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[quote=Anonymous]I just read a beautiful article by UVA's president about the selection of Eileen Ying '20 and the role of the Office of Citizen Scholar Development.  I think that you will find a similar office at many of the Rhodes-heavy universities.  Growing Rhodes scholars takes cultivation!

UMD does have an office that helps students to apply for national and international post-graduation fellowships, but perhaps it is newer? The only time that I have heard it mentioned was at my DC's Banneker Key luncheon.  My general impression is that the top students are UMD are likely to want to go to med school or straight into a lucrative computer science career.  The Rhodes Scholarship seems to be more for future Ph.D types, whether they are in the humanities or in engineering.

Some of the universities on the list benefit from having a truly geographically diverse student body.  A HYPS school could have Rhodes winners representing the regions of Texas, California, Ontario, Bermuda, and South Africa, all in the same year!  UMD is unlikely to have this sort of geographic diversity.

Here is the article from the UVA president: https://uvamagazine.org/articles/from_the_president_uvas_road_to_rhodes_and_why_it_matters[/quote]

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