<p>Davidson is a great school, be proud</p>
<p>@timetodecide12 Thank you! I really am excited to have been admitted despite my rejections. 
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<p>@hydrojim just kidding. Rejected.</p>
<p>Maybe we should get back to this:</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted School of Engineering</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>ACT: 35: 32(Eng), 35(Math), 36(CR), 36(Sci). Maybe I should have spent time practicing for this…
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5UW/4.06W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 41/349
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC(3), Chemistry(3), Macroeconomics(5), Microeconomics(4), Statistics(4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP US History, AP US Government, British Literature, Physics, Ceramics, Newswriting, Calculus and Analytical Geometry 2, Calculus and Analytical Geometry 3.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, Regional Science Fair Awards
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club, Environmental Club(Founder), Varsity Baseball(Co-captain), Year Round Travel Baseball(Co-captain), Peer Tutoring, Science Fair
Job/Work Experience: Lots of work experience. Currently a Certified Associate Trainer at Panera Bread
Volunteer/Community service: Few projects for the elderly through Key Club, Some time volunteering at a local tire shop, most of the time spent training youth baseball players and leading youth baseball camps
Summer Activities: Baseball, Alternative Energy projects
Essays: Not really sure. Common App essay was about my experience with failure and Vanderbilt supplement was pretty much an expansion on a topic within my CA essay. They might have liked to see more to me.
Teacher Recommendation: Had both teachers for 3 years and they hold my automotive skills in high regards
Counselor Rec: Slightly better than generic but my counselor is kind of…ditsy…
Additional Rec: I had 2 peer recommendations from peers who know me well and 1 recommendation from a member of the International Society of Automation regarding my presentations on alternatives energies.
Interview: Interview went great and I connected with the interviewer very well
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<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
School Type: Public school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 30K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation bachelor degree, Life adversity, Science Fair research
Strengths: Test scores, Commitment to Baseball, Science Fair Research
Weaknesses: AP scores, Few bad grades on my transcripts, class rank. My class is probably the smartest class to ever come through my school.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My grades and AP scores in Calc BC don’t look good for a mechanical engineering major. There were issues going on at home which affected all my grades junior year but since the homework in this class was optional, I honestly blew the class off.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: University of Cincinnati(Can’t afford), Cleveland State University. Waitlisted: Case Western Reserve University, Vanderbilt. Rejected: University of Pennsylvania, Yale University, Georgia Institute of Technology.
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<p>*I also applied to USMA, USAFA, and USNA but I was medically disqualified from the armed forces. I had nominations from my congressman and one of my senators and thought I was for sure going to get into West Point. It’s been a rough time going through the college admissions process so hopefully I can get off Vandy’s wait list.</p>
<p>@hydrojim…love your sense of humour! Nothing can stop you, you will excel in life…wherever you go to college.</p>
<p>I was waitlisted, but unlike many of the other ones of us, I have not decided where I will go if the waitlist does not work out. It will be one of Richmond, Alabama, Tulane, Miami, and Kentucky. But, I will decide between those five over the next month and then see what happens with Vandy in May.</p>
<p>@oliver007 I hope you’re right. And speaking of excelling… maybe I should get off college confidential and go do something a bit more productive :-B </p>
<p>survivorfan: actually there are several thousand spots on the VU waitlist. I don’t know the odds, but they are way lower than regular decision, which this year is 11%. I wish you the best, and I hope you get an offer.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted- School of Engineering (computer science)
Objective:</p>
<p>SAT: 2340(superscore) 2240(average) 1540(math + reading single)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/400+
AP (place score in parenthesis): mostly 5s but a few 4s
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): not many real ones
Volunteer/Community service: museum and library ~100 hours
Essays: About coding in computer science. Supplement was about volunteering and the community
Teacher Recommendation: Good I guess since I did well in their classes
Counselor Rec: good I would suppose
Interview: didn’t request</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): SC
School Type: Public school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 80k+ one parent
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation bachelor degree, Life adversity, Science Fair research</p>
<p>Strengths: test scores.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: test scores and possible essay
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: what’s it to ya</p>
<p>Hey everyone who has been accepted: have you guys gotten financial aid awards? I applied for need based aid but all that shows up is work study. </p>
<p>upgrad2018…your post is so hilarious! If I were on the admissions committee, I would accept you just for your resilience and wonderful sense of proportion!</p>
<p>@nhdmaniac My son can’t seem to find the financial aid award, either. I know we qualify. Anyone know where it’s located? Or do we wait for the packet?</p>
<p>Accepted, college of arts and sciences
35ACT/3.96 GPA unweighted. One main EC (been doin same sport since I was 4, train 20-24hrs per week), other service hours.
this was my last school I was hearing back from.
