Quite possibly, but you will never know for sure
It’s pretty funny that College Confidential is still listing Vanderbilt decisions as coming out today…
I also applied 2 days after the RD deadline and I got in, so I don’t think it made a difference tbh.
Major power move to apply late and get in. Props.
Denied. And sad.
White Male
33 ACT
4.0 unweighted GPA
2 Varsity Sports
Class President
Denied, not surprised
ACT- 32, 33 superscore
GPA- 4.13 W 3.81 UW
Varsity lacrosse- 4 years (with all-state every year), president of two clubs, founder of a club, good community service, referee, NHS, brown belt, soccer manager, 4 weeks in Spain
10 AP classes (5 sophomore and junior year and the other 5 senior year) 4,4,4,3,3 on APs
I had a really good interview though so I had a little hope
Accepted: Richmond, American (with scholarship), Pitt Business Honors…
Waitlisted: GW, William and Mary
Denied: Vanderbilt
Waitlisted and declined her spot so someone else can go.
Accepted: Brown, University of Chicago, Boston U, Barnard, Howard, USF Honors College, U of O Honors College, American U FDDS and waitlisted Vanderbilt and declined at Harvard and Princeton.
Full ride: American University
Full Tuition: Howard, USF and University of Chicago
Full Tuition and Room: U of O
Financial Aid: Barnard and Brown
Going to American University
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Waitlisted .
Any advise how to get of the waitlist? What are the things people do to help to get accepted ?
Does anyone know if Vanderbilt will be mailing out admission packets with hard copy acceptance letters? Son was admitted and it’s kind of exciting (though not essential) to receive the packet in the mail.
I believe they will. They did for ED2.
Hi everyone! For those of you admitted to Vandy, some of my tour guide friends made a virtual tour to give y’all a taste of what it’s like on campus if some of you haven’t been able to visit. Congratulations and hope to see you in the fall!
That’s a very well done vid!
My only comment is that unfortunately it doesn’t include any scenes of the new dorms being constructed on West End. Based on the VU webcam, they look spectacular…
Accepted!
White/Native American Female from Georgia
Applied Regular Decision
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology Major
ACT: 34
SAT: N/A
SAT II: Lit- 710, Bio M- 700
Rank: 1
4.0 unweighted GPA
Took a bunch of IB classes (full IB diploma candidate)
ECs:
Hospital Volunteer (2 years)
Junior Class President
Theater (actor and volunteer, 6+ years)
Environmental Club (co-founder and co-president, 2 years)
Soccer Team Manager (3 years)
Literary Magazine (head of promotions, 4 years)
Food Bank Volunteer (2 years)
Cross Country (1 year)
Member of a special, science oriented after school program junior year
Honors/Awards:
Honors Societies (National, Science, Thespian, French, Art)
State Best Actor award for a one act play
Some other college awards/recognitions given to high school students
Essays:
Pretty strong imo, very personal and I spent a lot of time on them lol
Recs:
Also were probably pretty good? I’m really close to both the teachers I ask (chem/psych and english)
Interview:
Had an interview and it think it went pretty well (despite it being short which was kinda concerning lol), however, I’m unsure how big a role it played
Other Schools-
Accepted: Yale, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, UNC Chapel Hill, Georgia Tech, University of Georgia
Waitlisted: None
Denied: None
they accepted 800 more people from RD this year than last year, RD acceptance rate rose from 6.3 to 9%. RIP my chances of getting off the waitlist :(. Well, unless they accepted less people from ED/EDII this year? Does anyone know?
Good luck to you! The data is a bit old but still helpful for wait-listed applicants: In 2014 Vanderbilt put 6,018 students on wait-list, 4,536 accepted a spot on the list and 210 were eventually admitted. The Washington Post’s Nick Anderson did some excellent reporting on this in April 2016 “Top Colleges put thousands of applicants in wait-list limbo, and some won’t admit any.” The article includes an interactive table with data for many schools. In a most unfortunate development, many schools removed their wait-list data from their Common Data Sets (CDS) as a result of this article. Vanderbilt, quoted extensively in the article even went as far as to strip the CDS data for all prior years…without noting on their CDS that they had erased data. Very unethical behavior on the part of Vanderbilt. Hope this helps families make informed college decisions!
The data is a bit old but still helpful: In 2014 Vanderbilt put 6,018 students on wait-list, 4,536 accepted a spot on the list and 210 were eventually admitted. The Washington Post’s Nick Anderson did some excellent reporting on this in April 2016 “Top Colleges put thousands of applicants in wait-list limbo, and some won’t admit any.” The article includes an interactive table with data for many schools. In a most unfortunate development, many schools removed their wait-list data from their Common Data Sets (CDS) as a result of this article. Vanderbilt, quoted extensively in the article even went as far as to strip the CDS data for all prior years…without noting on their CDS that they had erased data. Very unethical behavior on the part of Vanderbilt. Hope this helps families make informed college decisions!
ACCEPTED to Blair School of Music after being waitlisted on the 25th! Still in complete shock! 35 ACT (36 superscore), 1560 SAT, 17 APs (all 4s and 5s), NMF, various extracurriculars. Asian male from GA. Vanderbilt has been my dream school for so long! ANCHOR DOWN!
How were you notified from the waitlist?
@HokieCrazy Vanderbilt sent me an email earlier today stating that “we are prepared to make you an offer of admission to the Class of 2024 if you are interested in receiving this offer, and if you plan to attend Vanderbilt next fall” and then I went to the portal, expressed my interest and immediately saw that I got in!
Son accepted From NC. 1540 SAT, Lots of ECs, strong recs. and community service. All Conference and All State Varsity Tennis 4 years.
Accepted Duke, Vandy, Berkley, W&L, UNC- Chapel Hill, Notre Dame, UCLA
Denied: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Rice, Brown
Waitlisted: Georgetown.
Going to Duke.