Chances for Scholarship?

kelsmom
Sun, 03 Jun 2007 12:39:31 +0000

I have a slightly different take on this than some others here. I am not so sure how Vandy awards scholarships. My D has excellent stats & very strong EC’s, but she didn’t get a single dollar in scholarship money from Vandy. She did not visit before she was accepted, so that may have been a factor. In addition, being the procrastinator she is, she applied last-minute; that may have been a factor. However … she DID get tremendous grant-based financial aid. I can’t help but wonder if Vandy might use scholarships for upper income students & endowed grants for regular people? That is only speculation, of course. But the grant aid was quite a bit better than Tufts, which also met need … just with more loans. We have an EFC that would keep D from getting any grant aid at many schools, but at Vandy grants accounted for basically 1/2 of costs (which translates to more than half of tuition/room/board).