<p>Basic Stats- 2280 hispanic student with 4.5 gpa top 10 % of class in NJ of a class ~500 who send about 10 kids to top 20 schools</p>
<p>So I have spent 900 hours volunteering at local EMT squad, am I candidate for the scholarship although Im not doing they "traditonal" community service around the community?</p>
<p>Chewing over the data:</p>
<p>You are:</p>
<p>Hispanic
2280
4.5
From a class of 500 that sends 10 graduates/yr to top 10 schools.
900 plus hours volunteering with the local EMT
EMT serves your community.
Serves community…Community Service!
Could probably spin the experience into an idea for a project to reduce teen violence,etc.</p>
<p>And you are:</p>
<p>Applying to Vanderbilt
Only 6% Hispanic per Collegeboard</p>
<p>And you want to know:</p>
<p>Question “Is it worth it” to apply for a full tuition scholarship that considers academic achievement and community service?</p>
<p>Answer:</p>
<p>ESTAS LOCO???</p>
<p>hahaha thanks for the support… its just hard to spin it into some sort of “service project” but theres probs a way to do it</p>
<p>I recommend you also apply for the Chancellor’s and the Cornelius Vanderbilt. Most applicants to Vandy come with community service, so be thoughtful when you write. Re EMT, Vandy has a big mission for medicine in the region and you will hear the helicopter come and go while a student. Another musing on the subject of EMT, we live near VA Tech, and working on the EMT team became being in the forefront of catastrophic events at Tech…I know a couple of Tech student responders 2 years back and they were essential to the response. </p>
<p>It is just as likely you would be seriously reviewed for the Chancellor’s which has a later deadline. When it comes to a possible full ride, I recommend applications to all. Make sure to sit down with your reference that is extra for these purposes and explain your interest in life at Vandy and make sure to get an Alum interview. Please visit! good luck!</p>
<p>I’ve edited out the name and geographical details of this outstanding young woman from our community who was a finalist, but not a recipient of the Ingram a few years ago. Reading this will help you see what level of service is required to be considered for this scholarship. D had a suite mate her sophomore year who was an Ingram Scholar and her service was in the incredible category as well.</p>
<p>M’s journey has taken her all over the United States and abroad. And the
journeys haven’t only been geographical. By way of her many destinations, she has
reached the pinnacle of academic height (many times over). She has presided over
national YMCA affairs, she has made her voice heard in ancient cathedrals, she
has amassed record numbers of service hours on behalf of the Girl Scouts, she has worked out with the US Naval Academy, she has been
honored as a most outstanding citizen by the American Legion Auxiliary,
she has a degree of honor from the National Forensic League, she has
been president of the Senate of the “state” Youth Assembly, she
has met President George Bush, she has driven an Alaskan dog
sled, and she has successfully lobbied the House and Senate of
“her state” for an HIV confidentiality bill (House Bill 82).
The journey continues. M has been accepted into the freshman
class at Harvard (recently ranked as the nation’s number one
most difficult school at which to be accepted). But she won’t be
stopping at Cambridge. Rather, she’ll be spending her first year
in Geneva, Switzerland, where she will study intensive French
and calculus. While in Geneva, she will also have the
opportunity to volunteer with the United Nations and
the International Red Cross as well as fulfill her goal
of arranging and recording a cappella music.</p>
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<p>Fords journey has taken him as far as he can get by bus and bicycle. And the journeys havent only been confined to planet Earth. By way of repeated viewings of Star Trek re-runs his mind has traveled through the pinnacle of space. (many times over). He has presided over ticket sales for a football game. His wind has never been heard in an ancient cathedral for he is a respectful practitioner of silent but deadly. He has amassed the record for most Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies stuffed into a human mouth at one time, he has been recruited in the cafeteria by all branches of the military, and he once successfully made eye contact with an American Legion member. The National Forensic League has honored him with the title Master-Debater. He is totally unaware of whether his own state even has a Youth Assembly, but is quite certain that there are Youth Detention Centers. He doesnt live too far from George Bush but has no desire to meet him, he has walked his mutt in the park on a sunny day, he has held the hand of a friend whose HIV test was positive. The journey continues. Ford will undoubtedly be rejected from Harvard (recently ranked as the nations number one most likely school to reject white males). But, even though he wont be stopping at Cambridge, he will spend his college years with friends whose heads are not hidden up the opening where mutts do their business in the park. He will eat Toblerone bars from Switzerland and wish he looked more like Roger Federer. He will likely try to get his core classes out of the way in Community College. He will volunteer with the Red Cross because they give out cookies and juice as well as fulfill his goal of arranging and recording the random, spontaneous laughter of people who dont take life so seriously</p>