@michule07 correct. But they do list how many they took OFF of the waitlist.
DD was waitlisted for Vanderbilt. Rejected at Rice and Northwestern. Accepted at WashU, UNC, UGA, and Boston College. Awaiting Brown, UPenn and Duke tomorrow.
ACCEPTED AND I’M ACTUALLY CRYING
4.62 W (Top 5%)
35 ACT, 800 Math 2, 790 Bio M
from california!
although i’m not sure i can afford it because i didn’t get any merit money and my family doesn’t qualify for financial aid :(. I’ve also been accepted to UCLA, UC Berkeley (Regents Finalist), USC (Presidential Scholar), and Emory!
i luv u vandy tho <33333 nashville has my heart
@Itiznotfare I was already rejected from my first choice school at Vandy. Application was tailored to that, not to the College of Arts and Sciences.
can someone explain this further? Got waitlisted and accepted the waitlist offer but didn’t get the message "You’re In, Share the news with your friends #VU2023) it just gave us a standard PDF letter. This is very confusing
ACCEPTED- College of Arts and Sciences !!! - SO SHOOK
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): None
ACT (breakdown): Composite 35, Eng 35, Math 34 Read 35 Sci 36
SAT II: Chem 800 USH:790 Math II: 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.673 (after junior year, should be in 4.75 range by end of the year)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/213
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History, Chemistry, English Language, CalcAB, Comparative Government, US Government, Environmental Science, United States History (all 5’s)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
PLTW: (courses considered AP level, they get college credit through RIT)- Introduction to Engineering, Civil Engineering and Architecture, Principles of Engineering, Digital Electronics (received credit for all classes)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Micro/Macroeconomics (online), AP Bio, AP Calc BC, AP European History, AP Psych, AP Human Geography, AP English Lit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.) Ummm National AP Scholar, National Merit Commended, a bunch of academic team stuff.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academic Team (4 year county champions, captain for last two years), Quiz Bowl (State Runners Up this year, Captain), Twelve Academic Team (over the past four years we’ve ranged from 1st to 3rd in the state), Varsity Lacrosse (Captain), Varsity Cross-Country (All-Conference/Conference Championship team member/ organizes summer workouts), Varsity Track, TSA (State runner up debating technology), NHS Secretary some other misc stuff.
Job/Work Experience: Boy Scout Camp Staff
Volunteer/Community service: Eagle Scout, done a ton of community service through BSA, Led a 300 person honor society chapter and now 3rd in charge of a 1000 person lodge (for the past two years). Led a new inductions program for this lodge. Volunteers with a Church Organization feeding the homeless a couple of times a year.
Summer Activities: Boy Scout Camp Staff
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Recs: 9/10 - My US History and Calc teachers- I think they were pretty good but they are probably not informed of my community service.
Counselor Rec 6/10- She doesn’t really know me
Additional rec 10/10- Quiz Bowl/Academic Team Coach- Also one of my engineering teachers
Other
Intended Major: Political Science
State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: GPA/Test Scores/Leadership
Weaknesses: No research and my summer activities are not that unique.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Vanderbilt seems to care a lot about leadership, and I believe my application focused on this aspect of myself.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UNC-CH (10K a year scholarship), Davidson College, NC State, UVA (OSS), Clemson, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest
I’m so shocked! Sorry if there are any typos, I am still on cloud 9!
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Rejected
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
730 reading, 670 Math - 1400
720 reading, 710 Math - 1430
SAT II:
Lit - 650
USH - 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Weighted GPA: 4.48
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
Top 1-2% of approximately 300
AP (place score in parenthesis):
Eng Lang (4), World H (4), Eng Lit (3), Calc AB (2), USH (5), Seminar (5)
Current: Human Geography, Stats, Psych
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP Human Geography, AP Stats, Econ (mandatory), Intro to American Politics (dual enrollment through IUB), Business Law and Ethics (dc), Cadet Teaching, World Literature 1 (online through CC), Intro to World Politics (online through CC), AP Psych, Independent research study (1 semester)
Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
AP Scholar with Distinction, Presidential Scholars candidate, Indiana Academic All State Girl’s Track and Field 2018
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Varsity Track and Field 9-12
Academic Spell Bowl 10-12
Academic Decathlon 10,12
March For Our Lives 12 (leader)
Job/Work Experience: little league concession worker (seasonal)
Summer Activities: Hoosier Girls State (Senator and platform committee member)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Recs: 7/10
Counselor Rec: 7/10
Other
Purdue Northwest Clement S. Stacy Undergraduate Research Conference participant
Top 10 Scholar Athlete
Intended Major: Human and Organizational Development
State (if domestic applicant): IN
School Type: Rural public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: extracurricular/interests
Weaknesses: test scores, class schedules
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t think that the Vanderbilt application offered a way for me to showcase my strong passion for education and interest in human development. Peabody was a fit for me I think.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Valpo, Butler, UIndy, Spring Hill, Adelphi, Rutgers, University of San Francisco
Rejected: UChicago, Pomona, Northwestern, Vanderbilt
Awaiting: Georgetown (deferred EA), Harvard, Baylor, Tulane (deferred)
This whole process has been really disheartening to be honest. I’m a dedicated, strong student and I really wanted to get into the schools of education at either NU or Vanderbilt. I am very interested in education policy and reform, and want to declare pre-law.
