Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholarship

Gopher44
Sun, 17 Mar 2019 16:25:23 +0000

Son applied RD and was not awarded the scholarship.

His metrics include scoring 36s on the ACT both times he took it (once without writing and once with writing), 4.0 unweighted, 800s on both SAT subject tests, and 5s on all 8 APs taken to date. He also is a National Merit finalist. There is quite literally nothing more he could have done academically.

ECs are very strong as well, including captain and All-State in football (state championship team), track captain, band captain, math team captain and numerous other non-athletic ECs.

We understand the ultra-competitiveness involved and are neither upset nor surprised by this outcome. That’s just the way it is. He will have many good options.

That said, I still can’t help but shake my head.