Matt McGann '00 | November 22, 2009
"Three MIT students win Rhodes Scholarships"
On Saturday evening, the Rhodes Trust announced the 32 Americans who have won the 2009 Rhodes Scholarships. The Rhodes Scholarship, described as "the oldest and best known award for international study," includes among its winners political figures like Bill Clinton, George Stephanopoulos and David Souter; scientists like Edwin Hubble, Robert J. van de Graaff and Brian Greene; journalists like Nicholas Kristof, Michael Kinsley and Walter Isaacson; and MIT Admissions bloggers like Melis '08.
This year, MIT students won three of the 32 scholarships. This brings MIT's count to 43 Rhodes Scholars.
Below, find the "official" biographies of the students from rhodesscholar.org (links mine):
 Caroline J. Huang, Newark [Delaware], is a senior at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she majors in brain and cognitive sciences, with minors in psychology and political science. At MIT, she founded the MIT branch of Camp Kesem, a student-run and free camp for the children of cancer patients. Caroline’s research uses MRI imaging to investigate the area of the brain associated with reading, with applications to dyslexia. She also interned for Senator Edward Kennedy. At Oxford, she plans to do a doctorate in public health with a focus on bioethics. |
 Ugwechi W. Amadi, Camden [North Carolina], is a senior at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, majoring in brain and cognitive science, with a minor in literature. She has done research on post-traumatic stress disorder, and atherosclerotic restenosis at MIT, and on brain atrophy and alzheimers at the Massachusetts General Hospital. She is also active in mentoring middle school girls. Ugwechi plans to do the M.Sc. in psychological research at Oxford. |
 Steven Mo, Pearland [Texas], is a senior at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he majors in biology and minors in economics. He spent his junior year studying biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Cambridge. He has conducted research in breast cancer pathology, and in the Harvard-MIT laboratory in multistate regenerative technologies. Steven has organized and taught classes for high school science students, and has won numerous prizes in biology and biomedical engineering. He plans to do a doctorate in bioengineering at Oxford. |
Congrats to Caroline, Ugwechi, and Steven!
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It's awesome that 2 out of the 3 are doing course 9! :) Congratulations!!
Posted by: Su ('14?) on November 22, 2009 06:37 PM
Congrats to all the winners. They make me wanna come to MIT all the more :-)
Posted by: Sam on November 22, 2009 06:43 PM
Best of wishes to all winners in their future careers!
Posted by: FuLanKe on November 22, 2009 07:04 PM
Hometown REPRESENT!
Posted by: Chris on November 22, 2009 07:24 PM
yay congo!!!
Posted by: Anonymous on November 22, 2009 07:47 PM
Wow... 3 out of 32 scholarships is AMAZING!!! MIT is such an unbelievable school; it seems like everyone who graduates from it has done or will do something incredible.
Posted by: Lauren on November 22, 2009 10:10 PM
Nice to see the kind of students MIT produces, it makes me want to go there and get my own Rhodes scholarship
Posted by: Jamie '14? on November 22, 2009 10:14 PM
Congrats to the three rhodes scholars!
I'm not even in MIT and I'm already pumped!!
Posted by: Nate '14? on November 23, 2009 02:02 AM
MIT really is SOME PLACE!!
Three out of thirty-two!
Congrats.=)
Posted by: Val'14? on November 23, 2009 06:31 AM
Wow! That's an amazing accomplishment!
Congrats to the three winners!
Posted by: VAL ('14?) on November 23, 2009 10:40 AM
What are their sports?
Posted by: anan on November 23, 2009 07:18 PM
Congrats! And Yeaaaah Texas! :]
Posted by: Shivam on November 23, 2009 10:49 PM
@ Anan:
Although Cecil Rhodes did specify a "sports requirement" for the scholarship, it is now modernly interpreted as if you are active physically and pursue a healthy lifestyle, then you fulfill that part of the sports requirement. You don't actually have to be on a sports team or anything to win the scholarship. Many applicants just put down that they do some kind of physical exercise recreationally and that generally suffices.
Posted by: Oasis '11 on November 24, 2009 12:01 AM
"Harvard University had the most recipients this year, with five. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology had the second highest number of scholarship winners, with three. Three institutions had two winners each: the U.S. Military Academy, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Yale University."
Also, MIT beat out Yale and Princeton (1) this year! :)
(also, if only count current enrolled students, we beat out Harvard too - Harvard had 2 current seniors and 3 recent grads that won Rhodes)
Go MIT!! =D
Posted by: Oasis '11 on November 24, 2009 12:09 AM
@Oasis:
Yeah, MIT rocks!
Posted by: Clara '14? on November 25, 2009 03:11 AM
This is great motivation for some of us to do our aim at even greater things.
Posted by: Araba on November 25, 2009 01:46 PM
hi please too meet you
Posted by: george on November 26, 2009 10:09 AM
Truly spectacular! No need to argue between Harvard Vs. MIT - which has brass rats and smoots? No contest.
Congratulations to Caroline, Ugwechi, and Steven!
Posted by: Monday Night Picks on November 27, 2009 11:18 AM
hello..
Posted by: ankita on November 27, 2009 11:16 PM
i am from india with GPA 3.93 in Electronics & communication graduate program..
n i want to apply for MIT EECS scholarship..
what is the way 4 doing that n if i get scholarshi than what maount of fees will i have to pay??
Posted by: ankita on November 27, 2009 11:21 PM
hi would like to know wether there is any age limit to get admission in to MIT.
Posted by: prabhuashishb on November 29, 2009 04:53 AM
You didn't 'beat' Harvard at anything. :P
Posted by: Tom on November 30, 2009 07:08 AM
Congs guys! I love MIT; I really hope I get in.
Posted by: D on December 1, 2009 11:02 AM
Hi Matt,
I am an Indian living in the UAE and have applied as a regular applicant.
1.)I have a score of 680 in CR, 750 in WR and 770 in Maths. Are they competitive?? Also my SAT II scores are 800(Maths II) and 800(Physics). I also have a GPA of 4.
2.) I also am extremely involved in extra-curricular activities, I am Secretary for the school Environment Club and the Debate Club. As part of the school quiz team, I have won many inter-school quizzes where schools from all over the UAE participate. Will you consider this as regional or national?? Also I wrote two Gulf Olympiads in grade 11(Physics and Chemistry). However we only get grades for them. Do I mention this in the application??
3.)I am also School Prefect and was Asst. Head Boy in grade 11. Does this really matter as far as admission to MIT is considered??
Sorry for asking so many questions. Thanks in advance.
PS. I am also part of school soccer team.
Posted by: Shashank on December 1, 2009 11:20 AM
This is the one place where you don't get surprised by these kinds of things. Wow congrats guys!
Posted by: 14? Hopeful on December 1, 2009 09:13 PM
