What is the Gates Cambridge Scholarship?
The Gates Cambridge Scholarship is sponsored by Bill and Melinda. The Gates Foundation (Bill &; Melinda Gates Foundation and Cambridge University were established in June, 2000. Since June, 2006, 5438+0 has been awarded. All the people who won the Gates Prize scholarship are called? Gates scholar? (Gates Scholar), being selected as a Gates Scholar is like being selected as a member of Cambridge University? Top? .
Few people in China have heard of the Gates Scholarship, but it is almost a household name in the United States. Many excellent students who graduated from ivy league schools want to be? Gates scholar? .
Screening criteria of Gates Cambridge Scholarship
The first thing is to learn how to become a Gates scholar.
On the website of the Gates Cambridge Scholarship, there is a short sentence that highlights their values: for graduate students with outstanding intelligence who have leadership and are committed to improving the lives of others.
There are three key words: outstanding intelligence, leadership and commitment, which translates into Chinese: excellent academic ability, full of leadership and social responsibility. This is the standard for them to select Gates scholars, and it is also the mainstream value of the entire Gates community. In addition, Gates also emphasized the fourth criterion, which is in good agreement with Cambridge's academic degree.
It is difficult to measure and judge these standards only from the report card, so it is very rare to apply for Gates and any other scholarship at Cambridge University. Gates needs not only two academic referees, but also a character referee. In addition, Gates needs to be interviewed. The specific application process will be explained in detail later.
Understand the selection criteria of Gates Scholarship from another aspect, that is, what is the background of previous Gates scholars?
Since 2000, 1329 Gates scholars have been born. Among them, there are 594 American Gates scholars, accounting for 45% of the total. Followed by Germany, 76 people. Followed by India and Canada, with 67 and 65 people respectively. According to the donation agreement, the number of new American students admitted each year is fixed, leaving 55 places for other countries.
What is the attraction of the Gates Scholarship?
To tell the truth, the amount funded by the Gates Scholarship is not high, equivalent to about 400,000 RMB per year (including tuition and living expenses). These Gates scholars are excellent and can easily study for master's or doctoral degrees in our school, and the scholarship amount is likely to be higher than the Gates Scholarship. Why did you apply for Gates? Yes, they are for honor.
In the United States, Gates Scholarship and Rhodes Scholarship are equally famous, the former subsidizes going to Cambridge, and the latter subsidizes going to Oxford, both of which are only for the purpose of studying for a master's degree or a doctor's degree (according to the author's statement: Americans encourage their best people to go to China for undergraduate studies at the stage of forming their values). Many students in China may not have heard of the Rhodes Scholarship. Let me briefly introduce it. This scholarship was established by Mr. Rhodes, the richest man in the world at that time, on 1902, and is known as? Nobel Prize for Undergraduate Students? . The most famous Rhodes Scholar should be former US President Bill Clinton, who became a Rhodes Scholar on 1968. In addition, there are leaders from all walks of life, including the current presidents of Harvard and Princeton, the current CEOs of McKinsey and BCG, and even john templeton, the greatest investment master of the 20th century, is a Rhodes scholar. Unlike the Gates Scholarship, which is open to global applicants, the Rhodes Scholarship is only open to 18 countries and regions, including People's Republic of China (PRC).
The establishment of Gates Scholarship is nearly a century later than Rhodes Scholarship, so the age and qualifications of Gates scholars and the influence of the whole network are far from the order of magnitude of Rhodes Scholarship. But as we all know, it's only a matter of time.
At present, Gates's scholars come from more than 90 countries. Joining the Gates community means entering the global elite club. There is a special association in the Gates community, which manages and holds activities around the world from time to time. From the day we became a Gates Scholar, we were told that we would enjoy this honor for life.
As Cambridge? Top？ Gates scholars not only have their own Gates room in the university center overlooking the beautiful Jianhe River, but also have the opportunity to get more attention from schools and departments. Take me for example. As a Gates scholar, I attended the annual reception of the 800th anniversary of Cambridge University, and together with the President of Cambridge University, I raised more than 654.38+03 billion pounds in donations for the school. As a student representative of the Institute, I was personally received by the Queen of England at Buckingham Palace in recognition of the outstanding contribution made by our Institute of Biotechnology in the industrialization of scientific and technological achievements, which is the supreme honor in Britain.
It is not a question of whether to apply for the Gates Scholarship in Cambridge, but whether to apply for the Gates Scholarship in Cambridge.
How to apply for the Gates Cambridge Scholarship?
Step 1: Contact your tutor.
Step 2: Apply to Cambridge.
Step 3: Department recommendation
Step 4: Gates Interview