<p>yea im expecting a rejection now. my test scores are NOT in that bracket and i am NOT in the top 10% of my hs.</p>
<p>the essays SHOULD come back to help us who really wanna go</p>
<p>My scores were in range last year...</p>
<p>This sucks. I'm totally expecting a rejection now. I mean, I was expecting one before, but now I'm REALLY expecting one.</p>
<p>Thing is, the admit rate is below 23% because 23% was combined with the ED % which was 36%... I only wish I had applied ED... I would feel much safer now :(... good luck to everyone in the next couple of days... this is gonna be brutal!</p>
<p>amnesia: that makes it even worse....I posted a thread awhile back where I figured out the RD acceptance rate to be close to 12% based on two rounds of ED where they accept 1/3 of the class...I didn't even account for MOSAIC acceptances...if I find the post, I'll repost it...It was kind of funny b/c after I posted, Brad responded that we should all "relax, that there are thousands of acceptances to come....."</p>
<p>so if I don't get anything in the mail from Vanderbilt on Monday then am i to assume I didn't get in? Because i just read on the vandy admission blog that its just ADMIT packets that are going out priority mail.</p>
<p>rodney, I hope Brad is right and there is nothing to worry about... however, "thousands of acceptances" = at max 3000... out of almost 17000 applications that cant be too good... I'm just crossing my fingers and praying...</p>
<p>P.S. Brad or any Vandy admissions person, if you are out there can you chime in and give us some good news?</p>
<p>also found that post... <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/vanderbilt-university/470941-demonstrated-interest.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/vanderbilt-university/470941-demonstrated-interest.html</a></p>
<p>To all those who are comparing the <em>admitted</em> student profiles (SAT/ACT) for this year with previous years' <em>enrolled</em> student stats (as reported in the Common Data Set): Don't! For most schools, the admitted student body has higher stats than the enrolled student body, as some of the so-called strongest candidates decide to enroll somewhere else.</p>
<p>I wouldn't be too surprised if the enrolled stats for next fall are indeed higher than last year's, but we won't know that for a long time.</p>
<p>OUr mail should be here by 1 pm ( Atlanta suburbs)-but I cannot find on the Vandy admissions blog where it says ONLY acceptances go out priority mail. rusty1-where did you see that? If you correct, each passing day with no letter will only affirm an already bleak situation. </p>
<p>The SAT and ACT scores line-up with at the very least, Cornell and I believe Dartmouth. Duke had a higher acceptance rate.</p>
<p>Georgiatwins: I can't imagine that Vanderbilt would spend the $$ on priority mail for 16,000 people.....Yes, I assumed what you did....It was sent on Friday; if we don't see it Monday/Tuesday (here in NJ)....affirming a bleak situation....</p>
<p>Curious to see any other school in the country this year whose acceptance rate took such a drastic dive....what was it 34% last year overall to 23% this year??? Hope nobody considered this a safety..........</p>
<p>rodney...</p>
<p>Look at BC. Over 31000 apps for 2000 slots...</p>
<p>My daughter was a legacy and didn't get in...her sister was a Summa (7/2000) and won a University award...made no difference.</p>
<p>Actually, Duke had a lower acceptance rate, accepting only 18.8% as opposed to 23%.</p>
<p>mrtoughguysmom: When you account for EDI and EDII at Vanderbilt, that 23% rate probably drops to below 15% for RD (the 23% was reported as an overall number by admissions)......Was Duke's overall 18.8% or only RD? It sounds like RD, but I have to confess, I haven't been following Duke at all....If it is overall, I would imagine their RD was about 8% of remaining applicants.....Wow>>>>>>></p>
<p>If anyone gets their letter today let us know. I doubt anyone will and we will all hopefully get them monday...</p>
<p>Duke's RD acceptance rate was 18.8%. They admitted a little over 3000 people out of about 20000 applicants. Thus I would assume that Vandy probably admitted more like 2000 or 2500 applicants, due to an acceptance rate of less than 20%. However, it is possible that Vandy would send out more than that because many people may not decide to attend Vandy.</p>
<p>nothing in NJ</p>
<p>georgetown's acceptance rate fell to 18%</p>
<p>@rodney and amnesia7:
It was 18.8% TOTAL--here is the link <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/duke-university/482215-duke-admits-18-8-class-2012-a.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/duke-university/482215-duke-admits-18-8-class-2012-a.html</a></p>
<p>If rd admit rate was only 8% or so, that makes me feel pretty good (I got in!)...but I think it was higher because only about 500 kids were accepted ed</p>
<p>Hmmm... must have read that article wrong then... anyways, hope I have more luck with Vandy, Duke waitlisted me :(</p>
<p>Wow, I wish i hadn't looked at that vandy admissions blog. I was in the middle of the accepted range but not anymore..This really sucks. Oh well I guess i'll just wait and find out. Btw, we should be glad that we aren't a few years younger. Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>the RD acceptance rate is probably around 18% because remember there are A LOT more people applying RD than ED so the ED percentage has a lot less influence on the final admitted percentage</p>
<p>Thats still a sick admit rate compared to last years...</p>