<p>Thanks for the fin. aid help. We signed in with Google and the financial aid award is not there. Maybe we should create a new login w/MyAppVu? We’ll send them an email.</p>
<p>i just want to defend the accepted students forsa second. i got rejected at two ivies yesterday, and i understand the helpless feeling you get when you did everything you could. however,being accepted at vandy today made me realize that some of us generalize a little too much. i work 3 jobs, have financial need, and did not have the abundant free time to dedicate to academic pursuits beyond school itself. in the end, we are all going to get in somewhere, and its going to work out. these schools are crazy competitive, and there’s no way to predict chances or decide if it was fair. so please don’t criticize the accepted students for having daddy’s money and only thinking about school, because plenty of us struggled to get these spots and lived very normal, well rounded lives. i’m just like you. </p>
<p>also, sorry for the typos and lack of capitalization. my low budget android isn’t handling this well.</p>
<p>D was rejected as she anticipated. Now its a choice between Villanova and Lehigh.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (MOSAIC invite, Cornelius Scholarship, College Scholar)</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (730CR 770M 730 W)
ACT: 35
SAT II: Chemistry 720 Biology E 750 US History 780 Math II 770
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~10-15/500
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (5), European History (5), Human Geography (5), Statistics (5), Biology (5), Psychology (4), Environmental Science (4), Chemistry (4), US History (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP English Literature, AP US Government/ AP Macroeconomics, AP Comp Sci, Music History, AP Calculus BC
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nationals in Public Forum Debate, NFL All-State Top 10 (TN) - Outstanding Distinction, National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar
Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Team (JV Captain (11), Varsity Captain (12)), Model United Nations (ICJ Justice (11), President of the International Court of Justice (12)), Youth in Government (Supreme Court Justice), Ultimate Frisbee, 12 years of guitar, 4 years of self-taught piano
Job/Work Experience: 7 week internship at a law firm
Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours as a public library volunteer Freshman and Sophomore year
Summer Activities: Tennessee Governor’s School for International Studies at the University of Memphis, Boys State, American Legion Boys Nation
Essays: Not great
Teacher Recommendation: Physics teach (10/10) and Gov teach (10/10)
Counselor Rec:Gifted counselor (11/10)
Additional Rec:
Interview:</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): TN
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large pretty competitive public
Race(s) (White, AA, AI/AN, Asian, NH/PI): Asian (indian)
Hispanic (Y/N): Nope
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: Essays, Recs, ECs
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Marquette, Tennessee, Virginia, Michigan, Vanderbilt (CV Scholar & College Scholar), Stanford
Waitlisted: UChicago, Dartmouth, WashU, Harvard
Rejected: Northwestern, Brown, Columbia, UPenn, Yale, Princeton, Duke</p>
<p>General Comments: Just can’t believe it. Stanford was my best app, but man I never expected to get into my top school and not get into so many others.</p>
<p>Accepted to Engineering!!
First of all, I would just like to say that I was VERY surprised when I saw that I was accepted. I just got rejected from Rice, NU, and WUSTL, so my expectations were pretty low. This significantly cheered me up, even though I still can’t afford to attend!</p>
<p>Question: Is the financial aid notification on VUportal final? Or is there a possibility of getting more scholarships in the near future?</p>
<p>[ b]Decision: Accepted - Engineering (insert school)**</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): -
[</em>] ACT: 36, 36 all categories
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math2, 800 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.7 UW, 4.09 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~90th percentile
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 taken, all 5’s
[li] Senior Year Course Load: Heavy. this was a big +</p>[/li]
<p>[/list][ b]Subjective:**
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): captain of sport (4 years varsity), club VP, club exec board.
[</em>] Essays: not my strong suit
[<em>] Ethnicity: male
[</em>] Gender: white (i know what i just did)
[li]Income Bracket: doing ok[/li][/list][ b]Reflection**</p>
<ul>
<li>[<em>] Strengths: lopsided with math and science.
[</em>] Weaknesses: i’m not a great writer.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: i focused on my strengths in my application. i let them know why i want to be an engineer, and don’t just want to go to vanderbilt because it’s a “good school.”
