<p>@Colombiana228</p>
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (800 M, 770 CR, 800 W) - single sitting
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 US History, 760 Biology M, 750 Literature
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9?
[</em>] Weighted GPA: 4.68/5
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/270
[</em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (4), Chemistry (5), Statistics (5), English Language (5), US History (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP English Literature, AP European History, AP Computer Science, AP Physics B, AP French (independent study)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): (Cross country captain), outdoor track, (math team captain), TEAMS, Sierra Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Cashier at Chinese restaurant
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~50 hours helping a handicapped child, ~25 hours volunteering at hospital emergency department, ~75 hours research at lab
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Math, decent but probably impersonal
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: History, good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Decent but probably impersonal[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[</em>] School Type: Competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (unspecified)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: $200k+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores, grades
[</em>] Weaknesses: Unimpressive recommendations & essays
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: See strengths
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: Applied for scholarships.[/ul]
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: **I’m happy that I got in, but Vanderbilt is not very high up on my list of schools. Depending on what happens on Thursday, I might scratch it off of my to-visit list.</p>
<p>Pick one:
Decision:Rejected
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Did not take.
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Did not submit.
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.858
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Stats (3), Bio (3), Gov (3), Psych (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc A/B, Advanced Shakespeare, Advanced Writing (My school does not offer AP English), Philosophy, Social Issues, Gender Studies, Film Analysis, Physics, French 2 (took Spanish through Level 4, never took French 1)
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, Film Club (President), Soccer, Gymnastics (Captain), Equestrian, volunteer camp counselor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Camp counselor (300+ hours/year), Soup Kitchen (6 hours/month for junior year)
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were good & so did the writing center at my school (I go to a public school, but it has one of the best reputations in the state.)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: These were actually really good. I read them and they were amazing.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I think a bit above the average counselor report.
[</em>] Additional Rec: I had one from my boss that was truly wonderful. </p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No.
[</em>] Intended Major: Undecided.
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WI
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, Course load, volunteer hours.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores, Didn’t show enough interest (did not interview, visit campus, apply early or meet with regional counselor when he was in town)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Lower test scores, did not show enough interest, low AP test scores, low acceptance rate, it was a reach[/li][/ul]General Comments:
I’m 100% okay with being rejected. I thought I would be much more upset, but after thinking about it I realized Vandy is not the school for me and luckily the admission counselors saw that before I did. </p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone who was accepted! I’m sure you’ll have a wonderful time and make great use of all the resources Vanderbilt has to offer! Have fun on this part of your journey!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
[</em>] ACT: 33: 35 Math, 35 English, 32 CR, 28 Science, 10 Essay
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 790 Math Level 2
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/392
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Music Theory (5), Calc BC (4), Calc AB subscore(4), Physics B (4), Spanish Lang (4), World History (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Macroeconomics, Government, AP Literature and Composition, AP Biology, Multivariable Calculus, Sociology.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] 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.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Piano Teacher, Karate Instructor, and Math/Physics Tutor at ATP Academy.
[<em>] 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.
[</em>] Essays: I thought that my commonapp essays were unique.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I think they were pretty good. My physics teacher said that he wrote me an excellent letter of rec.
[</em>] 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.
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[</em>] Intended Major: Mathematics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Independent Charter
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: < 70,000$
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Strengths: Extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores and GPA?
[li] 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.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Oh well, it’s not the end of the world I guess. I’m just a bit shocked.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2020 superscore; 690 CR, 700 M, 630 W
[</em>] ACT: not sent
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 640 Math 2, 770 Bio E
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85ish, 4.3ish weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):37/695
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), English Lang. (3), US History (3), Spanish (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Orchestra 4, Student Leadership, AP Calculus BC<em>, AP English Lit., AP Biology, AP Statistics, AP Calc BC</em>, AP Econ/Gov<br>
<em>I listed it twice because my school has a block schedule, so I have Calc everyday
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Don’t know where else to put this: Texas Music Scholar all 4 years, Won 1st all-around two years in a row in a junior international competition in gymnastics
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (Community Service Chairperson), Hi-Q, Local Youth Symphony Orchestra (Honor Quartet the past 2 years), my schools Ultimate Frisbee club, French Honor Society, National Honor Society, Orchestra all 4 years (1st stand cello all 4 years), Piano lessons, Technology Club (VP freshman year), gymnastics for 8.5 years
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at Elementary Schools for their fairs and such every month
[</em>] Essays: CommonApp essay was about how Beethoven and his music have influenced me
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Probably great! Both teachers know me very well as a student and as a person
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Generic, but I’m assuming good
[<em>] Additional Rec: nope
[</em>] Interview: nope
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes, got $37,000 initial
[</em>] Intended Major: Neuroscience
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Large Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic/White
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: over 125,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Hispanic
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Probably my essay, course load/transcript, maybe recs?
