Nominee Process

Applicants will be notified if they have been accepted for institutional endorsement in June 2024. Individuals who then accept institutional endorsement commit to a three-month-long intensive preparation process including:

• Spending about 10-12 weeks regularly meeting with advisors and peer nominees on application materials, including a multi-part process of essay revision.
• Regularly attending writing workshops.
• Working with recommenders who have the opportunity to update their letters that they submitted for the internal nomination process.
• Taking part in thorough interview preparation exercises and readings.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Under no circumstance should applicants seek feedback from center staff or anyone on personal statement creation, development, and editing for the Rhodes Scholarship. This is prohibited by Rhodes: “Your personal statement should be wholly accurate, and written in your own words from your own perspective. Material misrepresentation will result in disqualification of an application or, where appropriate, the rescinding of a scholarship. It should be entirely your own work, with no assistance received. Through the online application form you will be asked to confirm that the entered / uploaded personal statement is accurate, is your own work and that no external help was given in its creation or editing.” (Source: Rhodes Scholarship)