BaylorPreparesYour Guide to Baylor’s Distinguished Scholars Program

The Baylor School Distinguished Scholars Program (DSP) was created to attract the

very best boarding students from around the country to a school committed to helping

them realize their full potential. Since its inception, the DSP has provided full or partial

boarding scholarships to young men and women who demonstrate significant promise

to contribute to the overall life of Baylor, both inside the classroom and out.

This booklet explains more about the type of students we’re looking for and the process

they will follow to apply for and, perhaps, win one of these prestigious merit-based

scholarships. If you are a student who meets the criteria – or if you know one – please

contact us. It may well open the door to an extraordinary educational opportunity.

Jim Kennedy, Director of Admission and Enrollment

Welcome to an Extraordinary Opportunity!

Honoring Excellence.

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The Distinguished Scholars Program rewards meritorious rising 9th grade

boarding students with four-year scholarships. Each year, one full-tuition

scholarship is awarded along with one half-tuition and two quarter-tuition

scholarships. The awards cover all tuition, room and board as long as the

student maintains an exemplary performance in and out of the classroom.

The scholarship is intended for students seeking academic challenges and

a wide range of opportunities outside of the classroom. Nominees will be

expected to have exhibited leadership skills and to have made a positive

contribution to some worthy group or cause.

Baylor Leads to Scholarship.

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Baylor’s Distinguished Scholars have been actors, athletes, dancers, debaters,

outdoors enthusiasts, writers, mathematicians, student government officers,

singers and scientists. They have gone on to college at Harvard, Berkeley,

North Carolina, MIT, Georgetown, Sewanee, and Stanford among many others.

They have hailed from Colorado to Connecticut and Indiana to Texas. They

have been male and female, reflecting diverse personal backgrounds and world

views. What they have had in common are academic aptitude, the desire to

achieve excellence, and the passion for self-discovery. They have left their

marks on Baylor, and Baylor has become a part of them.

Nominees should demonstrate academic excellence

(including exemplary performance on a Baylor-

approved national test), leadership skills, and

breadth of interest and extracurricular involvement.

They also must have made a positive contribution

to some worthy group or cause.

Furthermore, nominations must be accompanied by: Three letters of recommendation: two from teach -

ers and one from a non-teacher.

A two-three page essay by the nominee recounting a time when he or she was challenged or tested in some significant way.

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Nomination Process.Students must be nominated for the scholarship by someone other than an immediate family

member or a member of the Baylor School faculty or staff. Nomination forms are online

at www.baylorschool.org/admission/dsp_nominationForm.aspx and should be submitted electronically.

Finalists will be invited to campus in February to be interviewed by the

DSP Committee before winners are selected and announced. For more information,

please contact the Admission Office at (423) 267-5902 or admission@baylorschool.org.

The Baylor Experience.

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Set on the banks of the Tennessee River, the Baylor campus boasts buildings

that date back more than a century, but it’s the programs and people that

make Baylor a premier boarding school. A rigorous curriculum, a significant

selection of extracurricular activities, an outstanding faculty, and a network

of dedicated and involved dormitory faculty and parents create a boarding

experience that is both challenging and nurturing. Moreover, the real-world

dynamic of boys and girls learning and working together advances the

school’s mission of developing capable leaders who have both the ability and

the desire to make a positive difference in the world.

A great school is distinguished by the scholarship it keeps.

For more information about our Distinguished Scholars Program, please go to

www.baylorschool/admission/boarding-scholarship-program.

171 Baylor School Road Chattanooga, TN 37405 www.baylorschool.org