I LOVE Vanderbilt--Do I even stand a Chance???? Please help! [CHANCE ME]

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<p>Hey everyone,
I love Vanderbilt University, and its Southern culture and fabulous academics.</p>

<p>After getting a Stanford rejection, I'm wondering do I even stand a chance here RD??</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (CR 790, M 720, W 750), Trial two: 2200, Trial three: 2140
SAT I superscore: 2310 (CR 790, M 720, W800)
SAT II: Chemistry (730), Math II (780)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96/4.0
Weighted GPA: like 4.65?
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank.
(I go to a very competitive public High School--we send around 13 kids to Ivies every year).
AP (place score in parentheses): AP US Gov (5), AP Chem (5), AP Calc AB (5), AP Spanish (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AP ComputerProg 2, AP Physics B, Hon English 12, Intro to Engineering, Honors Modern World,Newspaper
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
*no intel, but finalist (and runner up) in this prestigious annual competition in my area for businesses run by students under the age of 18.</p>

<p>Additional awards: AP Scholar with Honor, National Merit Commended, Honorable Mention essay prize in literary competition & published in the city magazine.</p>

<p>Subjective:[list][li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): [/li]-President of Government Club at my school, Head CopyEditor on my school's prestigious newspaper, got into the official NIH SIP (Summer Internship Opportunity) for summer after Junior year!,</p>

<p>*I also create and manage websites for local businesses and organizations in my area</p>

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<li>I also do computer programming and created a comprehensive website with quiz questions (by unit) and a search engine of terms for students taking a certain AP class--i run a Business out of it and made a few thousand dollars from those who buy subscriptions to the website (national as well as local customers). The money is donated to charity. I was the finalist & runner-up in the prestigious area competition detailed above.</li>
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<p>-I also tutor struggling students in Government class, and i'm also a part-time language tutor.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: An old teacher (from sophomore year) who loves me for the website i created for his class (which his students also use!) and he offered to write me a rec! should be really very nice
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: A science teacher from Junior year who likes me. Should be good. (AP Chem teacher)[<em>] Counselor Rec: should be okay/good.[</em>] Additional Rec: NIH private investigator i worked for during summer after junior year--should be pretty good =]</p>

<p>Other
Country (if international applicant): not an international applicant
School Type: competitive public high school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >150,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
it sucks that I'm applying as an Asian, but I am a
FEMALE interested in going for Engineering and Computer/Information Technology major in college (under-rep),</p>

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<p>If u don’t stand a chance, then no one does lol. U should b fine</p>

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<p>bump bump bump!</p>

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<p>you’re definitely in. no question</p>

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<p>I got in with a similar profile. You have a good chance.</p>

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<p>Being Asian American will not hurt you at Vanderbilt, although Vanderbilt has no trouble getting a diverse class now compared to five years ago. Sorry about your Stanford outcome but at least you tried. Move on. Real question: How serious are you about Vanderbilt vs other fine colleges? It is true that students with your stats are waitlisted every year now, but it isn’t as crazy hard as Stanford and Princeton by any means. BTW I don’t expect you to answer this question on this chat board but I want to tell you that you can only improve your outlook at Vandy and at your other colleges by completely studying the school, getting interviewed if possible and showing sincere thought about how you might contribute to the student body general life and to making the classroom an outstanding use of the faculty’s time.<br>
Have you missed the deadline to apply for the Chancellor’s scholarships? Sorry if you have. I always suggest writing those essays to let people know you more.
Be more than a good student who tests well in your application. That is my recommendation. The only way to not end up on the waitlist is to shed true light on your essence and what you might bring to your class as an academic and as a person. Good luck to you and I wish you open doors!</p>

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<p>You ask “do I even have a chance?”, like you were some sort of longshot candidate.</p>

<p>Exactly why WOULDN’t you have a very good chance???</p>

<p>Just because you didn’t get into Stanford doesn’t mean you are still not a very strong candidate at the top schools.</p>

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<p>YungBasedMode: I really sincerely hope you are joking… :(</p>

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<p>well, the way i see it, Vanderbilt takes about ten percent more of their applicants than Stanford does, so you should get in :)</p>

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<p>You have a good chance. A very good chance. Get ready to empty your parents’ financial coffers though. You’re not going to ED II are you? I would go for a better school before resorting to Vandy, no offense towards Vandy.</p>