ED App is due soon...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>My ED application for Vanderbilt is due Nov. 1st and I have to turn it in around Oct 20th'ish. (Lol) I am really worried about my chances, and if anyone has a realistic clue, could you please evaluate? I would be really, really appreciated.</p>

<p>Location: Smryna, TN
Race: White
Sex: Female
Class: Senior
Class Rank: 5/375
GPA: 3.976 unweighted/ 4.5 W (Will be around 5.0 by end of this year)
**First Generation<a href="Mom%20didn't%20even%20do%20highschool">/b</a>
Widowed single parent family
Younger siblings
Classes:</p>

<p>Freshman: Span I - A
Physical Science - A
World History H - A 1st sem, but when I moved B (by 1 pt!) 2nd semester
Eng I - A
Alg I H - A
Wellness - A</p>

<p>Sophmore: Span II H - A
Engl II - A
Biology - A
Driver's Ed - A
Nutrition and Food - A
Alg II H - A
Prin of Business - A</p>

<p>Junior: Chem I H+ - A
Geometry H - A
Eng III - A
Virtual Enterprise - A
Drama I - A
US History - A</p>

<p>Senior - Physics AP
Chem II AP
Prec Calc H
Calc AB AP
Eng III H
Goverment/Drama II</p>

<p>(This is the most rigiorous course load of anyone else in my class this year, b/c only me any one other person are taking Pre calc and Calc in the same year, and the first to do so in many years. Also, those with hard scedules like mine don't do a varsity sport and a job.)</p>

<p>(I will do everything in my power to make all A's Sr. yr. -- if I do, I will be Salutatorian)
(Also note: Junior yr lowest grade is 97 [only made that low once].. not sure if that counts for something)
-This gives me a total of 11 Honors or above honors courses.</p>

<p>-Will have a total of 5 sciences and 5 maths by end of this yr.</p>

<p>-Varsity Swimming three yrs... and won a school record.</p>

<p>-Job over summer and Sr yr</p>

<p>-TN Governor's School 2006<a href="I%20completed%20two%20college%20level%20courses.%20History%20of%20Tennessee%20(HIST%202030)%20and%20Historical%20Geology%20(GEOL%201050)%20and%20recieved%20an%20A%20in%20both.">/b</a>
-TN Volunteer Girls State Delegate<a href="won%20and%20elected%20a%20Senator's%20position%20%5Bonly%2020%20awarded%20out%20of%20500+%20girls%5D">/b</a>
-Clubs: Mu Alpha Theta, Interact, Student Council, Historical Society, Thesbian, Science, Beta, Beta Epsilon </p>

<p>-ACT score: First time = 27, Second time = 27 too! Everything went up several points but science, which for some reason plumated. Hopefully a 30 in Oct. I'mma get a ACT tutor and study like no other.</p>

<p>-In addition, I got the lead role in a theatre preformance in Drama, and am hoping to be equally as lucky in the upcoming Musical this year.</p>

<p>-Volunteer at a Nursing Home, but not the typical 100+ hours yet... I'm working on it. So little time anymore.
-I'm good at essays, so counting on essay to be good.
-Recs: One teacher already finished and it let me see it... it was excellent! I couldn't have wrote one myself better. Still waiting on the other two.
-Student of Month twice, Soph & Junior academic award etc.
-Senior Superlative: Most intellectual
-Major: I want to go pre-med, w/ a major of Chemistry and a minor in Psychology.</p>

<p>Note: I know my AP's are low, but our school only offers 5 and others conflicted with my schedule. Also, there is no 3rd foreign lang. offered at my school... not enough people sign up for them.</p>

<p><strong>I know my ACT score is below the 29-32 middle 50%, and this is my biggest concern. I am taking the Oct. 28th ACT and have already signed up to have them sent to Vandy (the last day they accept them). Could you please give me my chances with my current ACT score (a 27) and with the ACT score I hope to get (29-30) Thanks so much!!</strong></p>

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<p>bump please?</p>

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<p>ur ACT is gonna hurt u</p>

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<p>But how much is what I'm wondering.. anyone wanna respond to chances with my 27 and then with a 30?</p>

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<p>your chances will improve significantly with a 30 but i'm not sure that it will be enough. oh course my view is somewhat negligible compared to the applicant pool as a whole, but i know 3 people from my school who are applying ED to vanderbilt, too, and their scores are higher, comprable class ranks, and 2 of the 3 have more extracurriculars. of course this is only 3 of the however many that apply, so don't get your hopes down! you do have straight A's (basically..) but your classes aren't rigorous and generally schools that don't offer as many AP and honors courses aren't as competitive, which takes away from the initial merit of your class rank.. so overall.. i'm not sure and i think it will come down to essays, recs, and of course everyone else who applies. p.s. it's also really hard to say how much you are going to improve on standardized tests-- people often say they will improve by "this much" and end up dropping. i'm not saying that you necessarily will, but you just never know so you don't want to rely on the fact that you 'think' you will have a 30 so you have nothing to be worried about.. do you know what i mean? i hope that helped at least a little!</p>