<p>I am not too positive about my chances of getting in, so I would love to hear other opinions. Thank you!</p>
<p>White, male, Church of Christ.
Nashville, TN.
ACT: 30
Rank: 6 out of 137
GPA: 4.0 unweighted, my school does not do weighted.
I have taken 3 out of 4 AP classes at my school.
I have taken every honors class available at my school.</p>
<p>Extras:
Vice President of Spanish and Math Clubs. Secretary of Mock Trial.
Mock Trial 2 years.
Service Club.
Atleast 300 hours of community service.
JV football, varsity Cross Country, Varsity Track, Varsity Tennis.
2 Leadership conferences that I was nominated to go to (and I did).
National Honor Society.
National Honor Society for High School Scholars.</p>
<p>I think that is it. What do you think? Thank you!</p>
<p>It looks like youre doing well in your highschool. But judging by your grades and rank combined with your ACT score, you have an easy high school. Get the ACT up a few points and you should be good. Especially if you do ED</p>
<p>He’s probably in either way since he did take his school’s most rigorous classes, at least that’s what seems to be the case.</p>
<p>really dont worry about your schools rank because i think the point is you did really well with what options you had. i would suggest retaking the act like someone else already said because if you could up that score one or two points i think your chances for admission jump a lot. additionally i would strongly suggest that you get in contact with the vandy rep in your area. i talked to mine about once a month and he knew me by name when he saw me at school and i am now going to vandy on a full tuition merit scholarship! good luck and keep up the hard work (it will pay off)!!!</p>
<p>about talking to the vandy rep in my area: I emailed her about 6 months ago to ask if I could come in and ask her some questions. She said she was rather busy and deferred me to one of the preVU days. I would love to get my name in front of her more, but it looks like a tough thing to do. How did you go about it?</p>
<p>it depends on where you live i think. i never emailed my correspondent and asked to meet with them (my guess is that they all are too busy for that). what i did was meet with him at my local preVU days and went to the meetings that they hosted at my high school (we had like three college days though so that worked to my advantage). after having interactions at these events with the rep you should stay after the event and ask some intelligent questions that you truly want answered. this way you get info and the rep gets a little more insight into who you are (mine gave me his business card and said to call or email if you have any more questions). then as long as you aren’t too annoying and you always are sure to thank them for their help, they are willing to help you out via phone or e-mail and they become pretty familiar with your case. i would also suggest registering for anything on the vandy website (such as requesting a virtual tour that they send to you on a dvd in the mail) because if you do have a rep who just doesn’t do his/her job very well at least the admissions staff sees that you have shown interest in vandy when they look at your file around decision time. i am strong believer in showing interest no matter what school your applying to, even though some say this contact does not effect a students potential for admission. my philosophy is that it gives a good impression and just can’t hurt. hopefully this was helpful! keep the questions coming. this site was so helpful when i first started this process and i would love to help others out!</p>
<p>I was wait listed and was not called.</p>
<p>ACT 33</p>
<p>Most rigorous courses in a private school taking honors and 6 AP classes
School does not rank. 3.77 GPA</p>
<p>Student government 4 years School newspaper 3 years</p>
<p>Varsity captain in two sports earning 12 varsity letters in 3 sports, 3 MVP awards, 2 individual conference championships and All-Conference a total of 8 times in three sports. </p>
<p>Recognized as the school’s outstanding senior student/athlete and given a state-wide student/athlete award.</p>
<p>Twice advancing to state music competitions playing oboe. </p>
<p>A number of community service activities and volunteer activities.</p>
<p>I was waitlisted and not called with a 32 ACT. I had a 3.96 non-weighted, took several AP classes, and had activities/awards pretty similar to everyone else applying. I would definitely say take the ACT again. If you can get a 34, you’ve got a pretty good shot.</p>
<p>your ACT is fine, if you can get it great if not, then its ok. tons of people have 32 and 34 on their ACT but Vandy looks at who you are, why are you different. i got in with lower test score, so they obviously look at more than that. i think the main thing is to show them that you are more than just a good test taker. show interest and passion about something in your life and you will have as good a shot as someone with a higher test score</p>
<p>I would retake the ACT or maybe give the SAT a try. Apply ED if you’re sure that’s where you want to be.</p>
<p>My ACT superscore is 32. Composite is still 30. I realize that if Vandy saw 32 instead of 30, it would really help my chances. Obviously, they don’t take superscore. So my question is this. Is there anyway to tell them my superscore on ACT is 32 without offending them or trying to sound…you know…like I am going to not follow their ACT guidelines. (in the essay or something…obviously I cannot put my superscore in the statistics part of the application) I have had mixed replies on this, and I would like to know what ya’ll think. Of course, I am going to take the September ACT to try and raise my composite. That way I won’t have this problem.</p>
<p>I mean, I dont think you will get in honestly as your application stands although you do have a shot, raise ACT to 32+ and you have a much better shot.</p>
<p>I am now number 3 out of 137, and I raised my ACT to a 32. How do my chances look now for ED? Thanks!</p>