<p>^^ sorry bro, but this
made me mad.</p>
<p>A 3.2 UW GPA? That takes my spot? Sorry if that offends you, but that’s ridiculous.</p>
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<p>With that attitude, no wonder you got rejected.</p>
<p>Wow.</p>
<p>@touhou: Who cares if he had a 3.2 UW GPA? Maybe his essays / teachers recs were better than yours. Did you ever think about that?
It’s called “holistic admissions” for a reason. I’m sorry you got rejected, but no one’s taking your spot and it’s really ignorant of you to think so.</p>
<p>With that being said… congrats so far ED2 (:</p>
<p>yeah woeishe, i assumed that was it after i made my post</p>
<p>ipss poor attitude aside, i am legitimately surprised if a real top 50 player doesn’t get in and/or recruited. at the very least vandy would have admitted with the intention of letting him walk on. keep in mind 2 of the 6 people who signed national letters of intent were between 50 and 100 (granted they have the potential to be top 40) and vanderbilt’s tennis recruiting class was ranked #1 in the nation. i couldn’t find a kentucky player in the top 100, so i assume you must have meant top 50 in the 12’s or 14’s only?</p>
<p>tough break for touhou, but a real top 50 18’s tennis player in normal circumstances would absolutely get preference over a ymca national qualifier, particularly when you take into account tennis is a varsity sport</p>
<p>Aside from all the bickering, I am here in Southern California STILL waiting for my decision…i wish they posted online instead!</p>
<p>notice though, the swimmer wasn’t recruited.
Neither was Touhou though?</p>
<p>It’s just a lucky break sometimes, and it sucks, but trust me, you can go somewhere just as good–if not better–with your stats.</p>
<p>Again, grats to everyone so far!</p>
<p>D got RD acceptance w/ Mosaic invite.
ACT 33
SAT 2190
GPA 4.2 W
4 years Varsity cheer, captain
lots of volunteer hrs
NHS, NMF
Happy :)</p>
<p>Boymom5, would you mind telling us your ethnicity?</p>
<p>Native American</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 33
SAT II (if submitted): U.S. History: 700, Chem: 770, Math II: 740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Idk but 4.99 out of 5 weighted
Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): A’s and B’s
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4); APUSH (5); Chem (5); Calc BC (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit Crit, AP Physics B, AP Econ, Multivariable Calc H, Spanish 5, Wind Ensemble
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honor roll every semester, NHS, Quill & Scroll society, National Merit Qualifier… nothin too special
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Wind Ensemble (4 years)- first chair section leader senior rep, Jazz Band (4 years)- first chair, pep band (4 yrs), brass choir (4 years), Symphony orchestra winds (4 yrs), local honor band, tennis (captain)-4 years, cross country (4 years)-captain, all academic, Editor in chief & features editor of school paper (3 years)
Job/Work Experience: Assistant counselor at all-boys camp (3 Years)
Volunteer/Community service: NHS, regular service at local alzheimer’s center, Men’s Club (4 years)
EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): Wrote about writing the crossword puzzle for my school
General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Wrote about a good friend and the effects of his illness on myself and him
Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): Great from calc and multivar teacher (same teacher), english teacher, and extra from band teacher
Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Didn’t see it, probably good
Additional Rec (only if you saw it):
Interview: N/A
Other
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: competitive public school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: Well rounded, leadership in activities, grades, rigor, act score
Weaknesses: freshman grades
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
I think I was a really good fit for Vanderbilt, and I have challenged myself a lot and have done really well, so I’m glad they noticed my hard work</p>
<p>GO COMMODORES</p>
<p>Rejected :(</p>
<p>seeing a lot of scores similar to mine make me excited about my prospects of acceptance for RD :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats: Class Rank: 15 of 340 Weighted GPA: 5.114 Unweighted GPA: 3.761
Test Information</p>
<p>• ACT with Writing: 35 Reading: 36 Math: 35 Writing: 35 Science: 33 Essay: 10
• AP Calculus: 5
• AP Biology: 4
• AP Language and Composition: 5
• AP U.S. History: 5
• SAT II Mathematics II: 800
SAT II Chemistry: 800
SAT II Physics: 800</p>
<p>Advanced Academics</p>
<p>• AP Biology
• AP Physics
• AP Calculus
• AP Language and Composition
• AP U.S. History
• AP Literature and Composition
• AP Statistics
• AP Macroeconomics
• AP Microeconomics
• Honors Human Anatomy and Physiology</p>
<p>Leadership</p>
<p>• Minot High School Mathtrack Team Captain 2009
• Jim Hill Middle School Chess Team Captain at ND State Scholastic Chess Tournament
• National Honor Society Officer
• Math Team President</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities</p>
<p>• Chess
• Math Team
• Mathcounts (136th place at Lockheed Martin National Mathcounts Competition 2007)
• Science Club
• National Honor Society
• Minot Public Library Teen Advisory Group
• Winter 2008-2009: 50 hours snow shoveling for senior citizens in Minot, ND
• ND Governor’s School Volunteer Hours (including all activities such as Yunker Farm weeding, food drive, and Scandinavian Festival furniture movement) 10 hours
• 10 hours sandbagging for Fargo, ND Spring 2009
• Spent a week on-site volunteering in the summer of 2008 at Sichuan earthquake
• 62 hours of volunteering at Memorial Health Center summer of 2010
• 144 hours of employment in environmental services at Memorial Health Center summer of 2010
• AP Physics Tutor
• Solo pianist 1998-2010</p>
<p>Awards and Honors</p>
<p>• 2006 ND State Scholastic Chess Tournament 1st Place
• 2007 Mathcounts Ward County Champion
• 2007 Mathcounts State 3rd Place
• 2007 National Mathcounts Competitor (136th Place)
• 2007 MSU Mathtrack Champion, Team Captain
• 2007 MSU Mathtrack Captain of 1st place team
• 2008 ND State Scholastic Chess Tournament 1st Place
• MSU Mathtrack Champion, Team Captain
• MSU Mathtrack Captain of 2nd place team
• National Honor Society Inductee
• 2009 ND Governor’s School Math Scholar
• 2006-2008 Federation of Music Superior Ratings All Years for Piano
• Regional ICTM Math Competition Parkland Medallion Winner
• Regional ICTM Math Competition Member of 2nd place Algebra II team and 1st place 8-person team
• Organ Study Full Scholarship at International Music Camp 2007
• AP Scholar with Honor
• Illinois State Scholar</p>
<p>Strengths: Decent score on standardized testing
Weaknesses: Not too much extracurriculars</p>
<p>From the acceptances on here so far, I’ve noticed they really didn’t go stats hardcore. Not that any of you have bad stats, just not as good as I’ve seen on other acceptances to other similar schools. Those who haven’t gotten theirs yet can have hope!! 
