Here’s a brief preface of my stats/achievements
Male; middle eastern
Academics:
ACT: 32 composite (34 E, 34, R, 31 S, 29 M, 10 W) 33 Superscore (34 E, 34 R, 32 M, 31 S)
3.8 unweighted; 4.45 Weighted (5.0 Scale)
Class rank: <12%
High School: public School in middle TN ranked top 10 in the state; extremely competitive (12 kids went to Vanderbilt last year)
AP Scores
Ap Human (4)
APUSH (5)
Physics I (3)
Ap Bio (4)
Ap Psych (5)
All other classes i’ve taken have been Honors.
Principals List/ Athletic Scholar
Senior Year Classes:
AP Physics C
AP Calculus AB
AP Macroeconomics
AP Microeconomics
AP US Government
AP Computer Science Principles
AP Literature and Compostition
Accomplishments/ EC:
Fluent in English, Arabic, and French
Varsity Soccer all 4 years and captain; Captained my club soccer team to win state championship this year
President and Founder of a county wide coding club in which i teach kids and students county wide different aspects of STEM (nominated for the student innovation of the year); through this club i invented a database that school uses to expedite early dismissals and late arrivals
Nominated for “Technology Student of The year” for the Nashville Technology council
Shadowed a vanderbilt surgeon and conducted research for 2 summers
volunteered at the same hospital for 2 summers (fetching wheelchairs and providing patient hospitality)
Division II fifa player
Organized a christmas drive in which students can donate presents that will be sent to the salvation army
Volunteer instructor for the Nashville Technology Council for 3 summers
National Honors Society- vice president
Science National honors society
Mu alpha theta (math honors society)
French honors society
math competition club
United Way
Youth in government and Model UN for 3 years
– i have also done some small community service projects and small clubs scattered throughout my high school career—
Proficiently play Alto Saxophone and Piano; perform concerts and at private events
Recs:
The surgeon i shadowed works at vandy and will write me a solid rec
the teacher that sponsored the coding club will also write one
decent relationship with counselor
Essay:
wrote about an experience i had in the middle east. Peer edited by my english teacher and college counselor: They said it was a powerful and unique essay
i know it may seem like a lot but i heard vandy is very stats focused and i fall in the 25th percentile for ACT.
If anyone can give me advice or let me know how my chances are it would be much appreciated. thanks everyone and good luck with your admission process.