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Oglethorpe Awards James Edward Oglethorpe
Scholarships - Five Students to Receive "Full-Ride"
Atlanta – The 15th Annual James Edward Oglethorpe
Scholarship Competition was held at Oglethorpe University on
Saturday, January 22, 2000.
Oglethorpe's James Edward Oglethorpe Scholarship provides
tuition, room and board for four years of undergraduate study, if
scholarship criteria continue to be met. Recipients are selected on
the basis of an academic competition held on campus in January of
each year. Students must have a combined SAT score of at least 1300
(ACT 30), a 3.6 or higher cumulative GPA, and a superior record of
leadership in extracurricular activities either in school or in the
community.
The JEO Scholarship Competition was held January 22, 2000 with 92
competitors from 14 states. Prior to the competition, the
competitors are sent subject specific readings as well as a general
academic reading for preparation. The day of the competition, the
participants are judged on their discussion of the general reading
in the morning session led by two faculty judges and 8-10 students
participating per group. The students then write an essay on the
topic they have discussed (all groups write about the same topic).
The students then break for lunch. In the afternoon they discuss the
subject specific reading. The writing portion is judged by a faculty
panel that have no way of knowing which group the student
participated in earlier, who they are, or where they are from. At
then end of the day, five winners are chosen from the top five
scores (one set of scores from the morning discussion, one from the
afternoon session and the last set of scores from the writing).
The five winners are named James Edward Oglethorpe Scholars. They
each receive full tuition, room and board scholarships worth at this
time to be more than $94,000 dollars. The other competitors that do
well in the competition are named Presidential Scholars and receive
$10,500 per year plus consideration for additional need-based grants
for four years. The winners are notified by telephone the next day
by the Dean of Enrollment Management and admission staff members.
This year's James Edward Oglethorpe Scholarship Recipients are:
- Joseph (Jo Jo) Brisendine from Conyers, Georgia. He attends
Rockdale County High School.
- Carolyn Culbertson from Ormond Beach, Florida. She attends
Spruce Creek High School.
- Melissa Patterson from Louisville, Tennessee. She attends
Maryville High School.
- Angela Scobey from Franklin, Tennessee. She attends Franklin
High School.
- Michael Scoggins from Monroe, Georgia. He is a home schooled
student.
For more information, please contact Randy Roberson in the Public
Relations Office of Oglethorpe University or Barbara Henry, Director
of Admission, at 404-364-8443.
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