@SpecialK89 About 4.6% of people that accept a spot on the waitlist attend Vanderbilt. I don’t think that number factors in the people that remove themselves or that decline admission when offered from the waitlist.
Thank you for the info @cr_02 . Any idea how many total students were waitlisted initially, either in the aggregate or by college? I appreciate the info since Vanderbilt seems very secretive about these numbers.
@SpecialK89 - Vandy’s CDS (https://virg.vanderbilt.edu/virgweb/CDSC.aspx?year=2016) does not list the number placed on waitlist nor the number accepting the spot on WL. It only gives the number accepted from WL.
2016/17 = 71
2015/16 = 188
2014/15 = 210
2013/14 = 223
2012/13 = 253
2011/12 = 212
And so on.
Did anyone else notice how sometimes the financial aid section on myappvu has only css and fafsa, but sometimes has 2015 student and parent tax returns also? Does this mean anything? I had all four when the waitlist started, then it went away for awhile, and now it’s back. Also, does anyone here know someone who got off the WL for biomedical engineering?
Anyone heard anything lately?
since there’s been no activity here since mid-May should we assume the Vandy waitlist acceptances are completed (ie- they are done making offers from waitlist)?
@specialK I was thinking that but they have not yet sent out rejection letters either so I’m not too sure what’s going on. I think they said the latest they will go is July 1 and that is coming up so maybe a few spots are left.
Did everyone get another email asking if you wanted to stay on the waitlist?
Yes, but don’t expect anything from it. I almost forgot Vanderbilt existed at this point.
Does anyone know when the waitlist will close?
@flipper30 I just got off the waitlist yesterday, so it’s not closed yet. I’m really conflicted right now because I have been wanting to go to Vanderbilt for a long time, but now I have everything lined up at another university. I only have two days left now to decide.
Congratulations! What did you decide?
For future readers, the waitlist closed this year on July 14 with a post by VU Undergrad Admissions.
Has anyone on the 2022 waitlist been offered admission yet?
Unfortunately nope 
out of curiosity how many engineering majors got off the waitlist last year?