Annie Brown

Second Year Gilman Scholarship Applicant

What challenges did you face during the application process, and how did you overcome them?

It was difficult for me to get across how the scholarship would have an impact on my academic experience in the essays required for the application. I originally wanted to make sure my reasons would be "good enough" to get the scholarship. Eventually, I realized that these scholarships were created for the purpose of getting more students to study abroad- no matter why they wanted to! This helped me ease up and discuss how much I would enjoy the study abroad experience.

How do you think the fellowship aligns with your academic and career goals or, what specific goals did you hope to achieve through the fellowship?

Studying abroad has always been an academic and life goal of mine. I would love to be able to explore cultures in different parts of the world, and I am interested in working internationally in the future. This scholarship aims to help students wanting to study abroad, so it would aid my accomplishment of these goals.