John Anthony of Kilgore receives Baylor's top award, Regents' Gold Scholarship

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has selected more than 2,500 recent high school graduates as recipients of scholastic awards for the 2008-2009 academic year. All these scholarships are awarded on the basis of class rank and/or SAT/ACT scores.

Baylor's top award -- the Regents' Gold Scholarship -- provides National Merit finalists, who have indicated Baylor as their university of choice, with a full tuition academic scholarship to Baylor for up to eight semesters of undergraduate study beginning in fall 2008. Baylor also awarded students with one of three other merit scholarships awarded on the basis of a combination of class rank and SAT or ACT scores:

* the President's Gold Scholarship, which provides $36,000 to $56,000 for eight semesters;

* the Provost's Gold Scholarship, which provides $28,000 to $36,000 for eight semesters;

* the Deans' Gold Scholarship, which provides $8,000 to $20,000 for eight semesters.

John Anthony, a 2008 graduate of Kilgore, has been awarded a President's Gold Scholarship.

Baylor University is a private Christian university and a nationally ranked liberal arts institution, classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a research university with "high research activity." This blends with Baylor's international reputation for educational excellence built upon the faculty's commitment to teaching, scholarship and interdisciplinary research to produce outstanding graduates.

Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas, Baylor is the oldest, continually operating university in the state. Baylor's 735-acre campus is home to more than 14,000 students from all 50 states and 70 countries.

Baylor offers 147 undergraduate, 76 master and 25 doctoral degree programs, plus the juris doctor degree, through its 11 academic units.