<p>congrats to all those admitted! if you have questions, i'd be happy to answer them-- i'm a sophomore peabody (education) major. email: <a href="mailto:lindsay.j.joseph@vanderbilt.edu">lindsay.j.joseph@vanderbilt.edu</a></p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted
College: Arts and Science</p>
<p>Academics :
SAT1: 750CW, 750W, 780M
SAT2: 800 Mathiic, 800 Phy, 800 Chem
GPA: N/A coz i live in Singapore
Rank: No specific rank but id say top 15 or so out of 800+ students
GCE A levels: A for all 8 subjects i took</p>
<p>ECs: Very strong in my opinion, awards range from drama and sports to olympiads and cybernetics.</p>
<p>Essays were pretty good, recs were excellent.</p>
<p>Hook: Nothing in particular</p>
<p>How I found out: Email this morning</p>
<p>Feeling kinda ****ed, thought i had a decent shot at Vanderbilt. Oh well, hopefully the other apps will go better.</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted A&S *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 640 R, 680 W, 720 M
[</em>] SAT IIs: none
[<em>] ACT: 32 with 12/12 on writing portion
[</em>] GPA: 4.303w 4.0uw
[<em>] Rank: 1/160ish
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I didn't think they were amazing...
[<em>] Teacher Recs: 1 decent, another incredibly good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: our counselor is a dumbA** so I have NO idea
[/ul]Location and Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Tennessee
[</em>] School Type: Public, smallish, REDNECK!
[<em>] Extracurriculars: entirely too many to list
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I think this was one of my strongest apps
[*] Other thoughts: I honestly feel horrible about rejecting this acceptance, considering they gave me about 40,000 in financial aid, but I really want to go to Boston, and live someplace new not in Tennessee... Vandy is so great, and I hope all you who choose to go there love it! [/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2320 (800 Writing, 770 Math, 750 Critical Reading)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 Chemistry, 740 Math 1, 740 U.S. History
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs: 5s on World History, U.S. History, Calculus AB, and English Language, 4 on Chemistry, and taking Microeconomics, Statistics, English Literature, and Music Theory in the spring
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 102.2 weighted, school doesn't calculate unweighted
[<em>] Rank: 1 out of 490
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Statistics, AP Microeconomics, AP English Literature, AP Music Theory, Physics, Directed Study where I teach myself how to play the violin, Journalism/School Newspaper
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: About six (two others have gotten in)
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit Finalist, University of Pennsylvania book award, Georgia Certificate of Merit, AP Scholar with Distinction and AP Diploma, Georgia Girls State representative and Senator runner-up, Governors Honors Program nominee in English, Math, Science, and Spanish, Outstanding Student Awards in AP Calculus, AP Chemistry, AP U.S. History, AP English, Honors Spanish 3, Honors Spanish 2, Honors Chemistry, and Honors 10th grade Literature, Semifinalist in the 2004 Anthem national essay contest, State winner for Spanish 2 and Spanish 3 at the AATSP-GA Spanish Composition Contest, Superior ratings at the Metro Foreign Language forums and Foreign Language Association of Georgia spoken language contests, lots of other awards</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Monthly newspaper columnist for the Atlanta Catholic newspaper, editor-in-chief of the school newspaper, vice president of Students ACT (Achieve, Contribute, Transcend), Flute player for concert band, wind ensemble, full symphony orchestra, pit orchestra for school musicals, and flute ensemble, leader of church youth group, nursing home volunteer, lector, Eucharistic minister, Sunday school teacher, and Vacation Bible School leader at church, Academic Bowl member, physics tutor, student director for the Macbeth school play, NHS, SNHS, Beta, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: babysitting 10 hrs/week, worked at Media Play (35 hrs/week) and AMC Theater (15 hrs/week) this summer, currently work at Publix 15 hrs/week
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Writing is my strength so I thought they were very good. My main essay was about cutting my hair for Locks of Love.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Superb.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great, although a bit short.
