Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholarship

My DS got CV schlorship.

@sursumcorda - I asked my S to email them and ask about campus visit. Hopefully he will hear back quickly.

Received CV scholarship for the School of Engineering. Please let me know if anyone finds more info about the overnight event!

@sunrisereader When is the overnight event

@rsmith0208 Sorry, don’t know. Only asked because there were some posts about it above.

@srk2017 Try emailing Professor Dan Morgan (dan.morgan@vanderbilt.edu). He’s the associate dean in charge of all the programming for CV scholars.

I’ve noticed that a few CV recipients have also gotten into top ivies early… This makes me very anxious because I did not receive the CV scholarship, yet I hope to get into an ivy. I know this is a very stress-induced post and I really should not be so stressed since no one can predict results, but do you think that the CV scholarship is given to mostly ivy-level applicants and that if you do not receive it, chances for ivies are low? 8-X

@reese5 - Each school has their own criteria so I won’t read too much into it.

@Reese5 I’m a CV and I got rejected by MIT and probably will get rejected by Harvard so don’t worry about it. Just kinda goes to show you it’s arbitrary and fit is pretty important for colleges, so I’d still stay optimistic if I were you!

So… I haven’t gotten an email regarding if I received scholarship or not. Should I call tomorrow or does decisions for the scholarship come out the same time they release decisions?

@prodigyofficial If you’re not a Blair student, then you didn’t get the CV. If you’re a Blair student, the admissions notification date is earlier for all students than that of CAS Engineering and Peabody, but the CV notification comes later than for the other three schools. However, your username suggests musical ties so if you are a Blair student, you won’t know for another week or less.

Ok. Thank you.

Is there a group me for scholarship recipients?

@tacanadian - There is FB group. My S is also a CV scholar and committed to Vandy.

Does applying for this scholarship require an interview? Thanks!

^No. I didn’t even have a regular admissions interview.

Does anyone know the essay prompt(s) for the 2017 Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholarship? My D has not yet applied, so has no access to the scholarship yet.

Winky1, if Vanderbilt wanted this year’s essay prompts for the merit scholarships shared on public forums, they would post the essay subjects on their website for all potential applicants to view. Protocol should be respected when applying for the signature honors scholarships at Vanderbilt and at other institutions. Vandy shares merit scholarship instructions with students who have submitted applications. Some schools require complete applications at an earlier date for merit applicants. My advice is to follow each school’s system to the letter.

@Faline2 , sorry to have offended, not my intention.

It’s not a secret!
https://www.vanderbilt.edu/scholarships/Fall%202018%20Merit%20Application%20Questions.pdf