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Rejected at every ivy, duke, stanford, mit, rice, berkeley. into Georgia Tech, Illinois, Indiana, Tulane, UCSD, UCLA.
[/list]General Comments: Yesterday was tough, took rejection after rejection right to the chin. Vanderbilt is the light at the end of the tunnel for me. VU slowly emerged from my colleges as an outstanding environment. Couldn’t be happier with how my decisions turned out, even after the emotional trauma Ivy Day brought. Best of luck to everyone!</li>
</ul>
<p>@holyguacamole I didn’t apply for aid, but I’d guess it’d be in the estimated cost area? </p>
<p>Also, how do you view the major you were selected into? </p>
<p>Since when does being white help a guy get into an engineering program? i’m trying not to ask myself that, but maybe gpa? it all worked out in the end, anyways</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure this is all the aid I’m getting 
That’s okay though.
@vandorebilt18 why’d you flip your gender and race? haha</p>
<p>Oh and I think your major is in your acceptance letter on the first page</p>
<p>@holyguacamole for me it just says school of engineering :o
it would have been too much of a burden to go back and fix the mistake from my phone! probably still wouldn’t be posted yet if i did…</p>
<p>Hmm… Yeah you’re right. Well, I think it’s safe to assume you got your first choice engineering if it doesn’t say otherwise? Which engineering major did you apply for? </p>
<p>Might as well do this now:
SAT I (breakdown): didnt send
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] SAT II: didnt send
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/~500
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): IB physics 6/7
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 6 IBS, and accounting (just for fun! Also best teacher everrr)</p>
<p>[/list][ b]Subjective:**
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): mock trial team (president, varsity captain), science NHS president, NHS secretary, club and school volleyball
[</em>] Essays: good, but not that unique tbh
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: female
[li]Income Bracket: high[/li][/list][ b]Reflection**</p>
<ul>
<li>[<em>] Strengths: GPA, leadership
[</em>] Weaknesses: no major awards (just some school awards like scholar athlete and some art contests). Also, didn’t interview.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m so surprised! Maybe GPA? Maybe minority female going into engineering?
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Rejected from NU, WUSTL, and Rice. Accepted at oregon state, UT austin, minnesota twin cities, and USC
[/list]General Comments: Don’t be discouraged by all the stellar stats that dominate these forums! You don’t have to build wells in Africa or patent a new technology to get into Vanderbilt 
Just believe in yourself.</li>
</ul>
<p>so many people got into vandy and were rejected from rice it seems like, yet i was accepted to Rice and waitllisted at candy</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected Engineering
Objective:
• SAT I (breakdown): 710 W 750 M 740 CR; 2200
• SAT II: 770 Chem 760 Math 2 690 Physics
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83 (4.23 W)
• Rank: Top 8%
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), AP Lang (4), Gov (4), Ph B (4), Econ (4/5), Calc AB (4)
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Euro, AP Stats
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Rochester Xerox Award, RPI Medal, Honors
Subjective:
• Extra-curriculars: (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer, Track 4 years, Various clubs
• Job/Work Experience: Paid Internship
• Volunteer/Community service: Teach classes to adults.
• Summer Activities: Internship, CC classes
• Essays: Good
• Teacher Recommendation: Three solid
• Counselor Rec: One of her best this year.
• Interview: Requested but he couldn’t bother to respond.
Other
• State (if domestic applicant): Northwest
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Male
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
• Strengths: Strong humanities for CS major.
• Weaknesses: Class Rank, UW GPA
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Academics were strong, but not Ivy-strong.
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted RPI, Rochester, Northwestern.
