*****OFFICIAL*****Class of 2015 Regular Decision Results

Colleges and Universities A-Z Vanderbilt University
81

<p>[ b]Decision: Waitlisted**</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 ACC classes-- my school does not do AP.
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: full of ACC and challenge courses. aka the typical college confidential student’s course load :slight_smile: however, I finished all spanish courses at my school because I am advanced so I wasn’t able to take a language senior year.
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nope</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity tennis, NHS, yearbook, newspaper (editor), Student ambassador, student leader, spanish club… I can’t remember the rest of them right now as I’m in kind of a hurry yikes
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: restaurant hostess, banquet server, daycare teacher
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: advocate for a children’s organization–have been for 3 years. work events, fundraisers, have volunteered w/ kids, etc. then things like my local fish fry and soup kitchen. adopt-a-family every year. my dad is in the government and I have worked his campaign for years.
[</em>] Summer Activities: my community service & jobs
[<em>] Essays: Fair. Vandy lost my application so I got a chance to send a different/better essay in
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: very good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: excellent. she loves me.
[</em>] Additional Rec: good
[li] Interview: n/a[/li][/ul]Other[ul]</p>

<ul>
<li><p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MO
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: private, but people rarely go to anything other than mizzou/MO state/SLU/etc
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: girRRrl
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I don’t know if dad in government position is a hook or not. Apparently not haha
[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p></li>
<li><p>[<em>] Strengths: unique community service, essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: ACT scores (I heard they were mostly accepting 32+)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: ACT scores, no national recognition for things[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congratulations acceptees! I was already in love with Tulane before I received my letter, so hopefully someone else on the waiting list will move up a spot!! Good luck to everyone else.</p></li>
</ul>

82

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro: 5 AP Bio: 5 APUSH: 4 AP Lang: 3
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Macro, AP Spanish, Physics Hrs, Gov Hrs
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, Math National Honor Society, Model UN (Secretary), Math Team
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Have held a job for 3 years
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at Library
[<em>] Summer Activities: Take college classes at community college
[</em>] Essays: Wrote about my community college experience
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent!
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: Went really well!
[/ul][ b]Other[ul]</p>

<ul>
<li><p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian- Indian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: 100K+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A[/li][/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]</p></li>
<li><p>[<em>] Strengths: Decent stats, lot of community service
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores, etc could have been higher, more leadership positions
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: See above ^
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: U of I- Accepted; Iowa State- Accepted; Marquette- Accepted; Brown- waiting (find out today!!)
[/ul]General Comments: I really didn’t think I would get in… Congrats to everyone!!</p></li>
</ul>

83

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (740 CR, 760 M, 800 W)
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): 770, 800
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99 UW
[ *] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): A’s
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/350
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 4
[ ] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs
[ ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No
[ /list][ b]Subjective:
[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): President of three clubs, on the board of two others, member of many more.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Babysitter, have a job starting in April
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: I don’t have exact numbers, but I’d estimate 600+ hours.
[ *] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): very good
[ *] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): very good
[ *] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): strong
[ *] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): one was amazing, didn’t see other
[ *] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): didn’t see
[ *] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): amazing
[ *] Interview: didnt have one</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>[ *] State (if domestic applicant): suburb of NYC
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: public, sends many grads to top schools
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): lolz no…</li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>[ *] Strengths: Rank. Decent test scores. Good high school. Foreign exchange.
[ *] Weaknesses: WASP from the northeast…
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Idk</p>

<p>General Comments:
Accepted: Penn (ATTENDING!!!), Tulane (25k/yr merit), UCONN (half merit scholarship), USC (half ride), UVA (Echols honor program)
Rejected: Stanford REA, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, Duke
Waitlisted: Vanderbilt</p>

<p>I’m out here to prove that a Stanford REA reject can be successful RD at other schools. And I was. PENN 2015!!! Couldn’t be happier!! I really could care less about vanderbilt…</p>

