McNair Scholars Program
- THE RIGHT PROGRAM FOR YOU?
As a McNair Scholar you must:
- Have the desire to pursue and be successful at doctoral studies.
- Conduct intensive research for ten weeks during the summer (cannot be employed during those ten weeks).
- Attend a two day McNair retreat.
- Attend McNair seminars covering graduate school experience, application process, and GRE preparation during the school year.
- Take a tuition-free .5 academic credit fall course, Discourse in the Disciplines.
- Take a tuition-free .5 academic credit spring course, Introduction to Research.
- Apply for at least three graduate programs during the fall semester of your senior year.
- Be open-minded.
- Be positive.
- Be a team player.
- Seek and provide constructive feedback.
- Be supportive of your peers.
- Be willing to participate in and contribute your unique self to a rich learning community.
- “Never, never, never give up.” ~ Winston Churchill.