6/5/2001
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Seventeen academically talented students from throughout the country have been named 2001 Alumni Distinguished Scholars and University Distinguished Scholars at Michigan State University.
The Alumni Distinguished Scholarship (ADS) and the University Distinguished Scholarship (UDS) are the most prestigious academic scholarships offered by MSU. They cover tuition, room and board, books and other academic expenses for up to nine semesters of undergraduate education. The total value of a scholarship is approximately $48,000 for in-state students and $72,000 for out-of-state students over the term of the award.
"MSU welcomes these extraordinary students to campus and looks forward to their future academic accomplishments," said MSU President Peter McPherson.
The scholarships are among the most competitive in the country. ADS recipients are selected from more than 1,100 high school seniors who applied to MSU and who came to campus in February to take an intensive general knowledge examination. The UDS program is also based on merit and is equivalent to the ADS award but does not require scholars to take the general examination.
Scholarship winners from Michigan are:
Stuart Bergstrom, Grand Haven, ADS
Joshua Boehme, East Lansing, ADS
Anne Bresler, Livonia, ADS
Daniel D' Arcangelis, Portage, ADS
Anne Kopicko, Farmington Hills, ADS
Sandra Richardson, Clarkston, ADS
Kevin Roth, Shelby Township, ADS
Hilary Wade, Holland, ADS
Thomas Wolf, East Lansing, ADS
Out-of-state scholarship recipients are:
Mark Bly, Fort Wayne, Ind., ADS
Helena Kopchick, Delmar, N.Y., UDS
Karen Lind, Plano, Texas, UDS
Benjamin Lorson, Montoursville, Pa., UDS
Michael Lowe, Hardin, Mont., ADS
Vinayak Prasad, La Porte, Ind., ADS
Natalie Stein, Toluca Lake, Calif., UDS
Amanda Wahlig, Riverdale, Ga., UDS
The average high school grade point average of the17 students is 4.07 on a 4.0 scale. The average ACT score is 34 (out of 36) and the average SAT score is 1530 (out of 1600).
Of the 17 scholars, five plan to major in an engineering or science field, including electrical engineering, materials science and computer science. Majors of the other scholars include history, accounting, music performance, linguistics, pre-veterinary science and integrative studies in social science. Three of the students will enter the Lyman Briggs School and one plans to attend James Madison College.
The students also will participate in the program of the Honors College at MSU in addition to the academic work in their majors.
"We are very excited that these scholarship winners have chosen to attend MSU and participate in Honors College programs," said Ron Fisher, director of the MSU Honors College. "They will join the more than 2,000 other Honors College students at MSU who are pursuing honors academic programs, participating in research and enriching the university community."
ADS winners are selected by a committee of faculty and administrators based on results of the scholarship examination, high school programs and achievements, other standardized test scores and interviews of the finalists. UDS recipients are selected on the basis of their high school program and achievements and standardized test scores.