UChicago #4 in Fulbrights

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<p>Top</a> Producers of U.S. Fulbright Students by Type of Institution, 2012-13 - Global - The Chronicle of Higher Education</p>

<p>Top Producers of U.S. Fulbright Students by Type of Institution, 2012-13
Research institutions Number of applications Number of awards
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor 141 40
Harvard U. 132 31
Brown U. 85 29
U. of Chicago 102 24
U. of California at Berkeley 97 23
Yale U. 98 23
Arizona State U. 58 23
Columbia U. 79 22
Northwestern U. 101 22
U. of Texas at Austin 77 22
Rutgers U. 111 21
U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities 68 19
Boston College 64 18
Michigan State U. 63 17
Stanford U. 74 15
U. of Pittsburgh 54 15
U. of California at Los Angeles 53 15
American U. 48 14
Duke U. 36 14
Georgetown U. 61 14
U. of Maryland at College Park 48 14
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 61 14
U. of Wisconsin at Madison 53 14
Washington U. in St. Louis 62 14
U. of Georgia 68 13
Florida State U. 51 12
George Washington U. 54 12
U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 55 12
Cornell U. 54 11
Emory U. 52 11
Princeton U. 67 11
U. of Florida 61 11
U. of South Carolina at Columbia 28 11
College of William and Mary 47 10
Johns Hopkins U. 79 10
Ohio State U. 44 10
Pennsylvania State U. at University Park 56 10
Syracuse U. 38 10
U. of Southern California 68 10
U. of Nebraska at Lincoln 27 9</p>

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<p>It is good news. It is for current year.</p>

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<p>The ratio of winners to applicants is actually quite low. Disappointing.</p>

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<p>Ratio of applicants to winners (a sample):</p>

<p>Brown: 29 / 85 = 34.12%
Michigan 40 / 141 = 28.37%
UChicago: 24 / 102 = 23.53%
Harvard: 31 / 132 = 23.48%
Yale: 23 / 98 = 23.47%
Stanford: 15 / 74 = 20.27%
Princeton: 11 / 67 = 16.41%</p>

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<p>truth123:</p>

<p>Thank you for posting this and your other UChicago updates. It seems clear to me that the decision made under Sonnenschein’s regime to make an institutional commitment to upgrade the college to its former glory is bearing fruit.</p>

<p>UChicago will remain a research university at its core, but it is heartening to see the College finally given the resources it needs to play in the top tier again.</p>

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<p>@ILoveUofC You’re welcome! Yes, I was just reading an article from 1999 predicting gloom and doom if the College expanded, but at least from a rankings (if I may use that word hahahaha), awards, financial, and quality of life point of view it has paid off. And in the end I think a stronger College will mean a stronger overall University. It’s one of the main reasons the University has been able to afford hiring 100 new faculty members, for instance. I can understand why people would be upset if UChicago’s culture of the life of the mind changed, but I don’t see that happening any time soon. There is always fear of change and I think this is part of what has caused some people to get upset over the years. A larger College will also give the University a stronger alumni base–and more alums means more Nobel prizes and more accomplishments in all fields.</p>

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<p>What are we to make of these numbers?</p>

<p>Columbia: 22/79= 27.85%
Duke: 14/36= 38.89%
U of South Carolina at Columbia: 11/28= 39.29%
U of Nebraska at Lincoln: 9/27= 33.33%</p>

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<p>I would say you need to take into consideration 1) total winners, 2) ratio of winners to applicants, 3) historical track record, 4) other awards, etc., etc.</p>

<p>For instance, UChicago still had more total winners than Columbia, Duke, South Carolina, Nebraska, etc.</p>

<p>In general, UChicago has been in the top 4 or 5 for the past several years running, whereas some other schools have bounced around. In general, UChicago’s performance has been improving a lot–certainly since the 80s–and the more selective classes haven’t graduated yet so even in a couple of years you could see more of a jump.</p>

<p>And I’m not knocking those other schools. They all deserve credit for what they accomplished. I am merely pointing out that UChicago has been one of the top few schools by any measure in regard to Fulbrights in recent years. If UChicago isn’t doing well in Fulbrights then hardly any other school is doing well.</p>

<p>OK, you forced me to dig these up. Hahahaha. (You do represent the Duke contingent, right?) Cheers… I’ll let you do the historical analysis! :slight_smile: These are just what I found in a quick search.</p>

<p>2011:
[Top</a> Producers of U.S. Fulbright Students by Type of Institution, 2011-12 - International - The Chronicle of Higher Education](<a href=“Top Producers of U.S. Fulbright Students by Type of Institution, 2011-12”>Top Producers of U.S. Fulbright Students by Type of Institution, 2011-12)</p>

<p>2010:
[Table:</a> Top Producers of U.S. Fulbright Students by Type of Institution, 2010-11 - Global - The Chronicle of Higher Education](<a href=“Table: Top Producers of U.S. Fulbright Students by Type of Institution, 2010-11”>Table: Top Producers of U.S. Fulbright Students by Type of Institution, 2010-11)</p>

<p>2009:
[Top</a> U.S. Producers of Fulbright Students, by Type of Institutions, 2009-10 - Global - The Chronicle of Higher Education](<a href=“Top U.S. Producers of Fulbright Students, by Type of Institutions, 2009-10”>Top U.S. Producers of Fulbright Students, by Type of Institutions, 2009-10)</p>

<p>2007:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/407322-top-schools-fulbright-scholars-released.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/407322-top-schools-fulbright-scholars-released.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>2005:
<a href=“https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:olb7weifQ2IJ:us.fulbrightonline.org/uploads/files/top_producing/2006-07/research.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgwUuc4olB1LgYraZUautZ4O-QjJZqcLdnUj4Iu7FdMUQ10TjHWck7AVXzjSe33Jzn2EZ-6ufnUPPlNslA3wqR6NdaCZwMCDQBg87c4IhDNonTMfqRzEQo9LHnhbtVnAS9VbBD3&sig=AHIEtbRVdOPTnCPLhOFia8pBTN7vpKgimw[/url]”>https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:olb7weifQ2IJ:us.fulbrightonline.org/uploads/files/top_producing/2006-07/research.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgwUuc4olB1LgYraZUautZ4O-QjJZqcLdnUj4Iu7FdMUQ10TjHWck7AVXzjSe33Jzn2EZ-6ufnUPPlNslA3wqR6NdaCZwMCDQBg87c4IhDNonTMfqRzEQo9LHnhbtVnAS9VbBD3&sig=AHIEtbRVdOPTnCPLhOFia8pBTN7vpKgimw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>The number of UChicago students both applying for–and winning–Fulbrights has increased by more than a factor of 10 over the past decade:</p>

<p>year / apps / winners
2001 / 6 / 2
2002 / 16 / 4
2003 / 31 / 8
2004 / 22 / 8
2005 / 22 / 6
2006 / 24 / 9
2007 / 58 / 17
2008 / 67 / 21
2009 /128 / 31
2010 /123 / 23
2011 /151 / 25
2012 /102 / 24</p>

<p>Why? This article says…
[The</a> Core: College Magazine of the University of Chicago](<a href=“http://thecore.uchicago.edu/fallwinter08/ambassadors.shtml]The”>The Core: College Magazine of the University of Chicago)</p>