[<em>] Weaknesses: SCORES! haha
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I can’t say, in all honesty. But I suppose I just fit some sort of spot in their acceptances for their publicized “diverse community”.
[/ul]General Comments:
If you have low scores, do not be discouraged! Mine are kinda horrible compared to what you see on this site, and most top school’s middle 50%. If you really want a chance at a school like this, show who you are in your application and maybe great things will happen like what I found in my mailbox today 
But now, for the difficult part of deciding where to go and waiting for a couple more schools…
Congrats to everyone who has been accepted so far, and to those who may still be accepted!</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (780CR/740M/740W)
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): 790, 790, 780, 760 (Math2, Chinese, BioE, Chem)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71 unweighted/ 4.63 weighted
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 8 APs sophmore and junior year
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): Bio, Physics, Math, English, Philo, Spanish
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Government and Politics, AP Physics B, IB Philosophy HL, AP Calculus BC, AP Spanish IV
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): nothing special
[ *] Job/Work Experience: 150 hour internship at UCI Medical center
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 150 hour volunteer at St. Jude Medical Center
[ *] Essays: spent a lot of time editing and revising them.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: not bad
[ *] Counselor Rec: not bad
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: tried to contact alumni but too late
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: bio
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant): US
[ *] School Type: College of Art and Science
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: ~50k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first generation
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I took the hardest courses at my magnet high school and tried to do the best I could. I’m glad it paid off.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (780CR/740M/740W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 790, 790, 780, 760 (Math2, Chinese, BioE, Chem)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71 unweighted/ 4.63 weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 8 APs sophmore and junior year
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Bio, Physics, Math, English, Philo, Spanish
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Government and Politics, AP Physics B, IB Philosophy HL, AP Calculus BC, AP Spanish IV
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): nothing special
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 150 hour internship at UCI Medical center
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 150 hour volunteer at St. Jude Medical Center
[<em>] Essays: spent a lot of time editing and revising them.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: not bad
[<em>] Counselor Rec: not bad
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: tried to contact alumni but too late
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[<em>] Intended Major: bio
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[</em>] School Type: College of Art and Science
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~50k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first generation
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Strong courseload
[</em>] Weaknesses: Weak extracurriculars
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I took the hardest courses at my magnet high school and tried to do the best I could. I’m glad it paid off. [/li][/ul]General Comments:
Good luck to everyone still waiting for decisions [:</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (670CR/800M/710W)
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Chem, 800 Bio E, 780 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20 out of about 800
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World(4), Bio(5), US Gov(5), Human Geo(5), Lang(4), Calc BC(5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Environmental Science, Calculus 3/Differential Equations, English
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Sports, Volunteer, Honor Societies
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Self-employed mostly
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Some
[<em>] Essays: Strong, but not amazing
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Not sure (waived right to read)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Average
[</em>] Additional Rec: Nah
[<em>] Interview: Nah
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yea, need quite a bit
[<em>] Intended Major: Engineering
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[</em>] School Type: Large, Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~100k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): doubt it
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Transcript, EC’s
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores (Vandy loves test scores…)
[li] Why you think you were waitlisted: White American male applying for Engineering. Even though I show enough potential to be considered, still at a big disadvantage.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Vanderbilt was not really a top pick but they probably would have offered the best financial aid. Other schools aren’t offering enough, and Duke is now my last hope for a decent aid package. If not there, I guess I’m gonna go apply for the loan to attend an in-state school!</p>
