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Oglethorpe Awards James Edward Oglethorpe
Scholarships; Five Students to Receive "Full Ride"
Atlanta – The 18th Annual James Edward Oglethorpe Scholarship
Competition was held at Oglethorpe University on Saturday, January
25, 2003.
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.
This year, 83 competitors from 14 states
participated in the daylong event. 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 with two faculty members in a
seminar-style exploration of a given topic. 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. The other
competitors that do well in the competition are named Presidential
Scholars and receive $77,000 for four years of study. 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:
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Andrea Wood, daughter of Christopher and
Barbara Wood, is a senior at Sprayberry High School in Marietta,
GA.
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James Sutherland, son of James and Laura
Sutherland, is a senior at Pace Academy in Atlanta, GA.
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Anna Warmack, daughter of John and Deby
Warmack, is a senior at J.M. Atherton High School in Louisville,
KY.
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Emily Macheski-Preston, daughter of Edward
Preston and Ginger Macheski, is a senior at Valdosta High School
in Valdosta, GA.
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Rachel Renz, daughter of Randall and Lou Renz,
is a senior at Trinity Christian Academy in Dallas, TX.
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