Oh and by the way, some of my grades were pretty bad… I’m actually really surprised I got in.</p>
<p>BTW: I didn’t get a MOSAIC invite either.
PS: The matriculation fee is FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS!? Holy cow… mildly above average I would have to say although it’s probably pocket change for a lot of you guys T_T</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>GPA ~3.5 unweighted
SAT I: 2190 (1520) 740 reading 780 math 670 writing
SATII: 660 Lit, 710 Physics, 800 math
ACT: N/A
Grades in AP/IB: A’s and B’s
AP: World (3), Programming (5), US Gov (5), AP Language (4)
Senior Year Course load: AP Lit, Italian 4 (honors), AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Psych, Engineering Design and Development
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing really
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): FIRST Robotics Team leader (4 years), Film club VP (2 years), symphonic band/band (2 years), a few other things that weren’t really big things
Job/Work Experience: Tutored a 6th grader in math (forget if I mentioned that on app)
Volunteer/Community service: Nothing long term, reffed FLL a couple times, “odd jobs” here and there
EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): Wrote about robotics, thought it was awful because i had to take out half of it to fit the word limit.</p>
<p>General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Wrote about Fight Club (i know right?) and how it made me realize I couldn’t live life on autopilot (threw in some cheeky humor about how I could have written an essay about Camus’ The Stranger or Hamlet). Loved writing this essay, because it had humor at just the right spots.</p>
<p>Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): no idea but got one from math and one from Italian
Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Didn’t see it
Additional Rec (only if you saw it):N/A
Interview: Tried 3 times but to no avail N/A</p>
<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): MD/NY (I transfered schools after sophomore year)
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: competitive public school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None that I can think of
Reflection
Strengths: Well rounded, humor/dark humor, leadership in international program (FIRST), SAT score
Weaknesses: grades in general, they were really all over the place.</p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Because I put a lot of effort into writing an essay that was on a pop-culture movie (fight club) rather than about a literary work or a life changing experience I had (despite parents’ protesting). And, because I’m about the learning not the grades.</p>
<p>Honestly I have no idea why, I was fully expecting that letter to say “rejected”.</p>
<p>Lol, @woeishe</p>
<p>
lolumadbro?</p>
<p>and @ paupowpew: sick stats, man. Just a question, any reason you didn’t apply to ivy’s with those stats rather than Vandy?</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>GPA: 3.966 uw
SAT I: 2100: 650 Reading 750 Math 700 Writing
SAT II: none
ACT: 30</p>
<p>AP Grades: As
APs: Psych (5), World History (5), US History (4) Calc AB, Econ, Gov, Literature, Euro History, Environmental Science
Senior Year: Calc AB, Econ, Gov, Literature, Euro History, Environmental Science, Spanish III Honors</p>
<p>Awards: idk nothing lol
Extracurriculars: Varsity Lacrosse Captian, Basketball, Baseball, Track, some randoms clubs, not too many
Work Experience: none
Volunteer: some club stuff
EC Short answer: Lacrosse
Essay: about not trying too hard in school and partying it up
Teacher Rec: idk math and US
Interview: none</p>
<p>State: Georgia
School type: good public school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Hooks: none</p>
<p>Strengths: GPA, Rigor, Well rounded- athletic, social, attractive (lol), Confidence (lol again)
Weakness: SAT, ACT, ECs, Essay was way weak. </p>
<p>Why accepted?
I work hard play hard. Vandys perfect.</p>
<p>haha, I am sooo not going to be accepted. Looking at some of these stats just make me laugh. I will probally find out today though…</p>
<p>yea. I was rejected. </p>
<p>Act: 29</p>
<p>nuff said</p>
<p>Congrats to all who were accepted! I hope that you enjoy your time at Vandy. </p>
<p>@paupowpew</p>
<p>The $400 matriculation fee will be applied as a credit toward your fall expenses.</p>