******OFFICIAL****** Vanderbilt RD Class of 2017 Decisions

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted by (insert school)[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred by (insert school)[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected by (insert school)**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] 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.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ ] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other*[list]</p>

<ul>
<li><p>[ ] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *]Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]</p></li>
<li><p>[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:*</p></li>
</ul>

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<p>College: Vanderbilt University</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (800 CR, 740 M, 750 W)
ACT: 32 (didn’t send because why?)
SAT II: 770 US History (picked because this was only course I’d finished by then)
740 English Lit (picked just so my critreading score could overrule it)
Weighted GPA: 4.76
UW GPA: 3.97
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/417
AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Economics (7)
Senior Year Course Load: IB Mathematics SL, IB English HL, IB History of the Americas HL, IB Spanish SL, IB Biology HL, IB Psychology SL, Theory of Knowledge Honors, Government
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, National Achievement Finalist, Social Studies Keystone Award (school), Scottish Rite JROTC thing, various medals
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NJROTC (9-11), Chief Editor of Unit Newsletter (10-11), Academic Team (9-11), Commander of that Team (10-11), Orienteering Team Member (11), Public Affairs Officer (10-11), LGBT Activist (10), Track and Field (Letter, State qualified) (9-12)
Job/Work Experience: McDonalds Crew Member (11-12) (30 hours a week, more during summer)
Volunteer/Community service: Various activities in name of NJROTC unit, about 20 hours per school year
Summer Activities: Mostly work at McDonalds and spending time with family
Essays: One essay about my passion for psychology and being homosexual with antagonistic parents, another about my activism in NJROTC to get gay couples permitted at the annual Unit Military Ball, another about my efforts to win my parents’ love back again. All homocentric.
Teacher Recommendation: I feel somewhat confident that they were good.
Counselor Rec: I’m guessing that it was good
Additional Rec: Got another teacher who I really loved in 10th grade and really loved me.
Interview: No interview. My life was pretty hectic that month.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): South Carolina
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public with 1 national merit every so often (moi)
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: I’m not sure. I get free lunch at school.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM (African American)
Reflection
Strengths: Test scores (for an AA…), URM status, well-written essays (writing is my ‘thing’), Activism, Overcoming hardship (I’m poor, and my parents basically tolerate me, at best)
Weaknesses: Not too many ECs, no show of academic interests in my ECs, Class rank, — basically everything except my strengths
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m pretty well-qualified, I’m black, and I put a lot of work into demonstrating interest.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred from Yale…
General Comments: I’d feel better, but all I got from my mom about it was an ‘okay’. >.></p>

<p>My EC list is a bit bigger now than it was when I applied, but that didn’t influence my application.</p>

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<p>If I go to Vanderbilt, I’m going to rock its world. >.<</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted (CAS- MOSAIC Likely) **</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2140
[</em>] ACT: none
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 780 US, 720 Math 1
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 94… 3.8ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A (I’m probably second though)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang- 4 US- 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP: Micro, Gov, Bio, College: Calc II, Honors: Lit
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (Pres), Model UN (Best delegate once, honorable mention twice), Varsity Soccer (Captain), Club Soccer, Student Council Rep, Debate, and others that don’t matter much.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Soccer Ref for 7-8 year olds
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100 hours, NYT article written about me
[<em>] Summer Activities: Summer abroad (through programs), Travel Soccer
[</em>] Essays: Excellent CA essay
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One best in career, other was excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent! She loves me.
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: Semi-Competitive (Avg SAT is around 1800)
[</em>] Ethnicity: African American
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>]Income Bracket: $100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, Beautiful (was told I look like Ryan Gosling)[/li][/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Strengths: I bench 225 and squat 300, Essays, Depth in ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: I only curl 35 lbs, SAT
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: no idea
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Some safeties
[/ul]General Comments: yay</p>

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<p>RD decisions are out?? i thought they were coming in April…</p>

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<p>Some students with diversity hooks got notified early for Vanderbilt’s MOSAIC program.</p>

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<p>oh kk thx but most decisions still come out in April right??</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted by CAS (MOSAIC)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2250
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 2 800s
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 6 5s, 1 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs, orchestra, PE, 4th quarter calculus, French 7
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, AP Scholar w/Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 2 international robotics awards, concertmaster in school orchestra all 4 years, NHS prez, Science club prez, MUN prez, patent for research. Def the strongest part of my app
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 650 hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: not on application…
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Should have been great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Should have been great
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]</p>

