Chance me: Vandy ED 1

Colleges and Universities A-Z Vanderbilt University
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I applied Early Decision I to Vanderbilt via Common App back in October. What are my chances:

GPA- unweighted (3.76) weighted- (5.01) [we have a weird scale]
Class Rank: N/A (But I am for sure in Top 10%, potentially top 5%) (Class around 135)
ACT: 33 composite (35 english, 32 math, 32 reading, 33 science)
6 AP’s, the rest honors
Only wanted to report my 4 on AP English
Senior Year:
AP Chem
AP Eng
AP Gov
H Calculus
H Anatomy
Student Gov
Study Hall

Extracurriculars:
Varsity Cross Country Team (9,10,11,12)
----Commercial Appeal Best of Preps (10,11)
----School Record 5000 Meter Run (12)
Varsity Track and Field (9,10,11,12)
----Commercial Appeal Best of Preps (10)
----School Record 4x800 Meter Relay Team (10)
Student Body President (12)
----- Implemented a house system with my student council (wrote about it)
Class President (9,10,11)
National Latin Honor Society President (10,11)
Latin Club President (9,10)
Student Ambassador
Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) (9,10,11,12)
National Honor Society (11,12)
Mu Alpha Theta (10,11,12)
M29 (9,10,11,12) –club oriented to discipleship and service
Wilson Society (9,10,11)

Common App Essay- Pretty good. Wrote it about overcoming a childhood marred with my father’s drug addictions
Vandy Essay- Wrote it about being Student Body President. Respectable, nothing spectacular

Letter of Rec- So my AP English teacher wrote it who knows me very well- he showed me- phenomenal. Other letter of rec should be decent because the teacher loves me but probably nothing spectacular
(I’m also a white male from TN)

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Good chances. You fit in with the typical EDI profile, as far as numbers/ec’s go. It all depends on the subjective interpretation of essays/recs/the app as a whole from here.

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Wow almost identical stats, I’m applying ED1 as well. Are you planning on running there/been in contact with the coach.

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GPA- weighted- (3.89/4)
Class Rank: N/A
ACT: N/A
SAT- 1330 (NEW) (Messed up badly. I was extremely sick on the test day :(((((( )
An A-Levels student
Currently taking the following courses
A-levels Mathematics (A* expected)
A Levels Physics (A expected)
A Levels Chemistry (A expected)
A Levels Computer Science (A expected)
Robotics (Elective)
English Literature (Elective)
Creative Writing (Elective)
Leadership (Elective)

Extracurriculars:
Founder of the anti narcotics society in my school (Vice President)
Head of IT department of the Robotics Society
Organizer of mathematics olympiad of IYLO 2015 (Ivy Youth Leadership Olympiad)
Co-Head of IT department of IYLO 2016
Internship at a well known hospital
Work experience in the MIS department of a major insurance company
Ambassador of the federal bureau of revenue of Pakistan
Ambassador of the Anti Narcotics Force of Pakistan
Member of the debating society of our school, and have participated in numerous MUNs
I am a seasoned chess player
I also play soccer. Participated in various soccer tournaments, representing different teams. Was captain of the school team in 9th grade.

Major ; Computer Science

Common App Essay- No idea honestly.
EC Essay- Wrote about chess :stuck_out_tongue:

Letter of Rec- All should be good i hope. Everyone knows me well, including my counselor. Have not read anything.

I think my SAT score is the final nail in the coffin. I am reappearing in december. Hopefully ill improve and send the updated score to other colleges. Anyways what do you guys think? Do i even have a chance, or should i start writing essays for other colleges. Oh, and i am a Pakistani National :stuck_out_tongue: @jamesb24 , your chances are wayyy better than mine.

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@fdgjfg Thanks, I hope so

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@TomBuchanan I haven’t made much of an effort yet. Because my times are comparable with the guys on their rosters, I am really going to start pursuing a place on the team though. They’re all walk-ons so I’m excited to see what happens. Are you thinking about running XC at Vandy??!

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@furrukhkhan10 I’m not sure what that SAT score equates to but as far as everything else you seem like a potential competitive applicant. I would sign up for the ACT as well and see how you do on that. Honestly, if you make a 30 or above, I had a friend get in with decent extracurriculars and a 30 (he was an African-American and swears that’s the only reason he got in) so I think you should definitely go for it

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Yeah I’m hoping to walk on too! Good luck and hopefully we end up teammates!

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@jamesb24

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@TomBuchanan for sure man! Have you reached out to the coach yet? Do you have any times for track or something that you want to get down first??

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@jamesb24 i’m a black guy with a 30 and lots of ECs! do you know what his gpa was? w/uw

i applied ED1 as well

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@sumuzu it was really good, I believe around a 3.9. He was near the top of the class too. But he got in Regular Decision and applied on December 31st so if you go ED you’d automatically have a much better chance!

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@james24 thanks man. Hoping for the best, but prepared for the worst. Fingers crossed. BTW, when are the results out? I hear some people here saying they are usually out a few days before the mentioned date (15th).

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Man this guy sounds like a real tool @jamesb24

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hahahaha I was thinking the same thing @jcallahan10

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hahahaha got denied

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you got denied?! wow… seeing as a long of people with numbers lower than yours got in, what do you think was the reason for the decision?