Chance a prospective Commodore! VANDY2017

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<p>Applied to Peabody Early Decision (Cognitive Studies)</p>

<p>South Asian Male (1st Generation)
top 10% ranking
I reside in PA.
I attend a public school. Not well known for its academics.</p>

<p>ACT: 32 E:34 M:33 R:28 S:31</p>

<p>GPA: 97.002 (weighted) </p>

<p>Freshman year
All Honors</p>

<p>Earth Sci.
Algebra 2
English
Computer Apps(not honors offered)
World History
Latin I (not honors offered)
Familiy and Consumer Sciences (req. not honors offered)</p>

<p>Soph.
All Honors (unless notified)</p>

<p>American History I
Biology
Chemistry
Precalculus
Trigonometry
English 10
Culinary Arts (No honors)
Latin II
Business Programming and Web Design (no honors)
Drivers Ed (required)</p>

<p>Junior
All honors or AP</p>

<p>AP Calculus AB (year long)
AP Physics C (year long)
AP Statistics
AP Psychology (self-studied)
English 11
American History II
Latin III
3-D Art (no honors)
Health (through a College in High School program from Community College)(rigorous)</p>

<p>Senior
All honors or AP </p>

<p>English 12
Latin IV
AP Government
AP Calc BC</p>

<p>EC's
300+ hours of volunteering at a hospital
Key Club 11, 12 (officer) (100 hours accumulated)
NHS 11,12
Latin Club 9, 10, 11, 12
Basketball 9,10, 11 (varsity)
Cross Country 12 (varsity)</p>

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<p>Bump… Oh and my essay was pretty damn good (as I was told).</p>

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<p>Vandy wants to know that you will be part of the community. They want to know that you are a leader.</p>

<p>Also, there really aren’t any fat people. Somehow, Vandy picks “healthy and fit” hs students lol. So I guess the only way they can do this is by looking at your sports so you are set there. </p>

<p>For my essay to Vandy, I had a sappy story about my grandmother. Many people have this sappy story deal. Also, I mentioned I wanted to continue into grad school. I mentioned a specific program I was interested in. Vandy wants to know you have done research on their school.</p>

<p>Just so you know, my ACT average was a 21. I really think they want the whole package person that will contribute to the school. It is not based on grades as much as you think.</p>

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<p>You can see the stats for admitted students here:
<a href=“http://virg.vanderbilt.edu/virgweb/CDSC.aspx[/url]”>http://virg.vanderbilt.edu/virgweb/CDSC.aspx&lt;/a&gt;
Look at Section C9</p>

<p>An ACT of 21 is somewhat rare (1.6% had ACT composite scores between 18-23). Vast majority had scores in the 30-36 range.</p>

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<p>VandyGirlEE2013 is a transfer student; admission works a bit differently for transfers.</p>

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<p>@Pancaked I thought so, freshman admission with a 21 ACT sounds unbelievable at Vandy. </p>

<p>So what do you think about my chances of admission? Thanks!</p>

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<p>Bump… 10 char</p>

<p>Any other opinions? Thanks!</p>

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<p>just to be safe, can you retake your SAT or ACT? you have a good chance, but still…</p>

<p>good luck!</p>