is Vandy a match for me?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Vanderbilt University
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<p>-GA resident, male
-Ethnicity: mixed Hispanic (Spanish) and Asian (Filipino)
-UW GPA: 3.94ish
-Weighted GPA: 4.14
-school doesn't rank, but I got an award for being the junior with the highest weighted GPA, meaning I'm a would-be valedictorian.</p>

<p>SAT I's
Math: 800
CR: 730
Writing:710</p>

<p>SAT II's (should I take some more, I'm also applying to 5/8 of the Ivies, Stanford, and MIT as well)
Math II: 800
Chem: 720
U.S. History: 710</p>

<p>AP scores:
US Gov and Politics: 5
APUSH: 5
AP Chem: 5
AP Eng. Lang: 5</p>

<p>Senior Load
1. AP Calculus BC
2. AP Statistics (is it true stats is not really math, but is more like reading?)
3. AP Biology
4. AP Physics C
5. H British Literature
6. Economics (I wish my school offered AP.)</p>

<p>-school doesn't offer honors classes, but mentions "due to the rigorous curriculum of the school, no classes are designated as honors" in school description.</p>

<p>My only B's have been graphic design freshman year, AP Gov last year(will a 5 on the exam atone for this), and a mandatory composition class at our school this summer? I got straight A's junior year.</p>

<p>-will mention Math, Economics, and Chemistry respectively as my 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice majors. I want to be an investment banker or hedge fund manager when I grow up.</p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<p>Boy Scouts
-Eagle Scout (just did my board of review). My project was building benches, pressure-washing old ones, and putting sealant.
-Senior Patrol Leader during 10th grade, Patrol Leader during 9th
-broke a national record for hiking. I hiked the Bartram Trail (100 miles/5 days, has a lot of elevation): honored by Governor Sonny Purdue and national head of boy scouts for this feat
-LOTS of community service projects
-raised money for inner-city kids to buy scout uniforms
-Philmont Summer 2010-completed trek 34, the hardest trek Philmont has to offer (Only 5 crews this entire summer out of the 1000+ that come to Philmont did trek 34).</p>

<p>Tennis (all 4 years)
-private lesons
-varsity tennis</p>

<p>Academic Quiz Bowl team (10-12)</p>

<p>I founded and am president of our school's food critic club. We go to restaurants about once a month and write critiques about them, which are published in the school newspaper. I'm trying to see if we can get published in the Zagat Survey.</p>

<p>Trumpet
-Superior Rating (9,10,11) at Solo Ensemble Festival
-Community Jazz Band (9-12)
-GISA all-select band member (11th grade) (top band members of private schools in GA)
-played for church on Sundays
-invited to play at school's open house 10th grade</p>

<p>Piano for 11 years
-invited to play at several concerts</p>

<p>Young Republicans (should i say this? i know prestigious colleges are very liberal?)
-Vice President in club
-Raised money every year for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan (don't know exact amount, club's teacher sponsor can tell us).
-campaigned for McCain for president, and Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson for U.S. Senate</p>

<p>Duke TIP summer program (summers after 9th and 10th grade, I respectively studied macroecon. and robotics)</p>

<p>Academic Awards:
-Georgia Certificate of Merit
-Phi Beta Kappa Award (given to Junior with the highest weighted GPA in class)</p>

<p>Miscellaneous:
I also volunteer at the library during the summer.
-I'm almost certain my PSAT score will qualify me for semifinalist standing in the NMS search. I didn't fill out Hispanic in the ethnicity section (didn't know about it at the time), so I wont get National Hispanic Recognition Program Honors.</p>

<p>Recommendations: I know several teachers at my school who like me and will probably write well about me.
Essay: 1) talk about high adventure programs in Boy Scouts
2) talk about how certain adversity in a trumpet competition didn't kill my trumpet passions.</p>

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<p>tl;dr the whole thing, but you’re pretty much a match. Yay!</p>

<p>What exactly are you wanting out of a school, if you’re applying to Vanderbilt and also HYPSM etc.? Those schools are all reaaaaally different and you’re not going to be happy in all those different atmospheres.</p>

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<p>I’ve heard that Vandy is more middle-of-the road, unlike the socialist powerhouses that many ivies are.</p>

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<p>Haha, that’s not really what I mean. In that sense, yes Vandy would be more middle-of-the-road (politics-wise…). But the atmospheres at each of the schools mentioned are all totally different.</p>

<p>For example - I was waitlisted at Harvard when I applied, and after visiting, I immediately took myself off of the waitlist. Why? I just hated the atmosphere. The feeling of the school was not my style.</p>

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<p>Saints 2009-</p>

<p>It is not too late to contact College Board to change your status so that you become NHRP eligible. I think either you or your high school counselor can do it. It is important to do so because Vandy gives money for NHRP plus there is another scholarship for which it is important. Sorry I can’t remember the name here.</p>

<p>Also Vandy has a program called “Mosaic” which focuses on URM admissions. I believe they give paid for fly-backs as part of the program. Search on CC and you can find more info about it. I would call the office responsible for the Mosaic program and try to get on their radar.</p>

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<p>Does Vandy like to recruit students from the northeast? We are coming for a visit, any restaurant suggestions?</p>

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<p>FYI Spanish (like from Spain) itself is not Hispanic but everything else is great so I’d say, yes, you’re a definite match.</p>

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<p>saints…your stats are like most of those admitted but Vandy can’t be considered a match. Consider it to be a match/reach…as in factor in some unfairness due to the numbers of fully qualified candidates annually. There are students with your fine record who are waitlisted…I can think of two National Merit Scholars for instance with 4.0 averages waitlisted in my circle of friends.
Put in an application at a school with lower selectivity as well…someplace you would be proud to attend…and make sure to appreciate your match college.</p>

<p>Write good essays that show your personality and how you will contribute to the vibrant life that is Vandy’s…don’t worry about political persuasion…there are actually real Republicans and conservatives at Vanderbilt…not a minority although Obama won the student poll in 09…there were many Republican voters and there is both a liberal and a conservative newspaper on campus…not a one-note student body!</p>

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<p>Rainbowrose </p>

<p>CollegeBoard.org includes “Spanish from spain” in its definition of hispanic and therefore such a student would be eligible for the National Hispanic Recognition Program and scholarships. It says it right on its website.</p>

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<p>well i disagree with Faline</p>

<p>with your racial background i think it is a match. As i said on previous post, vanderbilt is trying to diversify its campus by increasing admission to minorities especially blacks, hispanics, jews (jk lol) so you have a very good chance of getting in, in my opinion. </p>

<p>However, with that SAT and SATII scores, i think some ivies are definitely a reach for you (as you do not have stellar extra curricular in my opinion)</p>

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<p>oh btw vanderbilt campus is pretty conservative because it is in South. a lot of people are from South</p>