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Honoring Excellence. The Distinguished Scholars Program rewards meritorious rising 9th grade boarding students with four-year scholarships. Each year, one full-tuition scholarship is awarded along with one half-tuition and two quarter-tuition scholarships. The awards cover all tuition, room and board as long as the student maintains an exemplary performance in and out of the classroom. The scholarship is intended for students seeking academic challenges and a wide range of opportunities outside of the classroom. Nominees will be expected to have exhibited leadership skills and to have made a positive contribution to some worthy group or cause.
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Baylor Leads to Scholarship. Baylor’s Distinguished Scholars have been actors, athletes, dancers, debaters, outdoors enthusiasts, writers, mathematicians, student government officers, singers and scientists. They have gone on to college at Harvard, Berkeley, North Carolina, MIT, Georgetown, Sewanee, and Stanford among many others. They have hailed from Colorado to Connecticut and Indiana to Texas. They have been male and female, reflecting diverse personal backgrounds and world views. What they have had in common are academic aptitude, the desire to achieve excellence, and the passion for self-discovery. They have left their marks on Baylor, and Baylor has become a part of them.
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Nomination Process. Students must be nominated for the scholarship by someone other than an immediate family member or a member of the Baylor School faculty or staff. Nomination forms are online at www.baylorschool.org/admission/dsp_nominationForm.aspx and should be submitted electronically. Nominees should demonstrate academic excellence (including exemplary performance on a Baylorapproved national test), leadership skills, and breadth of interest and extracurricular involvement. They also must have made a positive contribution to some worthy group or cause.
Furthermore, nominations must be accompanied by: Three letters of recommendation: two from teach - ers and one from a non-teacher. A two-three page essay by the nominee recounting a time when he or she was challenged or tested in some significant way.
Finalists will be invited to campus in February to be interviewed by the DSP Committee before winners are selected and announced. For more information, please contact the Admission Office at (423) 267-5902 or admission@baylorschool.org.
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The Baylor Experience. Set on the banks of the Tennessee River, the Baylor campus boasts buildings that date back more than a century, but it’s the programs and people that make Baylor a premier boarding school. A rigorous curriculum, a significant selection of extracurricular activities, an outstanding faculty, and a network of dedicated and involved dormitory faculty and parents create a boarding experience that is both challenging and nurturing. Moreover, the real-world dynamic of boys and girls learning and working together advances the school’s mission of developing capable leaders who have both the ability and the desire to make a positive difference in the world.
A great school is distinguished by the scholarship it keeps.
For more information about our Distinguished Scholars Program, please go to www.baylorschool/admission/boarding-scholarship-program.
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