<p>@riccyrubbio They’ve said that they don’t defer people because if you don’t get in ED, there’s not much of a chance for you RD since it’s so much more competitive based on number of applicants alone</p>
<p>@riccyrubbio They’ve said that they don’t defer people because if you don’t get in ED, there’s not much of a chance for you RD since it’s so much more competitive based on number </p>
<p>wait i dont see it, can u post a screenshot @nerdfighter23 </p>
<p>@helloman1111 You don’t see what?</p>
<p>rebeccaAnn, unless there has been a shift, VU will want to admit approximately 40% of the class via ED (both I & II). That means that there should be around 640 students gaining acceptance that way. </p>
<p>I know that so many of you are speculating on when you will hear. I said in another thread quite a while back, and I will stick by it, that I think you’ll hear on Friday near 5 pm CT. Here’s why: The admissions officers have been on the road all fall for travel season. They are road weary. As well, in the last month and a half or so, they have been reading your ED applications. It used to be that no admissions files could leave Davidson County; however, now that the files are all digitized, I assume they can access files anywhere as long as they are in a private environment. Some files will have been marked auto admit (I think they call it Commando, if I remember correctly, when one counselor feels so confident that someone is a slam dunk that those counselors with sign off authority can classify the file this as an admit without further review or only cursory review by a higher up. This was detailed in a blog post several years ago and I have heard about it through former student workers). Some will be hard deny when the applicant’s stats are so far removed from the realistic parameters of admission. These are folks with ACTs in the low 20s; middle of their class or lower; maybe a potential sports admit, but not good enough to make it in. Nothing compelling enough to justify low GPAs/testing and take up committee time.</p>
<p>A significant number of decisions are made in committee and it’s hard to guess when that likely started given where Thanksgiving fell this year, but probably no earlier than the week before and more likely that week or the week after. I would guess that decisions have only recently been finalized. They are likely working on follow up letters for admits and double checking all their lists early this week. Processing of decisions became easier last year when VU adopted the e-mail app (I seem to remember that no deny letters were sent after the e-mail system was adopted) and they obviously wanted to make sure it worked and no tweaks were needed before they wrapped up the work week. However, they didn’t push out the decisions too far ahead of the end of business on Friday. I can’t imagine they will push out any earlier this year since they know how things will work based on their experiences last year. It is finals time now and student workers are becoming more scarce in terms of answering the phones, etc. Your very nice admissions counselors are tired and they know it will be necessary to speak with some of you at some point, but they want to give applicants a chance to absorb their decisions before the phones begin to ring off the wall. </p>
<p>I had one RD admit and one ED admit and I know you are all anxious. Good luck to you all!</p>
<p>@nerdfighter23 you said you could see your sat 2 scores?..</p>
<p>@2VU0609 thank you so much! That was really helpful and a lot of that was new information to me! </p>
<p>@helloman1111 Ohhhhhh, no I can’t see them. I just meant that the little blurb at the top of the portal now says that you won’t be able to see anything other than what’s required. I just noticed it earlier haha. Sorry for the confusion!! </p>
<p>Got randomly inspired tonight to write the essay for the Cornelius Vanderbilt scholarship. Did most of you guys do that one and/or one of the other merit scholarships?</p>
<p>@lorielliott1 you just just the myappvu website and it fills you in there. There is no separate link / email notification iirc </p>
<p>3 days. Hopefully. </p>
<p>Also… does applying for any of the scholarships help with admissions or do they look at that separately…? Because I’m thinking maybe I should’ve done them…</p>
<p>That’s what I heard and that’s one of the main reasons that I did them but I’m not an expert on admissions so don’t take my word for it! I know that for the Cornelius they look at your common application to supplement your essay but for the Ingram they only review the materials that you submitted for that scholarship and for example they don’t look at your SAT scores, GPA, etc… </p>
<p>@riccyrubbio At PreVU this summer, the director of admissions was clear that there are no deferrals for ED applicants. Its either admitted or denied. Having gone through through all this last year the first time around, I completely agree that its best to just cut a ED applicant loose if they aren’t admitted now. </p>
<p>They look at them separately. A scholarship application does not better/worsen your chances of getting in </p>
<p>I can’t believe how close we are…</p>
<p>@lala121 I’m not saying that you are wrong I’m just wondering where you heard that cause I heard something different but I’m not sure how reliable my sources were…</p>
<p>Hi everyone. I’ve been keeping up with this thread so I figured I’d make a comment to see what you guys think my chances might be. I know it’s kind of late.</p>
<p>ACT 32 (English 33, Math 29, Reading 34, and Science 32).
GPA 5.313/5.00 (Weighted)
ECs:
Health Careers Club Member (9, 10, 11, 12)–President for 12th grade
National Honor Society (11, 12)–Secretary for 12th grade
Volleyball team (9, 10, 11, 12)
Job as a filer for a doctors office (6-8 hrs per week)
Volunteer as a volleyball coach for my grade school (9, 10, 11, 12)
Student Ambassador (9,10,11,12)
Go Green Club (9,10,11,12)
WYSE (Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering) Team (11,12)–Regional Champ for Biology
Achievements:
Res Top 10 Scholar
Illinois State Scholar
Course Load:
Junior Year: AP Biology (4), AP Lang (3), Honors History, Honors Math, Honors Spanish
Senior Year: AP Spanish, AP Psychology, AP Lit, Honors history, honors math
(In addition, I was in honors math, honors english, honors science, honors spanish, and honors history for freshman and sophomore year.)
My school is a small Catholic school in Chicago that does not offer many AP classes but I took the ones available to me.
I am a caucasian female from Chicago, and I applied to the College of Arts and Sciences for a major in biology.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>@rebeccaAnn What did you hear about the scholarship stuff?</p>
<p>I heard that if the scholarship applications are turned in before the decision is made that the school sees it during admissions. I’m not saying that it’s given a ton of consideration or that the admissions office analyzes it with your application, but I just heard that they know if you did it or not and it definitely can’t hurt. On the Vanderbilt website it says that the common app is not included in the decision for the Ingram scholarship program, whereas everything is viewed holistically for the Cornelius scholarship. In other words, I believe that if you have turned in the Ingram, the committee for the Cornelius Scholarship sees that app in addition to the rest of your application and it can also help you get the CS. Then again, this is all by word of mouth (aside from the part that I saw on the website). So if @lala121 has a more reputable source then I would listen to her!</p>