Vanderbilt ED1 Class of 2019 Results Only

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<p>After a long wait, we finally found out today!
Let's post our results/stats to help aspiring applicants.
(Take away the 'a's)</p>

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[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]**
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FFA500]Decision: Deferred[/color][/size]**
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FF0000]Decision: Rejected[/color][/size]**</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):</p>

<p>Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>

<p>General Comments:

</p>

2

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):n/a
ACT (breakdown):32
English 34
Math 32
Reading 31
Science 30
Writing 10
AP (place score in parenthesis):
AP Lang/Comp: 4
AP US History: 4
(currently taking)
AP Calculus BC
AP Lit/Comp
AP Spanish IV
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Lit/Comp, AP Spanish IV, Economics, Personal Finance lol</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Cross Country (9-12)
Baseball (9-12)
Science Club (11)
Key Club (11-12)
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: Vanderbilt Summer Academy
Summer Baseball (9-12)
Cross country conditioning everyday in the morning (9-12)</p>

<p>Essays (rating 1-10, details): I’d give mine honestly a 8-9 because it was very heartfelt and I told about my experience with a family illness. I gave a description of how the experience matured me over time.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): I’d say around 8-9 because both of them seemed really enthusiastic to write me a recommendation letter and one even told me mine was probably the best he had written for anybody.</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: Not really sure, she seemed to like me.
Additional Rec:
Interview: Should’ve applied for one, had no excuse not to</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major: Psychology
State (if domestic applicant): TN
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Mother is an alumni</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: I honestly thought that I had an outstanding application mixing my athletic achievement with my academic.
Weaknesses: Not enough volunteering extra-curriculars. I did have volunteer work here and there, but honestly I felt that they weren’t really representative of who I really am, so I didn’t include little volunteer activities that I did for maybe 3 hours at one point on my application just to fluff it up.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not enough diversity with volunteering activities, and not enough “leadership” roles.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: University of Tennessee Knoxville</p>

<p>General Comments:</p>

3

<p>Decision: Accepted EDI</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 34 Composite
-English 35
-Math 33
-Reading 33
-Science 35
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 50
AP:
AP Euro (3)
APUSH (3)
AP Chem (3)
APES (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, Business and Finance, AP Biology, Honors English, Physics, Film Production
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Quiz Bowl, Mu Alpha Theta, NHS, Chem Club
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: 40+ hours at a nursing home
Summer Activities: Nothing interesting that I would put on my app
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7- very personal, had it proof read by English teacher
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 9- all three I asked were ecstatic to write me a letter</p>

<p>Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec: I read it, but it was very generic.
Additional Rec:
Interview:</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Medicine
State (if domestic applicant): Tennessee
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: No financial aid would have been received
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: ACT score, class rank
Weaknesses: extracurriculars, no sports
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ACT score and rank
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: University of TN (Knoxville and Chattanooga)</p>

<p>General Comments:</p>

4

<p>Decision: Accepted to Peabody School HOD and Economics</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (R:780 M:730 W:790
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
weighted: 5.18
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17 out of 862
AP (place score in parenthesis):
US History (5) world history (4) English Language (5) Psychology (5) French (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP gov, AP Econ, AP Chem, AP Calc AB and BC, AP English 4
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
National Merit Semifinalist, AP scholar with distinction, Top 20 junior 1600 meter time in US (4:55)…I think this helped me a lot because the Vandy track coach wrote me a rec letter as a potential walk on </p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars :
Varsity Cross Country and Track 9-12 (captain-12)<br>
City’s community service committee (20 students from 3 high schools)- 10, 11, 12 (Vice President - 11, President - 12)
National Honor Society - 11, 12 (Vice President - 12)
FM³ (Flower Mound Math Mentoring) Tutoring Program - 10, 11, 12<br>
Bibliophiles (Book Club) - 12 (Founder)
Host Sister for Rotary International Long Term Exchange Program student from Switzerland – 10
Ambassador (selected by faculty to introduce new students to FMHS)- 11,12
French Honor Society - 10, 11, 12
Math Honor Society - 11, 12
FMHS French Club – 9-12
FMHS Student Council - 10
Circle of Friends (befriending special needs students) - 9
Hebrews 10:24 Wednesday night small group Bible study - 9, 10, 11, 12
leader for group of 6th grade girls at church- 12
Job/Work Experience:
Self employed math tutor
Worked at bakery my junior year as cashier/waitress (summer 25 hrs/wk school yr. 10-15 hrs/wk)
Volunteer/Community service:
Through leading my city’s service committee, I have been in charge of planning fundraisers, speaking at city council meetings, and coordinating town events
summer spent working in Kenyan Orphanage-teaching english classes and helped build sustainable greenhouse
Summer Activities:
Duke University Talent Identification Program —“Futures Institute” course on innovation and business - Summer 9
Mission trip to Naomi’s Village, an orphanage in rural Kenya—built greenhouse and helped teach children - Summer 10
Rotary International Short Term Exchange Program to Montbrison, France – Spent one month with family there and then hosted a student in my home for a month – Summer 11
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9…I spent so much time on it and I think it was pretty unique
I wrote about my experience training in Kenya while I was working at the orphanage over the summer. I had to run over 400 miles on a 100 meter road, back and forth, and I feel like I was able to really portray myself through the essay!
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):</p>