<p>Can someone verify if envelopes arrived to PA yet? is it true that admitted applicants receive a 2-day priority envelope with “Congratulations” written on it? Thanks.</p>
<p>@bsalum: yes, acceptances are in a large, 2-day priority envelope with “Congratulations” written on it. BUT, even priority mail can be delayed, so hang in there.</p>
<p>
It’s in a flat-rate priority mail envelope (the ones that are kinda like a really thin cardboard) and the address is printed on a large sticker/label that says congratulations on the bottom.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info SeekingUni!</p>
<p>Are rejections 2-day priority also?</p>
<p>Yes. Rejections are priority also per the Admissions office.</p>
<p>Can someone confirm that rejections are priority also? That doesn’t sound right to me. I’m pretty sure I’m rejected, but West Coast and still haven’t received anything. Just wondering. Not looking forward to bad news, but kind of want this process to be over with.</p>
<p>I’m in Illinois and I haven’t received anything yet</p>
<p>Decision: WAITLISTED</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800 M, 800 W, 720 CR)
ACT: 33
SAT II (if submitted): 760 Chemistry, 750 Math II, 730 Spanish
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/492
AP: Euro (4), Chem (4), Econ-Macro (4), US History (4), Calc BC (5), Lang (5)
IB:
Senior Year Course Load: Honors Physics, PE, Honors World Mythology, Honors US Govt, AP Spanish, AP Biology, AP Statistics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
-School Newspaper (12th: EIC, 11th: section editor, 9th-10th: staff writer)
-National Honor Society
-Math Honor Society
-Spanish Honor Society (12th: Historian, 11th: VP)
-Model UN
-Badminton (12th: Varsity, 9th-10th: JV)
-Science Olympiad (12th: Captain, 11th: Founder and Captain)
-Math Team
-Community Service (at local hospitals, for ACS, local nursing home for seniors with Alzheimer’s)
-Research (summer after 10th) at Illinois State University
-Shadowing a doctor at IUPUI’s Center for Translational Musculoskeletal Research (summer after 11th)
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: See ECs
Essays: Good
Teacher Recommendation: Really good
Counselor Rec: Eh (Don’t have the best counselor)
Additional Rec:
Interview:</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Don’t remember specifically but something in the Biological Sciences/Pre-med
State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
-Northwestern University (accepted)
-Penn State + Pre-Medical Medical program (accepted)
-Case Western Reserve (accepted) - waiting to hear back on the PPSP Program
-UMKC (accepted) - waiting to hear back on the BA/MD Program
-Loyola University (accepted)
-University of Michigan Ann Arbor (accepted)
-WUSTL (waitlisted)</p>
<p>General Comments: A bit surprised for sure. I didn’t expect that I was a shoe-in or anything but I thought I had a fairly good chance, especially after being accepted to Northwestern. Not too heartbroken though.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (780 CR, 770 M, 760 W, 12 E)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 740 French, 770 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0) ~90
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
President of registered youth-run non-profit
Co founder/President of another youth-run non profit
Executive for national university student-run non profit
Youth Ambassador for government organization
Lots of school/provincial band/orchestra
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:N/A
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Lots
[</em>] Summer Activities: Working on ECs, summer school
[<em>] Essays: decent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: should be ok
[<em>] Counselor Rec: should be ok
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[<em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other
[li] State (if domestic applicant): N/A[/li][</em>] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: middle
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
Reflection
[li] Strengths: Scores[/li][</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, essays? recs?
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Unhooked international applying for aid 
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Waitlist: WUSTL, Rejected: UChicago, NW
General Comments: Congrats to all those who got in!</p>
<p>Waitlisted T___T
Asian male from highly competitive public school in NJ
3.2 GPA 1540/2290 SAT 800 SAT II MATH 790 SAT II CHEM
8 APs
Good ECs
Very strong essays</p>
<p>Rejection was not Priority Mail - regular First Class.</p>
<p>And it was a regular first class letter in terms of content. Very nicely written and it hit all the high points about how awesome I am - just not awesome enough for Vandy.</p>
<p>I didn’t expect to get in, what with Vandy’s chip-on-their-shoulder inferiority complex problem with Ivy’s, Stanford and Duke making them go for scores (I mean what is a Vandy student body like comprised of a mid 50% ACT of 33-35?)</p>
<p>But I understand its a “doggie-dog” world (*Modern Family *reference for all you 33-35 mid 50%'ers out there) and Vandy has to make the decisions they have to make.</p>
<p>I’m just glad they didn’t offer me admission 'cuz I would’ve accepted it and then I would’ve been sad.</p>
<p>In the final analysis - Vandy is in Nashville. I mean, come on, Nashville?</p>