She was a varsity runner and cross country and track team leader. She ran the Chicago Marathon in under four hours. She plans to enter medical school and practice in an underserved area of the United States. Several Candidates are enrolled in joint degree programs held in conjunction with different institutions. Life being as it is in universities, however, there is a crush of material on the 30th.
Letters of recommendation are often late, making a full consideration more difficult.
Once the application and other materials are in hand, teams of at least three readers consider the candidacy and determine who will be invited for interviews. Like every strong fellowship program, the Soros Fellowships have many more able people applying than can ever be invited for interviews. The interviews are held the last week in January and the first week in February, with an early March announcement. Relative to their numbers of applications, many other fields have greater success rates. Private institutions generally do a better job in informing candidates about the Soros opportunity and seem to take greater care in presenting their candidates.