84

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 770CR 750M 670W</li>
<li>SAT II: Math 2: 690 World History: 640 Physics: 610</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
*Rank 12/314 (unweighted) 9/314 (weighted)</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): US Gov’t & Politics (4), World History (4), Calculus AB (5), English Lang (3), currently taking US History, Calc BC, Physics: Mechanics, and English Lit</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: EnglishLit AP, AP US History, Intern/Mentor, Physics C: Mechanics, Calc BC AP</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): High School Dance Company: 4 years, captain senior year; Dance outside of school: 10 years, Math Team: 2 years, National Honor Society: 2 years</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: n/a</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: tutoring and various others, about 200 I think</li>
<li>Essays: good. Nothing exceptional but fairly strong</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: Probably both very strong.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: unknown. Counselors at my school have a very weak relationship with their students</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): MD</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
<li>Gender: female</li>
<li>Income Bracket: aid needed</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none really. First generation American, but parents went to college in Russia</li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Expressed interest in the school, attended PAVE Pre-College over the summer (not sure if that’s actually a strength)
Weaknesses: SAT II’s, maybe essays and counselor reccs?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m not sure. Maybe they wanted more community service? Or higher scores? Or better essays.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted UMCP, Pitt, BU. Waitlisted Davidson. Rejected Duke</p>

85

<p>Should I be concerned if I haven’t received anything in the mail yet?</p>

86

<p>**Decision: Accepted (Engineering) **</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 W, 800 M, 760 CR
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: did not take
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 96/100
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): NA
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: It is not impressive
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Environmental stuff (2 leadership), Publications (1 leadership), Debate (some school awards), 2 club sports (no awards, no leadership)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Cashier
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: TONS (focused on education)
[</em>] Summer Activities: study abroad, science program
[<em>] Essays: about culture
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Generic, okay
[</em>] Additional Rec: Didn’t see
[li] Interview: None[/li][/ul]Other[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Asia
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>]Income Bracket: <$30,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li][/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Strengths: Grades, SAT
[</em>] Weaknesses: International, applying for FA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: Tulane, Oberlin, Lafayette, Kenyon, Colgate, Villanova (all with $30,000+ grants)
[/ul]General Comments: Vandy offerred the BEST FA package! Internationals - I suggest you make this your reach school.</p>

87

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (730 CR, 710 M, 710 W) (Did not send)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (35 E, 35 M, 34 R, 33 S, 9 W) (34 R is from a different test date)
[<em>] SAT II: 770 US History, 710 Lit, 700 MathII (Did not send any of these)
[</em>] GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW / 4.41 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/425
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5), Calc AB (5), US Gov (5), Comp Gov (5), Lang (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Architectural Drafting, AP Lit, AP German, AP Stat, AP US History, AP Advanced Physics (Physics C), AP Psych
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, AP Scholar with Distinction, QuestBridge Finalist, German Honor Society, Several others</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I don’t feel like typing them all out, so I’ll just say that they were decent but nothing extraordinary at all.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Informal yard work, etc
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: A pretty large amount, though it is not a strong point by any means. Maybe 300 hours or so as a rough estimate.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Went to an elite summer camp, worked, did homework, etc
[<em>] Essays: Pretty strong all around.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Should have been amazing, as both teachers have known me and my family for 4+ years and both taught my favorite/best subjects.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should have been really good.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Missouri
[</em>] Country: United States
[<em>] School Type: Public, sends few grads to top schools
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~$40,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): QuestBridge Finalist</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Objective stats, essays, recommendations
[</em>] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars and similar areas
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably my strong stats and recommendations; I’m convinced that my status as a QuestBridge Finalist definitely helped too.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Emory, Middlebury, Rice, Truman State, Tulane, UVa, and Wesleyan. Waitlisted at Brown, Dartmouth, Northwestern, and WUSTL. Rejected by Harvard, Princeton, and Yale (:'[).</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who was admitted! You all deserve it; they picked you for a reason. To those who weren’t so lucky, I’m really sorry for the bad news, but I’m confident that you’ll end up where you should be - I got rejected from my dream school but I’m sure that I’m meant to be somewhere else and am already getting excited about my options.</p>

