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A total of 19 undergraduate students joined the RTP Class of '04, including 2 students from the Notre Dame partnership program. The RAMHSS and RET programs were canceled.

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The Scoring Committee was composed of fifteen members from the NMNH scientific staff. There were seven review teams with two or three reviewers per team. The review teams were:

SET 1: Behrensmeyer & Bobe (Potts only)
SET 2: Loring & Arbolino & Zimmer (Anthropology only)
SET 3: Schulte & de Queiros (foreign only)
SET 4: Melson & Woodman (geology focus)
SET 5: Thorington & Pawson (biology focus)
SET 6: Nestlerode & Robinson (biology focus)
SET 7: Russell & Dove (biology focus)

The Semi-finalist review sets were determined based on several criteria including advisor selected and discipline. Review set varied in size from 15 to 22 folders per set.

 

Screener			Applicants Reviewed
Risa Arbolino			21
Kay Behrensmeyer			22
Rene Bobe			22
Kevin de Queiroz			22
Carla Dove			15
Stephen Loring			20
Bill Melson			16
Michelle Nestlerode			17
Dave Pawson			16
Harold Robinson			17
Rusty Russell			15
Jim Schulte			22
Dick Thorington			16
Neal Woodman			16
Liz Zimmer			21

Review sets were released to evaluators Tuesday, 3 February 2004. Most semi-finalist were scored by two different reviewers. Evaluators completed a 100 point score sheet for all application folders in their set. Elements considered during scoring included:

• ACADEMIC BACKGROUND - (10 points possible)
• ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE - (10 points possible)
  
• NATURAL HISTORY BACKGROUND - (10 points possible)
  
• MOTIVATION TO PARTICIPATE - (15 points possible)
  
• CAREER GOALS - (10 points possible)
  
• CAREER POTENTIAL - (10 points possible)
  
• CAREER IMPACT - (15 points possible):
  
• LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION - (10 points possible)
  
• COMPENSATING CHARACTERISTICS - (10 points possible)

IMPORTANT: This posting of semi-finalist status is not definitive. Due to regular adjustments in review sets, circumstances often dictate a change in status. No applicant should consider themselves completely eliminated from consideration for a position in the RTP until the final status is released and award notices are mailed - 8 March 2004.

Statistics: The '04 semi-finalists included 73% women. The majority of '04 applicants were in their Junior year (37%) and most applicants (46%) express an Anthropology focus. The most requested advisor was Rick Potts. Following is a summary of the 2004 applicant pool. For a complete listing, go to statistics.

CITIZENSHIP: The semi-finalists include 113 US citizens from 35 different states and 27 foreign students representing 17 different countries.

GENDER: The semi-finalist list includes 73% women and 27% men, exactly matching the demographics of the total applicant pool.

YEAR IN SCHOOL: The majority of the semi-finalists, 51, or 37% are currently in their Junior year.

DISCIPLINE: Most semi-finalists, 63, identified Anthropology as their preferred placement.

UNIVERSITY ATTENDING: The semi-finalist set includes students from 112 different colleges and universities.

ADVISOR: Applicants selected 44 different potential advisors. The most popular research advisor selected is Rick Potts with 22 semi-finalists identifying him as their top choice.

ETHNICITY: There are 46 semi-finalists who self identified through an optional questionnaire that they consider themselves an ethnic minority. Of these, 23 are US undergraduate students representing an ethnicity under-represented in the sciences. There were 60 (43%) semi-finalists who did not identify their ethnicity.

The RTP '04 Semi Finalists: 138

Gender

Male 37- (27%)
Female 101- (73%)
TOTAL: 138

Ethnicity

Asian American 7
American Indian or Alaskan Native 2
Black or African American 9
Hispanic American 12
Native Hawaiian 0
TOTAL: 30

Year in School

Freshman: 14
Sophomore: 42
Junior: 51
Non-graduating Senior: 21
Graduating Senior: 8
Other: 2
TOTAL: 138

Citizenship

Not US Citizen 25
US Citizen 113
TOTAL: 138

Country of Foreign Citizenship

Argentina 1
Australia 1
Brazil 3
Canada 3
Colombia 1
Cuba 1
Czech Republic 1
Ecuador 2
Germany 1
Guyana 1
India 1
Japan 1
Malaysia 1
Portugal 5
South Africa 1
Spain 2
Uruguay 1
TOTAL: 17

NMNH Discipline

Not Stated 12
Anthropology 63
Botany 14
Entomology 9
Invertebrate Zoology 5
Mineral Science & Geology 17
Paleobiology 8
Vertebrate Zoology 33
TOTAL: 138

