Chatham University in the United States is welcoming applications for the Full Tuition Rachel Carson Scholarship award available for foreign students in 2022.
Established in 1869, Chatham University has an enrollment of more than 2,200 scholars across more than 60 undergraduate and graduate programs in their areas of excellence: business & communications, sustainability & health, and the arts & sciences.
Chatham has regularly been tagged a College of Distinction and a “Best College” by U.S. News & World Report, and the old school of the environmental idol, Rachel Carson ’29, is constantly rated as one of the “greenest” colleges in the US.
Situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – one of the nation’s most liveable cities and great college towns – Chatham University is comprised of three distinct locations: Chatham Eastside in the fast-developing East End; the famous arboretum, Shadyside Campus; and Eden Hall Campus, one of the world’s most ecological campuses.
Chatham’s objective is “to get scholars ready to build lives of purpose, importance, and rewarding work…by getting graduates ready to be informed and engaged individuals in their locales; to acknowledge and respect the multiplicity of identity, culture, and outlook; and to live sustainably.” Based on this mission, Chatham is devoted to creating a supportive and comprehensive learning, living, and working atmosphere for all members of the campus community.
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In 1890, the institution was renamed from Pennsylvania Female College to Pennsylvania College for Women, and in 1955, it was renamed again to Chatham College in respect of William Pitt, namesake of the City of Pittsburgh and First Earl of Chatham. In 1994, Chatham College extended around its famous undergraduate women’s college by starting to provide graduate programs to both men and women with a particular emphasis on the health science disciplines.
The Rachel Carson Scholarship award is a yearly renewable scholarship award that provides tuition for every academic year, for a total of four years (or 120 credits) of education at Chatham University.
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Chatham University, as part of an effort to acknowledge academic excellence, grants scholarship awards to worthy incoming full-time candidates. Many of these scholarship awards are financed by their different endowed scholarships. To qualify for a Chatham Scholarship award, candidates have to fill out an admissions application, be granted admission to the University, and, in some situations, interview or audition.
Worth of Rachel Carson Scholarship
The Scholarship award provides the full tuition fee for the recipients.
Eligibility for Rachel Carson Scholarship
To be eligible, the Rachel Carson Scholarship award requires candidates to;
- Possess a 3.5 high school aggregate GPA and 1200 SAT or 25 composite ACT.
- Candidates are required to meet all scholarship criteria and be admitted to Chatham so as to qualify for scholarship award consideration.
- Attendance at one Academic Scholarship Day is mandatory
- Aggregate minimum high school/college GPA: 3.5
- SAT minimum 1200 (needed for high school candidates and for transfer candidates who have less than 24 transferable credits), OR
- ACT composite minimum: 25 (needed for high school candidates and transfer candidates who have lesser than 24 transferable credits)
How to Apply for Rachel Carson Scholarship
Each fall, the Duke University Marine Lab will select Rachel Carson Scholars for the upcoming academic year.
First-years, sophomores and juniors are eligible to apply. Scholars will be announced in late November.
Application
The application process includes submitting the following items:
- A one-page (12-pt font, 1-inch margins) statement describing how the student will benefit from the Rachel Carson Scholars Program and how this program will help them reach their academic and career goals. The application statement should include research ideas or preferences of Marine Lab faculty with whom to carry out research. It is beneficial to reach out to faculty who you are interested in working with prior to writing your application statement.
- A one-page resume.
All application materials should be emailed to the Rachel Carson Scholars Program at rcscholars@duke.edu by the deadline. Applications with statements or resumes exceeding the one-page length limit will not be considered. Semi-finalists will be selected from the pool of applicants for interviews with the Program Director.
Rachel Carson Scholarship Application Deadline
- Application starts on October 15, 2021
- Application ends on February 1, 2022
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