<p>fishfish12 - I did too! Love Vandy :)</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted by School of Engineering**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: Math 750, Physics 710
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), World History (5), Calc AB (4)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Dual-enrolled high school student at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, working on sophomore year courses
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Five years in a leadership organization (won several elections), four years on the school’s speech team, experience in student government in high school and at the University of Minnesota
[ *] Job/Work Experience: A math tutor at a learning center
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: None
[ *] Summer Activities: the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Summer Term
[ *] Essays: Finely polished CommonApp essays that I worked with for several months with the University of Minnesota Center For Writing, talking about a personal failure I had.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Amazing recommendations from my high school physics teacher and my AP World teacher
[ *] Counselor Rec: idk
[ ] Additional Rec: From the director of the leadership organization I work with. He did an excellent job.
[ ] Interview: Went reasonably well. My interviewer was in a rush, so it only lasted a half hour. she seemed to like me.
[ /list][ b]Other[list]</p>
<ul>
<li>[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Minnesota
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public high school with around 1500 10th to 12th students
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ ]Income Bracket: Well off
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]</li>
<li>[ *] Strengths: Essays, extracurricular activities, and ACT
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA, SAT II
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I am fairly surprised to be accepted. Vanderbilt was the only top-20 school to accept me.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
[ /list][ b]General Comments:**</li>
</ul>
<p>Accepted to CAS, will probably do Physics if I go</p>
<p>UW GPA: 3.53
Hook: (only school where this hook is possible) Asian and i’m from the Northeast
^^^wow it feels good to say that
SAT: 2330 superscored
Chess, Econ, and History tournament wins</p>
<p>How is Vanderbilt’s reputation when applying to graduate schools in comparison to UC Berkeley?</p>
<p>Who here is staying on the waitlist? Who here is not going to be taking that waitlist offer?</p>
<p>staying on waitlist
SAT 2090
good extracurriculars and recs
Thought I had a really good essay.
Hoping that they start telling people early in May about responses. At least we won’t have to wait for mailings again!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted by CAS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2310
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Chemistry 790 Math IIC 760 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NR
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Seven 5’s
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP Computer Science, AP Econ
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, AP Scholar with Distinction, AP International Diploma, Research Awards</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Theatre, founded two NPOs, Science Research
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: NPOs
[</em>] Summer Activities: Research and more research. Did I mention research?
[<em>] Essays: I liked them.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Never saw them.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Never saw them.
[</em>] Interview: None.
[/ul]Other[ul]</p>
<ul>
<li><p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): West
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender:
[</em>]Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li][/ul]Reflection[ul]</p></li>
<li><p>[<em>] Strengths: Raw scores.
[</em>] Weaknesses: No interview.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Strong scores and essay.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: University of Chicago (Merit Scholarship), CalTech, Northwestern, University of Notre Dame, UCBerkeley (Regents), USC (Full-ride), Boston College, Tufts, Dartmouth. Waitlisted: Yale, MIT. Rejected: Stanford.
[/ul][ b]General Comments:** Rejected offer to help waitlisted friend – crossing my finger that he gets in. Message me privately if you want to know anything else.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Banned hero-So are you a commodore?</p>
<p>@Go9ersjrh After visiting, I decided that Vanderbilt wasn’t the place for me. I’m heading up north for school, but wish the best of luck to anyone who decided on Vandy!</p>
<p>Bannedhero - Good luck. There is a great school for everyone.</p>
<p>@BannedHero: FYI, USC doesn’t offer full rides 
the most you can get is the Mork Scholarship (full tuition plus 5K) although I guess you could theoretically get up to a full ride if you got a bunch of University Scholarship money.</p>
<p>I hit send too soon - also meant to say congrats on a really impressive list of acceptances and scholarships :)</p>
<p>@MissxSilverwing Thanks, I interviewed for and received the trustee scholarship. Perhaps the better explanation would have been a full tuition scholarship.</p>
<p>I hope these stats may help future applicants as other people’s stats helped us</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted by CAS off the Waitlist </p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>SAT I (M=770, R=750, W=690, Essay=9): 2210
ACT: 33 (not submitted)
SAT II: B=750, MathII=720
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 95.26 out of 100
Rank: High School doesn’r rank but very competetive, and highly ranked
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis): School has mandatory course for all students
Senior Year Course Load: Heavy
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Regional and State science fairs achievements</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (president), School Safety and Culture of Excellence Committee (founder), fencing
Volunteer/Community service: EMT for 2+ years (cadet squad president)
Job/Work Experience: Dental Office assistant, Babysitting with a special needs kid
Summer Activities: Speel away camp conselor, Research at a medical center
Essays: Good in my opinion
Teacher Recommendation: Don’t know
Counselor Rec: Don’t know
Additional Rec: Don’t know
Interview: No interview taken</p>
<p>Other:</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Public, very strong
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Not relevant
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No hooks</p>
<p>Reflection:</p>
<p>Strengths: Leadership roles?? (maybe)
Weaknesses: Scores???, gender, ethnisity
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Was taken off the waitlist. I think admission officer liked my personality through couple follow up e-mail exchanges
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
General Comments:</p>