President's/Stamps Scholars Experience at Ga Tech

shoresurf
Sat, 30 Apr 2016 20:24:06 +0000

@GoodGrief16 I know this may be too late due to decisions needed by May 1. My daughter is currently a Stamp Presidential Scholar at GT from OOS. It has been a fantastic experience overall and provided her access to experiences she would not have had at GT. As you may know starting with the 2016-17 year the program is being upgraded as ALL awards will now be Stamps Scholars v. in the past being 80% Presidential Scholars (still a full ride) and the balance being Stamps (extra enrichment experience funding, books, laptop, etc). The benefactor believes in GT so much that they will be funding this difference. Additionally the biennial Stamps convention that was formerly held around the country every other year, will now be hosted/held by GT. This provides additional opportunities for the students to plan, involve themselves and engage with the national stamps scholars at least twice during their college experience starting the spring of 2017.

I do have to say that the students ultimately get out of the program what they choose to put into it. No one forces them to participate in the activities but it is encourages. If they choose to become involved, the extra mentorship, leadership, educational, and certainly networking opportunities available to them is positive.