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The Eugene McDermott Scholars Program
Leadership for the 21st Century
create your future
www.utdallas.edu
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• 1961- TI founders establish Southwest Center for
  Advanced Studies
• 1969 - UTD opens
• 1990 - Full spectrum university

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The McDermott Scholars Program

• Established in honor of TI co-founder Eugene
  McDermott
• Endowed with 32 million gift from Margaret
  McDermott
• Provides year round, four-year support for
  tuition fees, annual book stipend, housing,
  cohort travel, living expenses, two trips home
  each year for out-of-town Scholars
• Worth well over 130,000
• www.utdallas.edu/mcdermott

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Orientation Experience
Based at the St. Johns College campus Seminars
by UTD Faculty Overnight Rafting Trip Santa Fe
Opera Spanish/Native American Art and
Culture Bandelier National Monument Los Alamos
National Labs Taos and Chimayo
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Washington DC Experience
What weve seen Capitol Building National
Monuments Smithsonian Institution Supreme
Court Library of Congress National
Gallery Holocaust Museum Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts

• Who weve met
• Vice President Cheney
• Senators Hutchison Cornyn
• Texas Representatives

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Austin Experience

• Who weve met
• Governor Rick Perry
• Lt. Governor David Dewhurst
• Speaker Joe Straus
• Dallas-Fort Worth delegation
• Recognized from floor of Texas House and Texas
  Senate
• What weve seen
• Texas State Capitol
• LBJ School of Public Policy at the University of
  Texas
• Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library
• Harry Ransom Center at UT
• UT Alumni Athletic Centers

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Cultural Enrichment

• Dallas Symphony Orchestra Performances
• Eugene McDermott Concert Hall
• Dallas Opera Performances
• Backstage Tours
• Costume Shop and Set Storage
• Dallas Museum of Art
• Freshman memberships
• Tours by Curators
• Various Dallas Theater Performances

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McDermott Summers

• Maximized
• Individualized Flexible
• Endless Possibilities
• Classes
• Research
• Community Service
• Internships
• Study Abroad/ Travel

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Study Abroad
Multiple Destinations Argentina Austria China Cos
ta Rica Egypt England France Germany Greece Irelan
d Italy Jordan Mexico Peru Russia Scotland Spain S
witzerland Taiwan Zambia

• Proposal
• Blogs, Pics Whoosh!
• Reflection Evaluation
• McDermott Apartments Storage

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Service

• Volunteer tutoring/mentoring with Dallas and
  Richardson ISDs
• American Heart Association
• Richardson Public Library
• Docents at Dallas Museum of Art
• Assist local refugee families
• Habitat for Humanity
• School supply drives
• Local Hospitals
• ESL Tutoring

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Experiential Learning

• Internships
• Dallas Museum of Art and Nasher Sculpture Center
• Lands End, American Heart Association
• Center for American and International Law
• Archer Fellows in Washington DC
• United Nations, White House, Supreme Court
• Museum of Fine Arts Santa Fe
• Dallas Zoo Lab Experiences
• Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Sandia National Labs
• Medical Communities
• UT Southwestern
• Parkland, Dallas County Hospital
• Baylor College of Medicine - Houston
• U. Penn Medical School

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McDermott Seminars Leadership Dallas

• Freshman Year Friday Afternoons
• Campus Seminars
• Etiquette Lessons
• Savvy Business Skills and Dress
• Roundtables with UTD Administration
• Community Visits with Leaders of Local
  Organizations
• Texas Instruments
• Dallas Arboretum
• Sixth Floor Museum
• Old Red Courthouse
• Eisemann Center for the Performing Arts
• Dallas Opera Rehearsal Center and Costume Shop

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Who are the McDermott Scholars?

• 2009 Scholars
• Top 2 of their class
• Average 2230 SAT
• Texas 70 Out of State 25 International
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• Scholars Active in Student Government and Honor
  Societies Volunteer Tutors, Athletes, Musicians,
  Artists
• Majors in Art, Physics, Engineering, Literature,
  Government, Economics, Education, Computer
  Science, Math, Psychology, Neuroscience

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Special Awards

• Sarah Islam (01) David L. Boren Fellowship
• Sophie Rutenbar (02) Harry S. Truman Scholar
  Marshall Scholar
• Chris Affolter (03) Leonard M. Rieser Fellow
• Rachel Markowitz (04) Fulbright Scholar -
  Morocco
• Kas McLean (02), Austin Swafford (05), Alex
  Palmer (06) Mary Gurak (07)
• Barry M. Goldwater Scholars
• Molly Wurzer (05), Samia Hossain (06) Dina
  Shahrokhi (07)
• Critical Language Scholarships, U.S. State
  Department
• Austin Swafford (05) National Institutes of
  Health-Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program

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Where are they going next?

• Graduate Programs Princeton, Rice, Texas AM, UT
  Austin, Institute of Design-Chicago, London
  School of Economics and Political Science,
  Virginia, Michigan, St. Andrews University -
  Scotland
• Law Schools Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Virginia,
  George Washington, Emory, NYU, UT Austin,
  Sorbonne
• Medical Schools Yale, Baylor College of
  Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
• MD/PhD Program UT Southwestern
• Ph.D. Programs NIH OxCam, Georgia Tech,
  Maryland, Northwestern, Ole Miss, UC Irvine, UT
  Austin, Boise State, Harvard Medical School,
  Washington University

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Elevator Speech

• Four year award for incoming freshmen
• Tuition and Fees, monthly stipend, book stipend,
  travel abroad, intern/volunteer/cultural
  opportunities
• Create a compelling resume that will take you
  anywhere
• Most generous and flexible scholars program in
  the US

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Qualifications

• Students who will have the best chance of
  becoming
• McDermott Finalists
• SAT or ACT score at or above the 97th percentile
• 2100 on the three part SAT
• 1400 on the two part SAT (Verbal Math)
• 32 on the ACT
• Top 5 of graduating class
• Long records of community volunteerism and
  leadership
• Broad, eclectic interests in science, literature,
  and the arts
• Social skills to interact easily with adults and
  peers

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Recruitment and Applications

• Prospect Form and Online Application
  www.utdallas.edu/mcdermott
• Choose 4 recommenders and provide emails to the
  online system
• Counselor
• Academic Recommender
• Extracurricular Activities Recommender
• Personal Recommender
• Any computer at different times
• Resume and three essays are required picture is
  optional
• Submitted online once submitted, no changes can
  be made by the student
• Deadlines for Fall 2010
• November 1, 2009 Priority Deadline
• January 3, 2010 - Regular Deadline

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A Look at Finalists WeekendFebruary 12-14, 2010

• Friday
• Reception Welcome with McDermott Freshman Class
• Saturday
• Introduction to campus and tour
• Interviews with McDermott Faculty and Alumni
• Mock Classes
• Dinner and visit to the Dallas Symphony
• Dessert Party with current McDermott Scholars
• Sunday
• Final Q/A Breakfast
• Creative Problem Solving Session
• UTD Organization Fair

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• McDermott Scholars and Vice President Dick Cheney
  in the Roosevelt Room in the White Houses West
  Wing

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Thank you!

• Molly Seeligson Program Director
• 972-883-4610