Chance Me
Admission Type: ED I (Vanderbilt)
ED II (Emory/Oxford if Vanderbilt rejects me)
RD JHU
State of Residence: Tennessee
Generation: First to go to any college
Race: Caucasian
Applying as a psychology major (premed)
ACT: 34 (33 E, 34M, 35R, 33S) (The highest score to ever be achieved by anyone attending my high school. My counselor said that she noted this.)
UW Gpa: 3.78
W Gpa: 4.28
Rigor: Maximum (Dual Credit/Honors, no AP offered)
Rank: 21 of 79 (I have two c’s: geometry and Spanish I. Despite this, I have a 98 in Spanish II on my transcript and a 95+ in all of my math classes aside from geometry. The year I got those c’s (freshman year) I missed ~18% of the school year, so I was at a serious disadvantage.)
Interview: 9.5/10 for Vanderbilt
Recommendation Letters: 10/10, they were written by two teachers who adore me.
Common Application Essay: 8/10 (It wasn’t my best, but it wasn’t bad. It basically just told the tragedies of my life: two dead siblings, divorced parents, and a father who hates me.)
Awards/Honors: National Merit Scholar Commended and 1st in TMTA Precalculus Competition
Extracurriculars/Job:
7 years in concert band as an alto sax player (Section leader for 3)
5 years in marching band as an alto sax player (Section leader for 3)
Founded a jazz band
1 year of student council
3 years of NHS
1 year of chess club
1 year of shooting sports club
1 year of working 30-40 hours a week
If anything, I feel my rank is my greatest inhibiting factor. Although, my extracurriculars are also a little sparse.