<p>I’m in Florida, I have 3 or 4 friends in same postal code who got their decisions today (2 rejected, 1 just received their packet cuz they were an ED acceptance)</p>
<p>1540/2300 SAT
3.5 GPA unweighted (4.0 weighted)
Chairman of Relay For Life Event
Summer Camp Counselor
Good recs</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown – superscored): Reading: 800 Math: 700 Writing: 750
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: Literature: 710 Math I: 750 Math II: 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School reports as a 4.0, weighted is 4.35
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18 of 540
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language & Composition (5), World History (4), English Literature & Composition (4), United States History (4), Chemistry (3)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Economics, AP U.S. Government, AP Physics C Mechanics, AP Statistics, AP Biology (dropped at semester), UIL Research & Technical Writing, Chemistry Teaching Assistant, Sociology
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended Scholar
[/ul]Subjectives:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scout (Senior Patrol Leader), Band (Low Brass Section Leader), NHS, Key Club, Interact (Founding Member), UIL Current Events/History, Academic Decathlon (Team Captain), Church Choir (Bass Section Leader), Campus Connections (Freshmen Mentor), American Chemical Society Chemistry Club (Co-founder)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Discount Tire, June 2010-January 2012
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Lots
[</em>] Summer Activities: Traveled to Spain this past summer to improve my Spanish skills–near-fluent–and did volunteer work at a hospital in Madrid
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were good, not phenomenal but I’m pretty good at conveying information.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Couldn’t have been too good…basically copy-pasted my r</p>
<p>@emilylove, I don’t know much about their selection process for merit scholarships, all i know is I didn’t get one 
what turned you off about it though?</p>
<p>I’m worried that I may not be able to afford Vanderbilt, seeing as a I got no financial aid from Rice University as well. Although my FAFSA said my parents could only contribute $40,000, they still chose to charge me over $50,000 per year. ):</p>
<p>Wow—great stats. Clearly you’re a high literate and will do very well anywhere you go. Move on to plan B fast.</p>
<p>I was rejected. It’s okay as Vandy wasn’t my top choice, but I’m really worried for Ivy Day. Brown has been my number one for years…</p>
<p>33 ACT
3.9 UW 4.6 W
11/452</p>
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<p>I think it’s really interesting how colleges tell if you can fit in at the school or if the school is right for you. I wanted Northwestern University so badly and I made sure that that was in my application and I was accepted. I never really wanted Vanderbilt badly enough, and I got waitlisted. I guess Vandy realized that it wasn’t the right fit for me, which is awesome because now they just narrowed it down for me.</p>
<p>This acceptance was a pleasant surprise. However, considering I wasn’t offered any financial aid, my chances of enrolling at Vandy are low. Nonetheless, I will have a tough decision to make. </p>
<p>I also like the fact that Vandy mails out hard-copy letters (although I would not be a fan of snail mail if I got my decision late). If some other applicants were wondering, my acceptance letter came in a envelope-type package and said “Congratulations” on the front (hopefully this will spare any letter-opening anxiety… or maybe I just ruined the surprise). Good luck to everyone as they move forward</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>** Objective: ** [ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
[</em>] ACT: 34 (36 E, 35 M, 32 R, 31 S, 10 W)
[<em>] SAT II: didn’t send
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5, 5 AB subscore), Eng Language & Composition (5), Euro (4), Chem (3)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Stats, AP Spanish, Brit Lit, US History, Acadec, Math Comp, Speech
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit [/ul]
** Subjective: ** [ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech (State Champ 1x, State Runner-Up 2x, State Bronze 2x, District Champ 8x, Conference Champ 5x), Acadec (State Champ 1x, Regional Champ 1x, Regional Runner-Up 1x), Competition Math (apart of State Champ Quiz Bowl Team, few individual awards at contests), Tennis (Varsity, Academic All State), Golf (JV MVP, JV MIP, JV Sportsmanship), NHS
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Research Assistant at Creighton University School of Medicine for prion disease
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: few minor things
[</em>] Summer Activities: same as my ‘Job/Work Experience’
[<em>] Essays: all right… probably about 8/10’s. my common app was about solving the rubik’s cube and how it helped me get intellectually focused on school and sports.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: i assume good. those teachers like me a lot.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Interview: good. very casual… guy was nice. [/ul]
** Other ** [ul]
[<em>] State: IA
[</em>] School Type: private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Vietnamese)
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: $200,000+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope [/ul]
** Reflection ** [ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, kind of test scores, research & speech
[</em>] Weaknesses: nothing that stands out (scores, ec’s, grades)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: too much like others, no X factor
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Northwestern, McGill, Michigan, Creighton, Iowa, Rejected: Stanford
[*] General Comments: I probably won’t go on the waitlist. I’m fine with it. Just wasn’t meant to be. And it helps with college decision. To those accepted: congrats!!! That’s awesome. To those who aren’t: no big deal - everything happens for a reason. [/ul]</p>
<p>
It’s just a coincidence in your case, I believe. I had very little interest in Vanderbilt, never pictured (or wanted to picture) myself there, and only applied because of the name. Come to find out I got in (informed in February or maybe January, I don’t remember … even though I was RD), and learned today that they met the entire cost of attendance with need-based aid, minus about $1,000. So you don’t always need to express passion or desire. How they could have decided it’d be right for me, if they did, I don’t know. I definitely don’t see it as a fit for me whatsoever.</p>
<p>Rejected in Michigan. I had crappy scores (29 ACT and 1310 SAT) so I’m sure I was out of the running from the start. I had an awesome rec letter from an alumni, the best of the ones I’ve read. I had hoped to get into Peabody because I want to open my own school one day and I really was excited for education curriculum. Oh well, Vandy wasn’t my first choice, and I never visited. Notre Dame is where my heart is (fingers and toes crossed for next week), so I don’t mind! :)</p>
<p>How do we find out?</p>
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<p>i got accepted about a month ago but received final package today.
