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Georgia
Rotary Student Program
Academic
Year 2009-2010
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About
the Program
The Rotarians of the State of Georgia, USA, operate a program by granting
scholarships to approximately 80 foreign students each year to study
for one year in the colleges and universities in Georgia. By using the
means of scholarships Rotary is trying to promote international good
will through the bonds of friendship and understanding with one another.
The scholarship pays all scholastic costs including tuition, book allowance,
college provided room, food, and issues USD 200 twice a year to cover
incidental expenses. It DOES NOT cover transportation expenses to or
from the United States nor insurance.
Who can apply?
Applicants must be born between August 1, 1984 and July 31,
1991 in order to study in the academic year 2009-2010. That
means that applicants must be at least 18 years of age by August 1 or
must not have reached age 25 by August 1 the year studies begin. Children
of both Rotarians and non-Rotarians may apply. Also, make sure your
home area belongs to a Swedish district.
There are certain restrictions. Applicants who are married will not
be awarded a scholarship. Applicants who have previously studied in
the USA for a period exceeding four months cannot be considered for
a scholarship. Also, a good academic result from high school is necessary.
What can you study?
Many schools that provide scholarships are small colleges. Thus, studies
are often lead in the introductory level. Studies in the fields of medical
science, veterinary science or odontology cannot be offered.
Task of Rotary Club
Applicants must be recommended by a Rotary Club. Rotary Clubs will take
no economic responsibility. Their tasks are to judge and to approve
at the interview if the applicant is “a person of high ideals,
good moral character, superior academic ability, outstanding leadership
qualities, and will represent to the Rotarians of the States of Georgia
the Ideals of Rotary”.
Further
Information and Application Form
To obtain further information and the application form, please visit
www.grsp.org
Selection
Procedure
A comprehensive application for the Georgia Rotary Student Program requires
a lot of work, obtaining many kinds of documents and taking certain
tests (TOEFL and SAT). Therefore, the selecting procedure is simplified
in two stages so that not all applicants need to go through the entire
application procedure. Rotary in Sweden is requested by the administrators
in Georgia to choose 15 candidates first and to send their application
forms to USA. Because of this, the preliminary application needs not
include all the paper works. The closing date for the preliminary application
is August 1, 2008. The papers for the preliminary application
are to be returned to the 15 finalists in the beginning of September
in order to complete the application with further documents. Those who
are not selected will also receive a notification.
The selection
will primarily be done based on the final high school transcript. However,
academic achievement at university/college and a qualification letter
from extra activities will also be referred. A qualification letter
describing a good personal quality of the applicant is not as easy to
evaluate as an academic transcript. Thus, try to explain and implement
your academic performance with this qualification letter if you do not
have an excellent transcript from high school. For example, “My
final high school transcript is not specifically outstanding. Yet, I
signed up for four classes at the Stockholm University this semester
majoring economy and received a B-average academic result. I have been
very interested in Japan and the Japanese language. Last year, I established
the Sweden-Japan Association together with three other youngsters. I
am the president of the Association and have been working actively since
then.”
Preliminary
Application
The application forms can be found on www.grsp.org
First, fill in the form Qualification Summary. Secondly, complete
the application form Official Application. For the preliminary
application, you will fill in the form from the Section I to IV except
II:4 “Tests”. You don’t need to complete the Section
V. Enclose the necessary documents such as the final high school transcript.
Qualification letters, such as a transcript from your university or
a sport association etc, need not be translated to English if written
in Swedish. In a case of other language, the qualification letters are
to be translated to English. A qualification letter from your teacher
should be written in English irrespective of your mother tongue. A photo
is not necessary for the preliminary application.
TOEFL and SAT tests are required only for the 15 finalists. These tests
are regularly held at certain colleges and universities. The finalists
must take the tests before October 31. It is good to find out already
now where the nearest test place is from your home.
The application
forms should be sent to:
Swedish
Rotary Youth Exchange Foundation
Byängsgränd
8
120 40 Stockholm-Årsta
Sweden
The closing
date is August 1, 2008.
Final
Application
Information about the final application will be sent to the 15 finalists.
They will also receive their preliminary application forms to complete
the papers.
Application
fee
The application fee SEK 600 should be paid to the Swedish Rotary
Youth Exchange Foundation by August 1, 2008. Please ask us how
to pay.
Contacts
If you have questions about the Georgia Rotary Student Program, please
contact:
Mr. Janerik Lundquist
Allmogegatan 114
583 33 Linköping, SWEDEN
Fax: +46 13 28 89 75
Email: jel@ipe.liu.se
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