Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholarship Application Mistake

Faline2
Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:13:52 +0000

You should take the time to have different essays that are clean from each other for the RD application decision and for the merit scholarships. Use your merit essays as an opportunity to add to your RD or ED application package. Imagine you can put down five cards on the table that display something about yourself if your application is brought to the merit scholars committee table. Obviously, test scores, class rank and grades are the easy part in a sea of fully qualified student applicants. Which “card” or aspect of your potential didn’t really get “told” or communicated in your RD application packet?

Amplify, communicate. You have five minutes. Share. In my opinion, it is always helpful to project what you might do with your incredible privilege re studying at Vandy for four years. Merit money is for kids with academic fire in a class of all high achievers who are merit worthy. Don’t hide your academic goals under a bushel. You don’t have to know what you are going to become. Our son did 50% of what was projected in his essays while at Vandy but veered off into an entirely new direction that was not congruent with his essays.
For the colleges with merit essays, you must spend a great deal of time thinking this out. You have time for instance to come up with a new plan for your RD app essays but today you must submit your merit essays.