<p>Hello, I will be applying RD to Peabody's HOD major.</p>
<p>GPA:3.32 W... 3.5 freshman, 2.6 soph, 3.8 junior... improvement kinda.
SAT (the new one): 2010 (720 math, 640 reading, 650 writing)
my school doesn't rank
on average half my classes are advanced (math and science)</p>
<p>If there was any confusion I meant feenotype made a mistake of saying taffy was a shoe-in. I don't think anybody applying to Vanderbilt is a shoe-in, it's just too random and not possible now. And taffy's unweighted GPA and SAT score seem on the low side despite great extracurricular activities.<br>
I'm not saying taffy's not going to get in or that I am going to get in, but Vandy is way more competitive than that. And in my opinion no matter what college someone is applying to, I think the college's competitiveness increases by about 15% - 20% with each incoming class. The class of 2009 at Vanderbilt is way more competitive than the class of 2004, which I believe were accepted on a 61% admission rate.<br>
My GPA is not spectacular for Vanderbilt. Including all of my classes with electives, my GPA is a 96.5 unweighted. If you take out electives like chorus drama, etc., and include only core academic classes (Vandy supposedly does this so I hear), then my unweighted GPA drops to a 96.13. So, nothing spectacular, top 10% (or top 3 students with my class being only 38) but its not low enough for Vandy to completely reject me Early Decision and its not high enough for me to be a shoe-in. I will most likely get deferred.</p>
<p>i think from the stats i read, my SAT is in the 75th percentile for peabody. yes my gpa is low and no i have no idea what class rank i have, there are about 500 kids in my class.</p>
<p>shopgirl if you make a chances thread ill reply in it :) but for now it looks like you wanna share mine :D</p>
<p>im trying to find that resource they have on the VU website that has every statistic you could possibly want.. hmm</p>
<p>I think your GPA is too low. Your SAT is good, but by no means spectacular. Your extracurricular experience is quite limited. I'd give you a 30/70 chance of getting in RD, 45/55 chance ED.</p>
<p>To be honest, I'd say your chances are pretty slim, especially if you go RD. If you really want to go to Vanderbilt, I would recommend the ED. Even if it's ED2. RD 20/80 ED 35/65</p>
<p>okay taffy,
I don't know how much Early Decision will help you. Your GPA does seem low especially with many of Vandy's public school students being in the top 5% of their class and many of Vandy's private school students being in the top 20%, although I'm sure many would also be in the top 10%, but private schools are usually a lot smaller, so top 10% can just be a handful of students. Have you visited Vandy? If you don't visit, don't apply early decision. Early decision will definately help you, but thats only if you would be somewhat competitive in the regular decision application pool. What are your grades? If you have 3 C's or D's of F's in classes that aren't APs or IBs, I wouldn't even suggest applying early decision to Vanderbilt. Your SAT scores are good, which Vandy seems to care a lot about, but realize that people coming into Vandy whether private school or public school have done exceptionally well academically.</p>
<p>i am actually looking at plane tickets right now to visit in september, i have relatives in birmingham... i wouldnt apply ED without visiting. i have had my #1 college knocked off my list after visiting.</p>
<p>I did get a D in spanish 3 that i took soph year... i wasn't prepared for that class at all.</p>
<p>With your last two-years of grades (3.2 w avg), you would only be competitive at the lower UC's. </p>
<p>ED is only way to go for your Vandy app. However, I would suggest you consider other alternatives bcos, even with ED, I don't think your chances are very good -- I'm much less buoyant than zip (but, then, I very conservative in the chances game). It is extremely rare for competitive college to accept someone with C's much less D's unless the student has extenuating circumstances, such as death in the family, had to work for financial reasons, etc., that a GC could write about. Moreover, unless it was a UC-approved honors spanish class, that D is in college prep class, which, for selective colleges are considered relatively easy HS classes.</p>
<p>If you have other private schools you like also as much, consider those for ED instead.</p>