Each year Vanderbilt awards approximately 300 merit-based scholarships to applicants who demonstrate exceptional accomplishment and intellectual promise. These students represent the top 2 percent of all freshman applicants to Vanderbilt, and with the limited number of merit scholarships available, the selection process is very competitive.
All merit-based scholarships offered at Vanderbilt are renewable through four years of undergraduate study as long as the recipient maintains satisfactory academic performance. Faculty committees select recipients for these awards based solely on the basis of outstanding achievement inside and outside the classroom. Financial need is not a factor.
On this site you will find information on Vanderbilt's three signature scholarship programs:
Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholars – students who combine outstanding academic achievement with strong leadership and contributions outside the classroom
Chancellor's Scholars – students with outstanding high school records who have worked to build strong high school communities by bridging gaps among economically, socially, and racially diverse groups and who have demonstrated significant interest in issues of diversity education, tolerance, and social justice
Ingram Scholars – students with outstanding high school records who have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to community service. The deadline for prospective first-year students to apply for this scholarship has expired. The deadline for currently enrolled first- and second-year students is March 16, 2009.
