<p>I thought that this program would be of interest to some people on this board Davis</a> Scholars Program Oct. 2007 . I read it quickly, but there are scholarships for international and US students of up to $20,000 to attend 5 boarding schools selected for a pilot program: Andover, Emma Willard, Lawrenceville, Taft and Westminster. I am guessing that the program will be rolled out to more boarding schools after the pilot period. The US scholarship focus is for students who would be the first in their family to go to college.</p>
<p>Did they specify from which country they want the applicants to be from? Gotta love Andover for offering so much FA/Scholarships to those who deserve it. Too bad I won’t be applying to any of those schools…</p>
<p>It will be interesting to see if this increases the raw numbers of low-income and international students at these schools or if it just changes how they fund scholarships.</p>
<p>cate – the Davis Scholarship isn’t specific to Andover, they are just one of the schools chosen to pilot the program. Shelby Davis is the person who is funding the scholarships – and he also funds quite a few other significant scholarships. Every US student chosen to attend the United World college has their tuition, room and board paid for by Mr. Davis and every graduate of a UWC anywhere in the world, no matter what citizenship is granted a Davis Scholarship to attend a US college – that is up to a full ride at certain schools and up to $5,000 at other schools. He is an extremely generous person who believes in international education.</p>
<p>The Davis Program chose schools which the Davis children attended - as kind of a thank you to the schools, I think. One incredible part of this program which hasn’t been noted is that recipients also carry their scholarships to college! They will pay for college tuition also - everyone who is eligible and interested in one of these schools should apply - this is an amazing program!</p>
<p>Here is the info from the Taft site:</p>
<p>New Davis Fund Offers Seven-Year Scholarships
The Shelby Davis family has created two parallel programs at Taft to increase and diversify the international student population (Davis International Scholars) as well as the domestic population (Davis Scholars). These need-based scholarships will provide up to $20,000 each for six to ten students each year.</p>
<p>We want to build a broadening network of Americas future decision makers, explains Phil Geier, executive director of the Davis United World College Scholars Program, by providing funds to support students not coming from independent school families, who might be the first in their families to attend university. We hope this will help schools recruit highly motivated future leaders seeking extraordinary opportunities at American boarding schools.</p>
<p>But what makes this program truly incredible is that the Davis family is committed to funding each scholar through their boarding AND college education, for a maximum of seven years (the program is available to new 10th and 11th grade students at Taft).</p>
<p>The Davises wanted other children to benefit from the very positive experiences their five children had at boarding school, explains Ferdie Wandelt 66, longtime director of admissions at Taft and now assistant to the headmaster for alumni affairs. And so they have launched these two scholarships at the schools their children attended: Andover, Emma Willard, Lawrenceville, Taft (Lanse 97) and Westminster.</p>
<p>Although boarding schools are largely a known commodity in the Northeast, says Peter Frew 75, Tafts current director of admissions, the Davis Scholarships will allow us as a school to reach out to kids in new markets in parts of the country and abroad where families simply dont realize what a Taft experience can offer their children.</p>
<p>This year, 15 percent of the schools boarding students are international, representing more than 20 countries, and other boarding students come from more than 30 different states from Maine to Hawaii, Florida to Washington.</p>
<p>that is really neat – I had no idea that the schools were picked because their children attended them. </p>
<p>And yes, the scholarships that carry on to college are significant – my oldest son is a Davis Scholar and he was grateful to learn that because of this he won’t have any loans in college and can afford college, which was a concern of his because we are a low-income family.</p>