The Arthur Holly Compton Scholarships

Fourteen years after graduating from The College of Wooster, Arthur Holly Compton received the Nobel Prize in Physics. His success exemplified those characteristics of self-reliance, resourcefulness, and intellectual curiosity, which we value in our students and which are cultivated in our nationally recognized Independent Study program. The Compton Scholarship seeks to recognize prospective students who have demonstrated intellectual curiosity, academic excellence, and independent thought in areas above and beyond the high school classroom experience.

Requirements:
To compete for the Compton Scholarship, you must write a detailed essay about a specific project or experience, which makes you a qualified candidate for this award. Submissions must include a cover page for your essay, which includes your first and last name, address, phone number, high school, and title of your project. In addition to your essay, we encourage you to send material which supports your Compton application (written documentation, photos, the URL to a Web site you created, a portfolio of creative writings and/or artwork, newspaper clippings, a science project, etc.). Materials and completed application for admission need to be postmarked by February 15 for consideration. A written request and a self-addressed, stamped envelope must accompany materials if you would like them returned.

Recent Arthur Holly Compton Scholarship recipients have submitted the following projects:

• Melissa was actively involved in research through a summer internship experience at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Montefiore Medical Center. Her experience involved working in the research area of vaccine development for human papillomavirus (HPV) infection.
• Since the age of seven, Timothy has been on a mission to become a professional actor. For his submission Timothy provided us with two feature films he starred in called “Max the Magician” and “The Legend of the Rings,” which demonstrated his talent and passion for acting.
• Carly’s love of writing was demonstrated through the submission of her own young, adult novel called “The Final Rose.” Carly created a work of fiction whose “…central figure was a young woman who rose to save her loved ones in a time when women were expected to only bear children and keep house.”
• Film has always been an area of interest for Zane. He created his own short film entitled “Runner’s Fiction.” In Zane’s own words this film is “more of a humorous anecdote than a poignant work of art, it nonetheless maintains a certain artistic merit.”
• Marissa compiled a series of photography she has taken that helped the scholarship committee see her passion and artistic interest in photography. To Marissa, her photographs “…are a representation of life through the lens.”