Chances Early decision 1?!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Vanderbilt University
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<p>Vandy is my top choice school so I would really appreciate if someone could give me their opinion regarding my changes of acceptance:</p>

<p>Gender: Male</p>

<p>Home State: Illinois</p>

<p>Major: Human Organizational Development</p>

<p>•ACT: 34</p>

<p>•Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 ... 4.56 Weighted</p>

<p>•Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%</p>

<p>•AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Human Geography (4), AP Us History (5), AP Spanish Language (5), AP English Language (5)</p>

<p>•IB (place score in parenthesis): NA</p>

<p>•Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc Bc, AP Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP psychology, Accelerated English</p>

<p>•Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar Award, Honor Roll Every year</p>

<p>•Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society, Soccer for 2 years, Community service clubs</p>

<p>•Job/Work Experience: Tutor and peer mentor for special needs kids</p>

<p>•Volunteer/Community service: Service through temple, community service clubs at school </p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>•School Type: Public</p>

<p>•Ethnicity: White</p>

<p>•Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college for one parent?? </p>

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<p>Your ACT and GPA are great. Your extracurriculars may need some work though. Did you hold any leadership positions or anything?</p>

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<p>OP, it’s my understanding that a first generation is for the first of a family (includes both parents) to go to college. If one parent has a degree, you are not first generation. Also, an older sibling could go to college and the younger sibling would still be first generation. Sorry, no hook.</p>

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<p>Sorry, didn’t finish- you are a strong candidate but chance threads are way too iffy. No one here is an admissions counselor in that school. Keep up the good work and good luck.</p>