Since the National Scholars Program was created, we've welcomed more than 70 students from several states, from South Carolina to Idaho, Delaware to Ohio. One Scholar even graduated from high school in Jakarta, Indonesia!

Because most took Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and college coursework in high school, the Scholars begin Clemson with an average of 35 college credit hours. Most still plan to stay four years, but this gives "credit cushion" provides the option of pursuing extracurricular activities or double majors. In high school, the Scholars typically participated in a wide range of activities including academic clubs, literary magazines and school newspapers, and sports, as well as conducted researched and volunteered in their school and community.

At Clemson, the Scholars continue to be very active in extracurricular activites, and most hold leadership positions in campus organizations. Scholars have served in student government (as student body president, vice president and treasurer), in student media (in several editor positions of The Tiger student newspaper), in intramurals (as captains of various teams), in service organizations (as leaders in Habitat for Humanity and Relay for Life), and in countless academic professional and honor societies.

National Scholars are also active in working with Clemson professors in conducting research and in interning throughout the world.

For more information on the current Scholars' activities, click through this section.