The Rhodes Scholarship is one of the most prestigious awards in academia. It is awarded to an undergraduate student to study for two years at Oxford.
Mr. Rhodes’ Will contains four criteria by which prospective Rhodes Scholars are to be selected:
- literary and scholastic attainments;
- energy to use one’s talents to the full, as
exemplified by fondness for and success in sports; - truth, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for and
protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfishness and fellowship; - moral force of character and instincts to lead, and
to take an interest in one’s fellow beings.
The top six institutions sending Rhode Scholars?
- Harvard,
- Yale,
- Princeton,
- McGill,
- the University of Toronto and
- Dalhousie.
Now given that the US gets three times as many allocations, it is impressive to see three Canadian unis in the top.
Looking at the awards from 1903 versus 2006:
| Country | 2006 allocation |
1903 allocation |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. | 32 | 32 |
| Canada | 11 | 2 |
| South Africa (originally Southern Africa) |
10 | 5 |
| Australia | 9 | 6 |
| India | 6 | - |
| Germany | 2 | 5 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1 |
| Caribbean Commonwealth | 1 | - |
| Kenya | 2 | - |
| Pakistan | 1 | - |
| Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) |
2 | 3 |
| Newfoundland (now part of Canada) |
1 | 1 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1 |
| Zambia | 1 | - |
Learn more:
http://www.americanrhodes.org/
How to Win a Rhodes Scholarship from The New York Times.
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