<p>hey everybody,</p>
<p>so i'm am an average high school student who will be attending a junior college for 2 years in florida and then transfer to the united states naval academy in annapolis. at the academy i plan on working very very very hard. So hard i cannot emphasize. i know that very few hard working midshipmen(thats what the students at the academy are called) have achieved Rhodes Scholarships, and have been able to attend oxford. can someone give me an insight on Rhodes, do you get in automatically get into oxford with it or not? Im going to be working my (excuse my language please)ass off in college to get the rhodes and attend oxford for engineering(hopefully i get in there</p>
<p>thank you :D</p>
<p>If you want it, I say go for it.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure that the Rhodes Scholarship does also mean you are accepted into Oxford, that seems to be the way everybody talks about it, I don’t think I have ever heard of someone getting a Rhodes Scholarship and NOT getting into Oxford.</p>
<p>There is a good FAQ you can download here:</p>
<p>[Frequently</a> Asked Questions | The Rhodes Scholarships](<a href=“Office of the American Secretary | The Rhodes Scholarships”>Office of the American Secretary | The Rhodes Scholarships)</p>
<p>You may want to read the whole thing.</p>
<p>It looks like applications become available in July, and must be completed by the end of October.</p>
<p>Sorry, the deadline is actually “The First Wednesday in October”.</p>
<p>thank you very much for the response its given me a little of a breath and hope and thank you for the link! :)</p>
<p>There is no situation where you get a Rhodes scholarship and do not get in to Oxford (though the other way round it’s possible).</p>
<p>I think you probably do need to think about this now as it is so competitive. Lots of good luck to you.</p>
<p>Admission to Oxford is not guaranteed for Rhodes Scholars. </p>
<p>Keep in mind though, that Oxford’s approach to admissions is nothing like the US.</p>
<p>First, you apply to both a college and a program. Either may reject you.</p>
<p>Next, Oxford uses a kind of rolling admissions that they call “gathered fields” Say the first time around you were rejected by a college but not a program. Reapply with the same program but a less competitive college. Or, you might be offered admission to the program and a different college. </p>
<p>Also consider that the Rhodes Foundation and the Americal Rhodes Committee have folks that work with scholarship winners in completing the application process.</p>
<p>Final note: USNA has an excellent track record in winning Rhodes. Problem for the OP is that many of the winners are obviously, if you look at their Bios(which you can easily find on line), groomed for postgrad honors from the beginning, through unusual summer assignments and such.</p>