<p>Vanderbilt13 claims in post #68 to be “just a regular student” who “is repeating things she heard.”<br>
vanderbilt 13, I think instead of asking parents and students who flew to Nashville per their invitations “not to be offended”, you should be issuing an apology for being thoughtless and for inappropriately making statements online purported to represent the reasoning of the Ingram Scholars committee.</p>
<p>The large reduction in Ingram Scholars this year would of course be a big let down to students who hoped to be part of such an amazing tradition at Vanderbilt.</p>
<p>Disappointed Ingram finalists…you who made the cut already out of 21,000 hopefuls, please keep in mind that there are 6000 students at Vanderbilt and many are on very generous need and merit supplemental scholarships. If your son or daughter truly liked the Vanderbilt community, I hope you will stay open till April when all of your offers arrive. Return to an Accepted Student day with your full offers in hand and compare the entire Vandy experience with your other opportunities. Obviously…all of our sons and daughters are active at Vandy and many of them are deeply into service work and opportunities outside of the Ingram program. If you made the Ingram finalist cut, you will likely enjoy looking at other offers, too.</p>