<p>Does Vanderbilt put more weight on a students GPA or SAT score when looking to admit a student? Also is it just enough to play a varsity sport or should the person be a stand out (ex. all county, etc)</p>
<p>I would say Vanderbilt puts more weight on student GPA than SAT score. GPA is an actual measure of a student’s academic performance in high school, and colleges tend to think that it is more reliable than a test score. Also, I think Vanderbilt just wants to see that you participated in a varsity sport or extracurricular and devoted time to it. Being all county would definitely help, but it’s more about the devotion and pursuit of something meaningful to you.</p>
<p>thanks man… cuz im hispanic i have a 4.0 UW gpa with 13 aps and 15 honors classes but only 1400 sat score and im all county football player.</p>
<p>np, buddy. I would say with those academic statistics you shouldn’t have to worry. Just write a good essay and get excellent recs and you’d have a very good shot at acceptance.</p>
<p>okay so 1, you’re hispanic… you could have failed high school and still gotten like… a merit-based scholarship to vandy.</p>
<p>2, you’re thinking wayyy too inside the box. colleges admissions peeps are human, and they evaluate you beyond your numbers. for example, if you have a high gpa and academics is your strong point, then they expect a high standardized test score or at least some good AP scores/SATIIs. if sports is your strong point, then you probably need good academics, but neither gpa or SATs matter as much. If you have done well in HS in all ur AP classes (which it sounsd like you have) but not done well on SATs (you’ve just done a’ight…) then they’ll simply suspect that your classes were really easy and your GPA doesn’t actually mean all that much.</p>
<p>either way, you sound like a decent, but not outstanding applicant. but again… you’re hispanic… so yeah, welcome to vandy.</p>
<p>here’s a last thing to consider. if you look at the SAT stats on collegeboard for vandy, i feel like it provides an inaccurate gauge. see, vandy superscores SATs, so i think their average student’s superscore is a lot higher than the average student’s 1-time-SAT posted on collegeboard. haha, that’s why i took ACT instead 
they don’t superscore those, so you only have to do well once.</p>
<p>well im applying for engineering… all of my math/science scores are high its just the reading that brings me down</p>
<p>i feel like you created this thread to brag about yourself instead of posing a legit question. there’s no reason why this should even be on the vanderbilt part of the forum.</p>