GATES CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARSHIPS
PURPOSE
To select candidates with exceptional academic achievement, scholarly promise, and leadership potential for scholarships to Cambridge University. AWARD
All Cambridge tuition fees, maintenance allowance for study-related activities, and one round-trip economy airfare.
NUMBER OFFERED
from the US: 46 in 2001; 50 in 2002; 88 in 2003; 31 in 2004; 38 in 2005; 41 in 2006; 48 in 2007. The trust seeks to elect approximately 100 new scholars annually from many countries outside the UK.
FIELDS OF STUDY
None specified; limited only by fields offered at Cambridge
TENABLE AT
Cambridge University, England
ELIGIBILITY
Seniors or recent college graduates from U.S. or any other country outside the United Kingdom, with "transcripts showing evidence of sustained academic achievement in study, and a strong performance in GRE scores, together with references which speak knowledgeably about candidate's academic performance and potential for scholarly growth." GPA should be 3.7 or higher.
A Gates Cambridge Scholarship can only be taken up by a student who has been admitted to Cambridge through the University's normal application procedures. These are separate from the selection procedures for the Gates Cambridge Scholarship. Applicants for a Master's or Doctoral study are admitted to Cambridge through the Board of Graduate studies; those applying for a second Bachelor's degree are admitted by a College.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Besides completing the University admissions form, applicants for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship complete a separate form in which they set out their ambitions for the future and have an opportunity to show how study at Cambridge would help them to achieve their personal goal. They nominate a third referee who can write knowledgeably about them as people, and who might comment authoritatively on their non-academic attributes and achievements. Candidates for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship are neither required nor expected to be nominated for an award by their current institution. However, the fellowship advisor at Middlebury should be consulted early in the fall.
DEADLINES
--- for a second Bachelor's: apply to a college in Cambridge University by October 15, 2009. If accepted by the college, Gates forms are sent to the applicant; for last year's competition they were due no later than February 28, 2008.
--- for a graduate degree: apply to Cambridge University by October 15, 2009.
CONTACT
Lisa Gates, Fellowship Advisor
Adirondack House 204
(802) 443-3183
lgates@middlebury.edu
URL
http://www.gatesscholar.org/
(last edited 8/11/09)