<p>I can’t seem to find an answer about the age eligibility for the rhodes scholarship. i’ve seen everything from below 24 years old to below 27 years old - does anybody know what the official age requirement is? why do different countries have different requirements? why is it so hard to find out this information?</p>
<p>and the whole thing revolving around october 1 is bizarre, so someone born in october would get a whole extra year to apply than someone in the same college year?
they should revise it so it’s not so confusing!</p>
<p>for the US at least, it is easy to find the information. >18 and <24 on October 1. See the applicaiton: <a href=“Office of the American Secretary | The Rhodes Scholarships”>http://www.rhodesscholar.org/PDF/2007_application.pdf</a></p>
<p>Don’t know about other countries. I live in the US. And it is not hard to find out. Took me three clicks just now to find the Australian requirements.</p>
<p>I should have clarified, in Canada there isn’t really an official site, so there are various answers. I think the October 1 thing creates confusion so every university’s website says something different.</p>
<p>eg.<br>
Dalhousie - between 19 and 25
Guelph - under 26
UBC - between 18 and 24
Carleton - under 25
Concordia - between 19 and 25
McMaster - between 18 and 24
McGill - between 18 and 24</p>
<p>interesting that they don’t have a country website, especially with 11 scholarships. Is that right?</p>