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Do colleges give out scholarships for extemporaneous speaking? If so, which colleges do?

  • I'm a freshman, so I haven't had that much experience in extemp, but I placed third at the first tournamnent I ever tried it at, placed at several more tourneys, qualified for regionals, and made it to the third round at districts. I'm definitely in the top 5 foreign extempers on my debate team, which has probably around 50 people. My dream college is Columbia, I also would like Dartmouth or Sarah-Lawrence, and if none of those I'd also love to go to NYU. I really need something to help me stand out from those I'm competing with for admission and even for scholarships, and I'm wondering if extemp is something worth investing my time in. Tournaments and extemp prep can take up a lot of time but I'm more than willing to commit to that if it's something colleges even care about.. Any information about any of this would be greatly appreciated!

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    No, not just for doing Extemporaneous. Maybe if you could win a state or national-level tournament you might merit some consideration, but it's exceptionally rare for people who do speech/debate to get scholarships, let alone people who do just one event. About the only one that you can really even win a lot of money in is Original Advocacy because that's basically writing bills for Congress and requires some real political ingenuity. I know that historically, for the California state tournament, the winner in OA gets $1k from Stanford whereas other events get nothing besides the trophy. However, Speech & Debate as a whole is a great extracurricular to put on your application, particularly if you're good at it and can win, because that allows you to one-up the people who can't win, but who do it for 4 years and put it on their college application. A lot of people do Speech & Debate, but not a lot of them are good at it. I know that the fact that I've been to state tournaments, done very well in regional tournaments, and have been team captain was a major factor in helping me to get into a top 5 liberal arts college, especially since it was the focus of my supplementary essay.

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No, not just for doing Extemporaneous. Maybe if you could win a state or national-level tournament you might merit some consideration, but it's exceptionally rare for people who do speech/debate to get scholarships, let alone people who do just one event. About the only one that you can really even win a lot of money in is Original Advocacy because that's basically writing bills for Congress and requires some real political ingenuity. I know that historically, for the California state tournament, the winner in OA gets $1k from Stanford whereas other events get nothing besides the trophy. However, Speech & Debate as a whole is a great extracurricular to put on your application, particularly if you're good at it and can win, because that allows you to one-up the people who can't win, but who do it for 4 years and put it on their college application. A lot of people do Speech & Debate, but not a lot of them are good at it. I know that the fact that I've been to state tournaments, done very well in regional tournaments, and have been team captain was a major factor in helping me to get into a top 5 liberal arts college, especially since it was the focus of my supplementary essay.

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There are sometimes speech scholarships given out by sources other than the college itself. You might want to contact Toastmasters International clubs in your area. Some local clubs may be able to help. If you have participated in any Toastmasters programs then that can also be a plus. See Toastmasters.org for a directory of clubs and more information.

Derek

There are sometimes speech scholarships given out by sources other than the college itself. You might want to contact Toastmasters International clubs in your area. Some local clubs may be able to help. If you have participated in any Toastmasters programs then that can also be a plus. See Toastmasters.org for a directory of clubs and more information.

Derek

You don't sound black enough. Sorry. Affirmative action only helps non-whites... see why below. I am currently just in university, Stellenbosch, near Cape Town. You know it? Now... the white population of South Africa makes up something like 4-8% of the total. So I'm a minority but there is no "minority help" like affirmative action to get me into university, yet as a white in South Africa I'm a minority. Ironic. Its like affirmative action will never help white (though I hate the whole concept of AA) even when we are minorities. It doesn't matter where you come from, only your race.

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