High School sophmore, can i get into Vanderbilt?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi, so Im new to this website and Im a high school sophomore in a fairly large high school (graduating class will have approximately 500 students) in New York. Im beginning to look at colleges and Vanderbilt is my number one choice (I want to be a lawyer but for undergraduate I want to major in business). I just want to gauge how my chances are right now to get into Vanderbilt. I cant apply early decision due to finances. I understand that theres still a lot to do between now and then, like the ACT and SAT, but what the heck lets start early :).

Grades:
3.84 unweighted GPA (4.0 weighted)
I took all honors classes in my freshman and sophomore year, except social studies which is the one AP class I could take (it was a two year course.)
Next year I will be taking AP English, AP Physics, AP psycology, AP Euro, AP US, along with the highest level class in Math and Spanish (Im not sure if they’re AP or not but they would be honors at least), so at the end of my junior year Ill have at least 6 AP classes with the rest being honors.
I should be in the top 4 percent (probably top 15-20 in graduating class)
I was principals honor roll all quarters here, except one time in my freshman year.

EC’s:
Chief of Staff of Model United Nations (Vice President equivalent, currently I won 4 awards in it and by my senior year I’ll be secretary-general, equivalent of president)
I will be a member of Honor Society
Will be a member of Business Honor Society
Will be a member of Foreign Language Foreign Language Honor Society
JV Tennis (Maybe varsity next year?)
XXXXX High School Scholar (I didn’t want to reveal the name of my high school)
Rotary Youth Leadership Award
Science Research Class/Club (I might be able to win an award in it this year or next year)

Volunteer/Work:
I will get a job when I turn 16, and my school does a work study so Ill get additional credit
I coach youth soccer so thats 10+ hours a season, two seasons a year
I teach religion classes, 50+ hours a year
I work at a summer camp (first year it was volunteer work/training, not paid),(all years after that will be paid)

Additional Stuff that may be relevant:
I won some Student of the Month awards
I don’t know how much the Model UN awards will factor in
I dont know how applicable the Rotary Youth Leadership Award is

For the GPA and Extra Curricular Aspect of Vandy, how do I look? Any advice and brutal honesty will be appreciated :slight_smile:

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You have a really good chance, just as good as anyone else. Find your passion, whatever it may be, swimming, science, math, etc. Keep doing the extracurriculars, and maybe add even more extracurriculars. Hopefully you maintain your GPA at the range you are at right now, and start to study for the SAT/ACT this summer. Good Luck!

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Vanderbilt doesn’t have a business major or business school.

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Keep doing what you’re doing, because it looks good (Study hard for the ACT and aim for a 32+ and I really like your chances)

However, I think you should know that Vanderbilt does not offer a business program for undergraduate students. The closest you would get would be an Economics major with a Managerial Studies minor.

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Thank you I was partially aware of that so I figured i would major in pre-law and minor in managerial studies. Is that possible?

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Thank you I was partially aware of that so I figured i would major in pre-law and minor in managerial studies. Is that possible?