<p>I'm not sure if there is an office in each academy to work solely to gain prestigious awards (to my knowledge there is not, but I attended a number of years ago - you may know better). However here are the criteria for selection:</p>
<p>Mr. Rhodes Will contains four criteria by which prospective Rhodes Scholars are to be selected:
literary and scholastic attainments; </p>
<p>energy to use ones talents to the full, as exemplified by fondness for and success in sports; </p>
<p>truth, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for and protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfishness and fellowship; </p>
<p>moral force of character and instincts to lead, and to take an interest in ones fellow beings. </p>
<p>Looks like the academies would fit well with the criteria.</p>