<p>There is actually a guy that goes to the ******* forum that was accepted as a Rhodes Scholar this year :)</p>
<p>And the NY times article. </p>
<p>Sure, the University of Kansas is, as the OP pointed out, "less lofty," but don't let appearances deceive. They produced another Rhodes scholar as recently as five or six years ago.</p>
<p>Click on:</p>
<p>THE ROAD TO RHODES</p>
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<blockquote> <p>Rhodes Scholars are identified by their home state, the Oxford college they attended, and the year they became a scholare.g., California & Jesus, 1975. <<</p>
<p>Janice Ugaki, who calls her Rhodes experience "spectacular, graduated summa cum laude from the University of Utah in 1992 with Honors degrees in political science and finance and a minor in Japanese. <<</p>
<p>Ugaki, who calls her Rhodes experience"spectacular," graduated summa cum laude from the University of Utah in 1992 with Honors degrees in political science and finance and a minor in Japanese. Although she applied for the Rhodes as a U student, it wasn't until she applied again in the fall of 1992, during her first year of Harvard Law School, that she was chosen as a Rhodes Scholar. <<</p> </blockquote>
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<p>Well, I think it is remarkable that the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire has one. It is a great accolade for a smaller state school. It just goes to show that you don't have to shell out big bucks to get a great education and have great educational opportunities. As an aside, UW-Eau Claire also produces more female Ph.Ds in chemistry than any other school in the country.</p>