“Vietnam student wins full Princeton University scholarship” (news item)

Colleges & Universities Princeton University
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<p><a href=“http://www.thanhniennews.com/education/?catid=4&newsid=31609[/url]”>http://www.thanhniennews.com/education/?catid=4&newsid=31609&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>“Ho Phu Quoc, 19, has been studying in Canada for two years after winning a full scholarship from the United World Colleges program for an International Baccalaureate at the Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific.</p>

<p>“He completed recently completed his studies there with perfect exam scores.</p>

<p>“Quoc also took second place at Canada’s National Mathematics Examination last year.</p>

<p>“Additionally, Quoc has also composed several piano works, which he played on a national Canadian radio station in March.</p>

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<p>Congragulations to another member of the Class of 2011.</p>

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<p>How do you search for all these articles?</p>

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<p>And of course scholarships at Princeton are based on financial need, as they are in all Ivy League colleges. </p>

<p>Thanks for the news post.</p>

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<p>Hrteexz, Google news searches are useful here. </p>

<p>Tokenadult, thank you for pointing out that Princeton does not award merit-based scholarships. All awards are need-based grants as opposed to loans thus allowing students to graduate with very little if any debt.</p>

<p>Finally, I hope that this young man will accept my “congratulations” as well as my “congragulations” (aargh!)</p>

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<p>Given the strong links between the Davis United World College Scholarships and Princeton, it’s almost a sure thing that he’s a Davis Scholar (that is, the scholarship was from an outside source, not Princeton). The Davis Scholarships are virtually automatic for graduates of UWCs who can gain admission to one of the participating institutions.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.davisuwcscholars.org/html/about-story.html[/url]”>http://www.davisuwcscholars.org/html/about-story.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>MarathonMan can you give me a brief overview of this scholarship you just mentioned? I was under the impression that the Ivy League was very strict about not giving “scholarships,” instead using financial aid.</p>

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<p><a href=“that%20is,%20the%20scholarship%20was%20from%20an%20outside%20source,%20not%20Princeton”>quote</a>

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<p>What is the latest word about how Princeton treats outside scholarship awards?</p>