THE RAMSEY HONORS SCHOLARSHIP
The Ramsey Scholars program was life changing. It provided me with opportunities
The Ramsey Honors Scholarship was created by the trustees of the University of Georgia Foundation in 2000 and is named for the University’s most generous individual benefactor, the late Bernard Ramsey (BS ’37), long-time chairman of the board of Merrill Lynch. Ramsey Scholars are selected through the Foundation Fellows application process. The program welcomed 7 new students in 2015-2016, bringing the total number of Ramsey Scholars to 26. The average SAT score for the incoming class was 1535 (math + verbal only), and the average ACT score was 35. Their high school grade point average was 4.15 on a 4.0 scale, which indicates extra points for Advanced Placement classes. The Ramsey Scholars also have impressive high school academic and extracurricular credentials. Students enjoy Ramsey community events throughout the year, including a weekend retreat in the mountains of North Georgia, book discussions and seminars with premier faculty, kayaking down the Broad River, the Ramsey graduation banquet, and a spring break service trip (past destinations include Austin, Miami, New Orleans, Asheville, and Charleston).
I couldn’t have gotten anywhere else. It introduced me to some of the best people I’ve ever crossed paths with, many of whom I still consider my best friends. I am
The Benefits of Being a Ramsey Scholar Annual stipend: $5,857 plus the Zell Miller Scholarship (currently
worth $9,362 per year) for in-state students; $9,832 plus an out-ofstate tuition waiver (currently worth $18,210 per year) for out-of-state students First-year housing supplement of $579
incredibly grateful for
Four domestic spring break service trips (valued at $2,000)
everyone who worked so
Individual travel-study grants of $3,000 (closely related to students’
hard to build the Ramsey
academic and professional goals, can be combined with semester stipends for study overseas for a full semester or academic year)
program into what it is
Special seminars and book discussions with UGA and visiting
today.”
professors
— Glenn Branscomb, Ramsey Class of 2013, MBA Candidate,
Faculty and peer mentoring All-scholar retreats Participation in a community of young scholars who stimulate each
The Wharton School, University of
other’s intellectual and personal development through the exchange of ideas and experiences
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