Chances???

Colleges and Universities A-Z Vanderbilt University
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<p>Gender: Male
Age: 17
Rising Senior at a large high school in Ohio (2,000 students total)
GPA UW: 4.0
GPA W: 4.45 (after junior year)
SAT: CR:730, Math: 690, WR: 610, a 9 essay (Will Retake)
SAT II’s: None so far (Will prob take 2-3)
ACT: (Will retake)
English: 29
Usage/Mechanics: 15
Rhetorical Skills: 16
Mathematics: 32
Pre-Algebra/Elementary Algebra: 17
Int. Algebra/Coord. Geometry: 15
Plane Geometry/Trigonometry: 16
Reading: 32
Social Studies/Science: 17
Arts/Literature: 16
Science: 33
Essay: 11
Composite: 32
Class Rank: 1/480</p>

<p>Freshman Classes:
Honors English: A
AP US History: A
Honors Algebra 2: A
Honors Physical Science: A
Latin I: A
Freshman Choir: A
Gym: A
Communications: A</p>

<p>Sophomore Classes:
Honors English and Comp: A
AP US History: A
Honors Geometry: A
AP Biology: A
Latin II: A
Physical Training: A
Sophomore Choir: A
Health: A</p>

<p>Junior Classes:
AP English and Comp: A
AP European History: A
Honors: Pre-Calculus: A
Honors Chemistry: A
Anatomy: A
AP Latin III: A
Junior Choir: A</p>

<p>Senior Classes:
AP Gov
AP Lit
AP Chem
AP Latin IV
AP Calc
Physics
Senior Choir
Music Theory</p>

<p>AP Scores:
APUSH: 5
AP Bio: 5
AP Lang/Comp: 5
AP Euro: 4</p>

<p>Awards:
Cum Laude on National Latin Exam (9-10)
Honor Role (9-11)
National Honors Society Member (11-12)
Choir received 1 at state competition (9-11)
Quiz Bowl team has won many competitions
Will receive some type of AP award
Junior Scholars program</p>

<p>EC’s:
NHS
Junior Classical League/Latin Club Member and Treasurer (11)
Quiz Bowl Team (10-11)
Part of a Show choir 9th grade, received 1st place at a competition in Chicago, we competed against choirs in 10-12 grade, and I sang a solo in the performance.
In an Honors Career Mentorship Program and Mentored at the Hospital under an infectious disease doctor for a semester and will shadow a surgeon next year
Church Youth Group (9-12)
I play electric guitar for our church worship on Sundays (10-12)
Electric and Acoustic Guitar (9-12) Play at local coffee shop
Went on a mission trip with church to Reynosa Mexico for 2 weeks and helped the people there.</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Work approx 20 hours a week at an internship during the summer (10-11) at an Employment Process Outsourcing Company.</p>

<p>Major:
Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry or some type of typical Pre-med major.</p>

<p>I was thinking about applying ED. If you think Vandy is a reach for me RD, would ED make it a match??? Also, I do not plan on submitting my SAT scores to Vandy simply because my ACT is better. Therefore Vandy will only see my ACT so don't take my SAT into consideration. Thanks again...</p>

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<p>I'd actually say Vandy looks like a good match... If you really like Vandy, apply ED, though I actually think you could get in somewhere more competitive... Though, to give Vandy credit, it is creating a college environment with a dining hall and everything... I think you'll like it. It was featured in the Sunday NYtimes. :-)</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>I visited it a few weeks ago and loved it... I'm starting to thing that I don't wanna go anywhere else. Thanks for the reply.</p>

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<p>good work thus far. sit down, relax, and bump up the scores.</p>

<p>it is a very good match and you might just be able to squeeze some scholarship money. good luck though and hope to see you on campus next fall.</p>

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<p>^^ Amnesia7, where else have you visited?</p>

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<p>you look like a very competitive applicant for many of the top schools. glad to see that vandy's at the top of your list at the moment, i love it here.</p>

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<p>^ VandyManiac - what do you know about the new residential college system that Vandy is putting in? Will you be able to take part in it?</p>

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<p>brief synapse of "The Commons": <a href="http://commons.vanderbilt.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://commons.vanderbilt.edu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>essentially, incoming freshman now can currently live in a variety of dorm quads. that will all change next year as all incoming freshman from each school (a&s being the most selective with average SAT of 1407 and 90.1% in the top 10% of respective high school) will live in this centrally located area. brilliant idea that is meant to create an even tighter community than you'll already find. probably one of the more significant attributes about this whole thing: they shelled out a huge amount of money towards this exclusively undergraduate project that most major universities would have placed and do place elsewhere in order to try to bump up good old mr. ranking.</p>

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<p>the res college system is the freshman commons. i think it's great because it will bring all thef reshman together. the status quo for freshman separates them into 3 different areas across main campus. while i enjoyed my freshman experience, i think the commons will make being a freshman at vandy even better... at the very least, i can attest to it that the buildings are gorgeous... theres a whole dining center and student center for the new commons as well. </p>

<p>id recommend taking a look at the site mentioned in the previous post, but just to clarify unlike res colleges like you see at rice and other schools, this is just for the freshman. i dnno if they're planning on eventually making the entire university residential colleges, but id assume not.</p>

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<p>Ive visited UMich, Case Western, University of Kentucky, Wright State University and we are going to visit WashU and hopefully UPenn before the summer is out.</p>

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<p>VandyManiac, I don't know if you will see this, but I just visited Vanderbilt and had a meeting with an engineering dean. Well, he was VERY excited about "The Commons" and commented how they were already making plans to make the entire university residential or whatever the terminology is. He said they were planning to make the equivalent of "The Commons" for all 4 classes.</p>

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<p>I'm interested to see what happens to the greek life on campus as a result of the residential colleges. My guess is that Vanderbilt will say students may not be a part of a fraternity/sorority if they want to take part in "The Commons" and the programs the commons will offer. As a result, it might be interesting to see what happens to greek life on campus, as the togas might go out of style.</p>

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<p>i doubt that the greek life will be going anywhere</p>

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<p>That may be true, but based on what is happening at Princeton with the eating clubs, it may begin to diminish. In Princeton's case, students must CHOOSE to either be part of an eating club, or be part of the residential college system. And since colleges generally offer perks (like free or very inexpensive trips to the Met, or a hike in the Adirondacks with a geology prof) to students who take part in their residential college systems, frats may not be able to compete.</p>

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<p>that's a good point, but princeton and vandy are really two different animals. princeton is an ivy while vandy is in the SEC, which is the breeding ground for greek life. i think it's considered a bit of a selling point to the Vandy administration for bright kids who still want to go to an SEC school. it's kind of already the best of both worlds; students already have to live on campus unless they're greek officers, and that way vandy can keep a close eye while keeping their students happy. unless of course vandy is looking to move away from that..</p>