Official Vanderbilt Class of 2022 RD Results Thread

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Accepted/Deferred/Rejected

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Weighted GPA:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Vanderbilt Merit Scholarship: Y/N

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments:

MODERATOR’S NOTE: Please only post results using the given format so that this thread can serve as a valuable resource for future applicants. There is another thread provided for discussion. Non-result posts will be deleted.

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Accept/Reject/Deferred: ACCEPTED
SAT I (breakdown): Did not take
ACT (breakdown): 32, 11/12 writing
SAT II: 740 USH, 580 Literature (Did not send either- I took them last minute and did not study)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98, W:4.6667
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17/520
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (5), US History (5), Lang (5), Chem (2, it’s bad I know, didn’t report), Currently taking Euro, Calc, Spanish, Lit, Government.
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Top 10 International Finalist DECA and FBLA, 1st place in Water Filtration competition, Model UN awards at Vanderbilt, WashU, UVA, Duke, NYU, TN Governor’s School

Applied for Cornelius Vanderbilt but not expecting it due to competitive nature of scholarships

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: Personal Tutor
Volunteer/Community service: Student Council President, Model UN Undersecretary General, Youth Leader in Cultural Organization, Volunteer Leader at 2 area hospitals, Library Volunteer Leader, Mentor at Organization for kids with developmental disabilities, Community Service Club President, DECA/FBLA representative, Announcements Producer

Essays (rating 1-10, details): I’d say a good 8.5/10 for Common App. Overall pretty good and showed my passion for interaction and communication
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Got 10/10 recs from my AP US and English teachers, had 2 additional recs written by library volunteer coordinator and director of my governor’s school which were both stellar. Counselor Rec was great too, I’ve been her assistant for a few years now

Interview: Couldn’t have gone better. Spoke for a while about my culture and heritage and was personally told by him I gave one of the best interviews he had seen in years with such confidence and poise. I really think this gave me a huge boost on my app

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major and College: Public Policy and Administration
State (if domestic applicant): Tennessee
School Type: Big high school
Ethnicity: AA
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, AA Male, I also visited campus and spoke to an admissions rep if that helped

Reflection

Strengths: EC’s, recs, writing to an extent, GPA/grades, ACT writing score, ethnicity
Weaknesses: pretty low test scores, AP scores (I really thought my 2 on AP Chem would do me in)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: While my app was very strong, I know I was given a boost by ethnicity being invited to MOSAIC. Also, I have won awards at Vanderbilt Model UN and did VSA and toured the campus.

Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted UNC (full scholarship), UVA, Emory, Tulane, Miami. Waiting on Duke, Princeton, UCLA, Brown, Swarthmore

General Comments: Honestly in the weeks leading up to it I was sooo nervous about my chances. So many people from my school have been rejected years past. And honestly, my stats are not that competitive for a school like Vanderbilt. While Vandy has been my dream school for a long time, it is unlikely I will attend unless FA is unbelievable due to the scholarship I have received from UNC. Nothing but well wishes to all other Vandy applicants as this cycle continues. I hope to see some of you at MOSAIC!!

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Form was pre-filled to prevent bias
ACCEPTED
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1550 (750 R/E, 80 Math)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: Physics (800) Math 2 (800)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: n/a
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/300
AP (place score in parenthesis): 11 5’s, 5 4’s
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Multivar, linear Alg, English lit, art history, comp sci+ a few others.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Semifinalist, USNCO, AIME x4, some tennis and writing awards
Applied for Cornelius Vanderbilt- which isn’t out yet.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis 9,10,11,12 (Varsity 11,12); Physics 9-12(vice-president); Math Team 9-12 Student Government( officer) 10-12, Art 9-12
Job/Work Experience: internships
Volunteer/Community service: 450+ hours volunteering
Summer Activities: Volunteering, internships
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Personal Statement (7/10): .
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Didn’t read them though so these are just guesses.

