<p>I just arrived home from the Johnson Scholarship finalist event. I am so excited to have been named a Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholar. I hope to meet some of you guys at Mosaic Weekend!!!</p>
<p>got it 
do a lot of people get this actually…</p>
<p>didn’t know vanderbilt was this rich :P</p>
<p>Heard today by email and it was a “no” for the CV.</p>
<p>didn’t get it … (saw the email and confirmed what was already destined)… with just 1480 (CR +M) SAT and being an international asking awful amount of aid…</p>
<p>Thanks Go9ersjrh! I didn’t even know there was a blog we should be checking Back to waiting!</p>
<p>no scholarship for me either</p>
<p>Does anyone know anything about the college scholars program? Is it like an honors college?</p>
<p>It is not a seperate honors program. Your tuition is paid and that is it.</p>
<p>The College Scholars program is part of the Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholar package which provides the option of small discussion based courses with CV and College Scholar students from all four years for seminars that will fulfill AXLE requirements. </p>
<p>The reason that I say CV and College Scholar students? College Scholars accepts a few more applicants from the freshman class after one semester with an application that requires essays and recommendations. This is not a tuition free package like the CV Scholars. It is an opportunity to turn your degree into something grounded in many small intense discussion based courses.</p>
<p>My son was not a CV Scholar but very much wanted a more liberal arts discussion based educational option, and he was accepted into the College Scholars second semester freshman year. He is completing the requirements for an Honors Diploma right now. </p>
<p>However, I do not think he applied for Phi Beta Kappa. The PBK requirements are strict regarding proof of mastery of Calculus, quantitative courses and foreign languages, although I think our son could have sent in his seminars and his test scores and tried for PBK. </p>
<p>I bring this up to point out that there are many paths to distinction at Vanderbilt based on your own motivations. Not being a CV Scholar or Honors Scholar does not preclude acquiring honors when you graduate. </p>
<p>Not all CV scholars will go this route. Some will take a few Honors Seminars but will have other academic goals that distract them from fully loading up on these seminars.</p>
<p>Not all CV Scholars will complete the College Scholar path to an Honors Diploma which has specific standards for numbers of Honors Seminars taken as well as supplementing regular classes with an extra project negotiated with the professor which qualifies as a point towards the College Scholars Honors Diploma.</p>
<p>Of note in a sea of equals (which is my view of the freshman class), many students who are not CV Scholars and are not offered Honors Seminars will opt for Departmental Honors for diplomas that also have extra distinction. Every academic department has its own requirements for Departmental Honors.</p>
<p>My D was neither a CB Scholar nor PBK. She was invited to apply for PBK but did not do so. The calculus requirement was a turn-off for her, as was the need to take an additional semester of a foreign language. She was too busy taking classes that interested her … there are so many at Vanderbilt from which to choose, and she just couldn’t see the point in bothering with coursework she didn’t want to take (and didn’t “need” to take). She was invited into honor societies at each grade level, although she declined junior year due to her study abroad semester conflicting with a mandatory requirement for the honor society.</p>
<p>She was magna cum laude, so the things she didn’t do were not an issue. She was not eligible for Department Honors, though, because she received an interdisciplinary degree.</p>
<p>Crazy how competitive it must be. Son didn’t get it. 36 ACT, number 1 in class of 500, national merit finalist…yada, yada. Vanderbilt didn’t seem to care</p>
<p>Got an email yesterday that I have received a Cornelius Vanderbilt scholarship from the Blair School of Music, so those are officially out now. I am a violinist.</p>
<p>I think the Blair CVs depend mostly on audition and also Blair’s needs. My ACT is a 34 and I am National Merit Finalist, 4.0 GPA unweighted, not much different from other Vandy applicants.</p>
<p>I am excited! Vandy is my dream school!</p>
<p>Congrats mgjohnsn. how wonderful for you! hope your nashville years are golden</p>
<p>Has anyone who received CV asked about the timeline to notify yea or nay?</p>
<p>Congratulations mgjohnsn. When was your audition date?</p>
<p>I am with you SMICHENER, have a dd with good Stats, didn’t get CV. The more I look at the posts it looks like they are offered to candidates who got into HPYS in SCEA. We all know they can’t break their contract so what happens to all these scholarships that students can’t accept since they are obliged to go to their SCEA.</p>
<p>SCEA is Single Choice Early Action - it doesn’t require a binding contract like Early Decision. The only restriction is that you agree to only apply to one school early, that way they know you are their first choice at that time, and that you are not applying ED anywhere else. You still get to wait and see what all your other offers are before you have to make a decision where you will attend. I’m sure lots of kids who got into HYPS SCEA with no financial aid might be able to be lured away with a full ride offer to Vandy.</p>
<p>not sure I follow you fatherofm. I don’t think SCEA is a binding contract. They are not ED which is a binding contract.</p>
<p>Edit: Volleyboy beat me to it</p>
<p>^^ Thank you both for the clarification.</p>
<p>Didn’t get CV scholarship. 2340, 3.94 UW. Decent EC. Vandy was my D’s top choice school. So sad.</p>