<p>I was deferred from Duke EDI and am considering applying to Vanderbilt EDII because it is my 2nd choice. Is there a difference in the acceptance rate between EDII and RD for Vanderbilt. Does anyone have any statistical evidence?</p>
<p>Not to pry… But are you applying to Vandy as a safeguard, or because you really want to go here more than anywhere else on your list? I think it’d be a mistake to ED when your heart isn’t set on it, there’s a decent amount of kids that seem unhappy (and some that are quite verbose about being better than the students here) because they “sold out” for Vanderbilt…</p>
<p>that being said [2011</a> ED II Decisions Mailed and Total Applications Update | The Vandy Admissions Blog | Vanderbilt University](<a href=“http://admissions.vanderbilt.edu/vandybloggers/2011/02/2011-early-decision-ii-decisions-mailed-and-total-applications-update/]2011”>2011 ED II Decisions Mailed and Total Applications Update | The Vandy Admissions Blog | Vanderbilt University) is info for last years combined EDII. There’s a significantly higher accept rate than RD, but realize that ED pools are normally more competitive as far as the caliber of students go. As far as I know, Vanderbilt doesn’t release split ED I and II data (as said in last year’s blog [ED</a> I Update | The Vandy Admissions Blog | Vanderbilt University](<a href=“http://admissions.vanderbilt.edu/vandybloggers/2010/12/ed-i-update/]ED”>ED I Update | The Vandy Admissions Blog | Vanderbilt University) ). so we’re left to speculate.</p>
<p>Anyone else have any other info?</p>
<p>As many have said before, any stats you see for EDII are a combination of EDI and EDII. I’ve never seen them broken down separately during the years I have searched the Vanderbilt website or have posted on cc.</p>
<p>Like you, my son was deferred from Duke EDI. It was his dream school since the time he even thought about college. He is still a HUGE Duke fan. His ACT was 32, and he was valedictorian of his senior class in high school with a 4.0. He took 12 AP’s with 4’s and 5’s on all of them. He still insists he would have done well at Duke haha. </p>
<p>Vanderbilt was his second choice from the get-go. His brother had been accepted four years earlier RD, but he decided to go to Centre College here in Kentucky to play Division III basketball–and get a small liberal arts college education. He had been on visits with his older brother and knew he liked Vandy almost as well as Duke. He decided to apply EDII because he knew we didn’t qualify for need money, and he just wanted to get some early news so he wouldn’t have to deal with the college admissions process anymore. He was accepted and was thrilled.</p>
<p>He is now a junior and loves Vandy, and he is doing well socially (He is the secretary of his fraternity.) and academically (He has made the Dean’s list each year so far.). He is majoring in economics and political science. Professor Oppenheimer wrote him a “glowing” recommendation, according to his boss at his internship at the Office of the Governor. (I think Vandy profs are known for such kindnesses.) </p>
<p>I wish you the same success. I remember how devastated my son was when he didn’t get into Duke, but he was a new man once he heard from Vanderbilt that he was accepted EDII. I hope that your circumstances are such that you, too, can apply EDII.</p>
<p>My Duke son bleeds blue but was downright envious of Vanderbilt’s terrific location in Nashville and of the amazing residential college style freshman campus where we left his brother in 09. Go ED2 if you can afford your EFC but make sure that your essays are geared to Vandy. Vandy has many things Duke doesn’t have, so stay up and open hearted re Vandy and your other colleges.</p>