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): I had an interview at the office of a law firm in downtown Atlanta as a finalist for the Lanier scholarship. I was interviewed by a panel of seven people, and I thought it went very well.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Georgia
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School: competitive, most National Merit finalists in the state, over 99% of student body goes to college
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Income Bracket: over 200K
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Hooks: none
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: well-rounded with strong credentials.....however, nothing incredibly unique
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I suppose strong stats and fairly well-rounded extracurricular activities were enough.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I received a generous Dean's Select Scholarship at Vandy but I have no idea if I'll accept it or not. I've also been accepted at Notre Dame (my first choice) and Emory (and received a generous scholarship there as well), been rejected by Yale, and am waiting to hear from Princeton.</p>
<p>Wow! Congrats to the graduating class of 2010! </p>
<p>After reading all of these, I am so nervous! I plan on applying to Vanderbilt early admission this fall (I'm currently a junior), and don't know if I'll make it. I took the tour today and am really excited. I'm working on bringing my test scores up and focusing alot on GPA and such, even if I don't have much time.</p>
<p>It's nerve-wracking, really, and I'm not even almost applied. </p>
<p>GAH! I'm tearing my hair out!
With any luck I'll run into some of you accepted in a couple of years. ;-)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>SATs:680V/710M/650W= 1390 Old/2040 New
GPA:4.0uw/4.4w
Rank:9/298
Courseload:7 AP courses total, mostly honors courses
ECs:Varsity Soccer, Basketball, and Lacrosse. Quiz Bowl team, National Art awards, Play three instruments- trumpet, baritone, and french horn, Spanish NHS, NHS, Italian/Irish Club, etc.
Good essays/OK recs
Gender/Race: Male/White
School Type: Very competitive Catholic in Washington D.C.
Hometown: MD
Income Bracket: $200,00+
Weaknesses: no SAT IIs
Strengths:diversity of ECs</p>
<p>Don't know whether I will attend, and I am quite surprised I got accepted into so many wonderful institutions!! I was waitlisted at Duke, accepted into Emory, accepted into University of Miami, accepted into William and Mary, and UMD College Park spring semester. I got rejected from Wake Forest though.</p>
<p>Accepted: Arts & Sciences
GPA: 4.106/4uw 4.532/4w
SAT I: 650cr 670m 680w
SAT II: 760ush 670math2 610spanish
ACT: 31eng. 34math 32read 34sci
EC Strong
Anything Special
The way you found out about your decision: email</p>
<p>accepted to peabody regular decision :)
satI cr:680 math: 680 writing: 740
sat II: math1: 690, us history: 690
extra currics: tonsssss
sick recs
hook: jew from long island, possibly the sickest interview of all time</p>
<p>hell yea! there's an 80% chance I;m going... deciding btwn vandy, umich, and emory</p>
<p>if you want to talk... aim: lysssn2me</p>
<p>i'm sooooo excited to meet everyone!
name: Ashley
race: african-american
accepted: A&S
GPA: 3.9 uw
rank: none
ACT: 30
AP classes: 7
strengths: essay, schedule courseload
weakness: sat scores...ehhh
hook: i'm black? and a cheerleader?
extracurriculars: varsity cheerleading co-captain, varsity track, black student union, gay/straight alliance, student assistance council, speech and drama club, latin club, delta sigma theta debutante, new student mentor, algebra 1&2 tutor, national honor society, beta club..and lots of other funfilled activities
from: cincinnati, ohio by way of memphis, tennessee</p>
<p>congrats to everyone!! it's going to be an amazing 4 years!!</p>
<p>Accepted to College of Arts and Sciences: English and History major
GPA 4.75 weighted
SATI 760 verb 700 math 720 writ
SAT II 740 lit 720 bio 700 chem
EC very strong
Anything special: yb editor, cheer captain, mentor, studied at Oxford, congressional forum, cousins aunt and uncle alum</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to Arts and Sciences (Econ)</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (by section): 2300 (780 Writing, 780 Math, 740 Critical Reading)
* SAT IIs: 580 Literature, 740 Math 1
* ACT: 34
* APs: 5 on Environmental
* GPA: 3.4
* Rank: 6/51 (Second tenth)
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: I'm assuming they are what got me in
* Teacher Recs: I guess really strong
* Counselor Rec: I suppose it must have bee good
* Interview: Didn't interview
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Vermont
* School Type: Public..small
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: Male
* Hooks: none
* Strengths/Weaknesses: well-rounded?
* Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Vermont maybe?
</code></pre>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>ACT: 33</li>
<li>GPA: 4.0/4.0 UW; 5.86/6.0 W</li>
<li>Rank: 2/500</li>
<li>Other stats: 5 on AP Bio Test, 4 on AP US</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:
* Essays: Amazing
* Teacher Recs: Great, I asked my bio teacher to be "quirky"
* Counselor Rec: Good
* Hook (if any): Nothing exact...just swimming all my life, but not recruited; I'm well rounded and my personality really showed in my essays.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
* State or Country: IL
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Chinese
* Gender: Male</p>
<p>Other Factors:
*Extracurriculars: Hold a few positions in clubs; captain of club and hs swim team, pres of beta club and others. Placed 11th in State Swimming finals and a bunch of swimming honors; scholastic all-american swimmer. Placed 9th in State Voice of Dem Speech Contest</p>
<p>*Why you think accepted/deferred: My essays and swimming</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 700M 690W 680 CR
SAT IIs: 740MathIIC 710Chem
GPA: 3.6UW/4.4W (hardest courses possible)
Rank: 50/450
Other stats: .....? 12 AP's, 32 on the ACT</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Pretty Good
Teacher Recs: Good, they were from my favorite teachers.
Counselor Rec: Eh.. Let's just say that my Guidance Counselor is similar to the one in Orange County.
Hook (if any): Nothing really.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Florida
School Type: Competitive Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Other Factors:
Extracurriculars: President of service club, sec of MUN, chem team, tennis team, captain of several service projects, member of sga board, ultimate frisbee club!!!! (hehe), hundreds of hours of community service... nothing outstanding.
Why I think I was rejected: GPA. SAT.
Other thoughts: Oh well... Carnegie Mellon c/o 2010. :)</p>
<p>Chanski where in IL are you from?
I'm from Crystal Lake!</p>
<p>Applied: Regular Decision
Status: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>Fee Waiver Used?: no</li>
<li>SAT I (by section): V: 700 M: 650 W: 600</li>
<li>SAT IIs: Math IC 700</li>
<li>APs: 8 AP Calc AB, AP Euro, AP U.S. History, AP World History, AP Lang, AP Lit, AP Macro Econ, AP U.S. Gov</li>
<li>GPA: Weighted: 4.46 Unweighted: 3.96</li>
<li>Senior Yr Course load: French IV, Aid Technology Specialist, AP Calc AB, AP Lit, AP U.S. History, AP Government (2nd semester) / AP Marcoeconomics (first semester)</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Technology related community service at my high school and church</li>
<li>Aid to my school's technology specialist</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Self employed (sale of hosting space, resale of internet access, and freelace computer repair)</li>
</ul>
<p>Positions / Clubs:
Student Government - Senior Class President
French Club - Vice President
National Honor Society
Mock Trial Team</p>
<p>Is anyone going to the open house on the 14th??</p>
<p>Please leave messages regarding how you came to a decision to go to Vanderbilt. What do you like most about it? Are the students friendly to each other? Is it a supportive environment, comfortable and encouraging environment? Do the professors show concern for each of their students. Do you feel like a human or a number...blah blah blah. Thanks</p>
<p>Accepted: Arts & Science
GPA: 88/100
SAT I: 690math 730reading 740writing
SAT II: 740lit 620mathIC 610UShistory
EC : very strong
The way you found out about your decision: mail</p>