<p>Yay!! I just got the letter in the mail right after I drove home from school. Basically got a letter telling me I have been accepted and invited to MOSAIC. I think I'm definitely going to go. Anyone else get a letter? Here are my stats:
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1550/1600; 2350/2400 (superscore) 2320 (single sitting)
ACT: didnt take
SAT II: Math2 (780), US History (770), Literature (730)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97UW/4.65W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/821
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on World History an US History, 4s on APES and AP Art History and a 3 on Lang (oops) lol
IB (place score in parenthesis): nope
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, H. Econ, H. Anat. (dropped second semester for health lol), AP Spanish, AP Lit, AP Gov (most rigorous load available)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/Distiction, National Merit Commended, Student of the year awards; I just recently won 2 1st place awards at a DECA conference, but those weren't included in my application yet
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Habitat for Humanity (president and co-founder), DECA (VP), Science Olympiad (Treasurer), Model UN, Varsity Tennis for 3 years (JV captain)
Job/Work Experience: I work as an admin. Asst. at an insurance place. 8 hr/wk
Volunteer/Community service: 1000+ hours
Summer Activities: Internship and got my work professionally published; I also took a physics course at UCLA
Essays: good but not excellent; they were definitely passionate though
Teacher Recommendation: okay, nothing outstanding
Counselor Rec: probably a little better than generic
Additional Rec: from my research mentor; excellent
Interview: none
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Competitive Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
Gender: Sandwich-maker
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE
Reflection
Strengths: overall well-roundedness
Weaknesses: AP scores
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no where yet</p>
<p>Congrats:) I haven’t gotten any letter yet but I’m hoping that I’ll be invited…I’m also an Asian female but I live on the east coast.</p>
<p>Yay! I got in! 
CA, US</p>
<p>uh i just got in too… i’m really confused though-- shouldn’t results come back in like april? i applied regular decision…</p>
<p>@NJchick: did you get invited to the MOSAIC program? And yeah, decisions don’t usually come back until april but I think what you received is the equivalent of a likely letter/informal acceptance. That means you were one of the strongest applicants! Congrats:)</p>
<p>i got in too!!
GA, female</p>
<p>I got the Mosaic invitation too. GA, male. Anyone here going to go?</p>
<p>i REALLY want to go but the FBLA State conference is on the same weekend… in atlanta.</p>
<p>I’m going, I’m excited. Native American from California.</p>
<p>Can you explain how this program works? In order to be considered or invited, does a student have to have applied to Vanderbilt? If so, do you apply separately for this? Do you have to be “multi-cultural”, meaning are they looking for diverse, non-white students? I’m not really understanding this and I can’t find a current Mosaic webpage on Vanderbilt’s site. My son is a junior, interested in Vanderbilt, and he is half Puerto Rican.</p>
<p>@sbjdorlo: In order to be invited to Mosaic, you do have to apply for admission to Vanderbilt but you don’t have to apply separately for the program. Each year, Vanderbilt invites ~200 minority/non-white students to Mosaic. The process for selecting which applicants are invited is very similar to the admissions process…applicants are evaluated holistically (academics, ECs, awards, etc).</p>
<p>Congrats to all!! </p>
<p>Invitees, Please post your brief stats, gender, and ethnicity…</p>
<p>ACT 32, GPA 3.85, Insane amount of extracurriculars, lots of community service and leadership, 7 total APs, great essays and recs, female, white/mexican, California</p>
<p>I’m so excited! I can’t go to Mosaic because I have musical rehearsal, but I’m so happy I got in!</p>
<p>White female, IL, ACT 35, GPA 4.41 weighted, club leadership and community service, 11 total APs (5/4s on the 5 tests I’ve taken)</p>
<p>I think they decided to invite more than just minority/non-white students this year. I am a white female of western european ancestry, so evidently I’m not exactly a minority. One of my classmates is also a white female and was invited, so I know mine wasn’t a mistake ;)</p>
<p>Still deciding whether or not to go. I haven’t visited the campus, so I’m leaning toward going. Very excited to be accepted</p>
<p>Hey everyone, I got accepted and invited to MOSAIC weekend too. I’m super excited. Im not too sure I’m going to go, because its pretty expensive and far & im all the way in Chicago. But if I do go to Vandy, I’m looking forward to meeting all of you! =) Where else did all you apply??? Or is Vanderbilt your first choice?</p>
<p>Hey everyone! I"m actually white…so I didn’t get invited to this…
However! I was curious if this goes out to all nonwhites who are accepted or just some of them? [I have an indian friend who is curious haha]</p>
<p>Omg me too, I didn’t see this coming :D</p>
<p>Just got my letter in the mail…super excited for March! Hispanic from TX :)</p>
<p>i understand it is supposed to be the top 200 or so minority students based upon some holistic criteria… so not ALL minorities. not sure why they are inviting white students to the event as noted in post #14, that sort of undermines the credibility of a diversity program.</p>
<p>When is it?</p>