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	Home      McNair Scholars       Services       Forms       Events       Links       Staff       PennCAP/      Pre-Freshman Program      Educational      Opportunity Center      Talent Search      Upward Bound      Veterans Upward Bound      Pre-Professional Access      Programs      Greenfield Intercultural       Center       La Casa Latina       Makuu       PAACH               Upcoming Events    Please check back later.     The University of Pennsylvania is proud to be the first Ivy League institution to host the prestigious Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the program prepares eligible students for graduate studies leading to the Ph.D. by providing research training and early scholarly experiences to high-achieving undergraduate Penn students. Students apply to the McNair Scholars Program at the end of their sophomore year. Four modules comprise the program: the Summer Residential Research Institute, the Junior Academic Year Activities, a Summer Internship, and the Senior Year Graduate School Preparatory. The program concludes at the end of senior year. McNair Scholars participate in research training and scholarly experiences through the four modules and other related activities, which include performing research under the guidance of a faculty mentor, attendance at professional meetings and national conferences and publish their work in the Penn McNair Research Journal http://repository.upenn.edu/mcnair_scholars/. Benefits of Becoming a McNair Scholar Participation in paid McNair Summer Residential Research Institute Guidance from a faculty research mentor Experience in presenting research to faculty, peers, and at national conferences Publishing research in the Penn McNair Research Journal and other scholarly publications Participation in academic seminars and workshops Attendance at graduate school fairs GRE preparation and fee waivers Counseling through the graduate school application process Access to application fee waivers, assistantships, and fellowships for McNair Scholars at highly competitive institutions such as: Brandeis University Brown University Columbia University Harvard University John Hopkins University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Princeton University Stanford University University of California at Berkeley University of Michigan University of Pennsylvania Eligibility The McNair Scholars Program is designed for first generation and income eligible students, as well as students from groups which have been traditionally underrepresented at the doctoral level: African Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans. What Do McNair Scholars Say? "The McNair Scholars Program has facilitated my growth both as a scholar and as a person throughout the years at Penn. It has provided me with rare opportunities, encouraged me to achieve, and shown me how to make my dream of achieving a Ph.D. a reality. A wise woman once said that no one ever makes it alone. I know that my own achievement has been in part a result of the wonderful and generous support of the McNair Scholar Program. Thank you! Cassi Pittman, C'05 Doctoral student, Harvard University Department of Sociology and Social Policy "The McNair Scholars Program has allowed me to gain invaluable experience presenting research at conferences and given me ample information about admissions into graduate school programs to ensure that my applications are the best they can be." Monica Trujillo, C'06 Doctoral student, Princeton University Department of Sociology

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