SmithieandProud

Smith seniors won 17 Fulbright awards this year, 3 more than last year! I believe that means we get to keep the national title for most fulbright recipients of an LAC our size. Go us!

Bustles

That's awesome and I have to say hugely enticing for a prospie!

SmithieandProud

The fellowships program, I have to say as I dive into it, is pretty good, in the sense that it works hard to advertise and promote fellowship applications. Probably lots of people graduate from schools across the country each year who are qualified, but never recieved fellowships because they didn't know when, how, or for what to apply for.

The guy that runs the fellowship program can be a pain the rear, and he's not always polite or diplomatic or even helpful. But he does do a good job of pushing people to make successful applications, and he won't mince words if you're proposal needs serious overhaul

BJM8

Forbes Magazine posted their own college rankings, and Smith did extremely well. They take into account Fulbrights et al.

ticklemepink

S&P- I agree about Don Andrews... my friend who went through Fulbright app this year told me what a tough cookie he was... cutting out 1/2 of Smithies who wanted to apply. He wouldn't let those go once he heard their proposals. But, hey, it does explain the success rate...

TheDad

S&P, my D decided that she wasn't going to take all the crap from the fellowships coordinator with all that was on her plate this year and that she'd look at working it again in a couple of years when she's applying to grad school.
"pain in the rear" and "not always...helpful" are only the beginning. One of my few negatives about Smith besides the occasional excess of PC.

mini

Well, when for four straight years you have more Fulbrights than Williams, Amherst, and Swarthmore combined (I have to check this year's data), he must have been awfully helpful for someone. (Actually, it's 22 - 5 are French Government teaching fellows arranged through Fulbright.) More striking than the 17/22, is that 11 are research Fulbrights.

TheDad

Mini, nobody said he wasn't helpful. A pain in the ass that some judge not worth putting up with is a different matter.

SmithieandProud

Well, I think that most of the credit for those fellowships goes to Smith students, rather than to the program head. But I'm trying to get my applications in order now, and while he has been frustrating, he is making valid points about the viability of my proposals.

unregistered

Doesn't Pomona have more recipients? It is tiny, too.

Anyways, that is great for Smith.

SmithieandProud

I don't know for sure. Pomona seems to be a little slow at updating their webpage. Also Pomona has about 1,000 fewer students than Smith (1520 to 2700 something) so maybe not in the same size category?

I haven't heard anything official yet about the national record thing, I just know that last year we had 14 recipients and that made us the national leader, so if we have 17 or 22 this year, we might get to keep that spot, but maybe not. I guess we'll see as the final numbers roll in.

SmithieandProud

Okay, I take it back. Roadlesstravelled just informed me that Pomona was actually last year's leader with 25 grants! Wow. But Smith was the national second place winner with 14.

Not sure yet how the national record will fall this year though. Guess we'll see....