Competitive fellowship applicants often:

• Attend information meetings and consult with the Graduate Fellowships Advisor, Sagaree Sengupta (ssengupt@bates.edu)
• Have a high GPA
• Speak well in public
• Have knowledge of current events through reading newspapers/magazines such as The New York Times, US News and World Report, Newsweek, etc.
• Are involved with the community through volunteer activities
• Participate in meaningful extracurricular activities
• Serve on College committees
• Know a foreign language
• Have a vision of their future goals and a plan for how to reach them
• Have a desire to make a positive difference in the world
• Develop relationships with professors who will write letters of recommendation, offer research  advice and fellowship guidance
• Have internship/research experience
• Publish during their undergraduate years