Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 11:40     Subject: Re:Fellowships by LACs
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Look, top grads usually have better things to do than get a 1-year master’s, even if it is paid for. Say, a fully-funded Ph.D program? This is nice and all, but not as prestigious as you think.

Anyhow, doesn’t Williams offer something similar, exclusively for 1-2 of its grads? Pomona gives out 2 every year to its grads….

A funded masters is sweet. You’re also gonna get a top advisor and great recommendation letters if you want to go into the best PhD program. There’s not really a reason to reject the offer.

If you are already in one of the best, funded Ph.D programs, that is “really a reason to reject the offer.”
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 07:13     Subject: Fellowships by LACs
They do well with Fulbrights.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 03:36     Subject: Re:Fellowships by LACs
Anonymous wrote:Look, top grads usually have better things to do than get a 1-year master’s, even if it is paid for. Say, a fully-funded Ph.D program? This is nice and all, but not as prestigious as you think.

Anyhow, doesn’t Williams offer something similar, exclusively for 1-2 of its grads? Pomona gives out 2 every year to its grads….

A funded masters is sweet. You’re also gonna get a top advisor and great recommendation letters if you want to go into the best PhD program. There’s not really a reason to reject the offer.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 03:02     Subject: Re:Fellowships by LACs
Unpopular opinion: we should consult AI about our stupid questions before taking up DCUM server space to demonstrate how bird-brained we are.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 02:57     Subject: Fellowships by LACs
Very disappointing
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 14:36     Subject: Fellowships by LACs
That’s 5% of recipients, about the same percentage of students who attend liberal arts colleges.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 12:35     Subject: Re:Fellowships by LACs
So given that top SLACs give this to their grads in-house, OP is, once again, inadvertently advertising for SLACs..
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 12:32     Subject: Re:Fellowships by LACs
Pomona:
https://www.pomona.edu/news/2025/07/07-two-members-class-2025-head-cambridge-university-downing-scholars

Williams:
https://fellowships.williams.edu/oxbridge-fellowship-info-session-and-new-application-procedures/
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 12:30     Subject: Re:Fellowships by LACs
Look, top grads usually have better things to do than get a 1-year master’s, even if it is paid for. Say, a fully-funded Ph.D program? This is nice and all, but not as prestigious as you think.

Anyhow, doesn’t Williams offer something similar, exclusively for 1-2 of its grads? Pomona gives out 2 every year to its grads….
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 12:28     Subject: Fellowships by LACs
Sewanee picked up its 28th Rhodes scholar this year.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 12:26     Subject: Fellowships by LACs
Congrats to Pomona
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 12:21     Subject: Fellowships by LACs
Anonymous wrote:I know math is hard, but it seems Churchill only offers 18 scholarship every year, and only in STEM fields.

https://www.churchillscholarship.org/the-scholarship

Most of their scholars are liberal arts stem majors: Physics, Chem, Bio, Math. There’s also scholars in public policy. There’s almost always a student from Harvard and Stanford every year and they’re not massive undergraduate institutions. These are really poor excuses.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 11:34     Subject: Fellowships by LACs
I know math is hard, but it seems Churchill only offers 18 scholarship every year, and only in STEM fields.

https://www.churchillscholarship.org/the-scholarship
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 11:32     Subject: Fellowships by LACs
Number of students.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 11:28     Subject: Fellowships by LACs
Why is it that so few LAC students win fellowships or national awards?
Example, this year’s Churchill scholars has students from Texas A&M, but there’s only 1 LAC with a student who won: Pomona. That’s abysmal.