The University of Rochester’s Take Five Scholars Program provides undergraduate students with the opportunity to acquire a liberal education that might not otherwise be available to them. Qualified students will be granted either one or two tuition-free terms at the end of degree study to take courses that significantly broaden their programs of study, yet are connected to the student’s intellectual and educational goals.
The application to the program includes a proposal title and course schedule, college transcripts, an essay, and letters of recommendation. Criteria for evaluation are the coherence of the applicant’s program of study, the intellectual breadth of the proposal and how it enhances the applicant’s current academic program, whether the proposal constitutes a meaningful enrichment of a conventional degree program, and the quality of the writing itself. In order to apply for the Take Five program, eligible students must enroll themselves in Blackboard’s Take Five Scholars organization and review all the information inside related to eligibility and applying. Applicants must have completed at least one semester of full-time study and have one full semester of full-time study remaining.
T5 Information and Instructions
Take Five coursework may not include primary applied study. Students may enroll in secondary lessons during their fifth year with permission of the Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, but will be required to pay a fee.