The American University Emerging Global Leader Scholarship encourages educational opportunity and access while fostering global diversity. The AU Emerging Global Leader achieves, inspires, and serves with vision by combining the best aspects of AU: academic achievement, leadership development, and global involvement. The AU EGL is committed to bringing about constructive societal and civic change, and they will return home to help underdeveloped and neglected regions there. We cordially encourage you to get to know our illustrious current AU Emerging Global Leader Scholars and recent EGLS graduates.
About The Scholarship
The AU Emerging Global Leader Scholarship is intended for bright international students who want to study for a bachelor’s degree in the US and who are committed to bringing about constructive societal change. It is designed for students who would return home to better underdeveloped and underprivileged regions there.
The AU EGL scholarship provides complete tuition, lodging, and board for one overseas student who needs a visa to study in the United States (ideally an F-1 or J-1 student visa). The scholarship does not pay for non-billable items such as required health insurance, books, airfare, and other costs (around US$4,000 annually).
Based on sustained good academic progress, the AU EGL scholarship is extendable for a total of four years of undergraduate study.
Important: For Fall 2023, there will only be one AU Emerging Global Leader Scholarship available. Partial merit scholarships may be available to you if you decide to submit another application after being rejected as the 2023 AU EGL recipient. However, in addition to the initial US$4,000 you provided, you will also need to give confirmation of extra funds. Costs are projected to be $73,802 for the academic year 2023–2024.
If any of the following apply to you:
• You are a dual citizen of the US and another nation, a US permanent resident, a US pending permanent resident, or a US citizen.
• You have already started or are currently enrolled in any post-secondary coursework at a different university in your home country or the US.
• You completed your secondary education prior to 2021.
For autumn (August) 2023, AU EGLS applicants must submit a Regular Decision application. Avoid applying Early Decision (ED).
There will be a preference for:
1. International students from diverse and underrepresented socioeconomic and global backgrounds, as well as those who have surmounted several barriers and problems
2. For grades 9 through 12, a minimum GPA of 3.8 out of 4.0 (or being in the top 10% of the graduating class).
3. A track record of civic engagement, volunteerism, community service, and support for domestically-focused causes.
4. Pupils who possess one of the following:
- 95+ TOEFL iBT score (all subscores must be 20 or above)
- Sub-scores of 24+ on the TOEFL test taken on paper (Taken after May 31, 2017)
- 7.0+ IELTS score (all subscores must be 6.0 or above)
- 33 on the SAT’s Reading section.
- ACT English score of at least 29.
- Minimum PTE of 65
- 120+ Duolingo words (all subscores must be 110 or above)
- A score of 185 or better on the Cambridge Assessment English exam. 169 or more must be achieved on each subscore.
5. Students who will graduate from high school or secondary school by June 2023 but are still enrolled.
6. Vital: IB students should aim to graduate with a full IB diploma that includes at least three HL topics. Before August 2023, students enrolled in the British A-Level system must finish 13 years of education and at least 3 A levels.
Very Important
The competition for admission to the AU EGLS is fierce. Priority consideration will be given to AU EGLS applicants who submit their applications and all required paperwork by December 15, 2022, including the Common Application, foreign admissions documents, and the AU EGLS application.
Instructions
1. Finish the online AU EGLS application; it will be accessible starting on September 1, 2022.
2. Submit an AU Certification of Finances (AU CFIS) form and a bank letter, each of which must show a minimum of US$4,000 in funds. These can be faxed to +1-202-885-1025 or uploaded using your Future Eagle Portal. Bank letter samples and the AU CFIS form sample
3. By December 15, 2022, at the latest, submit your official TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo English, PTE, or Cambridge Assessment English Test score results. Send official English proficiency test results to American University Undergraduate Admissions immediately, if possible.
4. Finish and submit the Common Application or Coalition Application along with all required supporting materials by the AU EGLS priority deadline of December 15, 2022, or at the latest, by January 15, 2023. Please be aware that a bank letter verifying a minimum of US$4,000 (and not US$73,802) is required for the preliminary AU EGLS application packet. Students whose applications are incomplete or lack all required supporting materials before the deadline will not be considered.
5. If you are submitting your application through a program backed by Education USA or if you have previously received a FLEX or YES high school scholarship from the U.S. Department of State, please include a letter from the adviser at your local Education USA center confirming your eligibility. You can ask for a PDF copy of the letter to be emailed to [email protected].
6. Even if you are not chosen as one of the finalists, you may still be eligible for partial merit scholarships and admission to American University in Washington, DC. However, in order to proceed with the application procedure, you must provide proof of money totaling US$73802 (estimated costs for the first year of study).
Application Link
Interested persons can now apply here https://www.american.edu/admissions/international/au-egls-apply.cfm
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