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The Benjamin N. Duke Memorial Scholarship (B.N. Duke Scholarship) is a four-year, all-inclusive merit scholarship awarded to students from North Carolina or South Carolina to attend Duke University in Durham, NC. Established in 1986 to honor Benjamin Newton Duke, one of the primary benefactors of Duke University, the B.N. Duke Scholarship fully funds four years of undergraduate study, including tuition, room, board, mandatory fees, and two summer experiences - one domestic and one abroad. Criteria for selection include academic achievement, leadership ability, and community impact. Duke University is currently the highest-ranked University by U.S. News & World Report in the United States offering full-merit awards.

Selection Process
The selection process for the B.N. Duke scholarship is extremely rigorous. All North and South Carolina applicants to Duke University are automatically considered for the B.N. Duke; approximately 25 finalists are initially selected from an annual applicant pool regularly exceeding 5,500 from North and South Carolina to Duke University. An additional weekend visit to Duke University's campus completes the selection process for the approximately 10 students who matriculate annually as B.N. Duke scholars.

Carolina Summer of Service
The Carolina Summer of Service (CSOS) is the first of two summer experiences funded by the B.N. Duke Scholarship. B.N. Duke Scholars intern at organizations of their choice in a North or South Carolina community following completion of the first year at Duke University. Internships must be broadly associated with social change or community development, and have included community organizing, political advocacy, education, healthcare, and a range of other initiatives.

International Summer of Service
The International Summer of Service (ISOS) is the second of two summer experiences funded by the B.N. Duke Scholarship. The ISOS includes a fully funded summer internship or service project anywhere in the world. Scholars may choose in which summer to complete their ISOS, and have selected a myriad of different experiences -- ranging from work at the Large Hadron Collider in France, to domestic violence shelters in Argentina.

Postgraduate Placement
The varied interests and focuses of B.N. Duke scholars is reflected in the variety of postgraduate paths they choose. Currently, B.N. Duke alumni can be found working in finance at Goldman Sachs and software engineering at Google, or studying medicine at Yale University, law at Stanford University, business at Harvard University, or computer science at Princeton University.

Most recently in postgraduate scholarships, B.N. Duke Scholars have won three of the last five total Harry S. Truman Scholarships offered to students in North Carolina (2011, 2013, 2014).