Fulbright Scholars

[Anonymous]

Fulbright gives 8,000 grants a year. It’s nice to get (and yes you have to have language expertise if proposing research in a foreign country ) but not that rare. Many top schools have several a year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fulbright gives 8,000 grants a year. It’s nice to get (and yes you have to have language expertise if proposing research in a foreign country ) but not that rare. Many top schools have several a year

Harvard has 8000 undergraduates. Does that mean it's not prestigious?

[Anonymous]

Here are the number of Fulbright applicants / winners for various schools to provide some context.

Brown: 175 applicants / 29 winners
Georgetown: 164/26
Harvard: 102/26
Notre Dame 109/26
Princeton: 127/22
UVA: 100/9

[Anonymous]

Those comparing Rhodes and Marshall to Fulbright are comparing apples to oranges. Fulbright has a much more global focus, and are considered very prestigious. Their applicant pool is different too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fulbright gives 8,000 grants a year. It’s nice to get (and yes you have to have language expertise if proposing research in a foreign country ) but not that rare. Many top schools have several a year

Harvard has 8000 undergraduates. Does that mean it's not prestigious?

Ignorant correlation (and I went to Harvard).

[Anonymous]

I knew two Rhodes Scholars from my University and both were Truman Scholars first. I'm not sure where this scholarship falls but I do remember it being step one in the Rhodes process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here are the number of Fulbright applicants / winners for various schools to provide some context.

Brown: 175 applicants / 29 winners
Georgetown: 164/26
Harvard: 102/26
Notre Dame 109/26
Princeton: 127/22
UVA: 100/9

Stony Brook 54/9

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fulbright gives 8,000 grants a year. It’s nice to get (and yes you have to have language expertise if proposing research in a foreign country ) but not that rare. Many top schools have several a year

It gives a lot fewer to recent undergraduates to do research--so it is a very prestigious award for that.

The vast majority of Fulbrights are for teachers or professors--some focused on teaching others on research.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fulbright gives 8,000 grants a year. It’s nice to get (and yes you have to have language expertise if proposing research in a foreign country ) but not that rare. Many top schools have several a year

It gives a lot fewer to recent undergraduates to do research--so it is a very prestigious award for that.

The vast majority of Fulbrights are for teachers or professors--some focused on teaching others on research.

There are more Fulbright grants given to recent undergraduates than to professors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here are the number of Fulbright applicants / winners for various schools to provide some context.

Brown: 175 applicants / 29 winners
Georgetown: 164/26
Harvard: 102/26
Notre Dame 109/26
Princeton: 127/22
UVA: 100/9

You are using very old statistics. UVA got 22 Fulbrights in 2019-2022

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here are the number of Fulbright applicants / winners for various schools to provide some context.

Brown: 175 applicants / 29 winners
Georgetown: 164/26
Harvard: 102/26
Notre Dame 109/26
Princeton: 127/22
UVA: 100/9

You are using very old statistics. UVA got 22 Fulbrights in 2019-2022

They actually used the most recent year, 2021-2022. UVA had 9 student awards. https://topproducing.fulbrightonline.org/top-producing-institutions-by-year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was a Fulbright scholar, graduated from an Ivy (not HYP). There were many in my year but we were all in the top 10% of our class. So, to the extent you consider being a top student at an Ivy (or similar) prestigious, a Fulbright is prestigious.

My friend was a Marshall scholar, and that is more impressive and rare. His girlfriend was a Rhodes scholar, which is WAY WAY more impressive and not really on the same level as everyone else.

Nope. amAsk any academic -the Marshall is more prestigious and more difficult to get.

reading comprehension much? the pp says "marshall scholar...is more impressive and rare." seriously.

[Anonymous]

I had a Fulbright. No one has ever asked for any details.