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2009 - 2010 Scholarship Winners
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More than 4,600 students competed for 165 awards with a total value of $73,700. Winners ranged in age from 17 to 59 at the time of scholarship application. Eighty-nine Local Groups finished the scholarship program, and each of their local winners will receive a Karen Cooper or Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $300. American Mensa's Heartland Region (7) had the most Local Group participation.
Winners came from 41 states including Hawaii. The top six states in number of winners were California, Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania, Colorado and Illinois.
Scholarship winners' education plans range from associate degrees at community colleges through doctorate degrees at major universities. Their majors run the gamut of possibilities, but the most popular majors among this year's winners were biology/animal science, nursing, music and elementary education. About 22 percent of the winners are working on advanced degrees including medicine, physical therapy and law.
Students may apply for scholarships every year that they qualify; some winners this year also received nonrenewable awards in previous competitions.
Scholarship application forms are available between Sept. 15 and Jan. 15 of each year.
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