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<p>What is so surprising? Last year’s was 16.3% (as of mailing day)…</p>
<p>is this real life?</p>
<p>1590 M+CR score is the 75th percentile? </p>
<p>for every single school i applied to my SAT composite was above the 50th percentile, actually for the vast majority except for one or two i was above the 75th percentile, and i applied to mainly top 30 schools. i am just barely at the 25th percentile for vanderbilt. thats even higher than harvard’s, whose range was 1390-1590</p>
<p>Too much real life…</p>
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<p>That’s because this is the range of the accepted students, not the enrolled students.</p>
<p>I’m very happy to have gotten in reading about all of this! Gl to whoever hasnt heard yet.</p>
<p>Totally agree with woeishe…low acceptance rate is way overrated…it is happening at schools of almost every caliber…thanks to the common app…schools arre kidding themselves if they think their increase in apps and subsequent lower admission rates are driven solely by their institution. Same exact phenomenon is happenig at JHU/Rice/Northwestern/Carnegie/MIt/Stanford…list could go on and on and on…</p>
<p>Does anyone know how many students were accepted ED I and ED II?</p>
<p>During the last few years, Vanderbilt has taken approximately 40% of their incoming class through the ED rounds. Per the Common Data Set for this year’s freshman class, it was 698 students. If you read the blog, you will notice that they honestly admit that they underadmit a bit for the RD round with every intention of going to the waitlist in early May. Two years ago I know they went to the waitlist on commencement which was May 8. Before the Commons was built, they were more likely to end up with a slightly larger than desired class and they would house the kids in every available nook and cranny (music rooms in Branscomb, singles in Towers with upperclassmen, etc.). Their current approach is much improved, IMO.</p>
<p>I agree 2VU0609, the Commons is an integral new part of your Vanderbilt experience and they are showing integrity to make sure that every freshman gets to have the full freshman equal experience, waitlist or RD admit alike. (the waitlist looks exactly like the admit pool anyway, so all the more reason that everyone gets to share the same quality housing and residential living experience together.)<br>
I will however predict a higher Yield this year than last year among RD students because Vanderbilt’s no loan all grant financial aid program is exceptional. I wonder if they will also yield higher than projected numbers among those merit scholars since we are in a brutal recession.<br>
Some people will come off the waitlist.</p>
<p>Has anyone that was denied or waitlisted from Vandy received their notification yet? I have not received my notification yet (Saturday) and I wondered if they mailed the admits with the decline or waitlisted all at the same time. Originally I thought the big envelope might take longer to get through the mail than the small, but since a friend in my area already received the big one yesterday, I’m wondering if they delayed the mailing of the small envelopes. I know…thinking too much…can’t help it…</p>
<p>@netway, Yes some people have been waitlisted/rejected already.</p>
<p>Thanks Massgirl92…I actually read on the blog last night after posting my question that EVERYTHING was mailed out the same day from Vanderbilt. We’ll wait for Monday…here’s hoping big envelopes take longer to get through the mail than smaller ones :)</p>
<p>@2VU0609 and Faline2
Why is there a “First Year Experience Fee” of $664 on top of housing, meals, and everything else? Are we paying off the construction of the Commons buildings?</p>
<p>While Vanderbilt was touting the vision for the Commons when S was applying '01-02, it didn’t come “online” for freshman until D was a senior, so I can’t say for sure. I’m assuming it’s for all of the freshman programming they do now, but some of the other parents are bound to know.</p>
<p>Hi Keellota, memory dims however each freshman is assigned to a well-trained VUCeptor who holds a certain number of meetings with your freshman orientation group. He also took a freshman seminar (with a fab teacher btw) and I think this is also a universal experience and often a way to get your composition requirement done.<br>
I might have paid some cash for the smiling faces that brought the entire contents of our SUV upstairs to his room before I could blink. *son repaid the favor by spending a day doing this for freshmen his sophomore year. There is a page you can access off the vandy admissions website for “accepted students” where some of this is already up and explained. I used to read that page his first weeks at Vanderbilt and there are many ongoing special events for freshmen…I recall they had a social event/dance in Nashville’s Art Museum for the class of 2013. You will also be served in breakfast and dinner receptions for the “goodbye to parents” events during orientation.<br>
The dining facilities and food at the Commons are pretty stellar and The Commons Dining Hall a destination for upperclassmen and for faculty and staffers as well.<br>
Notice that the Political Science Dept is moving into The Commons. Keep in mind that the Dean of the Commons and his family host receptions for each freshman hall in their home and that each freshman dorm has a residential scholar and his significant others–dogs babies, spouse, kids-- residing in it as well. Our son received wonderful mentorship from his Stambaugh Hall Faculty Resident who was so incredibly helpful to them…book clubs, writing references for things they apply for, helping serve as advisors to their proposals as upperclassmen. Probably forgetting some things but there are many special events on the Commons for new Vandy students throughout the year. Husband says we are paying less as sophomore parents for food and shelter.</p>