<p>I am a junior who just finished my year at an elite private school in the suburbs of Philadelphia. if someone could chance me that would be great. </p>
<p>SATs
740 CR
700 M
610 W (weak, planning to get up)
2050</p>
<p>3.6 GPA unweighted. our school doesnt weight our GPAs</p>
<p>freshman year course load
Honors US History
Honors Biology
Honors Geometry
Honors Spanish II
English</p>
<p>sophomore year course load
Honors US History
Honors Spanish III
English
Honors Algebra II
Chemistry</p>
<p>Junior year course load
AP Euro
Honors Pre Calc
Honors Physics
Honors English
Spanish IV</p>
<p>Senior year course load
AP Gov
AP Calc
AP English
AP Spanish IV
chemistry II</p>
<p>ECs
Varsity Soccer 3 years
Varsity basketball 4 years
Varsity Tennis 2 years
Investment Group 3 years
Mock Trial 3 years
Student Guides 2 years
Captain of Basketball team
MVP of basketball as sophomore </p>
<p>what do you think my chances are at Vanderbilt?
im thinking of applying ED
~Thanks</p>
<p>I think your chances are very good. Try to get SAT over 2100 and take the ACT and have a continuing improvement in your grades. Also take the ACT’s. My son got in ED with similar stats just a better writing SAT and he did well on ACT. Your involvement with EC’s at your school also will help. Go for it!!</p>
<p>There will be many people applying with similar or better stats. I suggest finding something special about yourself and harping on it in your personal statement.</p>
<p>If you’re applying to Peabody with those stats, you’ve got an even better chance. Peabody has a reputation for being a little easier to get into than the College of Arts and Science, the Engineering school, and Blair (music).</p>
<p>If you apply ED, than I think you’re probably golden, since ED normally has a pretty high admit rate.</p>
<p>its all about the essays and rec letters. Tons of people who get in at vanderbilt go to hard school and make good grades, and a large group of people (like myself) get in who went to average schools and worked hard to prove they are more than a small town long shot app. you have to be more than impressive stats. use your essays to write your who you are, not some story about your brother or your cat or your basketball team. i think that a good essay with your stats and personal rec. letters has a great shot.</p>
<p>^ Agreed. My stats were pretty similar to yours (but our GPA is on a 120-point scale–I ended up with a 112.9 I think), and I got in RD this year to the school of engineering. I know I had a great essay because it was different: I took a “walk” around my room and showed how the different decorations represented me. If you want, I can PM it to you to give you an idea. I’m not saying you should replicate that idea, but more just that you should try and find a creative angle to talk about yourself from.</p>
<p>And I picked two teachers for my rec’s who know me really well. My calc teacher, since I’m doing engineering, and my freshman pre-AP English teacher who I still talk to constantly. I figured the former could talk about my preparedness for engineering, while the latter could show how much I’ve grown throughout high school.</p>
<p>I was thinking of applying to Peabody because I thought I would have a greater chance of getting in and I thought the HOD program seemed interesting, and if I didnt like it I know I could change after 2 semesters. </p>
<p>After hearing this I may reconsider A and S</p>
<p>I don’t “chance” people because I honestly have no idea most of the time, but I just wanted to chime in as a living example that W on the SAT is not a big deal. I also got a 610 on the writing and received a cornelius vanderbilt scholarship.</p>
<p>It wouldn’t hurt to take the SAT again or take the ACT (i had a 34, so they may have just used that without regarding my SAT), but I just wanted to let you know not to freak out too much about the writing section of the SAT =)</p>