Caroline D. Bradley Scholarship

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The Caroline D. Bradley Scholarship (CDB Scholarship) is a highly competitive merit-based full scholarship awarded by the Institute for Educational Advancement (IEA) for United States citizens that identifies gifted middle school students nationwide who have demonstrated high academic potential and personal excellence and offers them a four-year scholarship to any high school in the country. Students must apply while in the 7th grade. The application deadline is in April. [1]

Scholarship recipients must score in the top 3% on a nationally normed standardized test and take the College Board SAT college admissions test or the ACT test while in seventh grade. Applicants also write essays and finalists have an interview. Current scholars and available alumni attend an annual retreat to discuss issues of global importance and personal relevance.

History

The scholarship was launched in 2002 with 5 students, supported by an anonymous donor. In 2012, fifteen students were selected. The college with the largest number of previous Bradley Scholarship winners currently enrolled as undergraduates was Harvard University. [2] [3] As of 2022, it was funded by the Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation.

Starting in 2019, the IEA began to publish their annual scholarship winners as "the class of 2024" (referencing the high school graduation date) instead of "the class of 2019" (the year of receiving the scholarship). [4]

The Bradley Scholarship is the only U.S. scholarship which pays for full tuition for high school students and that is not restricted to students who are from low-income backgrounds. The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Young Scholars Program is a similar program available to students from low-income backgrounds. These are the only two U.S. scholarships that are national competitions and that pay for high school tuition at any high school. [5] It is possible to be awarded both scholarships. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Caroline D. Bradley Scholarship". Center for Talented Youth, Johns Hopkins University. 2012. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "Caroline D. Bradley Scholarship Vision and Mission". Institute for Educational Advancement. 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "2012 Caroline D. Bradley Scholars" (PDF). Institute for Educational Advancement. 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Announcing the 2024 Class of Caroline D. Bradley Scholars - Institute for Educational Advancement". educationaladvancement.org. 2019-09-10. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  5. ↑ "Out-of-School and Summer Program Scholarships". Talent Identification Program, Duke University. 2012. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  6. ↑ "Bianca Lin". Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. 2012. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
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