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Scholarships at Aiglon A LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE WITH LASTING IMPACT
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Our programme
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Aiglon offers scholarships to students in the two-year IB Diploma programme with a small number of awards also covering pre-IB years.
A HISTORY OF IMPACT
John Corlette, Aiglon's founder, started what is now a seven decade tradition of offering needs-based scholarships to talented students. Aiglon offers scholarships to students in the two year The generous philanthropic Fullyafunded IB Diploma smallscholars number of support we receive from withinprogramme with also covering pre-IB years. our community awards enables our commitment to grow and create even greater impact.
Fully Funded Scholars
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OUR SCHOLARS COME FROM 1. Bhutan 2. Cambodia 3. Canada 4. Israel 5. Kenya 6. Nepal 7. Palestine 8. Somaliland 9. Sweden 10. Nepal
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John Corlette, Aiglon's founder, started what is now a seven decade tradition of offering need based scholarships to talented students. The generous philanthropic support we receive from within our community enables our commitment to grow and create even greater impact.
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From 10 countries
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"I am more confident in myself and my abilities
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The impact of scholarship goes far beyond our mountain home, profoundly affecting the lives of scholars and their classmates, staff, and alumni. 4
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Our partners
Alongside spontaneous applications, trusted organisations help us identify candidates. Underpinning our programme are the longstanding relationships with trusted institutions around the world which nominate potential candidates for the selection process. Our partners include the Starehe Boys Centre and School and the Starehe Girls Centre in Kenya, the Jay Pritzker Academy in Siem Reap, Cambodia, and the Royal Academy in Bhutan. Our newest partner, the Horizons Program, works to empower promising Palestinian students in Jerusalem.
UNIVERSITY PLACEMENT 100% of our scholars go on to university, many with full funding packages to universities such as: Imperial College London Yale University Stanford University Cambridge University Georgetown University University of British Columbia Claremont McKenna College Middlebury College
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Sofija Bulatovic McGill University Sofija graduated with Honours and Distinction. She was a prefect and maintained a perfect 7.0 average. She participated in MUN, service trips, and earned regular Bouqetins. Sofija made the most of her time at Aiglon.
Jackline Wambua Stanford University Jackline graduated with Honours and Distinction. Never afraid to speak out for justice and equality, she is driven by a deep faith and determination to succeed.
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Ema Prelevic Drexel University Ema graduated with Honours and Distinction. She was a prefect, talented basketball player and committed academic student.
Darli Seranaj Duke University Darli graduated with Honours and Distinction. An insightful intellectual, he was an economics prefect, a mathlete, debater, and passionate about sustainability.
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Funding opportunities
Philanthropy is crucial for a school run on not-for-profit principles. Opportunities to support the scholarship programme exist for all levels of donors. The compounding effect of scholarship gifts goes far beyond Aiglon, impacting scholarship recipients and their families, their classmates, and the wider community into which they enter after graduation.
ENDURING FUNDING: Establish a named fund to support multiple scholars for CHF 1'000'000 to 5'000'000+ FULL FUNDING: Fully fund the two-year programme for one scholar for CHF 275'000
The reality is that our scholarship programme is about both investment and innovation. Scholars raise the bar for all students, in the classroom and in their eagerness to make the most of their Aiglon experience.
PARTIAL FUNDING: Fully fund one year of the two-year programme for CHF 137'500 Partially fund one year of the programme for CHF 67'500 POOLED FUNDING: All other scholarship gifts are pooled to offer places to deserving students; every gift counts toward building the fund to offer more places
They nourish Aiglon's identity as a school where students remain well-grounded and values-focused. They also bring to our community diverse perspectives and experiences that enrich us all.
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Štěpán Kolacek (Alpina, 2015)
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Impact Beyond Aiglon
Stepan and Koome serve as examples of the lasting impact a scholarship at Aiglon can have. After Aiglon, where he was awarded the John Corlette prize at graduation, Štěpán Kolacek studied Aerospace Materials Engineering at Imperial College London. He has now finished his degree and returned to his homeland to work in applied research, directly connecting academia and industry. "Every step that I have taken so far has been affected by the values and concepts that I learned while at Aiglon. At Aiglon I realised that I will miss every shot I don’t take. Therefore, I really have no other choice but to rise up and accept the challenges that lie ahead!" One of Aiglon's first scholars, Koome Gikunda, graduated as School Guardian from Aiglon in 1999. He is currently a director at Actis, a leading emerging markets private equity fund. He graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Management Science and Engineering, where he was a Ford Foundation Scholar. He also received an MBA with Distinction from the University of Oxford’s Said Business School as a Wafic Said Scholar. Koome lives in Nairobi and serves on Aiglon's governing board.
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