<p>I just got an email from Vandy saying I was not selected as a semi finalist for the Ingram Scholarship out of 865 candidates. Just curious to see if anyone on CC is a semi finalist. Fingers crossed for the Cornelius Scholarship as they said they are still evaluating candidates.</p>
<p>We didn’t apply for the Ingram Scholarship. But haven’t heard from Cornelius. We have our fingers crossed too. Good luck.</p>
<p>Will they notify the people that didn’t get the Cornelius scholarship ? I haven’t been notified of anything yet. Still hoping :)</p>
<p>Generally, emails on the merit scholarships go out in the same day to those who don’t get them and to those that do. Ingrams are different because a round of interviews take place for finalists. You can find threads on this in past years in March.</p>
<p>Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholarship notification shouldn’t occur until around March 9. That’s when people were notified of winning it or not last year.</p>
<p>Just talked to the Scholarship people at Vandy yesterday. They said the Cornelius Canderbilt and Chancellor’s Scholarship are given in mid-March. The reason the Ingram scholarship notifies so soon is because they have the semi-finalist and finalist cuts to do and have to organise the finalists visit to campus</p>
<p>i applied for Ingram but have not gotten an email or letter or call. sounds like some have gotten a “no thank you” email. has anyone gotten a yes? what should i do if i have not heard yet?</p>
<p>Did anyone receive invitation for the interview yet? Or “No, thank you” e-mail at least?</p>
<p>i called the day after the post. all finalists have been notified and all applicants have been too. they sent emails to everyone. i found mine in my school’s quarantine folder eventually. hope this helps.</p>
<p>Thank you! We successfully found the rejection in the junk (found its place by itself). :-)</p>
<p>Hi, just curious my s applied for the Cornelius shp.
We haven’t heard anything, are they sending emails
Then letters? Thx</p>
<p>Yes, emails come first, then letters. </p>
<p>Those of you who wrote the essays for Ingram and CV and Chancellors should pat yourselves on the back. You made the effort and put yourselves in the game regardless of how the chips fall.</p>
<p>good luck to each of you</p>
<p>I was actually thinking if they would consider that. Thank you for confirmation! (assuming you know what you’re talking about, of course)</p>
<p>Not sure what you mean, CollegeFobia.<br>
To clarify, I mean that students who went to the trouble to write extra essays, get extra recommendations and who feel that they have something to contribute to campus life at Vandy can rest easy knowing they did their absolute best effort re merit money.<br>
Can you do anymore than your absolute best in a field of 28 thousand plus applicants? </p>
<p>I personally think it can only help to have submitted essays that show more concentrated information about yourself. Nevertheless, fully qualified, exemplary students will not get a “yes” on merit due to the numbers of great students applying and to Vanderbilt’s commitment to need blind admissions and no loan aid packages. So for those of you who can afford your FAFSA/CSS Profile estimate, you really can’t lose if admitted to Vandy. </p>
<p>For families who are paying full freight for Vandy, there will be a serious sit down in April to weigh value vs costs of your final offers.</p>
<p>Thank you for sharing your thoughts! What I meant was that D is decent candidant with decent, although not stellar scores, strong academics, EC, and leadership roles but there are bunch of other kids of the same caliber. I was wondering if writing extra essays associated with applying to 3 merit scholarship, and submitting extra recommendations would give her a better edge in regular admission desicion. I wasn’t sure if admisssion desicions are made considering merrit application information.</p>
<p>I don’t think the two are related, but I could be wrong.</p>
<p>For what it’s worth, my D applied for Ingram and was not chosen as a semi-finalist. She had excellent grades, scores, and leadership EC’s. The students who were named Ingram Scholars are unbelievable … honestly, they are phenomenal. Students who did not make the cut have nothing to feel bad about, because those who were named scholars are very deserving.</p>
<p>I only have a parental opinion/guess on the subject of if doing the extra mile re essays and recommendations can help one’s admission odds. My guess is “yes” if your essays are fine quality and show thought and actual awareness of how an 18 year old might make the absolute best use of a Vandy education. </p>
<p>Vandy is not immune to understanding via essays that a student really really wants to be there, but they expect a certain kind of yield each season and many merit offers will not be taken. They have it all figured out, and their hearts are really with the students who need financial aid based on income levels.</p>
<p>All three merit categories have elements of character and potential service, but I do not believe there is any profile of an applicant that is a winning profile. The CVs are distributed to all three colleges within the undergrad program and the decision makers know that they don’t need all political activists or all scientists. Introverts and extroverts get these awards. The admission team understands that every part of the college and every department has a different culture.
Our son was miraculously (no other way to view it) awarded merit to Vandy and to one other fine peer private institution. </p>
<p>Another peer institution “lost” his scholars application (noted that several members of that staff were fired the next year over a long traditon of faking their applicant stats–and there was a huge mess in their Scholars program that year…but anyway, we have nothing to complain about.) Another fine peer institution admitted him and didn’t select him for merit. We admire our son and my only brag is that he has indeed been very active re extracurriculars and thoughtful use of his time in the community, so in many ways, his essays were predictive of his level of involvement. </p>
<p>On the other hand, in my opinion he is no smarter than anyone else in his class and many of them have yet to make their marks re service but they will…they will! So many scientists and engineers have their heads down in the labs at this age, so many future teachers are just getting on the ground, and etc.</p>
<p>Anyway, long-winded way of saying…be glad you know your student put him or herself on the line! it can only help.</p>
<p>PS (Hi Kelsmom! we are old CC friends with students similar in age from Vandy…her daughter has graduated and my son is a senior)</p>