Some self-promotion...and looking forward to Fall 2005 =p
The Angier B. Duke Scholar
The A.B. Duke scholar is foremost a student whose superior qualities are individual; the academic potential he or she displays is particular and self-motivated. The applicant to Duke whose record is outstanding only because he or she has done everything "right" is not what we're looking for. We're looking for the student whose academic record is outstanding and whose "voice" (as it is expressed in the writing samples and, sometimes, indirectly through the recommendations, and certainly in the interviews) sounds like nobody else's.
Some ABDs may be passionate about the arts; others find themselves drawn to the wonders of scientific exploration, or to the complexities of public policy-making. These adventurous students often display serious interest in a surprising combination of fields--theater and math, for example. What the ABDs tend to share is academic/intellectual ambition; though they do not always spell this out in their applications, one senses that the undergraduate degree is clearly only one step toward further academic goals. And, for the most part, those goals are not narrow--many of these students want to make a difference in other people's lives.
--from the AB Duke Scholarship website
Till today I thank God and His infinite grace for the AB Duke scholarship. I'd like to think I deserved to win the thing myself; after all it does sound uniquely suited for lopsidedly-gifted students (ie those excellent in one field but merely "good" in the rest). But I can't--evidence of His intervention has been clearly there all my life, for those with eyes to see, and for those with ears to hear. How can I turn blind and deaf now?
The Angier B. Duke Scholar
The A.B. Duke scholar is foremost a student whose superior qualities are individual; the academic potential he or she displays is particular and self-motivated. The applicant to Duke whose record is outstanding only because he or she has done everything "right" is not what we're looking for. We're looking for the student whose academic record is outstanding and whose "voice" (as it is expressed in the writing samples and, sometimes, indirectly through the recommendations, and certainly in the interviews) sounds like nobody else's.
Some ABDs may be passionate about the arts; others find themselves drawn to the wonders of scientific exploration, or to the complexities of public policy-making. These adventurous students often display serious interest in a surprising combination of fields--theater and math, for example. What the ABDs tend to share is academic/intellectual ambition; though they do not always spell this out in their applications, one senses that the undergraduate degree is clearly only one step toward further academic goals. And, for the most part, those goals are not narrow--many of these students want to make a difference in other people's lives.
--from the AB Duke Scholarship website
Till today I thank God and His infinite grace for the AB Duke scholarship. I'd like to think I deserved to win the thing myself; after all it does sound uniquely suited for lopsidedly-gifted students (ie those excellent in one field but merely "good" in the rest). But I can't--evidence of His intervention has been clearly there all my life, for those with eyes to see, and for those with ears to hear. How can I turn blind and deaf now?
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