How Can I Prepare?

• Start researching fellowship awards as early as possible
• Focus your extracurriculars on activities that are meaningful to you
• Seek out leadership opportunities
• Be a change agent – find ways you can make a difference
• Take challenging classes
• Get involved with research
• Learn another language
• Get to know your professors
• Look for summer employment or internships in your area of study
• Expand your knowledge of the world – keep up with current events, attend cultural events on campus, study abroad