常见问题
How do I apply to be a Presidential Scholar at 电子游戏软件?
To apply to be a 电子游戏软件 Presidential Scholar you must apply by the priority scholarship deadline of November 1. No separate application is required and you may apply as an Early Decision I, 早期决定II或作为常规决定申请人. All applicants who apply by the deadline are automatically considered for the 学者hip. 参观电子游戏软件 电子游戏软件 page for deadlines and 信息rmation about applying to 电子游戏软件.
Do applicants need to submit FAFSA paperwork by the November 1st deadline?
The Gabelli总统学者计划 is a merit scholarship that covers full tuition at BC, 无论经济需要如何, and therefore does not require any financial aid forms to be submitted. 请访问财政援助办公室 网站 获取有关FAFSA截止日期的更多信息.
What qualifications must an applicant have to be eligible for 加贝利总统学者计划?
没有最低GPA或SAT成绩要求. 然而, we are looking for students with outstanding academic records, who hold leadership roles in their school and who are committed to and have a demonstrated interest in community service. 通常, the students selected are in the top 1-2 percent of the national pool of freshman applicants.
如何选出最终入围者?
Letters of invitation will be sent out to finalists along with an official offer of admission to BC by February 1. Finalists visit 电子游戏软件 (at the University's expense) in mid-March to learn more about the University, 加贝利总统学者计划, 以及波士顿市. 在访问期间, candidates are interviewed by faculty and administrative staff; and they participate in other evaluative experiences which all serve as the basis for the final choice of Presidential 学者, 稍后会通知谁.
每年有多少学者入选?
我们邀请了大约15名学生成为总统学者. 曾被哥伦比亚大学录取为总统学者, students remain in the program for their 4 years at BC provided they maintain a 3.5 GPA and remain model citizens of the BC community throughout that time. 目前，该项目共有60名学者.
国际学生有资格获得奖学金吗?
是的. This scholarship is a merit scholarship which is open to all applicants who apply by the November 1st deadline, 符合奖学金标准的学生.
这个奖学金只对本科生申请者开放吗?
是的. This scholarship is for undergraduate, incoming freshmen only. Only those who are applying for a bachelor's degree will be considered. 转学生不符合考虑条件.
被录取的学生会获得奖学金吗?
Presidential 学者 receive a merit scholarship that covers full tuition at BC, 无论经济需要如何. If the merit award does not meet their financial aid requirements, 学者 receive additional grant and aid resources sufficient to meet full need. 暑期课程的费用由单独的奖学金支付.
Will I live with other Presidential 学者 and will I have housing all four years?
Freshman 学者 are placed throughout campus and are fully integrated with all other freshmen. After freshman year, 学者 select their roommates; often 学者 do become roommates. Presidential 学者 receive 4 years of guaranteed on-campus housing.
If I decide to study abroad my junior year, what will happen to my scholarship?
总统奖学金获得者被鼓励到国外学习. 电子游戏软件 has a well established study abroad program with over 40 partnerships worldwide. 学者 who participate in a 电子游戏软件 administered study abroad program will remain eligible for all their BC financial aid and any state and federal financial aid that they normally receive.
What activities/programs are held during the academic year for the Presidential 学者?
At the beginning of each academic year all the 学者 come together for an overnight retreat held in Dover, MA. It is there that the sophomore 学者 announce to the entire group of 学者 what particular social consciousness project they want to unfold throughout the coming year for the entire university. 邀请其他学者参与, they establish a year-long program to heighten 电子游戏软件's responsiveness to the world in which we live. 另外, the freshmen 学者 work together (with guidance from upperclassmen 学者) to produce the PSP newsletter, 图书馆管理员. 除了, during the academic year 学者 meet on a weekly basis to either discuss their academic disciplines, career discernment or to attend a cultural event in Boston or in one of the surrounding communities.
学生在夏季有活动吗?
是的, 学者 participate in three summer programs after their freshman, sophomore and junior years. During the summer after their freshman year 学者 explore the problems of hunger, homelessness and educational inequality in the Boston area through participation in a program modeled after PULSE, 电子游戏软件's nationally acclaimed course of study and service. Placements in recent years have included the Spectrum Boy's Unit, 萨福克郡惩教所, 罗茜的地方, 劳工中心, 意大利儿童之家, 饥饿面包项目热线, 哈利之家和街. 弗朗西斯的房子.
二年级之后的那个夏天, 学者 concentrate on language competencies in a language of their choice. Often they will be immersed in another language and culture for a long enough period of time (even into their junior year) so as to be able to converse comfortably and correctly in another tongue.
Following their junior year, 学者 work as interns in high-level professional settings. Designed to introduce them to the inner workings of the organizations that shape society, 实习内容包括财务, 政府, 企业, 非营利机构, 这取决于Scholar的个人偏好.
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