<p>I've thought about applying to Vandy, though before starting on the app I thought it'd be a good idea to know where i stand.
Thanks to all who chance....</p>
<p>Prospective Major: BioChem and Russian</p>
<p>Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Immigrant
Income: <100k
Not First Generation to go to College</p>
<p>AP/IB/Dual Enrollment Student
AP (Scores): World (5), Psych (this year), Calc AB (4) & BC (this year), Bio (this year), USH (4), English Lang (4), English Lit (this year)
IB: 4 HLs, 2 SLs (HL- Math, Bio, English, History; SL- Spanish, Chem)
Dual Enrollement: 7 Classes: 20+ credits (Include General Physics (Calc-based), Stellar Astronomy, Bio 1 and 2, few others)</p>
<p>GPA:
Unweighted: 3.83
Weighted: 5.1</p>
<p>*School does not rank; 99th percentile in county though
Competitive high school (Top 100 by Newsweek)</p>
<p>Senior Workload:
7 IB classes (4 HLs, 2 SLs)
1 AP Class</p>
<p>SATs: 1410/2120 (Retaking in November)
690 CR
720 Math
710 Writing</p>
<p>SAT IIs
740 Math II
700 Bio
740 USH</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars:
Piano for 7 years
200+ Volunteer Hours at Local Hospital
Leadership Positions in 2 clubs
National Honor Society
Math Honor Society
History Honor Society
Math Team
Several other Clubs most of which I've been a member for all four years</p>
<p>you look like a competitive applicant.</p>
<p>Bumping…</p>
<p>SAT Math II- 760 not 740</p>
<p>Just for reference, these were the statistics for last year, cut and pasted from Vanderbilt’s blog:</p>
<p>"Some highlights of the admitted class include:</p>
<p>Middle 50% SAT (CR+M): 1440 – 1540
Middle 50% ACT: 31 – 34
% in Top Ten % of Graduating Class<em>: 92%
Average Rank in Class (% from top)</em>: 3.8%
Overall Admit Rate (as of mailing day): 16.3%"</p>
<p>That should give you an idea of where you stand. Good luck!</p>
<p>GPA on midyear report</p>
<p>5.43 - Weighted
3.84 - Unweighted</p>
<p>bump</p>
<p>You’re not a strong applicant and not a weak one either. You’re somewhere in the middle.</p>
<p>Hopefully the scales tilt in your favor. Good luck!</p>
<p>Hopefully they do :)</p>
<p>Thanks wanderers…</p>
<p>how do you get a 5.43? at most schools, APs only weight to a 5 so even if you got straight As in all ap classes, your GPA would be a 5.0</p>
<p>I’ve taken 7 Dual Enrollment Classes, 7 IB classes (6 both Junior and Senior year), 2 AP classes, and all my other classes were either honors or pre-IB.</p>
<p>I don’t remember the exact weights given to each. This year I’m taking 7 IB classes and an AP. .3 jump in WGPA is due to getting straight A’s first semester</p>
<p>Honestly, i would say that you’re a strong applicant.
A little weak on the EC side, but your academics look good.</p>
<p>I’m assuming your UW GPA is on 4.0 scale, right?</p>