<p>This will be a continuation of last year's thread made by GodricGryffindor.</p>
<p><strong>Stats</strong></p>
<p><em>College</em>
Transferring from:
College GPA:
Honors Program:
Standardized Test Score(s):
ECs:
Volunteering:</p>
<p>Feel free to add anything else. High school stats are optional.</p>
<p><em>College</em>
Transferring from: Baylor University
College GPA: 4.0 (so far, expect to keep it this way)
Honors Program: Yes
Standardized Test Score(s): 33 ACT
ECs: so far just some clubs, tutoring etc. looking to get into some more interesting stuff soon
Hooks: legacy, no financial aid needed</p>
<p>Also applying. For political science. Will post stats when closer.</p>
<p><em>College</em>
Transferring from: CUNY Baruch
College GPA: 3.8 (One C in Bio :()
Honors Program: Yup
Standardized Test Score(s): ~2k SAT (1400 composite) (2 years of college though)
ECs: Vice-President of only political club on campus, had 5th highest position in 150 member student government, Philanthropy chair of fraternity, member of few misc. clubs, have a fellowship at Hillel International
Volunteering: 500 volunteer hours over summer creating contracts for the disabled, teaching high school finance courses in underprivileged high schools
Misc: Really really rigorous course load, 23 credits fall 2010, high level courses (200,300-level), 21 credits fall 2011, Have a lot of college-wide scholarships/awards</p>
<p>Applying as an Econ major…what are my chances?</p>
<p>how many of you guys are freshman, and student from what schools are usually accepted by Vanderbilt?</p>
<p>I’m a sophomore, so I’ll be applying as a rising junior. Does anyone know if this makes a difference? Do they admit a higher percentage of freshmen applicants?</p>
<p>Not entirely sure whether I want to transfer or not. =/</p>
<p>Transferring From: Emory University (Oxford College)
Transferring To: Peabody–Special Education
College GPA: N/A–Freshman
Standardized Test Score(s): 1440/1600, 2120/2400
ECs: Various local, state, national, and international education positions</p>
<p>Most concerned about my poor high-school performance.</p>
<p><em>College</em>
Transferring from: Muhlenberg college
College GPA: Don’t know Yet (assuming A- range)
Standardized Test Score(s):1900
ECs:Lots
Volunteering:Lots</p>
<p>Went to high school in London, England, which may help.</p>
<p>(Bad high school transcript tho, for personal reasons)</p>
<p>How big are SAT’s and high school transcript when applying as an upcoming sophomore?</p>
<p>^ Tough to say. The easy answer is that a rising sophomore’s high school numbers matter less than those of a rising first year and more than those of a rising junior. In general though, I think that admissions committees want to see strong performance in college courses.</p>
<p>What sort of college GPA are they looking for in a student?</p>
<p>When should I begin my common app process?</p>
<p>Hey everyone! I’m actually a 2011 transfer to Vanderbilt.
I love it here, and I hope all of you will enjoy it as well.</p>
<p>Just a heads up, though - Vandy is demolishing the dorms that house a majority of the transfers (Kissam quad). So, don’t be surprised if the transfer acceptance rate takes a dip.</p>
<p>Also, to answer a few questions - There are quite a few transfers from Emory and NYU (I know around 8 from each). There are a few from Ivies and many from top 40 schools. So, the GPA range varies greatly depending on your school (since, I think on Vandy’s site, it says it likes students from comparable schools). </p>
<p>And for GPA, it really depends. I know people who had GPAs as low as 3.3 and as high as 4.0, but I’d say majority had around a 3.7 (A-).</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/1063501-vanderbilt-university-fall-2011-transfer-thread-86.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/1063501-vanderbilt-university-fall-2011-transfer-thread-86.html</a></p>
<p>itransferred11, where did you transfer from?</p>
<p>Can anyone confirm that they’ll take less transfers this year?</p>
<p>I transferred from a school ranked between 28-35 in USNews. Sorry, If you want to know exactly what school, you can pm me.</p>
<p>I haven’t seen anyone confirm it. But seeing as they are getting rid of almost 600 dorm rooms (which is where some sophomores live), I’d just assume they’d have less space to accommodate transfers. I may be wrong, but I don’t see Vandy accepting ~400 for a transfer class of ~200 if they are decreasing the dorms by 600. You’d have to move the “regular” sophomores into other dorms comfortably and get A LOT of people to move off campus for it to stay at 200.</p>
<p>Transferring from: CSU, Chico
College GPA: 4.0
Honors Program: Yes + 21 units per semester (this is my third semester)
Standardized Test Score(s): 31 ACT
ECs: Buncha bs
Volunteering: Buncha bs</p>
<p>When should we set up our common app?</p>
<p>Transferring from Bucknell University, Neuroscience Major
College GPA: 3.6 (after 2 years, taking a gap year)
High School GPA: 3.87 (unweighted)
SAT: 2080
Volunteer work: RMH house, shelters
intruiging summer internship</p>
<p>So I’m sort of new to this and my situation is a bit tricky, but if anyone has any opinions or advice to share on it please do.</p>
<p>I’m currently a freshman at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, but I am a US citizen and resident from the Northeast. At St Andrews, you take courses in 3 subjects of your choosing – there are no “general course requirements” and therefore I probably won’t have many credits to transfer. I do have 5’s on 3 different AP exams that I know Vanderbilt will accept, but besides that I’m really concerned. St Andrews is a very highly respected university, but I’m worried that because it’s not similar to Vanderbilt academically that I may not be accepted, and because I haven’t taken strong general courses that my application will not look very good.</p>
<p>I have a strong HS record, no telling how things will go here but…do you think as long as I do well within the context of the academics here at St A’s that I will be fine? Thanks!</p>