Myappvu: Ideal Response For Each Question Should Be Between 250 and 500 Words
Myappvu: Ideal Response For Each Question Should Be Between 250 and 500 Words
Myappvu: Ideal Response For Each Question Should Be Between 250 and 500 Words
Students interested in being considered for the Ingram, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and/or Chancellors Scholarship
Program must first apply for admission by submitting the Coalition Application, Common Application, QuestBridge
Application or the Universal College Application to Vanderbilt. Within two business days of submitting your
application for admission to Vanderbilt, you should receive an email from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions
explaining how to create your online MyAppVU account. Under the Scholarship Application tab in MyAppVU, you
will be able to select the signature program(s) to which you wish to apply. For information purposes only, below
are the questions for each of the signature programs. Through your MyAppVU portal, you will upload your
response as a PDF document and submit online. Students wishing to ensure their consideration for additional
merit scholarships (Carell Family, Curb Leadership, and Fred Russell-Grantland Rice) are encouraged to
submit the Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholarship application.
2. Explore what you think it means for individuals and businesses to, "serve the common good". How
does this intersect with your personal career aspirations?
3. Describe a civic/community service project in which you have been involved that you believe can be
scaled to greater benefit. In so doing, focus primarily on how that scaling could be achieved.
Answer only one. If you are applying to more than one school, answer the question for your first-choice school only.
1. For applicants to the School of Engineering, Peabody College of Education and Human Development,
and Blair School of Music:
Recognizing that you have applied to a focused area of study, please comment on the reasons you are interested
in your chosen academic program. In this context, discuss personal experiences, goals, and interests that relate
to your choice of major. Please limit your response to 500 words.
1. Create a chart listing activities in which you have participated or actions you have taken that show your
commitment to building a strong high school community by bridging gaps between economically, socially, and
racially diverse groups. For each listing, please include the following information:
2. The values promoted by the Chancellors Scholarship are leadership, scholarship, diversity, and citizenship.
Please describe how one of your activities from the list above has contributed to your understanding of these
values. Please limit your response to 500 words.