Vanderbilt 2013 Forum

[gitls]

IS anyone here trying to make the Vandy vs. TX choice and got a scholly from Vandy that doesn't come close to their TX scholly?

[haole_20]

How were you notified of your vandy scholarship?

[pleasetryagain]

How were you notified of your vandy scholarship?

snail mail

[blueberrymuffin]

is there a specific person who should be contacted re negotiating scholarships? Wouldn't want to send a letter into a vacuum.

[Kiersten1985]

Got "Dean's Scholar" scholarship for $60k over three years via snail mail yesterday.

[sookie99]

has anyone with a 2/26 decision date been rejected so far???? i'm waiting for my decision in los angeles!

[missvik218]

has anyone with a 2/26 decision date been rejected so far???? i'm waiting for my decision in los angeles!

<3 True Blood!! Still waiting for mine in FL too, has anyone (2/26) heard anything yet?

[forza]

does anyone know if vandy will offer full tuition scholarships to other people if the people they originally offer them to turn them down?....in the case of the named scholarships listed on the top of the law merit scholars app, do they have a person who gets it every year? or do they only offer it to one person and if that person turns it down, they just don't have one in that class?

I'm fairly certain they have one every year. A guy from my UG is at Vandy now with the full-ride + stipend (Wade Scholarship) and he had a certain earlier date to accept it by because they wanted to look elsewhere otherwise.

This is correct. The deadline to commit to Vanderbilt for the Law Scholars moves up to April 1, from a regular commitment date of May 1, if I'm not mistaken.

And this is from the "promise to attend" form:

"I understand that this award is not transferrable; should I withdraw from the class at any time or fail, for any reason, to enroll at Vanderbilt Law School in the fall 2010 semester as I have promised, no student in the entering class will have the benefit of this award."

I take this bit to mean that if you don't submit the commitment form by April 1, they will fish around for other Law Scholars. If you do, however, and then fail to attend the school, then the $150,000 doesn't go to anybody.

[somewhatwayward]

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interesting. i guess if someone commits to it and then decides not to attend sometime in the summer, then the school doesn't have much incentive to give out full rides anymore. i got a chancellor's scholarship (81k), which is great, but i think it'd take more than that to sway me from my other choices (on another note, for some reason a dean's scholarship sounds like it should be more than a chancellor's scholarship to me). i'll have to think it over.

[Snickerdoodle]

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interesting. i guess if someone commits to it and then decides not to attend sometime in the summer, then the school doesn't have much incentive to give out full rides anymore. i got a chancellor's scholarship (81k), which is great, but i think it'd take more than that to sway me from my other choices (on another note, for some reason a dean's scholarship sounds like it should be more than a chancellor's scholarship to me). i'll have to think it over.

The head of the Vanderbilt U system is the Chancellor (not a president, like most other schools) so the Chancellor scholarship certainly carries more weight than a Dean scholarship.

[legendwaitforitdairy]

is there a specific person who should be contacted re negotiating scholarships? Wouldn't want to send a letter into a vacuum.

+1 Let me know if you find out! Thanks!

[86revolt]

has anyone in california gotten a scholarship offer yet?

[cardinalandgold]

has anyone in california gotten a scholarship offer yet?

Got mine in the mail yesterday. In Southern California.

[xokel87]

has anyone in california gotten a scholarship offer yet?

Got mine in the mail yesterday. In Southern California.

+1 San Francisco

[86revolt]

has anyone in california gotten a scholarship offer yet?

Got mine in the mail yesterday. In Southern California.

dammit!! well i guess having the lowest LSAT of all non-URM admits (according to LSN), i can't be too mad...oh well, looks like UT is gonna be way cheaper to attend.

[86revolt]

has anyone in california gotten a scholarship offer yet?

Got mine in the mail yesterday. In Southern California.

+1 San Francisco

are you going to the reception at jones day on march 16?

[xokel87]

has anyone in california gotten a scholarship offer yet?

Got mine in the mail yesterday. In Southern California.

+1 San Francisco

are you going to the reception at jones day on march 16?

No I'll be at school outside CA again by then.. thinking of driving to the Apr 9 admitted students day though.

[turkishangora]

did they send out ASD information yet? the admit pack said they'll send it in a separate mail.

anyone going to the March 26th one?

[cardinalandgold]

did they send out ASD information yet? the admit pack said they'll send it in a separate mail.

anyone going to the March 26th one?

I'll be at the March 26th one.

[gogators]

45k here. Happy about it, but got 69k from WUSTL, wonder if vandy will bump it up to 60k to make my choice easier.

They won't.

[Grizz]

did they send out ASD information yet? the admit pack said they'll send it in a separate mail.

anyone going to the March 26th one?

I'll be at the March 26th one.

I will probably also see yall there.

[Rawlsian]

did they send out ASD information yet? the admit pack said they'll send it in a separate mail.

anyone going to the March 26th one?

I'll be at the March 26th one.

I will probably also see yall there.

+1

[thickfreakness]

April 9th ASW for me.

[ccs224]

Got notice of the Dean's Scholarship today. 18k a year, 54 total. Not bad! (Stats are in my stat machine if you're interested.)

[KellyD09]

$60k Dean's Scholly in the mail today. Letter dated 2/24