 11/13/2022 postreply 17:21:59

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