Class of 2018 stats released

Colleges and Universities A-Z Vanderbilt University
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<p><a href="http://www.vanderbilthustler.com/news/article_500f50a0-491c-11e4-b746-0017a43b2370.html"&gt;http://www.vanderbilthustler.com/news/article_500f50a0-491c-11e4-b746-0017a43b2370.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>there was a slight drop in applications — less than one percent — this year. The university received 1,600 fewer applications and the percentage of applicants accepted was marginally higher than last year’s, up from 12.7 percent to 13.1 percent. 1,605 enrolled students represent 1,074 high schools across the Unites States and around the globe.</p>

<p>Vanderbilt Admissions is entirely need-blind in its reviewing process, which allows for its focus to be exclusively on the qualifications of the applicant. More applicants than ever have exceptionally high GPAs and test scores.
One quarter of the enrolled students of the class of 2018 scored a 1580 to a perfect 1600 on the SAT. For this reason, the admissions board is increasingly looking toward other factors that enhance each application and what each potential student can add to campus life.</p>

<p>More than one-third of the incoming first-year class self-identified as a minority race. Since 2010, the percentage of minority students has risen 6.3 percent. The greatest change has occurred in the percentage of students identifying as Asian or Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, which has more than doubled in the past four years, now accounting for almost 13 percent of the class of 2018.</p>

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<p>Very interesting! Nice read, thanks for the share.</p>

<p>A little bit of relief that the acceptance rate increased from last year, even if only by a little bit.</p>

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<p>I find it a little difficult to believe that 25% of the enrolled class scored a 1580 or above on the SAT. According to the link below, in 2013, a total of 3194 students scored 1580 or above on the SATs. I know this doesn’t account for super-scoring but it still seems like a very high number to me. In addition, a large number of the admitted students use the ACT and not the SAT. Of course I could be wrong.</p>

<p><a href=“http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/SAT-Percentile-Ranks-Composite-CR-M-2013.pdf”>http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/SAT-Percentile-Ranks-Composite-CR-M-2013.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@MaynardGKrebs‌ </p>

<p>This statistic is likely a misinterpretation of the data-- it was not reported directly by Vanderbilt and rather an assumption made by a student writer at the Hustler.</p>

<p>The middle 50% of SAT scores is:
CR, 710-780
Math, 720-800</p>

<p>The correct statistic is that at least 25% of the incoming class scored either 780+ on CR or 800 on Math. The percentage that scored BOTH 780 on CR and 800 on Math is unknown but certainly lower. </p>

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<p>I think they mean that you get 1580 if you take the 75th percentile score on Reading and add it to the 75th percentile score on Math. Here is what Vandy says at <a href=“Leadership, diversity, academic talent define newest Vanderbilt class | Vanderbilt University”>http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2014/09/class-of-2018/&lt;/a&gt; about this year’s freshman class:</p>

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<p>Here is the data from last year, where you get 1570 from adding together the 75th percentile Reading score (780) and the 75th percentile Math score (770):</p>

<p><a href=“College Navigator - Vanderbilt University”>College Navigator - Vanderbilt University;

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<p>For those wanting more detailed information, the 2014-15 Common Data Set should be up within the month and you can search for it on the Vanderbilt website. Section C provides information about the freshman class each year. I applaud Vanderbilt for making this information so accessible on their website. Some colleges make it much more obscure.
Thanks for the link, @Faline2.</p>

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<p><a href=“Vanderbilt At A Glance | Undergraduate Admissions | Vanderbilt University”>http://admissions.vanderbilt.edu/profile/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>The 2013 class was # 3 in number of NMS with 260 after Chicago and Harvard. The 2014 class has 272 NMS and may move ahead of Harvard second only to Chicago. </p>

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<p>@bud123 – I’ve seen the 2013 data but haven’t seen any NMS data for the 2014 class published yet. Can I ask what your source was for the 272 figure was?</p>

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<p>@Pyrrhic‌ , see the link I posted.</p>

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<p>Ahh. Thanks. I didn’t see it there on my first review.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://news.vanderbilt.edu/files/VU2018Numbers.jpg”>http://news.vanderbilt.edu/files/VU2018Numbers.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;