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Colleges and Universities A-Z Vanderbilt University
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<p>... but can you chance me?? I will be a senior this year in my school's IB program (the most rigorous high school program in my area) and will be applying to Vanderbilt ED I to the College of Arts and Sciences.</p>

<p>Profile:
White Female
Public High School, IB program</p>

<p>Rank: About the top 2% of my class</p>

<p>Academics:
Unweighted GPA: 3.85
Weighted GPA: 4.55
ACT: 28 (Retaking this September... and this time I'm studying for it!)
SAT: 1960 (Retaking... and studying...)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Founder and President of Pink Ribbon Club
Secretary of Principal Student Advisory Committee
Blood Drive Coordinator of National Honor Society
Co-President of Mine Field Clearance
Coach of Pop Warner cheerleading squad for two years
Girl Scouts! 12 years
Interact Club
Hospice Volunteer - over 3 years.
I also shadow a surgeon in my area... I'm interested in Pre-Med.</p>

<p>Athletics:
JV and Club Volleyball- Freshman Year
Varsity Basketball Cheerleading- 3 years, Captain my Junior Year
Varsity Football Cheerleading- 2 years</p>

<p>Work Experience:
I have worked at a tween clothing store since my junior year.</p>

<p>My recs should be excellent and I'm trying to work on my essay...</p>

<p>I know I really need to work on my SAT and ACT, but anything else?</p>

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<p>As of now, not good chances. Being white won’t help you at all. GPA is good. And everyone will put together good extracurriculars and essays and recs, so very unlikely those will make much difference. Get either your ACT to a 33-34 or a 1500 math + CR SAT. Vandy doesn’t consider the writing section at all.</p>

<p>Get your test scores to that range and you should be good for ED 1</p>

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<p>What do you mean they don’t consider the writing?</p>

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<p>Your SAT score will come in 3 parts. You’ll have the math section, the critical reading section, and the writing section. The writing section will come with your essay score. Vanderbilt only considers the math and critical reading sections in the admissions decisions. They don’t even look at the writing or essay score. You could get a 200 or 800. It will make no difference in if you are admitted. They just consider your score out of 1600 ( the math and critical reading parts).</p>