Wesleyan Freeman Asian Scholars Program
Region: East Asia / Pacific
Grant Type: Study and Research Grants
Description: The Wesleyan Freeman Asian Scholarship Program provides expenses for a four-year course of study toward a bachelors degree for twenty-two exceptionally able Asian students annually from these countries and regions: the Peoples Republic of China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Wesleyan is now accepting applications for participation in the Wesleyan Freeman Asian Scholarship Program. Twenty-two (22) qualified young men and women will be selected, two (2) from each of eleven countries and regions The Peoples Republic of China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. The chosen applicants will join 2,700 other Wesleyan undergraduates from throughout the United States and nearly 50 countries for study with an outstanding teaching and research faculty in the sciences and mathematics, the arts, the humanities, and the social and behavioral sciences.
This program is made possible by Wesleyan University and the Freeman Foundation, which aims to improve understanding and to strengthen ties between the United States and the countries and regions of the Pacific Rim.
Entry into the Wesleyan Freeman Asian Scholarship Program is highly competitive: only two students will be selected annually from each country or region. The scholarship covers costs for tuition, room, and board for four years, and one-time transportation to and from the United States.
Wesleyan University is located in Middletown, Connecticut, halfway between New York and Boston in the historic and colorful New England region of the northeastern United States. It is a private, nonsectarian, liberal arts and sciences institution founded in 1831. A number of early Wesleyan graduates were influential educators and ministers in Asian countries, and the modern Wesleyan has formal ties to several prominent universities in Asia. The campus is home to a diverse population of 2,700 undergraduate students, equally divided between men and women, approximately 28 percent of whom are of African, Asian, or Hispanic descent, and nearly 160 students from foreign countries.
Approximately 190 graduate students, a number of whom are from Asian countries, are pursuing advanced degrees, principally in the sciences, mathematics, and music.
APPLICATION
Interested students also must submit a written application that includes background information, two essays, a secondary school/junior college transcript, recommendations from two teachers and one counselor, a peer reference, and results of any standardized national examinations administered during the secondary school/junior college years. Officials from Wesleyan and the Freeman Foundation will travel to Asia and conduct interviews of finalists in their home countries in February or March. All application materials are to be postmarked no later than January 1. (For students in the Philippines, we recommend mailing your application earlier or using a courier service.) Applications are available from secondary schools/junior colleges and from the AIG offices listed. You may also write to Dean Terri Overton at toverton@wesleyan.edu to request the special Freeman application forms. The application for the Freeman Asian Scholarship is different from the Common Application and it is not available on-line. You should not submit the Common Application.
Wesleyan alumni in the eleven countries and regions, as well as local AIG offices, can provide further information to students interested in applying. They also will be pleased to assist applicants in forwarding application materials to Wesleyan. Country:
Deadline: Varies
Contact Person: Dean Terri Overton
Contact Email: toverton@wesleyan.edu
Organization: Wesleyan University
Website: http://www.admiss.wesleyan.edu
Region: East Asia / Pacific
Grant Type: Study and Research Grants
Description: The Wesleyan Freeman Asian Scholarship Program provides expenses for a four-year course of study toward a bachelors degree for twenty-two exceptionally able Asian students annually from these countries and regions: the Peoples Republic of China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Wesleyan is now accepting applications for participation in the Wesleyan Freeman Asian Scholarship Program. Twenty-two (22) qualified young men and women will be selected, two (2) from each of eleven countries and regions The Peoples Republic of China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. The chosen applicants will join 2,700 other Wesleyan undergraduates from throughout the United States and nearly 50 countries for study with an outstanding teaching and research faculty in the sciences and mathematics, the arts, the humanities, and the social and behavioral sciences.
This program is made possible by Wesleyan University and the Freeman Foundation, which aims to improve understanding and to strengthen ties between the United States and the countries and regions of the Pacific Rim.
Entry into the Wesleyan Freeman Asian Scholarship Program is highly competitive: only two students will be selected annually from each country or region. The scholarship covers costs for tuition, room, and board for four years, and one-time transportation to and from the United States.
Wesleyan University is located in Middletown, Connecticut, halfway between New York and Boston in the historic and colorful New England region of the northeastern United States. It is a private, nonsectarian, liberal arts and sciences institution founded in 1831. A number of early Wesleyan graduates were influential educators and ministers in Asian countries, and the modern Wesleyan has formal ties to several prominent universities in Asia. The campus is home to a diverse population of 2,700 undergraduate students, equally divided between men and women, approximately 28 percent of whom are of African, Asian, or Hispanic descent, and nearly 160 students from foreign countries.
Approximately 190 graduate students, a number of whom are from Asian countries, are pursuing advanced degrees, principally in the sciences, mathematics, and music.
APPLICATION
Interested students also must submit a written application that includes background information, two essays, a secondary school/junior college transcript, recommendations from two teachers and one counselor, a peer reference, and results of any standardized national examinations administered during the secondary school/junior college years. Officials from Wesleyan and the Freeman Foundation will travel to Asia and conduct interviews of finalists in their home countries in February or March. All application materials are to be postmarked no later than January 1. (For students in the Philippines, we recommend mailing your application earlier or using a courier service.) Applications are available from secondary schools/junior colleges and from the AIG offices listed. You may also write to Dean Terri Overton at toverton@wesleyan.edu to request the special Freeman application forms. The application for the Freeman Asian Scholarship is different from the Common Application and it is not available on-line. You should not submit the Common Application.
Wesleyan alumni in the eleven countries and regions, as well as local AIG offices, can provide further information to students interested in applying. They also will be pleased to assist applicants in forwarding application materials to Wesleyan. Country:
Deadline: Varies
Contact Person: Dean Terri Overton
Contact Email: toverton@wesleyan.edu
Organization: Wesleyan University
Website: http://www.admiss.wesleyan.edu
