Scholarship Description

The Posse Foundation assists schools in identifying and recruiting exceptional groups of diverse students. Winners of the Posse scholarship will be afforded full tuition for four years to one of the Posse Foundation's 28 partner universities. Students who are chosen to participate in the Posse Program will undergo an eight-month workshop during which they will meet for two hours per week to prepare for the rigors of top-tier colleges. With the program's help, they will be able to hone their cross-cultural communication, leadership and academic skills. The Posse Program has workshop sites in six major cities across the United States inlcluding Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta.


Participating schools include:

Babson College
Boston University
Brandeis University
Bryn Mawr College
Bucknell University
Carleton College
Centre College
Claremont McKenna College
Colby College
The College of Wooster
Denison University
DePauw University
Dickinson College
Franklin & Marshall College
Grinnell College
Hamilton College
Lafayette College
Lawrence University
Middlebury College
Oberlin College
Pomona College
Sewanee: The University of the South
Trinity College
Union College
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Vanderbilt University
Wheaton College

Students interested in applying will need to either nominate themselves, or be nominated by a counselor, a community foundation or a Posse alumnus.

Nominated students will undergo a three-step election process. During the first step, the foundation will place them in situations that highlight their public speaking, listening, negotiation and communication skills. Those selected to move on to the next step will be invited back for an interview. In the final recruitment stage, applicants will undergo a finalist workshop where Posse staff and university representatives select the university posse winners for that year.

Website Address
http://www.possefoundation.org