State of Residence

Alabama: 1
Arkansas: 4
California: 8
Colorado: 2
Connecticut: 2
District of Columbia: 2
Florida: 5
Georgia: 4
Hawaii: 2
Illinois: 4
Indiana: 6
Kansas: 1
Maryland: 11
Massachusetts: 2
Michigan: 4
Minnesota: 4
Mississippi: 1
Montana: 1
Nevada: 1
New Jersey: 1
New Mexico: 2
New York: 6
North Carolina: 4
Ohio: 2
Oklahoma: 2
Oregon: 2
Pennsylvania: 3
Puerto Rico: 1
Rhode Island: 1
South Carolina: 2
South Dakota: 1
Texas: 6
Virginia: 13
Washington: 2
West Virginia: 1
TOTAL: 91 (47 not stated)

University Attending

Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University 1
Albany State University 1
Appalachian State University 1
Arizona State University 1
Binghamton University 2
Brown University 2
Bryn Mawr College 1
California State University, Fresno 1
Carnegie Mellon University 2
Carthage College 1
Case Western Reserve University 2
Catholic University of America 1
Catholic University of Ecuador 1
Central Michigan University 1
Charles University 1
City College of New York 1
City College of San Francisco 1
Clark University 1
Clemson University 1
College of the Holy Cross 1
College of William and Mary 3
Columbia University 1
Cornell University 3
DePauw University 1
Dickinson College 1
Duke University 1
Earlham College 1
Elizabeth City State University 1
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Inst, M. Lillo 1
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República 1
Fordham University 1
George Fox University 1
George Washington University 2
Gustavus Adolphus College 1
Harvard University 2
James Madison University 1
Johns Hopkins University 2
Juniata College 2
Kansas State University 1
Lewis & Clark College 1
Louisiana State University 1
Luther College 1
Lycoming College 1
Macalester College 1
Macquarie University 1
Marshall University 1
Mary Washington College 1
Michigan State University 1
MiraCosta Community College 1
Mississippi University for Women 1
Morehead State University 1
Mount Holyoke College 1
New Mexico State University 1
Oberlin College 4
Ohio Wesleyan University 1
Oklahoma State University 1
Pacific Union College 1
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador 1
Princeton University 1
Rice University 2
San Diego State University 1
Santa Clara University 1
Scripps College 1
Simon Fraser University 1
Simon's Rock College of Bard 1
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 1
St. Mary's College 1
Swarthmore College 1
Texas A&M University 2
Texas Southern University 1
Towson University 1
Trinity University 3
Tulane University 1
Univ. Estadual de Campinas 1
UniverCidade - Centro Universitário da Cidade 1
Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2
Universidad Industrial de Santander 1
Universidad Interamerica de Puerto Rico 1
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) 1
University of Alabama, Birmingham 1
University of Arkansas, Little Rock 1
University of California, Santa Barbara 2
University of Colorado, Boulder 1
University of Evansville 1
University of Guayaquil 1
University of Guyana 1
University of Kentucky 1
University of Maryland 1
University of Michigan 1
University of Montana, Missoula 1
University of Nevada, Reno 1
University of North Carolina, Wilmington 2
University of North Texas 1
University of Notre Dame 1
University of Pennsylvania 2
University of Puerto Rico 1
University of South Africa 1
University of the Virgin Islands 1
University of Toronto 2
University of Virginia 1
University of Wisconsin, Madison 1
Virginia Commonwealth University 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute 1
Waldorf College 1
Washington and Lee University 1
Washington University 1
Washington University, St. Louis 1
Wellesley College 1
West Virginia University 1
Westphalian Wilhelms University Muenster 1
Yale University 3
York College 1
TOTAL: 112

Requested Advisor

Not Stated 16
Pedro Acevedo 1
Mary Jo Arnoldi 2
Carole Baldwin 4
Matthew Carrano 7
Bruce Collette 1
Carla Dove 2
Terry Erwin 1
Robert B. Faden 4
William Fitzhugh 2
Oliver Flint 1
Bruno Frohlich 1
Vicki Funk 5
Alfred Gardner 2
W. Ronald Heyer 1
Robert Laughlin 1
Stephen Loring 1
James F. Luhr 8
Wayne Mathis 1
Tim McCoy 2
Roy McDiarmid 2
James Mead 9
William Melson 1
William Merrill 1
Scott Miller 3
Dan Nicolson 2
Stephen Ousley 4
Douglas Owsley 11
David Pawson 6
Dan Polhemus 1
Jeff Post 1
Richard Potts 22
J. Daniel Rogers 5
Ted R. Schultz 2
Dennis Stanford 3
Paul Taylor 2
Richard Thorington 3
Douglas Ubelaker 1
Gus W. Van Beek 1
Richard Vari 1
Ed Vicenzi 1
Don Wilson 2
Mike Wise 4
Neal Woodman 2
Melinda Zeder 8
TOTAL: 44