Teacher Rec #1: Math Teacher (8/9) - Good Letter of Rec- from other people
Teacher Rec #2: English Teacher (7/8) - Probably not bad.
Counselor Rec: (4/5) Generic- I did read this one.
Additional Rec:N/a
Interview: Good- the person seemed rushed though.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: 3 majors listed: CS.Math
State (if domestic applicant): East Coast
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:$100,000-200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection

Strengths: Well-rounded individual
Weaknesses: Essays+ interviews
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays

General Comments: Honestly the invitation to Moasics was unexpected.

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ACCEPTED and notified via MOSAIC

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didnt take
ACT (breakdown): Composite 36 (36 reading and English, 35 math and science)
SAT II: 1580/1600 (800 math, 780 reading/writing)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3rd
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Physics 1 (4 on exam), APUSH (5 on exam), AP Physics 2 (5 on exam), AP World (5 on exam), AP English Lang (5 on exam), AP Calculus AB (5 on exam). Currently in AP bio, AP literature, AP chem, AP stats
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP’s as seen above, plus anatomy and weightlifting :slight_smile:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Bausch + Lomb Science Award, AP Scholar with Distinction, Future Problem Solving international qualifier

Vanderbilt Merit Scholarship: Yes, Chancellor’s Scholarship (thank you God)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis Team captain (won region as a team for 3 years, won singles region), co-founder of Muslim student association, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Academic Team, Future Problem Solving, BETA, Piano, Mosque Youth Group (founder and president)
Job/Work Experience: Autodesk Inventor Certified, worked in hospital
Volunteer/Community service: Youth Group counseling, traveled to Iraq to work in refugee hospital, local hospital volunteer, Head media intern of non-profit called WorldSightNow
Summer Activities: Volunteering at hospital, youth group, attended Kentucky Governor’s Scholar Program
Essays (rating 1-10, details): kinda unclear looking back at it, but overall solid essay if you can grasp the main idea, it was about the Mosque youth group. Solid 7
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: my Physics 2 teacher, Vandy School of Engineering Alumni, probably one of my favorite teachers and def one of his favorite students. Only person ever in his class to get a 5 on the AP exam and highest gpa in his class. Given his major, was a ok essay but i think his status helped. 7/10
Teacher Rec #2: English teacher, very good at writing specific essays, has known me since childhood, his letter played perfectly with all my other essays. 9/10
Counselor Rec: very unique relationship since Im the only one who isnt a suck-up to him, he respects that though and we have a pretty strong relationship through academic team and future problem solving. 8/10
Additional Rec: Governor’s Scholars Program Film Studies Teacher. Very close, very good writer. 10/10
Interview: Did not have

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): Kentucky
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: City School, public, relatively small but there was an obscene amount of competition in my class
Ethnicity: Pakistani-American with some Iranian and Iraqi ancestry
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: greater than $500,000 a year
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not really, working in Iraq hospital was pretty good tho I can imagine

Reflection

Strengths: Recommendations, really high objective stats, my service positions were pretty good, very diverse extracurriculars
Weaknesses: probably a lack of leadership positions, essay could’ve been better
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: everything fit together nicely, from my recommendations to extracurricular to essays to service. Also, near-perfect high exam scores on ACT and SAT
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at University of Kentucky, U of Louisville, Purdue, Centre, University of Michigan. Wait listed at UChicago. Rejected by Case Western’s and Louisville’s GEMS program, as well as Vanderbilt’s Ingram Scholarship.

Thoughts:

Thanking God so much for the Chancellor’s Scholarship. Vanderbilt has been my dream school since I was a kid. Was honestly so surprised that i got it and still can’t believe it.

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With acceptance/waitlist notifications coming soon I wanted to provide information to the waitlisted students because Vanderbilt’s waitlist notifications have typically omitted this data: in 2014 Vanderbilt waitlisted 4,536 students and accepted 210 students off the waitlist. You can find the waitlist data for most any school by searching the school’s website for their “Common Data Set.” Vanderbilt wiped their waitlist data from their Common Data Set after Washington Post journalist Nick Anderson’s 4/16/16 article “Top colleges put thousands of applicants in wait-list limbo, and some won’t admit any” but the Vanderbilt data is still available in Mr. Anderson’s article.

