Chances? PLEASE

Colleges and Universities A-Z Vanderbilt University
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<p>I want to go to Vanderbilt so badly! I will definitely apply Early Decision 1, but I want to know my chances! Please give me your advice!</p>

<p>Location: Los Angeles
College Class Year: 2015</p>

<p>GPA - Weighted: 3.96
Class Rank: top 10%
Class Size: 300</p>

<p>ACT: 30</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>4 years Student Body Class Representative
3 years Ambassadors
2 years National Honor Society
2 years Spanish Honor Society
1 year Lead Sports Network Anchor
1 year School TV Anchor
4 years Assistance League of Southern California (Charity Group)</p>

<p>Leadership positions: </p>

<p>President of the Ambassadors
3 years Lead Sunday School Pre School Teacher
3 years Lead Bible Camp Pre School teacher
Assistance League Class Representative
Chair of Charity Medallion Ball
Chair of Charity Rummage Sale
Chair of Charity Fashion Show</p>

<p>Athletic Status:
4 years varsity swimming</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work:
Holy Cross Christian Service Award
3 years Church Pre School Teacher
3 years Church Camp Pre School Teacher</p>

<p>Honors and Awards:
Holy Cross Leadership Award, 2 years
Most Improved Varsity Swimmer
Holy Cross Student Athlete, 4 years</p>

<p>College programs:
Columbia Scholastic Press Association</p>

<p>Jobs:
Cash for Clunkers administrative assistant at Casa Automotive Group
Regional Internet Comparison for Casa Automotive Group
Founder of Facebook group for Casa Automotive Group</p>

<p>Please tell me what you think, and what you think i need to do!</p>

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<p>Seems like you should be going to Holy Cross ;-?</p>

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<p>^lol</p>

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are you really going to put that?</p>

<p>your EC’s and GPA are great but your ACT score is low. Try to get around a 32.</p>

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<p>I agree with hahahahah: your ACT score could use improvement. Your GPA seems a bit low for a weighted GPA though. Did you mean 3.96 was your unweighted GPA? If not, then what is your unweighted GPA? Extracurriculars look excellent though.</p>

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<p>Applying ED should definitely help. I think you have a pretty good chance. If you need time to re-take the ACT you may want to consider ED II.</p>

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<p>you wont get in with a 3.96 weighted GPA and 30 ACT. get the ACT to the 33/34 range</p>

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<p>Need to raise that GPA (especially) and ACT. Like everyone else said. :P</p>

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<p>Remember that the lovely list you’ve given is only part of the application… Also, remember that your GPA means nothing, Vanderbilt (or any other top tier school) will recalculate it using their own weighting scheme that accounts for the difficulty of the courses and what they know about your school, this is the only way that GPAs are actually comparable student to student.</p>

<p>Your ACT is on the low end, it won’t hurt you, but it certainly won’t help. Taking it again won’t hurt, most schools only look at the best composite (ACT) or best score from each test (SAT). Also, most students do better on one of the tests than the other (this is because they test different things), you may consider giving the SAT a shot, you might do better.</p>

<p>Remember that EVERYONE has an impressive list of extracurriculars, your task is to decide what things you’ve done that make you unique and highlight them. Top schools are very concerned with making sure their student body is diverse and full of interesting people, you want to be one of them!</p>

<p>Think about other schools, Apply to a school with rolling admissions ASAP that you know you can get into (Tulane is a good choice, state schools as well) and have it in your back pocket. If nothing else it will make you feel better because you know you got in somewhere!</p>

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<p>Is that your unweighted GPA or weighted?
3.96 unweighted=good. Weighted= not so good.</p>