Cats Lead the Nation in Gates Scholarships!

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<p>NU news center: Five</a> Northwestern Students Awarded Gates Scholarships
Official website: The</a> Gates Cambridge Scholarships</p>

<p>Institutions represented:
Northwestern University 4
Yale University 4
Stanford University 3 (1 finished undergrad at NU)
Columbia University 2
US Military Academy 2
Drexel Unversity 1
Emory University 1
Harvard University 1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1
Mayo Medical School 1
Mount Holyoke College 1
North Carolina State University 1
Pennsylvania State University 1
University of California, Berkeley 1
University of California, Davis 1
University of California, Los Angeles 1
University of California, Santa Cruz 1
University of Florida 1
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1
University of Kansas 1
University of Mississippi 1
University of Pennsylvania 1
University of Pittsburgh 1
University of Washington 1
US Air Force Academy 1
US Naval Academy 1
Vanderbilt University 1</p>

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<p>5 NU undergrads out of 35 Gates Cambridge scholarships IS an incredible number Sam.</p>

<p>We've done well historically with the Gates but never dominated the field like this before.</p>

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<p>NU was not a major player in winning external fellowships in the 80s/90s. But that has changed since the new millennium. It was in the top-5 for Fulbrights in the last 3 years. With 2 Rhodes, 1 Marshall, 1 Mitchell, and 5 Gates Cambridge Scholars, NU is already having the most impressive year in its history.</p>

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<p>Not done yet…
[Two</a> Northwestern Students Awarded Churchill Scholarships](<a href=“http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2009/02/churchill.html]Two”>http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2009/02/churchill.html)</p>