The American University Emerging Global Leader Scholarship, USA

Application deadline: December 15, 2020 for entering Fall (August 2021)

The AU Emerging Global Leader Scholarship promotes educational access and opportunity while enhancing international diversity. Bringing together the best of AU – academic excellence, leadership development, and global engagement – the AU Emerging Global Leader achieves, inspires, and serves with vision. The AU EGL is dedicated to positive civic and social change, and will return home to improve under-resourced, underserved communities in their home country.

Scholarship Benefits

This scholarship covers all billable AU expenses (full tuition, room and board) for one international student who will need a visa (F-1 or J-1 student visa) to study in the USA. It does not cover expenses such as health insurance (mandatory), books, airline tickets and other expenses (approximately U.S.$4,000 per year).

The AU EGL scholarship is renewable for a total of four years of undergraduate study, based on continued satisfactory academic performance.

Eligibility

Preference is given to:

1. International students who overcame various obstacles and challenges and students from diverse and underrepresented global and socioeconomic backgrounds.
2. A minimum 3.8 GPA equivalent out of 4.0 GPA (or in the top 10% of graduating class) for 9th-12th grades.
3. A demonstrated commitment to leadership, volunteerism, community service and to advancing the needs of people in their home country.
4. Students with one of the following:
   1. 95+ TOEFL iBT (all subscores must be 20 or above)
   2. Sub-scores of 24+ on the paper-based TOEFL (Taken after May 31, 2017)
   3. 7.0+ IELTS (all subscores must be 6.0 or above)
   4. 33 minimum SAT Reading Subscore
   5. 29 minimum ACT English
   6. 65 minimum PTE
   7. 120+ Duolingo (all subscores must be 110 or above)
5. Students who are still enrolled in secondary/high school and graduating by June 2021.

More details and information for application on Official website.