Rejected: Cornell, Penn, Rice, Vandy, Tufts.</p>
<p>General Comments: Added last minute because their aid is amazing. Maybe they didn’t like Jan 15 app date. Their CS isn’t very good, so it is just as well.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted by College of Engineering</p>
<p>Objective:
[ul] [<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 650CR/750M/730W (2130 C)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 790MathIIC, 740 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6-3.8ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 A level subjects
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]-Basketball (Captain)
-Model UN (awards)
-Peer Teaching (President)
-Tech Society (Director/head)
-Volunteering
-NGO
-Other stuff
[ul]
[li] Job/Work Experience: Car workshop for a year[/li][</em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at religious learning centres for two years
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays: Heavily edited
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Can’t complain
[<em>] Additional Rec: From basketball coach, stellar
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]</p>
<p>Other
[ul] * [<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): PK, US Citizen
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: Really poor
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection
[ul] * [<em>] Strengths: not much
[</em>] Weaknesses: Grades are a little jumpy, EC’s show no real dedication, i guess
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: see weaknesses
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
rejected Harvard, Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, Stanford, Northwestern, WashU, Duke, Lafayette, USC and MANY more
accepted Purdue and Grinnell
[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments:</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>
<p>Objective:
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): lol nope
[</em>] ACT: 34 (English 32, Math 30, Reading 36, Science 36, writing 8)
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/150
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): not offered before
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: STLP, AP paychology, dual-credit college math, Journalism, Jazz Band, Orchestra
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/list]Subjective:
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (drum major), first clarinet in Concert Band for six years, Pep Band, Jazz Band, Drama (behind the scenes), Choir (soloist and arranged concert pieces), Religious organization (officer), service club (vice president), Technology club (helped create school website and now working with teacher technology), Editor for school newspaper and yearbook
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: worked at Boys and Girls Club for a short time
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: helped create a tutoring program, writer for local media
[</em>] Summer Activities: volunteered at the local schools
[<em>] Essays: I was very proud, anyway
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good, maybe generic
[</em>] Interview: none
[/list]Other
[<em>] School Type: small, rural public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing to speak of
[/list]Reflection</p>
<ul>
<li>[<em>] Strengths: test scores, class rank, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: senior course load, no hook, relatively weak ECs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I can’t say. I’m so excited!
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: waitlisted at JHU
[/list]General Comments:</li>
</ul>
<p>From the admissions blog:</p>
<p><a href=“Class of 2018 Decisions Available Online March 29 | The Vandy Admissions Blog | Vanderbilt University”>http://admissions.vanderbilt.edu/vandybloggers/2014/03/class-of-2018-decisions-available-online-march-29/</a></p>
<p>Admitted Class of 2018 Profile – Regular Decision only</p>
<p>Regular Decision applications: 26,293
Admitted: 2,892
Admit Rate: 11%
% of students in the top ten percent of their graduating class*: 93.8%
Middle 50% CR SAT: 740-800
Middle 50% M SAT: 750-800
Middle 50% ACT: 33-35
And 100% of students admitted Regular Decision held major leadership positions or earned significant honors in high school :</p>
<p>71% were founders/presidents/captains/vice presidents or secretary-treasurers of a club or group (excluding sports teams).
46% earned an athletic award or held an athletic leadership position 93% earned an award or held a leadership position in a service or social club.
40% earned an award or held a leadership position in a fine arts club.
*based on high schools that provide rank</p>
<p>daughter was rejected = ( We figured though, since she had a 31 ACT. GPA 4.15, Student congress VP, tennis captain, 4 year varsity tennis player, NHS, loads of volunteer/extra curricular. She is deciding between U of Michigan and U of Alabama. Congrats on all accepted, amazing stats I see on here. I am just wowed! and to all who were not accepted, I also see amazing grades, tests, extra curricular work. you all seem like leaders and I know you will be a leader and do very well wherever you go! <3</p>
<p>Son accepted… Rejected at Yale, Harvard, Princeton. waitlisted at Duke, Columbia and Georgetown. Accepted at Vandy and full tuition at Pitt. No 1 in class, 2310 SATs 8 APs with 5s on 4 of them, not tested the rest yet, 34 ACT, national merit finalist, . </p>
<p>Accepted!
Act: 35
Gpa: 4.0/4.0
Athlete, research, a lot of community service. Deciding between Brown, Vandy, Northwestern, USC (full ride) and Colombia! </p>