xiggi
May 13, 2006, 11:37am
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“Smith has again beaten its own Fulbright record. We have a stunning 15 Fulbrights this year. To be at Smith is a truly amazing opportunity to have probably the highest chance in the country to win a Fulbright. But you have to apply! And there are other fellowships you can apply to as well. See all the winners on my website under Successes and News, although this list is not yet complete. We have more winners to add to it.”</p>
<p>According to this <a href=“http://www.cies.org/us_scholars/[/url] ”>http://www.cies.org/us_scholars/</a> ; there are only about 800 ‘traditional’ fulbrights awarded each year. From my limited experience (staying over jterm with a smith alum friend who’s currently on a fulbright, and hanging out with other fulbrighters while there), most of them are grad students. So to have nearly 2% of the fulbrights this year coming from one place, which doesn’t really have grad students applying (although Smith will help you apply if you’re an alum, and I’ve been thinking about doing it after grad school), is pretty amazing. It’s also cool that about 2.5% of the class of '06 will be doing a Fulbright next year!
With all due respect, while it is wonderful to celebrate the great performance of Smith, one might want to do a modicum of research. </p>
<p>You are talking about DIFFERENT programs. The traditional Fulbright Scholar Program that sends 800 U.S. grantees abroad each year is reserved for faculty and professionals </p>
<p>This is the website you need to check: </p>
<p><a href=“http://us.fulbrightonline.org/about.html[/url] ”>http://us.fulbrightonline.org/about.html</a></p> ;
<p>and for statistics</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.imakenews.com/fulbright/e_article000503262.cfm?x=b11,0,w[/url] ”>http://www.imakenews.com/fulbright/e_article000503262.cfm?x=b11,0,w</a></p> ;