<p>Does Vandy offer any other non-need based awards besides CV and the ones already awarded? I'm wondering if the final FA award letter includes any.</p>
<p>The note posted on the vanderbilt sponsored admissions page indicates that there are some smaller merit awards still in committee and not yet designated. Good luck to all. As I posted earlier, the merit awards are largely pooled into the main three signature categories now. In the olden days, there were scores of personalized merit awards with different sponsors and names on them and different purposes. There are a few of these still kicking around including a sports journalism award and the Lanier award for Georgian applicants. Vanderbilt actually has a very rigorous Communications/Speech program not found at many peer colleges, and a good number of alum in journalism jobs, for instance. </p>
<p>@perch1024 <a href=“Additional Merit Scholarships | Scholarships | Vanderbilt University”>http://www.vanderbilt.edu/scholarships/additional.php</a></p>
<p>My son did get a surprise scholarship in August on the finalized bill…it was for someone in his particular major. It was about $5k. It replaced his student contribution, but then just reduced his grant in the same fashion that other outside scholarships do. It might have had a need-component to it though. I know of another student who had the same thing happen. </p>