@ballerina i hope you get your letter today or 2ma cus i got an acceptance today</p>
<p>mathisfun111, you will receive a package in the mail to inform you if you’ve been admitted or not to Vanderbilt.</p>
<p>In class now, but I think I know my fate… =(</p>
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<p>I share your skepticism. My son, who was just accepted to University of Chicago and Washington University, St. Louis, was just wait-listed (first “rejection”–waiting for HPYS), presumably because of worries about yield, as he had 790 V; 790 R; 740 W on his SAT; all 5 on his APs ( 8 of them); 94 avg (at a tough Jesuit HS in NYC); great essays/recc.s; but–his sister transferred from Vanderbilt to Harvard last year (along with 2 other Vanderbilt students (3 of the 12 Harvard transfers were from Vanderbilt), so I’m certain they saw my son as a liability. No worries–Chicago is a much better school!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
ACT: 33: 35 Math, 35 English, 32 CR, 28 Science, 10 Essay
SAT II (if submitted): 790 Math Level 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/392
AP (place score in parenthesis): Music Theory (5), Self Study (school doesn’t have Calc BC) Calc BC (4), Calc AB subscore(4), Physics B (4), Spanish Lang (4), World History (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Macroeconomics, Government, AP Literature and Composition, AP Biology, Multivariable Calculus, Sociology.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Won international and national piano competitions (been playing for 14 years), won bronze medal in the Junior Olympics for swimming, Karate 3rd Degree Black Belt and Taekwondo 2nd Degree Black belt, Eagle Scout, Rescue Scuba Diver, Rubik’s Cube National competitor and rank 2 in California, figure skating (won competitions locally and statewide), Violin (played in symphony orchestra and won several competitions), President of Cubing Club, Math Club, Mathematics Honor Society, Robotics Club, and La Belle Piano Club, Team Captain of Science Olympiad team, and Math Olympiad Team, Vice President of American Cancer Society Club, Key Club, and National Honor Society.</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: Piano Teacher, Karate Instructor, and Math/Physics Tutor at ATP Academy.</p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at local soup kitchen, free tutoring at school, medical volunteer at YNP Medical Center, volunteer at Discovery Science Center, Vietnamese American Cancer Society publicist, piano volunteer for local nursing homes.</p>
<p>Essays: I thought that my commonapp essays were unique.
Teacher Recommendation: I think they were pretty good. My physics teacher said that he wrote me an excellent letter of rec.
Counselor Rec: She told me that she wrote a very extensive letter about my accomplishments and personality. I don’t know what she wrote though.
Additional Rec:
Interview:</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
Intended Major: Mathematics
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Independent Charter
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: < 70,000$
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: Extracurriculars
Weaknesses: Test scores and GPA?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think it might have been my GPA because my freshman year was horrible (I had a few B’s), but then after that year, I got straight A’s aside from one B in a semester of AP Spanish.
General Comments: Oh well, it’s not the end of the world I guess. I’m just a bit shocked.</p>
<p>jbstewsaff, I am wondering why your son even bothered to apply to a school that you clearly feel is inferior. What an immature post for a parent.</p>
<p>jbstewsaff: I was admitted to UChicago and WUSTL, and have received a likely letter from Dartmouth. I was admitted to Vanderbilt today. Vanderbilt presumably denied your son because they did not think he was an ideal candidate; not because of yield protection (which is an especially interesting assertion considering that WUSTL generally gets attacked more for yield protection than Vandy).</p>
<p>Most students who apply to quite a few schools will get a wait list or two. We see it year after year on CC. It doesn’t mean the student wouldn’t do well at the school, or that the school doesn’t want the student … it’s just the odds playing themselves out. Top schools just can’t accept every top student who applies. :)</p>