Chance me? Applying ED1 this fall

Colleges and Universities A-Z Vanderbilt University
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Objective:

ACT 30, retaking on 10/22, hoping for a 33 or above
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Weighted GPA: 4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 42/350 (I’m aware this is low for Vanderbilt)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (5) US History (4) Psychology (4) Lang. and Comp (3)

Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Comp. Gov, AP lit and Comp, Summit Winds (advanced band), Jazz Band, Japanese 4

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, Japanese National Honor Society (Secretary junior year)(Vice President senior year), Co-founded Club Club, an all inclusive club that rotates themes every month, Humanitarian Club. Bend Endurance Academy rock climbing team. French horn in Advanced band and Trombone in advanced Jazz Band. WIBC (western international Band clinic) highest band junior and senior year. 3rd place at state for a Brass choir.

Volunteer/Community service: Healing Reins (hippotherappy), Homework club at elementary school for kids who speak a different language at home. Various smaller volunteer

Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9/10 wrote about rock climbing and how to overcome failure

Teacher Rec #1: 10/10 Japanese teacher, knows I am very involved in class and with Honor Society
Teacher Rec #2: 8/10 Biology and Human Anatomy, I was a good student.
Counselor Rec: 8/10

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biology/ Child Development
State (if domestic applicant): Oregon
School Type: Public Rural
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female

Strengths: Essay, volunteer work
Weaknesses: GPA, Class rank

Also Applying to Tufts, Emory, UCLA, Gonzaga

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Your ECs and GPA are good! It’s a smart idea to retake the ACT (I hope it goes well). I wouldn’t say you’re a shoe-in for Vanderbilt, just because I’ve been looking at the stats of accepted students and they are phenomenal, but you definitely have a chance. Good luck!

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Need to bump up the ACT, class rank isn’t ideal but is what it is at this point. Admission from here depends on the subjective interpretation of your rec letters and essays, so make sure that they’re quite good.

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Retake the ACT and if you haven’t already done so have your English teachers look over your essays because they are one of the most important aspects of a college app and can compensate for some weaker areas of your application like class rank but you should have a decent shot. Good Luck!