I wanna be an official "Vandygirl" (lol) CHANCES?

Colleges & Universities A-Z Vanderbilt University
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<p>Female, Age 16, Buffalo, NY, White
Estimated Class Rank: 10-20/275ish
GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 96/100
SAT: M: 640 V: 730 W: 730 (1370/2100)
SAT II: US History: 680 (OUCH! RETAKE!!)
Total APs by graduation: 6
So far, AP scores: AP European (4)</p>

<p>Classes:
Freshman year:
Biology Honors, 90. Regents Exam, 93
Design Drawing for Production, 100. Exam, 93
Global History I, 94. Exam, 96
English, 95. Exam, 98
Latin, 99. Exam, 99
Math, 90. Exam, 89
Advanced Spanish, 93. Exam, 96</p>

<p>Summer school to get ahead: Global II, 97. Regents Exam, 97</p>

<p>Sophomore year:
English, 100. Exam, 99
Math, 97. Exam, 88 Math A exam: 95
Advanced Spanish, 98. Exam, 99
AP European, 97 Exam, 98, AP: (4)
Advanced Latin, 99. Exam, 95
Earth Science Honors, 93. Exam, 94
Business and Personal Law, 99. Exam, 100</p>

<p>Junior year so far:
AP American, 99
English, 100
AP Government, 97
Advanced Spanish, 96
Advanced Latin, 97
Chemistry Honors, 96
Math, 95</p>

<p>Pretty steady incline in grades...</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>Freshman year:
~ Class President
~ Principal's Advisory Council
~ Pep Club, Ambassadors' Circle, a couple others...can't remember...
~ JV Cheerleading (Most Improved award, lol)
~ Community service program (25ish hours over summer)
~ Latin award: Summa cumma laude - National Latin Exam</p>

<p>Sophomore year:
~ Student Congress representative
~ Principal's Advisory Council
~ Student Recognition Council (secretary)
~ Environmental Club (secretary)
~ SADD (Officer of Publicity)
~ Best Buddies (Officer of Publicity)
~ JV Cheerleading (MVP award)
~ Town of **** Supervisor's Youth Council
~ Community service program (50-ish hours)
~ Youth Consortium (promoting leadership and wise choices in younger teens)
~ Awards:
~ NY State winner of Essay Contest
~ Published in Parade Magazine: fresh voices
~ Featured: "Someone You Should Know": town newspaper
~ National Latin Exam: Silver Medal
~ Kodak Young Leaders Award
~ HOBY Youth Conference (summer)
~ National Young Leaders Conference (summer) (Assistant Majority Leader of Model Congress)</p>

<p>Junior year:
~ Co-President of Environmental Club
~ Vice-President of SADD Club
~ Student Congress Executive Board
~ Principal's Advisory Council
~ Student Recognition Council
~ Youth voting member of Town Board
~ Youth Consortium
~ Community service program: from summer 2004-present: 100+ hours
~ National Honor Society (maybe President -- running next week)
~ Varsity Cheerleading
~ Keynote Speaker: Junior National Young Leaders Conference
~ Girls State Nominee
~ 2006 NY State winner Lewis and Clark essay contest
Won: all expenses paid trip to North Dakota to learn about Indian heritage and walk the trails of Lewis and Clark.</p>

<p>~ WORK: Busser at restaraunt (May 2005-present, 12 hours a week)
Only member of family employed at moment due to father's cancer
Hostess at another restaraunt (Jan. 2006-present, 7-8 hours a week)
Intern at law office for summer 2006 (total 55 hours)
^ Will try and get an actual job there for senior year</p>

<p>Also, neither parent went to college...if that helps?</p>

<p>What's my chances? Am I a pretty typical Vandy applicant? How can I make myself stand out? THANKS!!</p>

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<p>Your grades are excellent....SAT (math) is a little low, but I think you have a good chance if you have good recs/strong essays</p>

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<p>Your ECs and grades are great...but what are you doing in all of your summers (you said interning this summer, but what about the others)? </p>

<p>You might want to consider retaking the SAT for the math portion...your verbal is great, but the math is low. If you can afford it, I would recommend sending your SAT out to schools now and then retake it. THat way, if you do well, then you can send again so that schools get both scores. If you bomb it, then you don't send it and they still have your original, which is pretty decent.</p>

<p>Hope to see you there during your freshmen year!</p>

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<p>man, I wish i had half of those credentials and grades, but by your year I don't know how tough it will be to get in. I applied last year, but my Standardized scores were good and some grades were iffy "two c's in AP calc AB and BC" but anyways I think you have a phenomenal chance. just show how much you love vandy and how much you have to offer, adn I think yu have a great shot!</p>

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<p>any other thoughts?</p>

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<p>you gotta get out of buffalo!!! Too much snow and not enough green. vandy def has green. But did you know, that during commencement the administration thinks the grass isn't green enough, so they dye it green! How crazy is that?</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>you have great extra curriculars and your grades seem to be quite good. your scores are certainly within Vandy's range...do you know what you want to study? if you wanted to major in something like math, science, engineering, etc. - then you might want to consider retaking SAT - since it is towards the lower end. I would say try to retake the SAT II history if you think that you can do better (try to get it over 700). Make sure that your recommenders will do you justice (or beyond) and be sure to write the best essays that you can (it can't hurt to ask someone on CC to look them over too....). Good luck!!</p>

<p>(oh, and Vandy is a national Arboretum, so it will be a nice change from cold, snowy Buffalo to the lush, green Vandy campus! ;)</p>

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<p>i want to major in Human Organizational Development and economics</p>

<p>(nashville would be so awesome in comparison to buffalo! :-D)</p>

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<p>vandygirl required necessities in order to graduate:</p>

<p>charge plates: Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, JCrew
jewelry: David Yurman
sunglasses: Chanel
dresses: Lilly Pulitzer
shoes: flexibility is somewhat tolerated</p>

<p>if you can't adjust, then don't apply.&lt;/p>

<p>ha!</p>

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<p>very funny musictoad...</p>

<p>you don't need to conform to that extent to be a Vandygirl...lol.</p>

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<p>How do you get a 100 in English? What were your AP scores? You are certainly qualified.</p>