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The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship Program will award approximately 40 scholarships to seniors and recent graduates planning to attend graduate school for the first time starting in fall 2008. Grinnell may nominate two seniors or recent graduates for this scholarship.
Each award covers a portion of educational expenses, including tuition, living expenses, required fees, and books for the graduate degree chosen. The amount and duration of awards vary by student based on the cost of attendance and the length of the graduate program as well as other scholarships or grants received. The maximum available per student per year of study is $50,000 and the maximum length is six years.
Two Grinnellians have won this schoalrship: Eric Otoo '01 (2004-05) used the award to obtain his MBA at Harvard and is currently employed at Goldman-Sachs; and Andriana Nikolvoa '07 (2006-07), who is currently an MD student at Harvard.
In order to apply for one of Grinnell's two nominations for the Cooke Scholarship, you must meet the following selection criteria, as established by the foundation:
- Be a current student at an accredited US college or university with senior status by December 31, 2007, or be a recent graduate (since spring 2003).
- Plan to attend a full-time graduate degree program to begin his or her first graduate or professional degree program in fall 2008.
- Plan to pursue, through the scholarship, his or her first graduate degree.
- Have a cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 3.50 or better on a 4.0 scale (or the equivalent).
- Not have previously been nominated for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship.
Please note that international students ARE eligible to apply for this scholarship. In fact, Grinnell's two winners of this award to date were both international students.
The Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship is awarded on the basis of the following selection critera:
- Academic ability and achievement
- Unmet financial need
- Will to succeed
- Leadership or public service
- Critical-thinking ability
- Appreciation for or participation in the arts and humanities
Please note that the first two selection critera are bolded because they are, by far, the greatest determinants of success in this competition.
To be considered for Grinnell's two nominations for this scholarship, please submit ONE COPY of the following materials to the Office of Social Commitment, JRC 3rd floor, by 5:00pm on Monday, February 11, 2008:
- An academic and conduct offense waiver form
- Application form (available through the Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship website)
- Two letters of recommendation (hard copies sent to the Office of Social Commitment)
- Official Transcripts from all institutions attended (if these grades are shown on Grinnell's official transcript, you do not need to request official trasncripts from other institutions)
- Financial information about the applicant AND their family, as required by the JKC Foundation. This includes copies of tax forms from both the applicant and their parents, and the Parent Financial Information Forms, available on the JKC website.
Potential applicants should carefully read all parts of the Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship website for more information about the scholarship and the application process.
Doug Cutchins
cutchins@grinnell.edu
(641) 269-3702
JRC 3d floor
Grinnell College
Grinnell, IA 50112
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