Best of luck to all applicants as you make your informed decisions!

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Waitlist has become a very cynical practice, employed as a way to get acceptance rates down and yield up. There is ED where yield is nearly 100%, and there is waitlist where in the dying days of summer, desperate students with nowhere to go will also accept at a nearly 100% yield. Sad.

Best of luck to all!

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Wait list practices mirror student behavior. Students pick their schools based on specious lists and data that’s often hooey. Schools adjust their practices to maximize their desirability to same students. It’s a dog chasing its tail.

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Does Vanderbilt have a specific date for decisions release or they just roll them out over the course of March?

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Certain scholarship winners and MOSAIC invitees are accepted sporadically in February and early March. However, the majority of the RD decisions are released on a single day, this year supposedly March 28 according to at least one person who has called the admissions office and asked. If you haven’t received an acceptance for either of the first two reasons above, then it should be the 28th.

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Decision: Accepted

Accepted to College of Arts and Science

Objective:

SAT I (Comp, Essay, CR, M, CW): Did Not Submit
ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): 34 (35 Eng, 31 Math, 35 Reading, 34 Science, 8 Writing)
SAT II (Type, Score): 620 Literature, 720 Math I and US History
Weighted GPA (out of ??): School doesn’t calculate
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 English Language, did not submit AP Physics I
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Stats, AP Gov, AP CompPoli, AP English Literature, Economics, World Religions, Speech and Debate
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Student, President’s Volunteer Service Award

Subjective (Just putting stuff that was on Common App):

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Student Council (3 years; Student Body President, 9th Grade Vice President), Honor Council Representative (2 years), Track and Field (4 years; Team Captain), Speech and Debate (3 years; Speech Captain), Student Alumni Leadership Team (4 years), Student Admissions Team (2 years), National Honor Society (3 years), Francophone Club (3 years; Club President)

Job/Work Experience:
Camp Counselor at School Summer Camp, Started a small clothing company in 11th grade
Volunteer/Community service: Majority of volunteer work was being a Camp Counselor at Children’s Museum, volunteered at various other places, had a total of 245 documented hours

Summer Activities:
Attended medicine (10th Grade) and sports management (11th) institutes at Georgetown, did summer track, volunteered and worked

Essays:
Common App Essay: 9/10; talked about my experiences with racial discrimination as a black man in Mississippi

Teacher Recommendations:
10th and 11th Grade English Teacher: 9 or 10/10; she was my teacher for two years and oversaw my growth from an unorganized and lazy student to a motivated and determined one
11th Grade History Teacher: 7 or 8/10: We got along pretty well, but we didn’t really have a super deep connection

Counselor Rec: 9/10; I’ve met with him about once every couple of months since 9th grade, really connected with each other

Other:

State (if domestic applicant): Mississippi
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: High
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None that I can think of

Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments:
I think that it had a lot to do with my very strong EC’s and my ACT. My GPA could have been higher but I guess that didn’t matter so much to them since I was very strong in every other aspect of my application. Advice for future applicants would be to make sure to stand out in your EC’s with strong leadership positions, as it goes a long way. I also had a good upward progression with my grades, so don’t let your Freshman grades overwhelm you if you didn’t do well, just make sure that you are going up each year and you’ll be fine. I still can’t believe that I was accepted I am in such disbelief!

Other Schools:
Accepted: Northwestern, Emory, WashU, SMU
Still Waiting: Harvard, Georgetown, Duke, NYU, USC

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How did you receive a decision?

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@cgwade900 How did you receive your decision for Vandy and Emory? Isn’t Emory coming out tonight at 6pm?

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For those who are waitlisted: http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/vanderbilt-university/2068030-vanderbilt-wait-listed-thread.html