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The Charpie Scholarship is an extremely competitive leadership scholarship offered to only a few students from certain high schools each year. The scholarship is not very publicized (on purpose), so there is not much information about it available online.  
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The Charpie Scholarship is an extremely competitive leadership scholarship offered to only a few students each year. The scholarship is not very publicized (on purpose), so there is not much information about it available online.  
  
 
== Selection process ==
 
== Selection process ==
 
* Students are picked for leadership abilities.
 
* Students are picked for leadership abilities.
* Only students admitted to CMU from about a dozen specific high schools (Montgomery Blair High School, TJHSST, etc.) are eligible.
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* No additional application materials are required.
 
* About a dozen finalists are chosen and invited to CMU during a Sleeping Bag weekend to compete in "leadership activities."
 
* About a dozen finalists are chosen and invited to CMU during a Sleeping Bag weekend to compete in "leadership activities."
* The number of students selected to receive scholarships varies each year, but it is usually only a few (2-4?).
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* The number of students selected to receive scholarships varies each year, but it is usually only a few (2-3).
  
 
== Award details ==
 
== Award details ==
* Full-tuition scholarship (students still have to pay around <dollar/>10,000 for room and board, books, etc.)
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* Full-tuition scholarship (students still have to pay around $13,000 for room and board, books, etc.)
 
* Special leadership, professional, and travel opportunities
 
* Special leadership, professional, and travel opportunities
  

Latest revision as of 01:04, 1 April 2015

The Charpie Scholarship is an extremely competitive leadership scholarship offered to only a few students each year. The scholarship is not very publicized (on purpose), so there is not much information about it available online.

Selection process

  • Students are picked for leadership abilities.
  • No additional application materials are required.
  • About a dozen finalists are chosen and invited to CMU during a Sleeping Bag weekend to compete in "leadership activities."
  • The number of students selected to receive scholarships varies each year, but it is usually only a few (2-3).

Award details

  • Full-tuition scholarship (students still have to pay around $13,000 for room and board, books, etc.)
  • Special leadership, professional, and travel opportunities

See also