A few weeks ago, one of the applicants for the 2014 Flinn Scholarship wrote me and asked a simple question: "Is it okay to be creative when I answer the essay prompts?" Below is my response. There's no reason it shouldn't…

Applicants for the Flinn Scholarship must submit scores from either the ACT or the SAT (or both). Our target minimum scores are 29 on the ACT or 1300 on the SAT (reading and math sections only, not writing). Can you…

Marla Smith-Nilson, a Flinn Scholar from the Class of 1987, is a SELF Magazine Women Doing Good Honoree for her work with Water 1st, a nonprofit she founded to bring clean water to impoverished communities around the world.

This year has seen several Flinn Scholars--current and alumni--awarded nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships allowing them to pursue further study and research at their universities or abroad.

Trick question. Sure, there are far more Flinn Scholar alums with PhDs, MDs, JDs, and MBAs than in the general population. But how they get there, or to whatever other destination, is a unique story, every time. Late last night,…

Every summer since 2000, Flinn Scholars have marked the end of their first year of college with a group study-abroad seminar. This year featured the most significant change since the three-week seminar’s introduction: After a 12-year run with Budapest, Hungary…

Each summer, Flinn Scholars who have completed their first year of college travel together internationally for three weeks. This all-expenses-paid group seminar is a cornerstone of the Flinn Scholars Program: It cements the Scholars' connections to one another, thrusts them…