Chances on Vanderbilt?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a junior with a 3.8 almost 3.9 GPA. I go to a great private school in Ohio. My class size is only 153, but I'm in the top 39%(60th). Im in about 3 clubs and Im the president of 1. I have been on student council for a year and plan to run again. I play lacrosse as well. I will have well over 100 hours of service by the time I leave. I currently have a 22 on my ACT but I took it again and plan around getting a 25-27. I am an excellent writer and I write for a well respected lacrosse website. I plan on going to a leadership camp this summer. I have not taken my SATs. I will have taken around 5 AP classes by the time I graduate. I want to get into Vanderbilt, what do you think of my chances? Feel free to ask anything else I missed. Please be very honest</p>

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<p>Its a really really slim chance. Your GPA is low and ACT is low. EC’s are par.
chance back
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<p><a href=“Vanderbilt At A Glance | Undergraduate Admissions | Vanderbilt University”>http://admissions.vanderbilt.edu/profile/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Check that out. Vandy’s middle 50% of ACT scores is 32-34, so a 25-27 will probably not cut it unless you have a hook. Also, almost 90% of students at Vandy are in the top 10% of their class. Being 60th out of 153 is not going to help you. As you are a junior, it’s probably too late to improve your GPA too much, so you’re going to have to focus and getting a really good ACT score (or SAT) and you’re going to have to cross your fingers. Right now, Vanderbilt is a HIGH HIGH reach for you.</p>

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<p>I would agree that my ACT is very low, but how is my GPA low. The average incoming Vandy freshman GPA is a 3.75</p>

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<p>Other than raising my gpa/act how could I improve my chances?</p>

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<p>Is the 3.8 Unweighted or weighted?
chance me please:)</p>

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<p>I’m not sure which one, it’s my acumulative. My current semester is a 4.1</p>

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<p>So its your Weighted which accounts AP and Honors
Vandy has the Unweighted GPA at 3.75</p>

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<p>GPA is fine (I don’t know why everyone says it’s bad) but ACT is going to kill your chances 100%. Get it above a 30 and then it’s still a maybe</p>