<p>Teacher Rec #1: I waived the right to see but I think it was probably about a 9
Teacher Rec #2: same as first
Counselor Rec: I think this one was really good, my counselor nominated me to be an ambassador at my school
Additional Rec: NA
Interview: applied but did not get one</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
Intended Major: HOD and economics
State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: large high ranked public school (most national merit scholars in TX)
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: don’t need aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I think my biggest hook was my running because I had the Vandy coach vouching for me. I am going to be a walk on track and xc runner at the school! GO DORES!
Also, I am a legacy so I think that probably helped!</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: legacy, GPA, class rank, running accomplishments, SAT
Weaknesses: I accidentally submitted my ACT score which was really low (31), and I didn’t take any SAT II tests!</p>

<p>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
I went out on a whim and only applied to Vandy! If I didn’t get in I was going to scramble and apply to UCLA, Northwestern, UVA, Georgetown and a few others!</p>

<p>feedback: It was SOOOOO worth the wait!! If you are just now applying, or waiting on the decision HANG IN THERE!</p>

<p>GO DORES!!</p>

5

<p>ACCEPTED ED1 </p>

<p>GPA: 3.59/4.0 (UW)
Rank: No ranking</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
ACT (breakdown):34 (One sitting)
English 35
Math 34
Reading 36
Science 32
Writing 9</p>

<p>AP:
AP US History: 4, AP Stats: 4, AP Calc AB: 4</p>

<p>(currently taking)
AP Calculus BC
AP Physics C
AP Microeconomics
AP Macroeconomics</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Micro/Macro, Honors Spanish, Speech, Media in Literature</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Varsity Football Captain (Four year lettermen, All-Conference: 10,11,12, First Team All-State: 11)
Varsity Baseball Captain (Four year lettermen, All-Conference: 11,12)
Varsity Indoor Track (Joined Junior Year, School Record 4x200)
Editor of Yearbook
President and Co-founder of Young Financier’s Organization
Senior Athletic Committee
Admissions Representative (Private High School)
Summer Baseball
Intern at a start-up </p>

<p>Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7 tops…Not my best
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): One was a 9, the other was more generic </p>

<p>Counselor Rec: Not really sure, she seemed to like me.
Additional Rec:
Interview: Technical Error resulted in me not getting one</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Physics/Chemistry
State (if domestic applicant): MD
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: Extracurriculars and Test Scores
Weaknesses: GPA was on the low side </p>

<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Very involved with everything–leadership
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: None applied</p>

<p>General Comments:</p>

<p>Write a damn good essay, speak with your counselor for your area, and get some soooooolllliddd test scores</p>