Other acceptances: UMich, Boston College, Boston University, Dartmouth
Rejections: Harvard, Yale
Waitlisted: Duke</p>
<p>I’m surprised about my acceptance and extremely honored. I do not however think I will end up going to Vandy and plan to decline the offer in the next couple weeks. I’m 90% sure I’m going to commit to Dartmouth, but will sleep on it and may visit Vandy just to be sure. </p>
<p>I wish the best to everyone on the waitlist! vandy is a great school and I hope this benefits some of you! </p>
<p>@nwmom2boys <a href=“https://webapp.mis.vanderbilt.edu/adam/secure/financial-aid”>https://webapp.mis.vanderbilt.edu/adam/secure/financial-aid</a></p>
<p>I think that’s a universal (not a personal since my name is not adam) link. All that shows up on mine is 2.3k work study,though.</p>
<p>Accepted : CAS </p>
<p>SAT: 800 M, 750 CR, 760 W, 2310 Total
SAT II: 800 math II, 760 Bio M, 780 Chem
GPA : 8.3 Weighted, 3.9 / 4.0 Unweighted
Rank: 1 out of 110 in IB high school ; 7 out of about 12,000 kids in county
Senior Year Courses: HL math, HL biology , HL english, SL chem, SL spanish, SL history , Theory Of Knowledge , Orchestra 5 Honors</p>
<p>Awards:
- American Invitational Mathematics Examination Qualifier (AIME) 2X ; AMC 12: 102
- Sci Oly states - 1st place anatomy and physiology, 4th place Material Science
- National History Fair - County 2nd place,
- 20 MAO states/regional awards (top 20)
- County Math Bowl 1st place - 3X
- National merit finalist / AP scholar with distinction</p>
<p>EC’s:
Founder / President of Red Cross Club
Founder / Sec / President of MAO Club,
National Honor Society / Spanish NHS / Beta Club,</p>
<h1>1 seed for tennis 10-12 grade / Captain - 12th grade/ Made County Honors Tennis Team</h1>
<p>Violin for 6 years / Orchestra in school for all 4 years
EdX courses: Took Statistics, Intro to Biology, Fundamentals of Neuroscience, and will take Linear Algebra</p>
<p>Summer Stuff:
Work : work at Kumon during the summer, tutoring younger kids in math and reading
Volunteering: ~300 hours mainly at MOSI and Red Cross and library </p>
<p>For everyone rejected, I know what it feels like as I was constantly reading rejection letters throughout the week. It WILL get better, trust me. I’m sure everyone will do fine wherever they end up. And lastly, congratz to all those accepted and cya in fall 2014 !</p>
<p>@tractor4461 34/4.0</p>
<p>Accepted… How the f*ck…</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted by School of Engineering **</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown):2210 (R: 680 M: 740 W: 790) didn’t send</li>
<li>ACT: 35 (36 English, 35 Math, 35 Reading, 35 Science, Writing 10)</li>
<li>SAT II: 800 Math 2</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91/4</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (4) Calc BC (5) English Comp (5) APUSH (5) Physics B (5)</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis):</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: Calc III, AP Gov, AP Stats, AP Themes, AP Macro, AP Chem, AP Psych</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list][ b]Subjective:**
[ list] Commended Nat. Merit, AP Scholar, 3rd National FBLA Banking and Financial Systems</li>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of community service club, Varsity/Captain Track and Cross country grades 11/12, JV swim team and water polo frosh/soph, National Honor Society, P.E. Pool Leader</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Summer Cancer Research Internship at Northwestern Medical School</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: Mexico mission trip</li>
<li>Summer Activities: AFS Intercultural Program to Malaga, Spain</li>
<li>Essays: Supplement was a cut and paste job
Common App was really good (I know I sound like most people when I say this but it was really good</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: Bio and Math were probably good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Probably good</li>
<li>Additional Rec: Research Professor. I will never find out what he wrote because he jumped off a building and killed himself in October. RIP</li>
<li>Interview:[/list]Other
[ul] No interview</li>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): Illinois</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant): USA USA USA</li>
<li>School Type: large public suburban competitive </li>
<li>Ethnicity: ORM</li>
<li>Gender: Male
*Income Bracket: 100k+</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]Reflection
[ul] </li>
<li>Strengths: can do twenty pushups without getting tired</li>
<li>Weaknesses: mayonnaise</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: could be the lucky socks I’ve been wearing for years (without washing of course). Most likely my high grades and scores though.</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul][ b]General Comments:** Accepted: Vanderbilt, Umichigan (probably going here), U of I, Madison Wisconsin, Notre Dame
Waitlisted: Johns Hopkins BME, South Harmon Institute of Technology, Blue Mountain State (reach school)
REJECTED: Upenn, Duke, Harvard, Stanford</li>
</ul>
<p>Some ragrets. If I were to do HS over again I would have joined XC and Track earlier and treated it more seriously.
I did one of these stats things because these really helped me out when I was applying.
Another thing: I applied last minute to every school while I was sipping drank in Mexico on Winter Vacation. Probably didn’t help with the other college decisions.</p>
<p>The financial aid award is located on the financial aid tab on your My AppVU account. It shows the full award. If there’s an issue, you should email financial aid immediately so they can sort it out asap. </p>
<p>Accepted!!! Really shocked!! My AppVU account wasn’t working, and I was joking to my mom that I should just wait from my rejection letter in the mail. Then after many password resets, it finally let me login. The first thing I saw was the Congratulations! at the top of the page. I then proceeded to scream quite loudly… So happy! But now it’s decision time. It’s gonna be really difficult choosing between Northwestern and Vandy…</p>