Rhodes Scholarship
Global
Oxford, England
Difficulty: 10/10
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The Rhodes Scholarship is a fully funded, full time, postgraduate award which enables talented young people from around the world to study at the University of Oxford.
Applying for the Scholarship is a challenge, but it is an experience which has helped generations of young people to succeed. We encourage applications from talented students everywhere.
Rhodes Scholars come to the UK for two or more years and can apply to study most full-time postgraduate courses offered by Oxford University.
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Key Information & Statistics
Estimated Number of Applicants/Year: 2,500
Class Size: 100 Global (32 Americans)
Estimated Acceptance Rate: 3-6%
Requires University Endorsement? No
Established: 1901
Estimated Number of Alumni: 8,000
Age Range: 18-24
In the last two American classes, 53 of 64 selected (82.8%) graduated from Ivy League universities or Stanford, Duke, Caltech, MIT, Chicago, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Berkeley, USC, UCLA, Vanderbilt, Emory, Rice, Carnegie Mellon, Johns Hopkins, WashU, Georgetown, NYU, Notre Dame, Tulane, Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Naval Academy.