Davies-Jackson

So you’re curious about the Davies-Jackson Scholarship?

Thinking you might just want to apply?

Well let’s see. You’ve got to be a first-generation college student. You need to be nerdy. You have to have written a lot, done good things, taken an interest in Cambridge, come from a smaller undergraduate school and have a really strong background in academics.

(How I got this scholarship, still tryin to figure out. I failed to mention my side gig as Cruella deVille.)

If you get the scholarship, THE mysterious, anonymous donor will finance your life at St. John’s College, Cambridge, for two years. You’ll fly out to Washington in May to meet your selection committee, and then in October, you’ll start getting schooled England style.

Which is pretty much the most amazing style.

Honestly, if you’re interested, go for it. The worst thing that could happen is you don’t get the scholarship. And the best? The best is that you get it, that you’re sent to England, that you can travel Europe and study at one of the most prestigious universities in the world.

Trust me. This scholarship is worth the non-risk of applying and then some.

Go here: http://www.cic.edu/projects_services/grants/daviesjackson/index.asp

And to learn more about the donor, read this excerpt from the online brochure:

“Over 30 years ago, Hugh Sykes Davies, a don at St. John’s, offered a place to a young, working class American from a small urban college. I took that place and became part of an intellectual community 700 years old. Forever after, I measured what I was told, or saw, against the intellect, eccentricity, custom, and beauty that is part of daily life at the College. During my first year a friend told me that one of the dons was looking for three students to crew a small boat sailing to America. I asked to go, and the don, R. Meredith Jackson, took me on. The long sail to Virginia left me with an abiding love of the sea, and memories I call up often.

Before graduating, I promised Hugh Sykes Davies that if ever the time came when I could “put back” something of the gift he and Meredith and the College had given me, I would. That time came, and I have. The Davies-Jackson Scholarship is a gift from Hugh Sykes Davies, who took a chance on a city kid from an unknown college; from
Meredith Jackson, who took him to sea; and from the College, which gave him the tuition that he could not pay.”

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Davies-Jackson Scholarship