chances 2016 ED

Colleges and Universities A-Z Vanderbilt University
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<p>Rising senior, female, fairfield county CT, attends an all-girls boarding school in northern CT
GPA: 3.6 (upward trend, 3.75 unweighted junior year)
SAT: 2050 (retaking in october after SAT tutoring, looking for at least a 2150)
SAT II: 730 US, 690 LIT, taking Spanish with listening in the fall
AP: US (5) LIT (5) LANG (5) SPANISH (4)</p>

<p>Junior year courses:
AP Spanish, APUSH, Calculus, Bio 11, English 11 (no AP offered but both AP exams taken), Independent in Italian Photography, Global Ethics</p>

<p>Senior year classes:
AP Environmental, AP Stats, AP Euro, AP Spanish lit, English 12, Independent in Italian (taking 4 APs in one year at this school is marginally unheard of at the school I go to)</p>

<p>Newspaper (editor)
MUN (3 years, senior club head) harvard model UN conference, leiden model UN conference as well
HACIA (OAS member state MUN counterpart, 3 years) have traveled to international diplomacy conferences in costa rica, ecuador, etc
Invitation only theater club (three years) lead in a show my sophomore year
Tour guides
Varsity Field Hockey (2 years, made varsity having never played before, starting goalie next season).
Varsity swim team (2 years)
JV tennis (2 years)
Consistent/ dependable summer job, lifeguard and a swim instructor to preschoolers tehehe.</p>

<p>Service:
Peer tutor
Literacy Across America volunteer
Classroom aid for both the local elementary school and a bilingual magnet school</p>

<p>Recs: One should be absolutely awesome and the other should be good, as well</p>

<p>Essay: toying with two different ideas, one more traditional and another written kind of creatively. free-verse almost. meh, either should stand out.</p>

<p>eeeeee vandy is my absolute dream school, what do you think?</p>

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<p>Are you a minority? If not then sorry but with your grades no</p>

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<p>How about mine? </p>

<p>Rising senior, male, NJ, attends a public high school
GPA: 3.95 (upward trend, 4.1 weighted junior year)
SAT: 2200
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 770 Chemistry
AP: Chemistry (5) Statistics (4) </p>

<p>Junior year courses:
Spanish 4 Honors, AP Chemistry, AP Statistics, AP Language and Comp, Precalculus with Limits Honors, Honors Band</p>

<p>Senior year classes:
AP Spanish, BC Calculus, Honors Physics, Honors Band, Advanced US History 2</p>

<p>MUN (2 years) washington area model UN conference (best delegate), academies model UN conference (honorable mention, verbal accommodations) </p>

<p>sports:
Junior Year: Junior Varsity Cross Country, Junior Varsity Baseball
Sophomore Year: Junior Varsity Cross Country, Junior Varsity Baseball
Freshman Year: Tri-Sport Athlete: Freshman Cross Country, Winter Track, Baseball</p>

<p>Service:
over 250 hrs of community service at a senior home
other charitable work as well
math tutor
leadership programs both junior and senior year (Teen PEP and PEERS)</p>

<p>Recs: One should be absolutely awesome and the other should be good</p>

<p>Essay: idk yet</p>

<p>School of Engineering, most likely…</p>

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<p>You have a good chance</p>

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<p>^ I disagree. That’s a W GPA, a low one.</p>

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<p>But it’s a 3.95 unweighted and look at all their extra stuff and test scores… The second person has a good good shot</p>

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<p>i believe he means 3.95W overall with 4.1W his junior year to reflect an upward trend</p>

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<p>I like the tri sport athlete freshman year with cross country, winter track and baseball…lol</p>