Clark Scholars

The Clark Scholars Program is designed to attract gifted students from around the nation. The program allows students the opportunity to work hand-in-hand with outstanding faculty in a research intensive setting. The seven-week program also includes weekly seminars, discussions, and field trips. The students are afforded an atmosphere designed to develop their critical thinking abilities and career interests with faculty and other students like themselves. Students are selected on the basis of their academic accomplishments, teacher recommendations and career objectives. For the 2011 program, appointments were very competitive. For example, the average SAT score for the 12 participants was greater than 2276 and PSAT was greater than 223.

During the past 21 summers outstanding high school students from around the country have come to Texas Tech University to involve themselves in what has become a unique research opportunity. The Clark Scholars Program is unique in that it is open to gifted students in almost any area of academe from not only the natural sciences and mathematics but to the humanities and fine arts as well. Many of these Clark Scholars have used their research experience to help formulate their career paths and goals. The Clark Scholars Program was created by a generous endowment from the Anson L. Clark Foundation and to date has provided more than 250 students the opportunity to work with outstanding, dedicated faculty in one-on-one, hands-on research experiences. Texas Tech is extremely proud of the faculty and Clark Scholars. Their collaborative efforts have established this program as one of the premiere educational experience for pre-college students.

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How do I expand this narrative arc? Search our database for other opportunities that link to your area of academic focus. For example, if you are a serious math student consider entering one of the many regional and national competitions like Purple Comet!, AMC and the Harvard-MIT Math Tournaments. If you are a history geek, try to get your work published in the Concord Review or try your hand at History Bee. Just make sure that your choices link into an identifiable theme and demonstrated that you are a “pointy” student.