What is the point of a GEM fellowship?

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<p>According to their website…</p>

<p>" GEM’s fellowship programs span the entire recruitment, retention, and professional development spectrum. GEM’s principal activity is the provision of graduate fellowships at the MS and Ph.D. levels coupled with paid summer internships. GEM also offers informational publications for graduate and undergraduate students. GEM is devoted to increasing access and success in engineering and science graduate education and practice.</p>

<p>GEM’s program activities go beyond financial support by engendering student success in academic and professional environments. GEM has a solid success record in implementing effective programs to increase the recruitment, retention, and graduation of minority students"</p>

<p>I know this girl who got it just because she was a minority but it wasn’t like she was poor or anything. She was working at an engineering company before that so she’s got some money. I worked a few years too and now I got to pay full tuition for my masters while she gets a free ride? So if it is not based on financial need I don’t know what is the point of it.</p>

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<p>You are a very jealous person. Fellowships are not need base.</p>

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<p>I don’t know anything about GEM ahead of time, but the most cursory of Google searches turns up that it is indeed a fellowship targeted toward minorities. Further, it is a “fellowship”, which is not the same thing as “need based financial aid”, another fact that you may have turned up with a simple Google search. They are merit-based and sometimes targeted at specific groups.</p>