American University (AU) is offering Emerging Global Leader
Scholarship for International Undergraduate
Students.
The AU Emerging Global Leader Scholarship promotes
educational access and opportunity while enhancing international diversity.
Bringing together the best of AU — academic excellence, leadership development,
and global engagement — the AU Emerging Global Leader achieves, inspires, and
serves with vision. The AU EGL is dedicated to positive civic and social
change, and to returning home to improve under-resourced, underserved
communities in his/her home country.
The scholarship provides full tuition, fees, room and board
for one first-year (freshman) high-achieving international student who will
need a visa to study in the United States (preference will be for those who
need an F-1 or J-1 student visa). It is renewable for a total of four years of
undergraduate study, based on continued satisfactory academic performance. U.S.
citizens, U.S. permanent residents or dual citizens of the U.S. and another
country, are not eligible to apply.
To be considered for the scholarship, candidates must be
secondary school students (not university students) applying as first-year
(freshman) students for the fall (August) 2013 semester.
Preference will be given to international students who have
overcome various obstacles and challenges as well as those from diverse and
under-represented global and socioeconomic backgrounds.
The most competitive applicants should have:
A minimum 3.8 GPA equivalent (or in the top 10 percent of
graduating class) for 9th-12th grades
A demonstrated commitment to service and advancing the needs
of people in their home country
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English,
with a minimum 90 TOEFL iBT (with no subscore lower than 20) or 6.5 IELTS (with
no subscore lower than 6.0)
Demonstrated leadership, volunteerism and community service
For more information, please contact intadm@american.edu.
Further scholarship details and application procedures can
be found at http://www.american.edu/admissions/international/egls.cfm
