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Colleges and Universities A-Z Vanderbilt University
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<p>Top 10% of my class (school doesn't rank)
Small parochial high school in Miami, Florida </p>

<p>4.485 weighted (1 point for AP, .5 for honors)
3.9 unweighted</p>

<p>Warning! Standarized scores are low......
(APs that I have taken are almost all that are offered) AP Scholar
AP World History 3, AP US History 3, AP English Lang. 2 (bombed that one), AP Spanish Lang. 5, AP Art Drawing 3
Taking...
AP Psychology, AP English Lit, AP Gov, AP Art 3D</p>

<p>Past Honors: Trig and pre-cal, algebra II honor, English honors, Chemistry Honors, Anatomy, Accounting </p>

<p>Sat I 640 Reading 590 Math 600 Writing </p>

<p>Awards and Honors:
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) National Finalist (11), State Finalist (10), First Place Miami Dade County Youth Art Fair, AP Art Student of the Year, Varsity Achievement Letter, acceptance to Junior Statesman Summer School and scholarship recepient, nominee for Tomorrow 25, National Young Leader Conference, National Society of High School Scholars</p>

<p>ECs:
March of Dimes Awareness Week (fundraising) Founder and Coordinator, FBLA Chapter President (12), Secretary (11), National Honor Society (11, 12), Co-Founder for (11-12) Creative Writer's Club, Book Club, and Ignite the Fire (a ministry club), then (10), Debate Club, Key Club Program Committee Chairperson, Track and Field Manager, Varsity Tennis, Mock Trial, then Homecoming Art Commitee Coordinator (9-12)</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Several small enterpreneur ventures
QuoShift project, A Christian youth social networking site
Youth Leadership Miami Executive Program
Volunteer, Assistant Teacher, and Head Teacher for Early Development division at an art institute
Project manager developing a solution to integrate technology into the curriculm for United Data Technologies, case study with Hewlett Packard, started as intern
Assistant Representative for my father's landscaping business </p>

<p>Outside stuff:
Missions trip to Panamanian jungle, oil painting classes, French and German classes, brother's tutor</p>

<p>I am a Hispanic female. I was born in Colombia and lived in the US for 10 years (I am a minority not international)</p>

<p>First-generation. Low-income. Like really low. </p>

<p>I have suffered from severe mental illness since middle school which have caused extensive absences and strained standarized test scores. </p>

<p>Amazing teacher recs. Amazing essays. </p>

<p>I would really appreciate your feedback:)</p>

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<p>This is for “students admitted for the Vanderbilt class of 2013.”</p>

<p>Middle 50% SAT Reasoning (M+CR): 1400 - 1560</p>

<p>You have a 640 + 590 = 1230, which is very low. I know test scores aren’t everything and Vanderbilt “strongly in the merits of a truly holistic review process for admission”, but I am of the belief that while high test scores will not get you in, low test scores can keep you out. Judging from below-average AP and SAT test scores, for Vanderbilt standards (I know average on SAT is about 1000 nationally and probably around a 3 on each AP exam) and you high GPA, either your unspecified severe mental illness is truly at work or your high school isn’t that hard.</p>

<p>“AP Art Student of the Year” And you got a 3 on the exam? Almost every person in my AP 2-D Art class in high school got a 5, but then again, I went to an Art magnet so that’s probably apples and oranges. You have a lot of EC’s… try and figure out which one’s you’ll put on the Common App.</p>

<p>Taking almost all of the AP classes offered by your school will help. ED1 is probably your best bet. Vanderbilt doesn’t release ED1 or 2 stats separately, but together last year, the average score was 1330-1480, so you’ll have a much better chance (I know scores aren’t everything, but I imagine the EC’s, recs, essays, etc. weren’t as amazing for ED than RD). I’d say Vanderbilt is probably a least a small reach for you, in my very meaningless opinion (I’m not being sarcastic about the meaningless thing, either).</p>