Sentence examples for achieving a scholarship from inspiring English sources

It was remarkable how Jack went from leaving St Patrick's elementary school on his 14th birthday to doing heavy labour at a copper smelting furnace to then, after the war, achieving a scholarship to Ruskin College, Oxford, and going on to become the first working-class president of the Cambridge Union, in 1951.

Hadn't Melinda Camber, only that year, achieved a scholarship to Oxford and Cambridge both - a feat so unparalleled in the school's history that we were all given a day off, a privilege normally reserved for the death of royalty?

He attended Poly Prep Day School where he achieved a football scholarship to the University of NC/Chapel Hill.

When did achieving an Ivy League education on scholarships become something to be derided?

In order to achieve a link between academic research and practice, clinical scholarship must be directed at practice-based research.

Joe was awarded a Keasbey scholarship to attend Oxford University's New College and achieved a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1959.

In 2001 she achieved a distinction in an MA in medicine, science and society at Birkbeck College, London, and was awarded a scholarship to conduct doctoral studies at Kingston University.

You've achieved a standard of academic excellence that is without question, tying the record for the most post-graduate scholarships of any class in West Point history.

Similarly extra-curricular activities such as achieving scholarships and being a fitness instructor are relevant to varying degrees and are indicative of positive traits.

Her understanding comes in response to her own circumstances: Gaiser received scholarship funding to achieve an MFA in printmaking and video, but then couldn't afford a studio membership.

This degree of authority is only rarely achieved in scholarship today, but it will become routine.