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Oglethorpe Awards James Edward Oglethorpe
Scholarships
Atlanta - The 17th Annual James Edward
Oglethorpe Scholarship Competition was held at Oglethorpe University
on Saturday, January 26, 2002.
Oglethorpe's James Edward Oglethorpe Scholarship provides
tuition, room and board for four years of undergraduate study.
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 1360 (ACT 31), a 3.75 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 26, 2002 with 81
competitors from 14 states and one foreign country. For more than a
decade, the James Edward Oglethorpe Scholarship Competition has
brought together an extraordinary group of talented young scholars
to interact with an exceptional core group of Oglethorpe’s teaching
faculty. While the outcome of this academic competition centers
around the awarding of scholarships, participants also get an
insider view of what takes place routinely in an Oglethorpe
classroom. Twice during the day, competitors work in small groups
(usually no more than 10 students) with two faculty members in a
seminar-style exploration of a given topic.
They interact with at least four faculty members during the
competition, and have a writing component evaluated by two
additional faculty readers. Competitors leave with excellent
first-hand knowledge of academic instruction at Oglethorpe, along
with exceptional opportunities for funding their college education.
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 $100,000 dollars. The other competitors that
do well in the competition are named Presidential Scholars and
receive $11,000 per year plus consideration for additional
need-based grants for four years. The winners are notified by
telephone the next day by the Director of Admission and admission
staff members.
This year's James Edward Oglethorpe Scholarship Recipients are:
- Kelli Weatherall from Morristown (32132), Tennessee.
She attends West High School.
- Ronald Remington from Ormond Beach (30269), Florida.
He attends Seabreeze High School.
- Jennifer Wilson from Gainsville (32174), Georgia.
She attends North Hall High School.
- Tiffany Hatfield from Edgewater (37814), Florida.
She attends Spruce Creek High School.
- Sarah Opp from Peachtree City (30501), Georgia.
She attends McIntosh High School.
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