Chances...

Colleges and Universities A-Z Vanderbilt University
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<p>Okay, so I admit I used to find these chance threads very annoying and it seemed like everyone posting just wanted acknowledgment of their amazingness and were fishing for compliments, but I am so sick of waiting that I'm wondering if someone could chance me for Vanderbilt......okay, here I go:</p>

<p>SAT I: 2200
GPA uw: 3.87
-I don't know rank, but I go to a competitive college prep school in St. Paul, Minnesota and have taken the most rigorous course load available and plan to take another math class this summer (which I noted in my "additional information" section).</p>

<p>Varsity sports:
Soccer - 4 years (all conference 3 years, captain senior year, top GPA on team/academic excellence award)
Basketball - 4 years (captain 2 years, all-conference 3 years, about 1,700 pts. in career - all-time leading scorer @ my school)
Track -4 years, various awards, all-conference 2 years, hold 1600m record (but just for girls haha).</p>

<p>EC:
Math Club (club leader 11, 12)
Science Club (leader 11, 12)
MOSAIC Diversity Club (leader 11,12)
Environmental Club (Leader 11,12)
Amnesty International
Tutors' Guild</p>

<p>300+ hours of community service (including service trips to Mexico and Tanzania, wrote about Tanzania for CommonApp essay)
-various projects on my reservation; raise money and awareness at my school</p>

<p>Jobs:
US Soccer certified referee - grade 8 (since 10th grade)
job at German Christmas store since beginning of 11th grade</p>

<p>Essays:
I really liked my main CommonApp essay (pity Vandy didn't have a supplementary essay). As I said, I talked about things that I learned in Tanzania....if you'd like to read it and give feedback, PM me! </p>

<p>Recs:
I know all three very well and I was even called by an admissions rep (for a school to which I've been accepted) and told that they were "fantastic". </p>

<p>Other Factors:
American Indian and quite involved with my tribe. I'm an enrolled member of my tribe and have spoken with a Vandy rep about documentation (which they didn't want), but he seemed happy that I inquired......I genuinely would want to continue ties with my heritage as I go off to college. I didn't get a MOSAIC invite because my application was, apparently, just completed (confusion that, again, I spoke with my officer about). </p>

<p>Chance me for these schools as well (if you want to):
-Washington University in St. Louis
-Duke
-Northwestern
-Stanford</p>

<p>Also, do you think I have any chances at getting invites to any of these schools "multicultural weekends" or a likely letter? I dunno.....any input is appreciated! Wado!</p>

<p>What do you guys think? And, honestly, I am not trying to fish for compliments, I'm just very anxious! Thanks for reading this and good luck to all!!!</p>

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<p>No opinions from Vandy applicants/students?</p>

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<p>The latest post in the VU Admissions Blog is about letting it go at this point and waiting to see where the chips will fall, so to speak. I know that is tough advice, but it is good advice.
I've seen lots of your posts in the forum, so I know you are very interested in Vandy - good luck to you!</p>

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<p>Very true, thanks for the words 2VU0609!</p>

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<p>Unless there is something heinously wrong with your application that you have failed to mention (i.e. DUI, drug offense, your SOP wasn't as good as you thought it was, F on transcript, 1's on all AP tests), then I would not be surprised to see you here in the fall.</p>

<p>(I just realized I compared a bad SOP to a DUI..... clearly not what I meant haha.)</p>

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<p>Okay, thanks for the input GCN2, I hope you are right, although I'm trying to listen to the blog's post and settle down and wait.....but, I have to ask, what does "SOP" mean? My SOP wasn't as good as I thought it was?</p>

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<p>(SOP) Statement of Purpose. Personal essay, etc.</p>

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<p>i was scared enough to apply to vandy....and now i see kids like you scared about their chances? oh god.</p>

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<p>Everyone seems to be scared.</p>

<p>I wonder if this happened last year.</p>

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<p>I'm not trying to jinx you, but I would say you're in.</p>