I know I am a very lucky student, as 30 minutes north of my location is inner city, where students have not gotten new textbooks in 30 years, special needs students are further disadvantaged, and they can’t keep teachers and school officials for a long time. But, my literally passion is education reform and fighting for the rights and opportunities of students because some students are truly not guaranteed equal opportunity.
However, rural students are at a disadvantage as well. My school is trade oriented, so students are not properly prepared for college. We are discouraged from taking a 4th year of a world language because “it’s not needed for college”. My school cut three of my classes from my senior schedule (AP Research, AP Spanish Lang, AP European History), so that is why my senior schedule is the way it is. I do not want to sound whiny, but how do I get over this? I have truly done all I possibly can but my school is simply not adequate for advanced students. This is one of the main reasons why I’m interested in education policy, because I’ve become such a sad person because of the cards I’ve been dealt. I’ve seen the failures of the American school system. I hope this doesn’t sound stupid, I just really cannot stand the fact that I stressed myself out the past 4 years just to attend a school I truly don’t want to? What do I do?
@LyfeWater - bloom where you are planted.
I was accepted, but I’m super concerned about financial aid. Apparently I would have to pay over 60k per year??? I don’t mean to sound ungrateful but how am I possibly supposed to put down a quarter of a million dollars to go to a school? Even a school as great as Vandy doesn’t seem worth it. Any advice?
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Admitted!
SAT: 1550
SAT II : No
ACT: 36 composite
GPA (UW): 4.0
GPA (W): 4.5
Residence: Ohio
Honors/NMF/Awards: NMF, Presidential Scholars Candidate
Merit aid: No
Financial aid: No
Too expensive w/o merit aid.
waitlisted
35 ACT, 800 on Math 2 and US History, 6/750, 4.0 UW/4.45 W
ECs: captain of cross country team, captain of track team, stem cell research, summer camp counselor, paid tutor/manager of local tutoring business, peer tutor for school, sports editor of school newspaper, secretary of math club, and volunteer at local hospital
accepted to Northwestern, Wesleyan, UCLA, UVA oos w/echols, BU, Oxford College @ Emory, Lehigh, UCSB, UC Davis, UCSD, and UConn; waitlisted at WashU, Emory, Middlebury, and now Vandy; rejected at UChicago after EA deferral; deferred from UPenn ED.
@LyfeWater you’ve applied to extremely competitive schools and with each being a 10-15% accept rate, it’s unpredictable for kids with even higher stats than yours. You’re an amazing candidate! Your school list seems like either safety or reach - I didn’t see the U Richmond (as an example) level schools. You’ve got some great options - I know many people in the NYC business world who went to U Indiana and have done extremely well in life! Good luck with the rest of your news. You’ll do really well at one of your schools- also it’s also Waaaayyyy easier to get into top schools as a transfer, while not ideal could be an option.
@southbound? It was really hard to choose which schools to apply to, I applied to free ones I was interested in, or I emailed schools explaining my situation (I don’t qualify for waivers but have no $/no parent support) I paid for Georgetown, Vanderbilt, and Pomona by myself, and with no source of income during that time, it was savings. Other schools declined giving me a fee waiver so I had to give up on applying to those. I think IU’s Kelley would be good for public policy, but I don’t really like the environment of IU. I’m going to have to cut my losses. Indiana (and I’m sure other states but I have no idea) has a “pathway” I guess, I forget what it’s called, where participating colleges (and all state schools) must enroll the student as a sophomore if they have completed the credits through Indiana’s community college. I only need 2 more classes (6 credit hours) and I will have completed my gen ed for Valpo. I’m leaning towards going to Valpo for my first year and then applying to transfer to Kelley. It seems like that is my best bet.
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I’m just more upset at the fact that I did what I did at a rural school, and could have blossomed had I lived maybe 8 miles north. At my school you either enter a trade (great pathway for some students but that’s not my cup of tea) or you figure everything out on your own because guidance and administration cares more about the trade programs than academia. 
Waitlisted. 
wAiT LiSTed …
4.1
1320
lots of ec’s
REJECTED. Sobbed for hours…
@homerdog my S also waitlisted
Rejected lol dont even care anymore
Waitlisted!
Waitlisted. 1590 SAT, NMF, 800s on Math II, US History, and Chemistry. 5s on all 8 AP tests taken. Applied with 4.79 W 4.00 UW GPA.