What do Harvard, Yale, MIT, Princeton, University of Connecticut, University of Oklahoma, Ohio State, Washington & Lee, Notre Dame and Michigan State have in common? Each had a student selected as one of this year’s Rhodes Scholars. The Rhodes Scholarship is arguably the most prestigious and competitive scholarship available to American students, and the size and diversity of the applicant pool– over 2,900 students endorsed by 298 different colleges and universities– speaks to the academic and leadership excellence of the 32 selected students.