Hi! I wanted to apply for the Cornelius, Ingram, and Chancellor. I wanted to find out if the scholarship committees see your common app and supplementals?
Why would it matter…unless you are planning to use the same essays for your scholarship applications…which I would NOT suggest you do.
I agree with Thumper.
Do you feel you have what it takes to be a distinguished candidate for all three awards?
Wouldn’t they have to see your common app and supplementals (such as transcripts and letters of recommendation)? All of that seems like crucial information for the scholarship committees.
According to the Common App, Vanderbilt requires your Common App essay, plus another : “Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences. (200-400 words)”
The 3 scholarships you list all require additional essays, see :
https://www.vanderbilt.edu/scholarships/Fall%202020%20Merit%20Application%20Questions%20v.2.pdf
Thus it would seem obviously foolish to use the same (or even parts of the same) essays for the different prompts.
My daughter is also in the process of applying to Vanderbilt and is looking at applying for the Cornelius Vanderbilt scholarship, so I’ll be watching this thread…
Good luck to you!
The one student I know from our area who recently earned the Cornelius Vanderbilt award did not have super high scores (I know her mother), was not from an underrepresented state (we are from an overrepresented state), and did not have any hooks. She appeared, on the surface, to be a regular upper middle class kid from an affluent suburban school district.
What did she have? She had a resume filled (several pages) with leadership …not only within her school, but also within her town, county, and larger community. This girl held leadership positions in several outside organizations…with accomplishments that landed her national recognition.
That’s an example of what it takes to earn these awards. Btw…she turned it down to attend a “higher ranked” school.
I do not recommend using the same essays…
I know for a fact that for the CV scholarship that one’s entire freshman application is reviewed along with the required extra essay/scholarship application:
From the Vandy website:
https://www.vanderbilt.edu/scholarships/signature.php
“…Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholars are selected on the basis of academic achievement, intellectual promise, and leadership and contribution outside the classroom. In evaluating candidates, the selection committees review the entire application for freshman admissions along with the Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholarship application. Audition scores are a factor in merit scholarship selection for Blair School of Music recipients.”
If you search around on the link I provided above, it will tell you how the other scholars are selected (Ingram & Chancellor).
The other tip I have is to make sure you check your spam folders regularly, and at the very minimum around the time that scholarship notifications are emailed (last year my daughter’s CV notification was emailed on 3/8/19 I think). My daughter’s award notification went directly to her spam inbox. Luckily, I had read here on CC that this happened to others in the past, so I had my daughter make it a habit to check her spam folder on a regular basis.
The thing I’m most curious is, are they different scholarship committees for each scholarships (Ingram, CV, chancellors) or is it the same committee selecting all three. Because I feel like if its different committees for each, I need to reuse an essay I wrote for another scholarship.
There are different selection committees for each scholarship program.