Chancellor Diermeier and MNPS Director of Schools Adrienne Battle announced the new scholarship program, Nashville Vanderbilt Scholars, at a May 1 news conference at McGavock High School.
The program, which will launch with the admissions cycle for first-year students entering Vanderbilt in fall 2025, offers a direct cost scholarship to MNPS students who meet certain criteria.
The program pledges to:
- Cover the direct costs at Vanderbilt, including tuition, fees, housing and meals, for any MNPS students who are admitted to Vanderbilt through Early Decision I or II and who qualify for a Federal Pell Grant or whose parent income is $100,000 or less.
- Provide a one-time summer stipend of $6,000 after the second or third year at Vanderbilt to offset costs associated with summer internships.
- Increase the number of MNPS graduates in Nashville who are admitted to and enroll at Vanderbilt.
- Collaborate with MNPS college counselors, teachers and administrators to prepare more MNPS graduates to be successful in the admissions process at selective colleges and universities.
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