About the Presidential Scholars

Students admitted to the Presidential Scholars Program come from all parts of the United States and from countries outside the United States. To see if any past or present Scholars come from your area click on the Interactive U.S. Map in this section or on the international link in the right-hand corner next to the map. If you would like to have a past or present Scholar from your home state or country contact you so that you can learn more about the program please send a request via e-mail to Jennie Thomas (thomasjv@bc.edu).

While at BC Scholars are encouraged and supported in applying to a variety of undergraduate and graduate level fellowships and grants. You can see a list of awards won by Scholars.

Once graduated from BC our Scholar Alumni have gone on to a variety of exciting and challenging opportunities. For example, employment or graduate school placements for the Scholars from the Class of 2008 include the following:

Pursuing PhD in Ancient History
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Andersen Windows
Logistics Development Program
Oak Park Heights, MN

Business Analyst – Public Policy Consulting
Public Consulting Group
Boston, MA

Co-owner of a start-up company
Green Energy Appliance Contracting Business
Providence, RI

Trial Preparation Assistant
Rackets Bureau, Manhattan District Attorney’s Office
New York City, NY

Pursuing an MD and PhD
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Bilingual Teacher
New York City Teaching Fellows
New York City, NY

Research Assistant to Prof. Young Lee
Center for Material Science & Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

Fulbright Grant - Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey

Critical Language Scholarship to Tomsk, Russia (summer) Followed by
A year-long graduate study program in intensive Persian and Tajik through a Title VIII Eurasian Language grant
Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Project Analyst
Law Firm of Mintz, Levin
Boston, MA

Pursing a Master’s degree in Theology and Education
Notre Dame University
South Bend, IN

Program Director, College Bound Program
Breakthrough Collaborative
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Account Associate, AdWords
Google
Cambridge, MA

To view a list of featured alumni from 1995-2008 please refer to the link on this section.