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How Smithies Have Fared in the National Competitions: By Year

The following statistics cover the 12 main fellowship competitions for which the Smith fellowships program provided applicant support (Beinecke, Boren, Daad, Fulbright, Gates-Cambridge, Luce, Marshall, Mellon, Mitchell, Rhodes, Truman, Udall):

2003

17 Fellows (as compared to 4 each in 2000 & 2001, and 8 in 2002, i.e. 4 times the 4 fellows in both 2000 and 2001, and more than double the 8 fellows in 2002).

Smith’s 27% winning odds are 1.7 times better than the 16% national average chance of winning.

An average of 1 in 3.7 applicants won fellowships (27% success rate), which is 3 times 2001’s success rate of 9%.

Bonus: 3 Cambridge University acceptances from 4 Gates-Cambridge applications

2002

8 Fellows = double 2001’s 4 fellows.

An average of 1 in 3.75 applicants won fellowships. This is a 26% success rate, almost 3 times success rate of 2001.

Figures above cover the two years since the new Fellowships Program began. Figures below cover the years before the Fellowships Coordinator was hired.

2001

4 Fellows
45 Applications (estimate) = 9% success rate

2000

4 Fellows
48 Applications (estimate) = 8% success rate

1953 – 1999

109 Fellows
Up to 47-year history = 2.3 fellows per year average

How Smith Students Have Fared in the National Competitions: By Fellowship

• Beinecke: One nominee allowed every year. One fellow in the 2 years 2002-2003.
• Boren: 2 fellows (+ 1 alternate) out of 7 applicants in 2003 = 29%
• Daad: 4 fellows out of 5 applicants in the 2 years 2002-2003 = 80%
• Fulbright:
  • 10 student fellows out of 30 student applicants in the 2 years 2002-2003 = 33%
  • 3 alum fellows out of 8 alum applicants in 2003 = 38%
  • 13 fellows (+ 3 alternates & 2 finalists) out of 38 applicants in the 2 years 2002-2003 = 34%
  • 33% student winning odds are 1.9 times better than the 17% national average

• Gates-Cambridge: 0 Gates fellows out of 5 applicants in the 2 years 2002-2003 = 0%
  3 students accepted by Cambridge (+ 1 finalist) out of 4 applicants in 2003 = 75%
• Luce: 0 fellows out of 3 nominees in the 2 years 2002-2003
• Marshall: 0 fellows (+ 2 finalists) out of 5 applicants in the 2 years 2002-2003
• Mellon: 3 fellows (+ 1 finalist) out of 11 applicants in the 2 years 2002-2003 = 27%.
  2.5 times better than the 11% national average
• Mitchell: 0 fellows out of 3 applicants in the 2 years 2002-2003
• Rhodes: 0 fellows (+ 1 state & national finalist) out of 3 applicants in the 2 years 2002-2003
• Truman: 1 fellow (+ 3 finalists) out of 7 applicants in the 2 years 2002-2003 = 14%.
  1.3 times better than the 11% national average
• Udall: 1 fellow out of 5 applicants in 2003 = 20%.
  1.2 times better than the 17% national average