Chances!!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Vanderbilt University
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<p>I'm a junior really considering Vanderbilt and I was wondering my chances so far of getting into the school as well as possibly getting merit aid (chancellor's?)</p>

<p>Public High School
4.23W GPA 3.75UW
African American
top 5%
IB Diploma Candidate </p>

<p>SATI: 730/650/620 (1380/2000) ....only one try so far</p>

<p>Awards/Honors
1st place regional history fair for 3 consecutive years (attended state fair)
2nd place regional science fair 9th grade
1st place regional Foreign language fair last two years
Youth in Government Most Outstanding Delegate 10th grade
Youth in Government Most Outstanding Delegate H.Mention 11th grade
Youth in Government Conference on National Affairs Finalist 11th grade
....plenty of others but those are the important ones</p>

<p>EC's
Youth in Government Lt.Governor for my State (start serving in 12th)</p>

<p>Youth in Government Chapter President for my county 11th</p>

<p>Vice Chairman of my cities MLK committee which puts together the celebrations for MLK day and works to foster unity in the community 11th grade (only student on a committe of adults)</p>

<p>Teenage Republican Treasurer 11th</p>

<p>Tomorows's Leaders Program- chooses students top students from schools across county for 7 days of leadership seminars 11th</p>

<p>Track and Field-9th 10th</p>

<p>MC for my cities NAACP Banquet- not sure if this is impressive or not but it might help toward a chancellors scholarship??</p>

<p>NHS</p>

<p>Bunch of Community Service</p>

<p>Summer Activieties</p>

<p>Youth in Government Conference on National Affairs 2006</p>

<p>This summer:</p>

<p>Chosen to go to Boys State
Chosen to attend Youth in Government Conference on National Affairs
Chosen to attend Youth in Government Governors Summit
Attending JSA Summer School at Georgetown (unless by the grace of God I'm chosen for Boys Nation)</p>

<p>What do you think my chances are??? If I were to play up the MLK committee do you think that could help me with a chancellors scholarship?</p>

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<p>While Vanderbilt is very generous with merit based financial aid and a number of posters on this board have received partial scholarships, it is my understanding that the Chancellor's awards go to those with near perfect standardized testing scores and academic records. Your record looks impressive and you might well be surprised how much aid you might be offered if your EFC merits it based on this record. You may want to go back and read previous posts on this forum related to Mosaic weekend which is Vanderbilt's effort to recruit a diverse spectrum of students. Good luck!</p>

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<p>But you do think I have a chance to get in ??</p>

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<p>I would say that your chances are really good for Vandy. (I think 2VU agrees) You seem very well qualified and pretty much above average by Vandy standards. And Vandy definitely is trying to get a more diverse population (they'll definitely fight to have you). Financial packages are wonderful I basically had my need (in terms of all costs minus ETC) met in grants and colleges dont do that often. You seem to see Vandy as your goal. You could probably go higher and have some "reach"-schools in mind. (just to see, you know? that's what I'd do anyways). but Vandy is awesome!!! So do apply and go there!</p>

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<p>he's not above average, but he does have a pretty decent shot. Don't expect a merit-based scholarship.</p>

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<p>he might be right about merit based scholarships, b/c those are really competitive. (try anyways), but for financial aid, they look at your need and academic potential, which can be good enough as scholarships.</p>

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<p>I think mono172000 has an excellent chance--his EC's show leadership and appear to show a passion for governtment-type activities. I wouldn't count out merit scholarships, particularly as an URM. Of course we are all just guessing here--No one can predict for sure. Good luck!</p>

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<p>URM- decent scores. You're probably in. Don't expect the Chancellors though, you need a 1500 for that. But financial aid is generous.</p>

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<p>my one question would be whether or not your school is competitive. Your sat scores are strong, and extraciricculars (sorry i cant spell) are excellent. if your high school is legit than I would say you have a legitamite shot at acceptance. if it isn't, then I would say you try to raise your sats.</p>

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<p>Its fairly competitive. We have some great students and we usually put at least 2 kids in top tier schools per year. This years senior class will see kids going to rice, princton, and possibly julliard so I suppose we're doing something right.</p>

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<p>sounds good. i got the impression that ur retaking the sat. id say ur in now, anyway. however, id also say to retake it bc it could lead to more options. take it from me (as a current senior who unfortunately passed on the last 2 sat testing dates), theres definitely no harm in retaking it.</p>

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<p>Yeah I'm deffinatly going to take them again, hopefully they go up a little bit. I really want to be able to go to Vanderbilt or collges like it (Duke, UVA) but w/o the money I dont know how realistic that will be. Maybe some higher scores will put me in a better position for merit aid.</p>