@prodesse I am also a National Merit Scholar Finalist who listed Vanderbilt as my top choice. I have not heard anything either way. I’m keeping my hopes high:)
Has anyone gotten accepted yet? I have yet to hear anything, but I had a friend who get emailed a rejection.
What do you mean? Rejected from the CV/Chancellor’s Scholarships or strictly an admissions rejection email?
For CV/Chancellor’s. Regular admission doesn’t come out until April doesn’t it?
Lots of students got the rejection letter for the CV/Chancellor’s.
Will the next wave of rejections not come out until this afternoon? Any hope of getting the scholarship now is gone, but wish they would have notified me last night instead of dragging it out
April 1 is a Sunday, so I believe admissions decisions will be sent no later than March 30th. Last year it was March 28th, based on CC threads.
Must keep rejections for CV in perpective, and…chins held high. Less than 1% of the applicant pool actually receive one of VU elite scholarships. Applicant pool across Ed1, Ed2, and RD being in excess of 30,000. The applicant pool alone is in large part comprised of applicants from the top 1% of high school seniors (32-33+ ACT puts one in 99th percentile). So 1% from a pool that is among the most elite of HS seniors is akin to getting lucky with the lottery. All who received - well deserved for sure. Congratulations certainly in order. All who did not, remember that you were/are quite likely in the 99th percentile on comparison with all other seniors competing for admission and scholorships such as these. Not a bad place to be. I can confirm VU financial aid package, with rare exception won’t be beat. Work with financial aid office. I am convinced that if you can find your way to gaining admission, financial aid office will find a way for you to afford to attend. They did for my S - accepted ED1. Award was more than anticipated based on NPC we completed before deciding to apply. Don’t rule out VU if you are/get admitted until you exhaust all financial aid options with VU. I hope you, like we were, will be pleasantly surprised. Best of luck to all of you great applicants waiting on RD.
To all of you- Congratulations, but again they rely on your parents information and if your parents have indicated they will only pay $ amount of money - and they say your parent however can pay (even though they are closing in on retirement and have one more child at home) That means you can’t go to Vanderbilt. MY D is out, my husband won’t even fill out the CSS. We already had this conversation with Northwestern. When the say demonstrated need, then that means parent can’t pay - so if they determine that your parents can pay. That is a financial aid package at all. That is that schools like VB, NW are for the super rich and those that qualify for financial aid package. Great for both groups, but middle class - is left out again! The only person that can make America great again is great students. And mine is going where she got tuition free and eventhough it is not academically VB - She will still have to find a way to be a great student! Good Luck to the Middle Class -
@Cre8tive1234 That might be true for financial aid packages but CV is purely a merit scholarship and does not take into consideration your financial situation.
Yes, this tread is about CV which is merit based. That doesn’t discount the point being made. It is difficult for the middle class to go to an elite school without big scholarships. I know Vanderbilt is one of the few schools that help you get down to your FAFSA EFC wihtout loans, that’s why they are on our list. But our EFC came to over 25K. We have 8 years of undergrad in the next 6 years (two kids). I’m not sure what middle class family can budget 200K in 6 years ($2,800 a month average). For us it’s either a great scholarship like the CV or plan B (state school).
So… when do you think everyone who hasn’t heard back yet will find out?
That’s what I’m doing. My family is middle class and because no huge scholarships have panned out and our EFC is incredibly high, it looks like I’m going to my large local state school with a scholarship (which I’m actually not too frustrated about because they have amazing departments for my main 2 areas of interest!) guess we just have to go with what comes our way, and make the most out of what we get
@skipper99, nothing wrong with that. We thought it was worth a shot to apply to some elites, since DS had great academics, ec’s, and community service. Any of you who are good enough to be ‘considered’ for Vanderbilt are good enough to succeed in life regardless of where your undergrad ends up being.
yes, don’t get attached to a specific school during admission process. My DS applied to elites and we added Vandy for merit scholarship chances and he was lucky enough to get CV. Admissions are so random now a days, he was accepted by Penn and JHU (BME) but waitlisted by all other elites. Got UCB regents, but not UCLA or UCD.
@whyamilikethis -Perhaps end of business in Nashville today, based on the simple observation that these types of notifications frequently seem to go out at end of the day.
“yes, don’t get attached to a specific school during admission process. My DS applied to elites and we added Vandy for merit scholarship chances and he was lucky enough to get CV. Admissions are so random now a days, he was accepted by Penn and JHU (BME) but waitlisted by all other elites. Got UCB regents, but not UCLA or UCD.”
At this high level, the decisions are very hard to predict. All these applicants are extremely well-qualified and have great stats, so the adcoms are splitting hairs.
Last year my kid applied to a bunch of schools in the USNWR 5-20. Rejected by a couple, accepted by several but rejected for merit, and then fortunate/lucky to get a CS at Vandy. We really don’t know why Vandy was the place where it all came together.
I’ll only say that every case is different. If your EFC is at 25K my point is/was that Vandy will get you damn close to that figure with need based grants and no loans. At 71K or so for total cost of attendance, thats a 46K grant. Not chump change. Whether one agrees with EFC as defined by FAFSA or CSS is separate issue altogether. If D has a tuition free option, may be best option after all for her. Vandy will be at/near 100k for 4 years given the stated EFC, supposing no major changes in financial situation. If your on hook for room, board and all other cost to attend at tuition free option, won’t that be 15-20k per year? Or, 60-80k over 4 years? I guess those are the numbers to compare. Is Vandy worth the additional 20-40K over 4 years? Maybe…maybe not. All a personal decision. Best of luck to your D, wherever she lands. Agree, one can find a way to be great wherever they go.
“If your EFC is at 25K my point is/was that Vandy will get you damn close to that figure with need based grants and no loans. At 71K or so for total cost of attendance, thats a 46K grant. Not chump change.”
Don’t get me wrong, Vanderbilt should be very proud of this and that is a big reason they made our list. My comments were not meant to be uncomplimentary to their generosity. I’m just speaking to the fact our EFC is higher than what we can do. Yes, Vanderbilt is worth paying more, but how much? Right now at EFC Vandy would be 18-21K a year ($72-84K total), more than the best state school offer our DS has been given, and that considers room and board. You will get various opinions on if that is worth it. My vote it ‘no’, but that is a personal choice. We may have been naive even applying to elites that were only realistic with full tuition scholarships, but you don’t know until you try!
Mosaic invitees… have you all heard the status of your Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholarship application? Awarded or rejected? Just curious because I have not.