Lee Raby—a Truman Psychology major and Missouri Bright Flight Scholarship winner.

Getting a scholarship can be elusive—even for the creme of the crop. You may have preserved a 4.0 GPA, loaded your schedule with extracurricular activities, and tamed the SAT/ACT, but that doesn't mean scholarships are a slam-dunk. When applying for scholarships at upper-echelon universities, the best are often squeezed out by the even better.

But at Truman, a nationally renowned liberal arts and sciences university, Missouri's finest students are given due reward. To recognize its brightest, the State of Missouri has developed the "Bright Flight" Scholarship Program.

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Harvard Law School is a giant—as foreboding as Goliath or the ogre at the end of the beanstalk. But if you're a Truman student looking to apply, you don't need to shake in your boots. Instead, be confident, like John Hilton, a 2002 Truman graduate who majored in Political Science, minored in Russian Studies, and took on the best at Harvard Law School. In a recent interview, John shares why Truman students are just as prepared for post-graduate studies as any Ivy-leaguers.

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Homecoming week tops any other week, if using a measure of merriment and thrill. Rallies, concerts, carnivals, dances, parades, and, of course, the Big Game—they all add up to togetherness and pure fun. Truman Homecoming 2006 preserves this tradition. The week kicks off on Monday, October 16 with a coronation, cook-off, and scavenger hunt and culminates Saturday, October 21 with a showdown between the Bulldogs and Washburn University's Ichabods. Throughout the week, there's something for everyone—all which transcend the homecoming usual. Here are some of the don't-miss events:

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Ashley Rufus—Truman pre-med student featured in TIME magazine's (August 21, 2006) article "Who Needs Harvard?"

Only a dummy would turn down Harvard University, right? Hardly. Ashley Rufus, valedictorian of Illinois Valley Central High School, is no half-wit, and she said "No thanks" to the legend of academia.

In fact she had wit enough to see that Harvard was not the end-all of scholastic endeavors—especially, when it dangled a $30,000+ price tag.

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