I wrote this in November of 2006, someone asked for it, so I wrote it.
Andrew Lee- 2006 Truman Scholar, 2006 Udall Scholar, and District XIII Rhodes Scholarship Finalist
My audience is going to be the young, interested, or ambitious freshman/sophomore, or the seasoned junior who has had some substantive internship/research/work/advocacy experience behind them.
Do not be overwhelmed. All of these scholarships may seem out of reach right now, but you need not be afraid, you can get them if you put in the time and energy.
Remember how you got into college? Well, it never stops.
A friend asked recently for advice on the Rhodes scholarship and I have an old document I’ve kept around that I hope will help people who are interested in the scholarship. I did not win the scholarship, so take my advice with a grain of salt. I wrote this paper in November 2006 (before I plunged headfirst into the murky waters of startups), and the advice is broken into three parts:
Notes from talking with Mary Dwyer, President of IES about her lengthy experience as a member of the Rhodes panel;
Advice on the application process
Interview advice and a rough transcript of my interview
Looking back almost two years since I wrote this advice, I can clearly remember the words of both Mary Dwyer and my Rhodes panel: “This scholarship helps, but it doesn’t change you who you are. Many great people haven’t won.” I know for those students hell-bent on this scholarship, you cannot see anything beyond this tunnel. I know from personal experience. Trust me though, if you don’t get the scholarship, it may be the best thing to happen to you. As Randy Pausch said in his last lecture, “Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.” Read the rest of this entry »
Well, according to the WSJ, it’s pronounced phonetically (and not with some exotic em-phasis on the last syllable):
Most of the first French names to appear in the U.S. were a cinch, like Dior and Chanel. But a lot of the names in play today need to be spoken with a real lilt , like Jean Paul Gaultier (zhan paul GO-tee-AY), Alber Elbaz for Lanvin (al-BEAR el-BAHZ for lon-VAN), and Nicolas Ghesquière (NEE-ko-la guess-KYAIR).
Mamma mia! The Italian names can play tricks on you, too — such as Bulgari (BOOL-ga-ree), Ungaro (OON-ga-ro), Versace (ver-SAH-chay) and Zegna (ZANE-ya). And from Spain comes the tricky Loewe (LO-ee-VAY). (To hear every last nuance of pronunciation, check out the audio tutorial at WSJ.com/Fashion.)
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Don’t worry that you’ll sound affected. Why not try to get it right? The more syllables, the more delicious it sounds: I just love to say the name of Swiss watch maker Vacheron Constantin (va-sha-RON con-ston-TAN).
But don’t force a fashion-y flourish on American designers whose names sound just like they look: It’s Ralph Lauren (rhymes with “foreign”) and Donna Karan (sounds like “Karen”).
On a separate note, the only other thing I know about fashion is that I think that outside of looking great, comfort should be key. Tim Gunn disagrees with me in this week’s Time talking about Crocs:
I know it’s comfortable; I understand that. But if you want to dress to feel as though you never got out of bed, don’t get out of bed.
Well Tim, tell that to every startup entrepreneur in the Silicon Valley (although I guess some of us really don’t get out of our place of work and play, so point taken).