<ul>
<li><p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): OR
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: very good public
[</em>] Ethnicity: URM
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>]Income Bracket: not important…
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM[/li][/ul]Reflection[ul]</p></li>
<li><p>[<em>] Strengths: ECs, hook,
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT? but I fall within their 50% range
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I don’t know… It’s a holistic application, so you can judge that.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: Stanford, UMiami. Waiting: lots of other places. Rejected and Deferred: none yet (I’m expecting some, though).
[/ul]General Comments:
A lot of people on this website put an extreme premium on SAT scores, which I disagree with. Your life should not be dedicated to taking some stupid test (I took it once). Instead, do activities that you enjoy, try to be as involved as possible, and don’t try to be perfect. Many colleges don’t want perfect people; they’re boring.</p></li>
</ul>

<p>I used this website a lot for research while a junior and this year, so feel free to ask me questions (although this is my second post, so I guess visitor messages only…). I’d be happy to help, but keep in mind that I probably don’t know much more than you do.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted by CAS (MOSAIC)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Never taken :frowning:
[</em>] ACT: 35 (35, 36, 35, 32, 9)
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Math II, 730 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.45 (after midyear reports it’s 4.53)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/~70
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Chemistry, 5 English Lang, 5 APUSH, 4 Psychology, 3 European History
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): 6 Chemistry SL
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB/AP English Literature HL, IB History of the Americas HL, IB/AP Biology HL, IB Spanish B SL, IB Math Methods SL, ToK, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics B
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I have some obscure awards but they’re fairly solid (state science fair semifinalist, a few creative writing things, and a top-15 finish at a national math tournament in a science category)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mu Alpha Theta (Vice President), Chess Club (founder/vice president), Math Team (shared Captain), and Physics Team (Captain) for the school. I’ve done Karate in the past, but I quit after I got a black belt as a freshman.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: I only have about 400 hours here; half are in tutoring programs for my school and the other are in forms of work-study required for CAS in IB (I’m doing a business-management thing currently and last year I did some supervised math teaching at a middle school)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Homework and being a lazy piece of garbage ಠ_ಠ We’ve done some summer math team competitions, but that’s about it.
[</em>] Essays: Definitely not my best piece of writing…
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both from teachers I’ve known for 3 years
[</em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor knows everyone at our school really well, so I’m assuming it was solid
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Alabama
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Public–Magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity: Native American/American Indian/whatever they call it
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $50,000 - $60,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Apart from test scores (which should be a given at Vandy) and my hook, I don’t really see anything special in my app by CC standards.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars, essay (I had a strong supplemental essay but the Vanderbilt supplement doesn’t have an additional writing section)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Ehh…
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UNC (Carolina Scholarship)</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Good luck to all future applicants!</p>

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<p>Can someone elaborate on the Mosaic program?</p>

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<p>From the email Vandy sent out:

Essentially prospective students lodge at Vanderbilt for 4 nights and get a feel for the campus while attending a ton of informative events.</p>

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<p>So, do you only get it when you have connections with Vanderbilt?</p>

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<p>Not that I’m aware of; the only “affiliation” or form of contact I’ve had with Vanderbilt apart from my application was a question about ACT superscoring (i.e., their admissions considers highest composite and highest essay). As in my block quote, it’s a multicultural event, so it presumably targets people of different racial backgrounds and not ones of legacy status.</p>

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<p>Ah okay. So how did you go about getting an early admission with regular decision?</p>

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<p>I guess Vanderbilt mailed out decisions in advance to encourage students to go to the event since Thursday (w/ likely departure on Wednesday for some) to Sunday is quite a commitment to make.</p>

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<p>I am gonna assume that they emailed people who didn’t sign up right away…? I never got any email, but I signed up the 17th. When did they send it?</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted by VANDY</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2400 (single sitting) 3rd time
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: lit 780 chem 800 math2 790
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):41/42, 43/45 (predicted)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): local debate awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (debate team), local debate tournament manager, choir, (social services society),
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: barrister internship, lab visit in the states
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: overseas and local
[<em>] Summer Activities: some of the above
[</em>] Essays: meh
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: ok
[</em>] Counselor Rec: ok
[<em>] Additional Rec: lab visit mentor
[</em>] Interview: loooong interesting talk on everything
[/ul]Other[ul]</p>

<ul>
<li><p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): hk
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender: m
[</em>]Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): all the non-hooks you can possibly have[/li][/ul]Reflection[ul]</p></li>
<li><p>[<em>] Strengths: test scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: asian
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: test scores
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: umich accepted
[/ul]General Comments: free ride scholarship :smiley: can’t wait for other decisions :)</p></li>
</ul>

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<p>Decision day is getting closer and closer!</p>

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<p>Accepted Peabody with Dean’s Achievement Scholarship. Totally unexpected but still happy!
SAT 2300 GPA 4.3</p>

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<p>north2South: When is decision day?
Cornellista:did you get in with Mosaic? And congratulations!!</p>

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<p>Hopeful: I believe last year’s letters were mailed March 23rd, so if this year is similar to last year, it should be soon!</p>