Evans Scholars

[nate2512]

Originally Posted by barbino

My brother was an Evans Scholar at Northwestern. I also have a cousin that was an Evans Scholar at Marquette. Both of them treasure their days as an Evans Scholar as much as any member of a GLO would. I can still remember going over to my brother's house, and meeting his "brothers" (at the time it was all-male, now they do allow women). They had parties, and house functions, and it was run just like any other fraternity except everyone in the house was on scholarship.

My brother was a golf caddy at a nearby country club. He was also an excellent student, and with three of us in college at the same time, my mom (father died) could not have sent us unless we all got finanacial aid.
Picture this, though- a fully-paid colllege tuition, with housing also covered. He was a houseboy in a sorority on campus for his food/board.
My other brother (a Phi Kappa Psi) and I had loans to pay back. The Evans Scholar did not. The Phi Kappa Psi went to a campus that did not have Evans Scholars, so he could not apply for the scholarship.

I have never heard either one of my brothers complain about being caddies. Evans Scholars Headquarters (located in Golf, Illinois) is near our family home. Now my brothers play golf instead of caddying. It has always been a win-win situation. The Evans Scholars are one of those little-known secrets in college life. However, I believe that it is now much more competitive than it used to be (sounds exactly like Greek life, right?). Tell your friend to go for it. Being a caddy teaches responsibility, something every kid should know about before he gets to college anyway.

Had no idea caddying was such a lucrative business.

[aopirose]

Originally Posted by nate2512

Had no idea caddying was such a lucrative business.

Stevie Williams doesn't do too bad.

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by nate2512

Had no idea caddying was such a lucrative business.

of course it is. Think about it- you are 16 years old and caddying at a country club for the summer. Who are you caddying for? CEOs, lawyers, Dr.s, other well connected people. You are a good caddy (and an even better person) and you form relationships with the members. They begin to request you as their caddy. You caddy every summer for 7 years, and you have "regulars". Those regulars might we willing to give you a letter of reference or a letter of introduction so when you graduate you have some fairly influential people behind you.

One of my college friends that caddied ended up doing an intership at the law office of one of his regulars and after law school clerked for another that was a judge.