Donald Asher - The Best Scholarships for the Best Students

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Donald Asher is an internationally acclaimed author and speaker specializing in careers and higher education. He is the author of 11 books, including the best-selling guide to the graduate admissions process in America Graduate Admissions Essays: Write Your Way into the Graduate School of Your Choice. He has been a columnist or contributing writer for The Wall Street Journal's online editions, CareerJournal.com and CollegeJournal.com, the MSN home page, USAirways Magazine,The San Francisco Chronicle, CareerBuilder.com, and College.Monster.com.

Dr. Jason Morris is a two-time Fulbright grantee. He is an assistant professor of higher education and program director at Abilene Christian University, where he trains master's-level students to be administrative leaders in higher education settings. He also currently serves as the director of the McNair Scholars Program, a federal program designed to prepare undergraduates for graduate research opportunities. Dr. Morris' areas of academic interest include college student retention, multicultural and international education, and educational access and equity issues. His articles have appeared in several national academic journals. He is a member of the National Association of Fellowship Advisors.

Nichole Fazio-Veigel currently provides scholarship and fellowship advising to students attending SCIO's Scholars' Semester in Oxford and Oxford Summer Programme (since 2007). Previously, she helped to develop the University of Washington's Office of Merit Scholarships, Fellowships, and Awards and undergraduate research program, serving as an adviser and assistant director for both programs. She is an active member of the National Association for Fellowship Advisors and the Council on Undergraduate Research. Ms. Fazio-Veigel is also completing her Ph.D. at the University of Oxford. She is a postgraduate fellow at Trinity College, and her studies are supported by scholarship funding from the Overseas Research Scheme (Clarendon Bursaries).

The authors would like to thank the many, many people who helped make this book a reality. We would especially like to thank Stephen Clemente and Bernadette Webster at Peterson's. We are delighted with the content, and it would not have been possible without the assistance of

Don wants to thank his mother, Dr. Ruby Faye Asher Ausbrooks, who taught him to read, the greatest gift one human can give to another.

Jason wishes to dedicate this work to the memory of Dr. Kelly Hamby; a great friend, mentor, and educator.

Nichole wishes to thank her husband who has supported her efforts with this book as well as her extensive educational journey. Her family has also inspired her as have the many wonderful mentors, colleagues, friends, and students who have encouraged her to "build castles in the sky."

We designed The Best Scholarships for the Best Students to assist the highly ambitious, high-performing student in planning to get the most out of his or her educational process. This guide will help you find honors, awards, and opportunities that can be life-changing. It is designed to bridge the curriculum of college or university with critical summer experiences and critical cocurricular experiences (such as undergraduate research) that are proven to lead to both academic and career success. And, we kept high school students in mind as we compiled and wrote because early planning can lead you in new directions and open opportunities that you never dreamed of.

The Best Scholarships for the Best Students is designed to be an idea book. The profiles are not designed to provide exhaustive program information. They are here to pique your curiosity, to send you in directions you had never considered or even knew about. A listing for a Wall Street internship should make you think about all the