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	Approximately 400 undergraduates are members of one of these groups at any given time. No one can apply to become a Scholar; rather, it is a designation conferred upon accepted students. The program is also tied to [[financial aid]]. Before Columbia moved to a no-loan policy, those scholars on financial aid may have had some loans replaced with grants. However, now that only grants are awarded, the money is branded under a scholar name (ie. "John Jay Grant", "Davis Grant") and scholars do not have a work study expectation for their first and third year. The work study expectation is covered with additional grant money.		Approximately 400 undergraduates are members of one of these groups at any given time. No one can apply to become a Scholar; rather, it is a designation conferred upon accepted students. The program is also tied to [[financial aid]]. Before Columbia moved to a no-loan policy, those scholars on financial aid may have had some loans replaced with grants. However, now that only grants are awarded, the money is branded under a scholar name (ie. "John Jay Grant", "Davis Grant") and scholars do not have a work study expectation for their first and third year. The work study expectation is covered with additional grant money.
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		+	The program is administered by the [[Center for Student Advising]].

	==Types of Scholars==		==Types of Scholars==

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-[[Category:Division of Student Affairs]]
+[[Category:Student Affairs]]
 [[Category:Student awards]]
 [[Category:Financial aid]]

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 ==Types of Scholars==
-Every year, about 100 incoming freshmen are part of one of the following groups of "scholars". All awards are based on outstanding achievement in high school, C. Prescott Davis Scholars are limited to [[SEAS]] students, and John Jay Scholars are [[CC]] students.
+Every year, about 100 incoming freshmen are part of one of the following groups of "scholars". All awards are based on outstanding achievement in high school, C. Prescott Davis Scholars are limited to [[SEAS]] students, and John Jay Scholars are [[Columbia College|CC]] students.
 * John W. Kluge Scholars: Awarded to minority students.
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 [[Category:Division of Student Affairs]]
-[[Category: Student awards]]
+[[Category:Student awards]]

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 ==Disadvantages==
-This will happen to you as a freshmen while you are meeting millions of new people. You will be with a group of new faces and you will ask them, "are you in the scholars program?". They will look at you funny, asking "I've never heard of it, how do I apply?". You will either a) stay quiet and act like its nothing, feeling like an elitist for bringing it up or b)explain to them that the office of admissions picks 10 percent of the incoming class to get extra grant money, research opportunities, speaker events, and advising. Then you feel like an elitist among elitists for bringing it up and explaining it.
+This will happen to you as a freshmen while you are meeting millions of new people. You will be with a group of new faces and you will ask them, "are you in the scholars program?". They will look at you funny, asking "I've never heard of it, how do I apply?". You will either a) stay quiet and act like its nothing, feeling like an elitist for bringing it up or b) explain to them that the office of admissions picks 10 percent of the incoming class to get extra grant money, research opportunities, speaker events, and advising. Then you feel like an elitist among elitists for bringing it up and explaining it.
-Sometimes you can just tell the program isn't on top of everything they try to run. Orientation was a mess. The program feels like it has a lot of potential; it definitely gives students more opportunities, but its execution is sloppy.
+Sometimes you can just tell the program isn't on top of everything they try to run. The orientation was a mess. The program feels like it has a lot of potential; it definitely gives students more opportunities, but its execution is sloppy.
 ==References==

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 The '''Columbia Undergraduate Scholars Program''' (CUSP) oversees the [[John W. Kluge Scholars]], [[John Jay Scholars]], [[C. Prescott Davis Scholars]], and [[Global Scholars]] programs. The [[Rabi Scholars]] program is not part of CUSP, having been founded in the 1980s.
-Approximately 400 undergraduates are members of one of these groups at any given time. No one can apply to become a Scholar; rather, it is a designation conferred upon accepted students. The program is also tied to [[financial aid]]. Before Columbia moved to a no-loan policy, those scholars on financial aid may have had some loans replaced with grants. However, now that only grants are awarded, many of the money is branded under a scholar name. For example, a John Jay Scholar may receive a "John Jay Grant," even though the award does not exceed their demonstrated financial need.
+Approximately 400 undergraduates are members of one of these groups at any given time. No one can apply to become a Scholar; rather, it is a designation conferred upon accepted students. The program is also tied to [[financial aid]]. Before Columbia moved to a no-loan policy, those scholars on financial aid may have had some loans replaced with grants. However, now that only grants are awarded, the money is branded under a scholar name (ie. "John Jay Grant", "Davis Grant") and scholars do not have a work study expectation for their first and third year. The work study expectation is covered with additional grant money.
 ==Types of Scholars==
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 The Scholars website says, "While participating in the Program may help you with your financial aid needs, all Scholars' aid packages are determined on a case-by-case basis" <ref>[http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/scholars/Frequently_Asked_Questions.php CUSP Frequently Asked Questions]</ref>. For John Jay Scholars, at least, this means that loans may be replaced with grants. C. P. Davis Scholars have also reported <ref>[http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/columbia-university/484466-what-heck-c-davis-prescott-scholar.html CollegeConfidential thread]</ref> some of their loans being replaced with grants.  Otherwise, the programs' perks include a series of events focusing primarily on guest speakers, occasional opportunities for free or discounted tickets to events in the City, and a separate academic advising office.
 There is also a "governing board" that holds meetings, forms committees, and sometimes plans events. It is called the ''CUSP Alliance''.
 ==References==

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 |Name=Scholars Program
 |Location=Advising Office, 4th Floor [[Lerner Hall]]
-|Phone=212-854-5895
+|Phone=212-854-6378
 |Hours=M-F 9-5
 |Website=http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/scholars/

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 Every year, about 100 incoming freshmen are part of one of the following groups of "scholars". The particular designation is not well-defined, and seems to depend on a student's ethnic status as much as anything else. All awards are based on outstanding achievement in high school, whatever that means. C. Prescott Davis Scholars are limited to [[SEAS]] students, and John Jay Scholars are [[CC]] students.
-* John W. Kluge Scholars: Awarded to minority students
+* John W. Kluge Scholars: Awarded to minority students.
-* C. Prescott Davis Scholars: Awarded to engineers
+* C. Prescott Davis Scholars: Awarded to students at SEAS.
-* Global Scholars: Awarded to international students
+* Global Scholars: Awarded to international students.
-* John Jay Scholars: Awarded to "scholars" who didn't fit in one of the other three categories
+* John Jay Scholars: Awarded to students at Columbia College.
 ==Benefits==