Cornelius Vandy?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Vanderbilt University
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<p>Any chances for the scholarship?
-Please read if you can, hopefully my other qualities apart from many other applicants</p>

<p>Personal-
Location: Kentucky
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
High School: Independent/Private-sends many kids to top 20 schools like Emory, Georgetown, WashU, Vandy, etc. a few to Ivies (last year 1 to Columbia and 1 to Yale)
Class Size: 69
Financial Aid: Yes (even though parents' income >$100,000)</p>

<p>Stats-
SAT: 2110 (730M, 720CR, 660W)-Retaking for NM Finalist
SAT II: Bio-E: 790, Chem: 760, MathII (Nov.): ~750+, Physics (Nov.): ~700+
ACT: 35 (34M, 36R, 35E, 34S, 32/9WR)
GPA: 3.90 UW; ~4.2 W
Rank: No Rank (probably top 10%/5 students)
AP's (10):
AP Biology: 5
AP Chemistry: 4
AP Calculus AB: 4
AP Government/Politics: 4
AP Latin IV Virgil: 2 (medical problems then)
Senior Year: AP Physics C, AP English Lang./Comp., AP English Lit./Comp., AP European History, AP Calculus BC</p>

<p>Awards/Honors:
•National Merit Semi-finalist: 2008
•Kentucky Governor’s Scholar: 2008
•Kentucky Commonwealth Ambassador: 2008
•AP Scholar with Honor: 2008
•USABO Semi-finalist: 2008
•ACDA National Honors Choir: 2004, 2006, 2008
•KYACDA All-State Choir: 2004, 2005
•KMEA All-State Choir: 2008
•ACDA Southern Division Choir: 2008
•University of Louisville Book Award: 2008
•Academic Honor Roll: 2005-2008
•Bunch of Academic Team and National Latin Exam Awards
•Hopefully youngARTS finalist (NFAA)</p>

<p>Extracurricular:
Sports
•Varsity Baseball: 2005, 2009 (couldn't do during 10th/11th grade because of medical issues)
•Junior Varsity Soccer: 2005
•Tennis: 2006-2008</p>

<p>Music/Arts
•Select Chorale (Honors): 2005, 2007-2009
•Voice Training and Performance: 2003-2009
•Instruments:
Piano: 2004-2008
Guitar: 2005-2008
•Rock Band (performance): 2005-2007
•Acting (lead/ensemble) : 2007-2009
A Christmas Carol, Oklahoma: the Musical, and Beauty and the Beast</p>

<p>Academics
•Math Team: 2005-2009
•Quick Recall: 2005-2009
•Kentucky Governor’s Cup: 2005-2009
Clubs
•National Beta Club: 2007-2009
•DSA: Desi Student Alliance (Indian Awareness): 2007-2009
•Young Democrats: 2006-2009</p>

<p>Leadership:
•1st President of Select Chorale: 2008-2009
•Co-founder and President of DSA: 2007-2009
•Junior Varsity Quick Recall Captain: 2006-2007
•Varsity Quick Recall Captain: 2008
•Board member of the Artemis Fund: 2007-2009
501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the further advancement and support of the youth of Louisville by through an endowment. Funds are raised and then allocated to various causes through a detailed application process.
Served as a liaison to the Society for the Prevention of Aggressiveness and Violence Among Adolescents (SPAVA)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Research (Medical):
•Hospital (100+ hrs.): administrative and nursing duties, distribution of medical supplies: 2008
•Cancer Center High School Summer Internships (Research) 400+hrs:
Summer research internship at the University of Louisville’s James Brown Cancer Center-
-Study of microPET scans of rodent hearts and myocardial tracer uptake: 2006-2007
-Study of cancer-producing stem cells in retinoblastoma and the genes implicated in their generation 2007-2008
-Writing thesis for school's honors program and sending an abstract to colleges</p>

<p>Essays: Pretty good/unique- detail my medical problems and how I've struggled and overcome them. also how i was selected as one of four people in the world for an FDA approved adult clinical study for a new organ transplant
Counselor Rec: good (he is my english teacher and was JV academic/quick recall team coach)
Recs: Good
1 from my AP Euro teacher who is my baseball coach too
1 from my AP Bio Teacher who said I was the best in his class and is one of my best friends, also my honors mentor and homeroom adviser
1 from my choir teacher who has known me for over 8 years both inside and out of the classroom and has said that I am the best singer she has seen ever at our school (truth)</p>

<p>Important non-academic distinctions (regarding medical problem--hope to be a doctor):
-Published article in National Journal of Nephrology
-Published Article in International Journal of Nephrology
-Gave a presentation on my experiences to a private regenerative medicine company</p>

<p>Thanks guys</p>

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<p>looks like you have more going for you than i did, and i got an interview.</p>

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<p>Emoticon - Interview? for the Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholarship? did you apply ED? My d applying regular decision. Did we miss something?</p>

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<p>The small size of your high school works against you, especially if you're not the top student at that high school. I can tell you from experience that your class rank + Vanderbilt's own internal ranking of your high school are very important factors in screening candidates. Most students invited to interview are top 1% from large high schools (private or public magnet).
While you have a distinguishing factor (your medical issues) it's not the result of your individual merit.</p>

<p>Ultimately, this is something that's impossible to predict. A lot of very talented students apply to Vanderbilt and only a very small few get invited to interview for this scholarship. You have a chance, so don't be discouraged, but remember that it's unlikely even for the most qualified student.</p>

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<p>I am guessing the OP goes to St. X in Louisville which will not hurt him. They have a strong record with Vanderbilt acceptances/matriculations. One of S's best friends at Vandy was a St. X kid. I have a friend from Louisville whose kids went to St. X and the one who applied to Vanderbilt was accepted, although he ended up going to a better ranked school.</p>

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<p>nope, he goes to KCD.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies guys. jeja how did u know I go to KCD? And yea I'm most likely 2nd in my class probably cause we have a genius in my grade.</p>

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<p>you said so in another post</p>