<p>Hey Brad,</p>
<p>Can you post the 2012 Admissions Statistics breakdown for each school (Peabody, A&S, Engineering, and Blair)? This will help us gain a better understanding on why the admissions rates were so low. In addition, can you post the ACTs/SATs breakdowns for each school. </p>
<p>Thanks for your help!</p>
<p>Why not check out the "Common Data Set"? It has the breakdowns of each school and I doubt the numbers have changed that much in one year.</p>
<p><a href="https://virg.vanderbilt.edu/virgweb/factbook.htm%5B/url%5D">https://virg.vanderbilt.edu/virgweb/factbook.htm</a>
(Click Factbook ----> Student Profile ----> Admissions Data)</p>
<p>Thanks for your help but this does not have the 2008 breakdowns. Also, I disagree with your prediction. The numbers definitely changed drastically this year. With over a 30% increase in applications and a 23% overall acceptance rate (last year's acceptance rate was around 35%) I think its fair to say that the numbers definitely changed a lot more than you think.</p>
<p>I agree, that the numbers from each school will be lower at all the schools. But atleast it shows the acceptance rate trends at each school (A&S seems to be the hardest to get into). Sorry if it wasn't helpful.</p>
<p>Be careful how you intrepet this data. Because a fewer percentage of students get accepted to A & S, it does not mean that it is "harder to get into". For example, the School of Engineering has the highest test scores.
That is generally because students who apply there self-select - they generally have higher academic credentials, test scores, etc. to begin with.
Therefore, on that level, the School of Engineering is the hardest to get into.
There is just a larger pool of students trying to get into A & S - it does not
relate directly to a qualifications for admittance. You have to look at the whole picture.</p>
<p>I started following these kinds of numbers after S was admitted because D had already identified Vanderbilt as her #1 school (in fact, she identified Vandy as the college of her choice in 8th grade and never waivered). I've never seen this kind of breakdown at this point in the year. Typically an analysis of the current year's class in terms of breakdown by college and by categories of those applying, those admitted, and those enrolled becomes available on the school's admissions website in early October when the application materials for the next class are made available.</p>
<p>Mom54,</p>
<p>According to Brad's 2007 statistics, the scores for both Engineering and A&S were the same (ACTS were off by 1 point). </p>
<p>I do not think it is fair to say that the students who were accepted into the Engineering school generally have higher academic credentials, test scores, etc. to begin with.</p>
<p>Here are the statisitics Brad had posted in 2007:</p>
<p>[Official Vanderbilt Class of '11 Admitted Data... </p>
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<p>Hello All,</p>
<p>Brad here. Once again congratulations to all who were admitted. This year our applicant pool was particularly strong. </p>
<p>I want to encourage all of you to look beyond the numbers and the rankings, not just because each institution has interesting and unique qualities, but because admissions offices look beyond YOUR rank in class, testing, and GPA when we go through the selections process. Y'all are more than numbers to us, and we hope that the same is true in reverse.</p>
<p>Still, we know it matters. So here they are:</p>
<p>ADMIT RATE</p>
<p>A&S 28.44%
BLAIR 40.65% *
ENG 44.72% * </p>
<h2>PEA 46.50% *</h2>
<p>AVG 32.48%</p>
<p>TEST SCORES MID 50% RANGES</p>
<p>A&S 1360-1510/31-33
BLAIR 1280-1470/29-33
ENG 1360-1510/31-34
PEA 1270-1410/28-32</p>
<p>*Just like each applicant, there are stories behind the numbers. You will notice that it appears "easier" to get into Engineering, Blair and Peabody. This is not at all true. The applicant pools for our three professional schools are highly self selecting. For instance, the 40.65% of admitted Blair students are all gifted musicians who qualified through an audition. Not an easy task by any measure. </p>
<p>We (the entire Vanderbilt community) are genuinely looking forward to welcoming the new class. Best wishes with your selections. </p>
<p>Go 'Dores!
Brad</p>
<p>dude, Brad's 2007 numbers were the stats for the <em>accepted</em> students. The CDS/VIRG numbers are for those students who accepted Vanderbilt's invitation and actually <em>enrolled</em> and are attending. So, the students who enrolled in engineering had very slightly higher SAT scores than the students who enrolled in A & S. (Not counting writing. That just might change the picture, I guess.)</p>
<p>It would appear that more of the high stat accepted students in A&S decided to enroll elsewhere compared to engineering. The differences are minimal, and there is more to being a highly qualified student than SAT scores.</p>
<p>Midmo, I agree with you. There is no point in arguing this. One can't tell the intelligence of a student based upon his or her standardized test scores. Some people are not very smart and are just really good test-takers. Additionally, many people are very smart but do poorly on standardized tests. </p>
<p>The point of my thread was to see exactly how they got their numbers. If (and I know this is definitely not true) lets say 5,000 kids applied to the Blair School, that would drop admissions rates to Vanderbilt drastically. Thats why I wanted to see exactly how these stats were calculated.</p>