<p>2250 is a poor SAT score?</p>
<p>no 2250 is very good!</p>
<p>Sarcasm fail ^^^</p>
<p>Denied. oh well…
SAT: 2370
GPA: 3.99-ish UW, 4.49 W
Courses: 6 AP’s plus Computer Info Systems
AP’s: 4 tests taken, all 5s
EC’s: involved in about half a dozen clubs, leadership roles in 3
100 hrs. volunteering (Habitat for Humanity)</p>
<p>…it’s whatever… i’m not really crushed or anything, i heard they had a truly ridiculous number of CV apps this year.</p>
<p>@ keellota</p>
<p>“So, with this scholarship program being relatively new (2007), is it a pretty well-established community, or mostly just a monetary award?”</p>
<p>It is mostly just a monetary award. We’ve had one meet-and-greet and that’s been about it for coordinated events.</p>
<p>@keellota:
Well, it depends on what college you applied to. I have no idea about the others, but as for CAS … you build your own CV community? There have been 3 meet-and-greets so far, with another one coming up soon to meet honors seminars professors.</p>
<p>However, the big thing about the CV community in CAS are the honors seminars that we can take (people that join the College Scholars program after their first semester are also eligible to take these classes) which are interesting classes headed by a very good professor (for instance, my current professor helped invent the fMRI). These classes obviously are filled with the “cream of the crop” at Vanderbilt and … networking. Sorry, not the most eloquent at 3 in the morning =)</p>
<p>^I’m beginning to regret applying to engineering. There are a couple honors seminars this fall that look interesting, but I guess I won’t be able to take them since I’m not a CV of CAS. I actually lean more towards CAS, but wanted to try out BME first since I have some interest and engineering is easier to begin with than to switch into. Boo.</p>
<p>^^^Have you checked to see if you can take them? I wouldn’t assume that you can’t. Doesn’t hurt to ask.</p>
<p>keellota, rather than get upset about missing out on an honors seminar or two if you have preliminary courses in engineering to tackle, Tackle the pre-requisites along with your engineering fellow freshmen and get to know you sub school and its culture. You will only have about 100 more seminars that come up in the next four years and they are all incredble. My son was enrolled in three of them in a recent semester and every day was bliss in the classroom re discussion and access to great profs. He is a CAS student, and wishes he could take all of the seminars. But some semesters he simply can’t work out doing seminars and goes mainstream for various reasons. Some semesters he can manage one seminar with his own goals re majors and minors–sometimes zero.<br>
However, you should be looking ahead at the goal of a four year education…the job market!! Engineer students who do well have bright futures and you are only 2 years away from seeking internships and summer work in this field. If you are capable of doing engineering and you think you might like it, you should explore it with a 100% positive attitude. Everyone is in the “explore” mode as freshmen. Consult with the head of the College Scholars program by email if you have any schedule questions re your wish to go ahead and start in seminars. Don’t start letting one term’s course options dictate your major yet.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that you are not enrolling at an all engineering culture college. If you do choose to stick with BME, you will still have a culture around you that is strongly liberal arts, millions of liberal arts oriented events and lectures to attend, and plenty of opportunities to take personal small classes and seminars. That is the beauty of Vanderbilt. </p>
<p>Engineering is really worth it if you discover you have the affinity for the community that it is comprised of at Vandy. You are in no way cut off from the liberal arts opportunities on campus. good luck finding your niche. Not everyone can “do” engineering but many wish they could!</p>