U of C once again a top producer of U.S. Fulbrights

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<p>Top</a> U.S. Producers of Fulbright Students, by Type of Institutions, 2009-10 - International - The Chronicle of Higher Education</p>

<p>I forgot to post this, but I think it's pretty interesting. Surprisingly, Northwestern tops the list this year - perhaps because of rising interest in this program at Evanston as the economy continues to sour? </p>

<p>In either case, I find the numbers interesting, as I think they can still serve as a rough gauge of schools that tend to be more "pre-professional," and those with a more academic bent (with NU perhaps being a bit of an outlier this year.) </p>

<p>For instance, Chicago once again also had more Fulbright applicants (128) than any other U.S. college. Duke and Dartmouth, which are - very roughly - about the same size as Chicago, only saw 38 and 34 applicants, respectively. UPenn, which is double the size of Chicago, only had 88 applicants. On the other hand, Brown had 106 applicants and Pomona had a very healthy number of applicants - 58 - for a smaller college. </p>

<p>Thoughts? Another good year for Chicago on this front.</p>

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<p>I’m more impressed that Central Washington University had two applicants and two Fulbrights.</p>

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<p>^ Agreed. UW was also pretty high up on that list.</p>

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<p>Interesting that the rate at which its applicants were accepted is lower than practically anyone else in the top 10 – a skootch under 25%. A distinction it shares with Harvard. Berkeley and Penn, further down the list, were even lower.</p>

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<p>Who cares?</p>

<p>Winning Fulbrights is a mark of, um, winning Fulbrights. </p>

<p>They are not awarded based on academic merit alone. In fact, I’m not sure academic merit even enters into the picture.

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