Vanderbilt Admissions Question

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>I'm writing on behalf of my brother who has just applied. He's really worried about getting into this school, and it's been his first choice for years. Here are his accomplishments:</p>

<p>GPA: 3.92
Class Rank: 36 out of 466 (top 1%)
Class President
Graduating with Honors (all AP classes)
Is taking Calculus AP, and Biology 2 AP
Yearbook editor
National Honor Society: Social Chairman
Student Leadership Group: Board of Directors
3 other club memberships
100 hours of community service
Good essays in my opinion
SAT score: 1770 (has take it twice....minimal improvement.)</p>

<p>I feel the SAT score is going to hurt him. My question is, does anyone know of a student being admitted with an SAT score that low? I know they have, but not sure if the rest of the accomplishments are enough since they take a holistic approach to admissions. It's above avg nationally, but not "good" by Vanderbilt standards. What are his chances?</p>

<p>Thank you for your responses.</p>

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<p>Top 1% would be the top 5 kids.</p>

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<p>Impossible to take “all AP classes”. There is no such thing as AP Physical Education. There are also not enough AP classes to fill a HS schedule for all 4 years.</p>

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<p>The 25th percentile for Vanderbilt is 680/700/670. That means people are admitted with lower scores. But, those kids usually have something special about them. Some awesome ability/talent, bad test taker, etc.</p>

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<p>Sorry…forgot that zero in there for top 10%. Anyways, I guess the chances are low, but I’m hoping his leadership as class president, editor, etc will at least get him some consideration. He’s been accepted to Texas A&M and Texas so we’ll see. Thanks.</p>