<p>Is it bad that I'm not worried if ill get in or not? I'm ranked 2 in my class out of 600ish, but my sat scores suck(super bad) and im out of state... My parents aren't even considering Vandy a an option for me =(. But that's okay i guess, I haven't been rejected anywhere yet and I already got into UCLA and Cal.</p>
<p>Out of state doesn’t really hurt you at all…in fact it could help with geographic diversity…</p>
<p>Well Im from California, so I doubt it would help, haha. If i get in, My cousin is going to have to convince my parents to let me go. I didn’t even know about vandy until he told me to apply.</p>
<p>State residency is “considered” but I doubt that it is a large factor. C7, <a href=“https://virg.vanderbilt.edu/virgweb/CDSC.aspx?year=2009[/url]”>https://virg.vanderbilt.edu/virgweb/CDSC.aspx?year=2009</a></p>
<p>If Vanderbilt had to choose between Student A in TN and Student B in Hawaii, and Student A was “equal” to Student B, then maybe state residency would help.</p>
<p>If Vanderbilt had to choose between Student A in TN and Student B in Hawaii, and Student A was slightly better than Student B, then I think Student A would be admitted and Student B would not, regardless of state residency.</p>
<p>In practice; however, I doubt situations like the first one arise. Hence, I don’t think Vanderbilt uses state residency very much (if even at all). </p>
<p>Vanderbilt probably assembles a class consisting of the best students from anywhere. The fact is more students apply from some states as opposed to other states, and consequently, with a higher pool, I bet more admitable students can be found, and hence the reason why some states are more highly represented than others.</p>