The Honors College is pleased to announce that the annual application for the Yeager Scholarship is now open. Society of Yeager Scholars seeks exceptional applicants for this four-year full scholarship at Marshall University.
Yeager Scholars will be provided with full tuition and fees, room and board, a stipend for textbooks, a personal computer, and support for a study abroad experience, an approved internship, or undergraduate research. The Yeager Curriculum includes four interdisciplinary seminars, a focus on written and verbal communication, and study abroad at the University of Oxford in England.
The qualities for admission into the Society of Yeager Scholars are:
- A recommended minimum composite score of 30 on the ACT or a minimum of 1360 total on the SAT from a single test date
- A minimum 3.5 high school cumulative, unweighted GPA
- An excellent record of academic achievement in high school
- A record of notable and dynamic contributions in extracurricular activities at your school and/or in your community
- Demonstrated leadership abilities and actions in and outside the classroom
- Ambition, maturity, and self-discipline
- Wide breadth of creative and intellectual strengths
The application will close Dec. 15, 2021.
See the Society of Yeager Scholars website for more information.
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