"Our students have been very strong candidates, but we don't know how to account for it because we don't do anything differently [from year to year]," she said.
"It depends on the candidate and what they bring to the interview," Lui added.
After an application process that involved submitting an essay, a plan of study and four recommendations, as well as undergoing lengthy interviews, the students were notified of their selection by phone last Monday.
The winners have submitted their preferences for where they will study next year, but the actual assignments will be announced later.
Jacobsohn was not home to receive the news that he had been awarded the scholarship. Instead, he heard the good news from his Cabot House roommate.
"I thought he was lying at first," he said.
A Slavic Studies concentrator, Jacobsohn will study Slavonic and East European studies. At Harvard, he performs in Slavic plays, tutors at the Bureau of Study Counsel and is involved with Phillips Brooks House Association.
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