scholarship chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z Vanderbilt University
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<p>What are my chances at receiving decent scholarship offers from vandy? My family won't qualify for need.</p>

<p>I am a white female from Mississippi.
1500 SAT (790 Verbal, 710 math)
35 ACT
National Merit Semifinalist
Ranked 1/344 in class
Newspaper Editor
Statewide President of Mississippi Scholastic Press Association
Two time state champion, all-state selection in tennis, 5 year varsity team member
USTA sanctioned tennis-state Junior Fed Cup team, ninth place national team tennis
Officer in Mu Alpha Theta, Spanish Club, and SADD
Member of National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, Anchor Club, Junior Civitans, FCA, Excalibur Science Honor Society
Mock Trial
Harvard Model Congress
Model United Nations
3rd place overall in state Academic Decathlon, medallist in 6 subjects
Scholars' Bowl
Various awards in statewide math and science competitions, nationally sponsored history competitions (VFW, DAR)
Good (hopefully great) essays
Great teacher recs</p>

<p>I applied for the Sportswriting Scholarship (I worked last year for my local newspaper as a paid sports writer) also.</p>

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<p>Extremely good scholarship chances, based on stats alone.</p>

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<p>What school and major are you applying for? That might make a difference.</p>

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<p>i applied to college of arts and sciences, with either economics or communication major</p>

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<p>I'm a parent and know of 3 A&S students who received merit scholarships of 1/2 to 3/4 tuition; they also received the additional NM Finalist money. All three had SATs over 1550, top 1-2% class rank, 8-10 APs (including hard ones like physics C, BC calc). Your ECs look very strong and line up well with the sportswriting scholarship. </p>

<p>I would think you have an excellent chance. Good luck!!</p>

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<p>Yeah, I think you have a great chance at some good money.</p>

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<p>thanks ya'll for the input...not many people are typically encouraged at my school to go for prestigious places, so i dont have much frame of reference for stuff at Vandy. I'm really hoping to get some money offered because it's going to be hard to turn down full rides from state universities (especially the one where both my parents went!) in exchange for paying 40000+ a year</p>

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<p>Hey,</p>

<p>I'd throw in that at least engineering has a few full tuition scholarships to throw around (I got one of those) but all these people are right, getting them is tantamount to Yale/Harvard standards of acceptance, because there aren't many. So if they really want you, you will know. There are also many more 1/2 to 3/4 tuition scholarships floating around (non named).</p>