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Vanderbilt gives $6,000 a year for room and board.

NROTC scholarship to Vanderbilt Civil Engineering Already received the scholarship, gotten accepted to Vandy ED, and just cleared the medical qualifications.

Thank you for the info, CC. Does it count against you if you choose a major earlier than that, though?

Thank you for the information, guys! It's a little overwhelming, but it has answered a lot of questions. But here's another one: I live in Tennessee. I don't think the competition for a nomination here is as tough as those in other states. My senators both ask for three letters of...

Poor Michael. A victim of our society's obsession. I remember hearing Thriller for the first time when I was nine. His music is legendary.

Question: If you intend to major in a foreign language, could you get by with a slightly lower than median math and science ACT score?

I'm not particularly worried, it's just that I've already got letters from the other academies saying I was a candidate. But I still have to get a nomination from a congressman and take the CFA. And another question: Because I'm a female, is it a lot harder for me to get in?

I received a letter from the Naval Academy saying that I was an official candidate about three weeks ago. Since then, I have discovered (through looking at their site) that I am also a candidate for the military academy, but I am still only an applicant for the air force academy. Is this a bad...