88

<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 - CR: 790, M: 750, W: 780
[</em>] ACT: 31… Yeah, they saw it.
[<em>] SAT II: 760 Math II, 730 Spanish Reading
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 of 126
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Eng. Lang & Comp (5), World History (5), US History (4), Chemistry (4)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, AP Calc AB, AP Environmental Science, AP Lit and Comp, Student Aide :p, AP Physics B
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing “Major,” but I did place 3rd in Essay and 4th in Extemporaneous Speaking in the State Literary Competition
[<em>] Minor Awards: Bausch & Lomb Honarary Science Award, DAR Good Citizen Award, STAR Student, National Merit Commended, and numerous scholar athlete awards.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars:
Football (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th) JV (9th, 10th) Varsity (11th, 12th)
Varsity Track & Field (10th, 11th) 8th in Region Discuss (11th)
Philanthropy Club (11th, 12th) Founder and President – 30+ members; Raised $1100 for Haiti Earthquake Relief and various food supplies for the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission
National Beta Club (10th, 11th, 12th) President (12th)
Math Team (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th) Team Captain (12th) Individually placed in the top 10 of about 100 competitors all 4 years of competing.
National Honor Society (10th, 11th, 12th) Treasurer (12th)
Key Club (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th) Vice President (12th)
Academic Quiz Bowl (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th) Team Captain (10th, 11th, 12th)
Savannah Engineering Academy (11th)
Science Seminar (11th) Met bimonthly at various sites across the city for lectures and science oriented activities (constructing underwater robots, rockets, web sites, etc.)</p>

<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer lifeguarding, neighborhood lawn service, private math tutor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 60 hrs total, 32 of which were at a local hospital
[<em>] Summer Activities: Football, lifeguarding, ENJOYING LIFE :slight_smile:
[</em>] Essays: Well written. First about the fundraiser I organized in response to the Haiti Earthquake. Second about my mother’s influence on my life.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Only read one, it was very complimentary.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[<em>] Additional Rec: Didn’t read
[</em>] Interview: My interviewer was a brain surgeon, and we hit it off very well. He was absolutely HILARIOUS. Later, when I told him about getting accepted and about how I’m weighing ND vs. Vandy, all he said was, “Girls are hotter @ Vandy.” The end. :stuck_out_tongue:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA, baby!
[<em>] School Type: Christian Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper Middle
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Test scores, well-rounded, leadership
[<em>] Weaknesses: not STAND OUT in any one particular area
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I worked hard on my application, and for Vandy, it paid off.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Accepted: Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech
Waitlisted: Harvard, Dartmouth, Duke
Rejected: Princeton, Yale
[/ul]**General Comments: I gave the application process my best effort, and I am content with my results. **</p>

89

<p>how do you see if u got accepted?</p>

90

<p>Waitlisted. GET OFF THE WAITLIST IF YOU DONT WANNA GOOOOOOO! :cry: I wanna go so badly.</p>

91

<p>Decision: Accepted (Engineering)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2250
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 800 math 2, 770 physics, 750 biology
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/180
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 US History, 5 Biology, 5 Physics
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Psychology, AP Physics C, AP Calculus AB
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Practically none
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Lots
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Decent: Habitat for Humanity, Special Olympics, Salvation Army
[<em>] Summer Activities: Lifeguarding, Reading & such
[</em>] Essays: Average
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Average one by math teacher, excellent one by English 11 teacher
[</em>] Counselor Rec: do not know
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: I accidentally called it Stanford once, so I’d say not well
[/ul]Other[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Competitive High School
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: ~100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): extremely attractive[/li][/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Strengths: Senior course load, ACT
[</em>] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars, sports, leadership positions
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Charm? or perhaps luck
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Rejected: Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Duke Accepted: UW Madison, Marquette, UCLA
[/ul]</p>