Saudi Gazette report

RIYADH — Fifty-five students from the Mawhiba scholarship program of the King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity were accepted in high-ranking universities in the United States for the year 2020. The universities include Harvard, Berkeley, Cornell and Purdue.

Mawhiba trains gifted students in all stages of public and higher education. In partnership with the Ministry of Education the initiative prepares and sponsors gifted students to join leading international universities.

Its Excellence Program is a one-year integrated training course that starts during the second semester of junior year in high school and continues until receiving university acceptance, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Sunday.

Students affiliated to the Excellence Program follow manifold training in CV writing, the method of filling admission forms and preparing files related to volunteer work and extracurricular activities that students accomplished during their school years, an important requirement for admission at US universities.

Of the 70 students who went through the Excellence Program, 63 applied, 55 of whom were accepted. The other top universities to enroll Mwhinba students are: Boston, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Rice and South Carolina.