应用程序时间

请看官方时间表 在这里.

Timeline overview for application process:

• 夏季和秋季申请前:

  • Learn more about the 杜鲁门奖学金 via the helpful official website: http://www.truman.gov/.

  • Talk with academic and professional mentors (who may also be potential recommenders) about the work you hope to do in the world, possible career paths in that direction, graduate/professional degree you might need to pursue this work more effectively, 等. 

  • Start work on your application and essays (it takes more time than you think!) -得到 这里有一些有用的建议.

  • Book a 奖学金 advising appointment via 握手 to talk things over with Kate in the 奖学金 office, 包括应用策略, 向谁要信, 对草案的反馈, 等. (Appointments are available year-round, via telephone and video chat as well as in person.)

• 2024年10月28日: Optional Priority Draft Deadline for undergraduate fellowships and scholarships - submit drafts by this deadline 通过这里的表单 to guarantee a draft review appointment before the campus deadline.

• December 2, 2024 by 12:00 pm (noon) EST:校园截止日期.

  • Application materials (see checklist below) should be submitted via the online form found 在这里.

  • Letters of reference should ideally be submitted via 这个链接 by this deadline but may follow a little later as long as the applicant has submitted all the materials for which they is directly responsible, 截止日期前. 

• 12月/ 1月: Campus review committee reads applications and typically interviews short-listed applicants (interviews sometimes take place in January) before selecting no more than four applications to forward to the national competition. 

  • All applicants will be able to receive feedback, nominees will be able to use this to finalize their applications in advance of the national deadline in early February.

• 二月初: 杜鲁门奖学金 national deadline.

• 2月下旬: Finalist confirmation sheet due; scholarship finalists announced.

• 三月至四月初: 地区面板 面试入围.

• 4月中旬: National Truman scholars announced.

• 5月下旬:杜鲁门学者领导力周.

资格

谁有资格?

• Full-time students pursuing a bachelor's degree with junior-level academic standing, or those with senior-level standing in their third-year of college enrollment; and
• U.S. 公民

What makes a strong applicant for this fellowship?

• A desire to improve the ways that government agencies, 非营利组织, or educational institutions serve the public;
• Demonstrated commitment to service and potential to be an agent of change, typically demonstrated by two or more extracurricular activities that relate to the applicant’s career interests and demonstrate leadership capabilities; and
• 优秀的成绩单

为什么申请? 凯特琳·坎贝尔，17岁, had this to say: “的 杜鲁门奖学金 has so deeply helped me to take a hard look at myself and what kind of public servant I want to be. Although the application process was grueling (particularly the interview), it was an invaluable exercise in stick-to-itiveness, along the way I've found a group of bright, 驱动, hilarious service-oriented friends."

我如何申请?

Wellesley College applicants for the 杜鲁门奖学金 must first apply for Wellesley’s nomination. Wellesley may typically nominate no more than four applications to go forward to the national competition for the Truman. You are warmly encouraged to talk things over and seek advice (including feedback on draft essays!):简单的 book a 奖学金 advising appointment via 握手 or drop by 奖学金 Virtual Pop-Ups (see the 奖学金 events listings in 握手).

应用程序清单

• 三封推荐信 

  • Be sure to give your recommender the correct “sample” 推荐信表格: leadership, academic, commitment to public service).  

  • 请给出你的推荐信 这个链接 to allow them to submit their letters; should they have any difficulty with the online form, please ask them to email their letters to fellowships@jstyz.com. 

Submit the following via the online form found 在这里:

• Completed sample 杜鲁门奖学金 application (http://www.truman.gov/ sample-application-forms)

• 政策建议(见 helpful advice on the Truman website)

• Unofficial transcripts- Wellesley (the unofficial grade report that you can pull from online), 出国留学, 以及其他机构

• Resume (not part of your official application but helpful to the campus committee, thanks)

• Wellesley 奖学金 office signature document (请打印、签名 & 填上日期,n submit a scanned pdf or other image of the signed document along with your application materials)