<p>Barry</a> M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program
Barry</a> M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program: Scholar Press Release
Barry</a> M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program: 2010 Goldwater Scholars</p>
<p>The 2010 Goldwater Scholars have just been announced. These scholarships are awarded to undergraduates in engineering, mathematics and the sciences. Goldwater Scholars have often later won Rhodes, Marshalls and other prestigious awards.</p>
<p>"The Goldwater Scholars were selected on the basis of academic merit from a field of 1,111 mathematics, science, and engineering students who were nominated by the faculties of colleges and universities nationwide. One hundred fifty-six of the Scholars are men, 122 are women, and virtually all intend to obtain a Ph.D. as their degree objective. Seventeen Scholars are mathematics majors, 199 are science and related majors, 53 are majoring in engineering, and 9 are computer science majors. Many of the Scholars have dual majors in a variety of mathematics, science, engineering, and computer disciplines.</p>
<p>The one and two year scholarships will cover the cost of tuition, fees, books, and room and board up to a maximum of $7,500 per year.</p>
<p>Goldwater Scholars have very impressive academic qualifications that have garnered the attention of prestigious post-graduate fellowship programs. Recent Goldwater Scholars have been awarded 73 Rhodes Scholarships, 105 Marshall Awards, 90 Churchill Scholarships (9 of the 14 awarded in the United States in 2010), and numerous other distinguished fellowships."</p>
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<p>Princeton leads the nation in Goldwater Scholars since the founding of the program with Harvard just a few behind. Schools may nominate up to four undergraduates for the scholarship and while Princeton has typically had four scholars, this year it had three, a number it shared with Harvard. Twelve schools were awarded four this year. Sixteen had three and a very large number had two. All of the Ivies were represented this year.</p>
<p>In the Ivies</p>
<p>3---Princeton and Harvard</p>
<p>2---Brown, Cornell, Penn and Yale</p>
<p>1---Columbia and Dartmouth</p>