Class of 2018 ED I Decision Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Vanderbilt University
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<p>Enter your info into the template below! Congratulations to everybody who got in!</p>

<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted
Decision: Deferred
Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[</em>] Summer Activities:
[<em>] Essays:
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation:
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] Intended major(s):
[</em>] School Type:
[<em>] Ethnicity:
[</em>] Gender:
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>

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<p>Ill get it started:</p>

<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2250 Superscore CR750 M790 WR710
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 720CHEM 750MATHII 690USH (not sent)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/700
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem:5, USH:5, World:5, Human:5, Stat:5, Span:4, PhysB:4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Lit/Lang 2, AP Macro/AP Gov, AP Physics C, Peer Leadership
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AMC school champ, NHS, Varsity soccer award for leadership, Georgia Science and Engineering Fair 4th place (state), Science Fair every year, Spanish student of the year</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Soccer (Captain, State Champ and State Runner Up), Cross Country, Spanish Honors Society (Vice President), Junior Cabinet (Officer), Peer Leadership, Medical Explorers Program, SNHS, Beta Club, School Leadership Team. (Others, but not listed)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Youth soccer referee
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Summer mission trips, Various community work, probably about 100 hours
[</em>] Summer Activities:
[<em>] Essays: Stellar (in my humble opinion)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 3 excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: excellent (very close to councilor)
[</em>] Additional Rec:NA
[li] Interview:NA</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] Intended major(s): Chemisty
[</em>] School Type: Large Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, GPA, Essays, Recs, Sports, Leadership
[</em>] Weaknesses: Volunteer work
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations if you got in, but if you didn’t then just remember that it is not the end of the world. If you were smart enough to apply here then you will do great wherever you end up!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): 32 (31 M 30 R 30 E 35 S)
[<em>] SAT II (place score in parentheses): N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (4.33 W)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/563
[</em>] AP (place score in parentheses): 11 Total with senior year: World History (no exam), Environmental Science (5), Biology (5), English Lang (5) Chemistry (4) Calculus AB (4) US History (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AP Lit, AP Physics B, AP Euro, Zoology/Botany, Regular gov/econ and a TA course for a science teacher
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2 State DECA awards and a couple regional awards, nothing huge
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Young Dawgs Internship, Environmental Science Club (Treasurer), Science National Honor Society (Secretary), Science Olympiad (Captain), DECA, Varsity Track (Captain), a couple of other little service clubs
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 15 Hours a week at a local daycare
[</em>] Volunteer/Community Service: 10 hours a week at a hospital, tutoring, maintained a gorilla habitat (project), numerous 5ks/can drives/fundraisers, animal shelter, recycling throughout school
[<em>] Summer Activities: Hospital volunteering/Young Dawgs internship (biochemistry research)
[</em>] Essays: I would put it at a 9/10, mine was pretty unique and showed the quirky side of me.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: (2) One was from a teacher I’ve had for 3 years and the other was one for 4 years… Always in their rooms and whatnot. I would expect them to be amazing.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Generic probably, he sounded really impressed by me when I had a talk with him about college.
[<em>] Additional Rec: From a professor at UGA, he said I was a lot like his son so maybe it was really good.
[</em>] Interview: It went really really well, the guy sounded like he really wanted to promote the university (his entire family and extended family went there) so I think he wanted to do everything in his power to get people in to go there.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~150k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: My recommendation letters and my essays were really nice, I think I had a lot of leadership as well on top of my GPA
[<em>] Weaknesses: Test scores… I only had a lone ACT (and it was low)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think my essays were really unique and my course load was immense. My ECS were really related to my major and I showed dedication and passion there.
[li] Where else you are applying or have already applied: UGA EA (accepted), GT[/li][/ul]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: If you didn’t get in, don’t fret. They can’t take everybody who is qualified. I bet they had hundreds of competitive and qualified applicants and they can only take so many. Good luck to everyone to whatever college the end up going to and hopefully they find the right place for them.</p>

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<p>congratulations, AnchorDown and hobbithopeful. You’re both very deserving. And I hope you had a chance to see the opening last night. S is seeing it tonight. It looks very good.</p>

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<p>Hobbit, what major did you apply to?</p>

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<p>Applied as a chemistry major.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted EDI</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (didn’t submit)
ACT: 33 single sitting 34 superscore (32 Reading, 33 (34 on second take) English/writing, 35 science, 33 math)
SAT II: Didn’t submit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.49 UW / 3.61 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (Self studied 5) AP US Gov (5) AP English Lang (5) AP Biology (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP classes (Art History, Enviro, AP Lit, Economics (Micro/Macro)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Some leadership positions within Model UN, statewide model congress type extracurriculars, intern for local congressman, speech & debate, FBLA, etc. Quite a few awards in these programs
Job/Work Experience: Intern for congressman over the summer
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: Attended a national conference (2 years, had a minor leadership position my second year) with the best participants of statewide “mock congress” type conferences from every state. Awesome experience for me.
Essays: Pretty unique – I thought my common app essay was risky but the people who read it seemed to like it/find it amusing and unique
Teacher Recommendation: Really stellar, one of my teachers was the advisor for several clubs I had leadership positions in along with my AP Gov Pol teacher, said some awesome things about me (although i’m not exactly sure what). I recall him telling me “this letter of recommendation will get you in anywhere!”. My advice: don’t suck up to teachers, just make sure they know you well as a person and you are strategic about your application :slight_smile:
Counselor Rec: Pretty good! I think she liked me, I did a lot of things for Student Council/the school even though I wasn’t really a member of these clubs and didn’t put them on my app
Additional Rec:
Interview: I thought it went pretty poorly but I suppose not! :slight_smile:
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): Poli Sci, Economics
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White/Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $100,000+ with a dramatic shift down after dad’s unemployment
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing really
Reflection: GPA was my biggest weakness, but I made up for it with a general upward trend, sharp upward trend in course rigor, good test scores, and any class I did poorly in I would take the next level and do much better (C+ in precalc, A+ in calc the next year)
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I was surprised myself :))
General Comments: Get off CollegeConfidential and do more things in the real world. Don’t do things just for college, pursue your interests and be outgoing/friendly. Think about comparative advantage- don’t waste your time and pursue/develop your natural talents.</p>