6

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR 730 M 700 W
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II: DIDN’T SEND
730 Chemistry
690 English Literature
690 Biology M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): our’s is out of 12. 11.39 UW.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP: European History (3) English Language (4) English Literature (5) Chemistry (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Biology, AP Psychology, Science 12, Guitar Ensamble, Latin 4 Honors
Major Awards: 3 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Mock Trial award, 6 varsity letters, guitar ensemble award, published in a local writing anthology</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Varsity Field Hockey 9/10/11, Varsity Lacrosse 9/10/11/12, Mock Trial 9/10/11/12, Student Ambassador 9/10/11/12, BBYO 8/9/10/11/12 (secretary of local chapter), Friendship Circle 9/10/11/12, Animal Friends 11/12, Guitar 9/10/11/12 (1st chair)
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: Friendship Circle and Animal Friends ^^ above
Summer Activities: got credit for a psychology class at georgetown summer between sophomore and junior year
Essays (rating 1-10, details): wrote about why I want to study chemistry and science in general over my lifetime. Related plato’s cave to my need to push away the shadows of the cave and understand reality, even if reality still may be a shadow. One of the best essays I’ve written, I’d give it a 9.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): two teacher recs from my gen chem teacher and my AP chem teacher. 10/10. AP chem teacher HATED me since 9th grade and now really likes me–he refused to turn in my rec because he thought that would mean that I would stop talking to him (I’d keep bugging him to send in my rec and I don’t have him for a class this year). I’d given them 8’s or 9’s.</p>

<p>Teacher Rec #1: General Chemistry/AP Psych/Science 12 teacher
Teacher Rec #2: AP Chemistry teacher
Counselor Rec: knew me really well, 10/10
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a </p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Chemistry
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: Private Prep
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: ???
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): white Jewish girl going into the sciences? not sure if I had a hook really</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: Strong grades, strong 1600 score, great essay
Weaknesses: flat–majority of my application was about chemistry and science. Sure I had extracurriculars but both my teacher recs were science teachers and my essay was about chemistry.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: strong academically and extremely passionate about what I want to do
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted early @ Tulane with a presidential merit scholarship. I applied to UMich & UMiami EA but am going to withdraw my applications. If I didn’t get into Vandy I was going to apply to Harvard & WUSTL RD.</p>

<p>General Comments:
Visit Vandy. I had my heart set on Harvard and a friend of mine who attends Vandy said to look into it…I kind of ignored him and didn’t believe that I’d even like Vandy–rich, southern, pretentious. I was 2000% wrong. I visited twice and was absolutely floored. Don’t believe any stereotypes about any school and don’t think you know where you’re going to sophomore year. It will change. Feel free to ask me any questions & GOOD LUCK.</p>

<p>ANCHOR DOWN!!!</p>

7

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I: 2360 (800 reading, 800 math, 760 writing)
ACT: 33 (didn’t submit)
SAT II: Didn’t submit these scores
GPA: UW 3.85, W 4.23
School does not rank
AP: World History (5), Calculus AB (5), Lang & Comp (5), US History (5)
IB: school does not offer
Senior Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, AP US Government, Economics, Chorus, Creative Writing
Major Awards: Nothing really “major”…National Merit Commended student, AP Scholar with Honor, Varsity letters (in two sports and in academics), Scholar Athlete (9 times)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Varsity Cross Country (captain), Varsity Track and Field, Select Women’s and Select Vocal Choral ensembles, NHS, National English Honor Society (committee chair), Spanish Honor Society, Holiday Helpers (organization which donates Easter baskets to kids whose parents come to a food shelter- cofounder)
Job/Work Experience: Barista at a coffee shop, lifeguard from 2012-2014 (summers), assistant swim coach (in charge of all kids aged 3-8)
Volunteer/Community service: As listed above, in sixth grade my friend and I started Holiday Helpers, a small organization which each year which donates dozens of Easter baskets to a local food shelter to distribute to kids…also volunteering for NHS (I was serving dinner at a homeless shelter when I found out I was accepted!!!)
Summer Activities: Nothing really impressive, just lifeguarding and coaching.
Essays: Maybe an 8? I wrote my common app essay about being a barista and learning to make the perfect cappuccino which I thought was funny and creative, and my Vanderbilt essay on Holiday Helpers. I’m generally a pretty good writer, so they should have been good. </p>

<p>Recommendations: Probably 8/9? My APUSH teacher loved me last year (I had a 98 in the class) so his should have been good, and my favorite teacher ever (10th grade HN English and creative writing) wrote my other one- he’s a great writer and I’m sure he spoke very highly of me. I’m sure my counselor rec was good, as I actually know my counselor (unlike most people at my school)
No additional rec and no interview, due to a “technological glitch” or something</p>

<p>Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, and received more than the net calculator had projected!
Intended Major: Biology and/or Medicine, Health, and Society (Pre-Med)
State: Virginia
School Type: Public, ~550 students in my class and 2300 or so total
Ethnicity: Mixed (White/Asian)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $170,000 or so…
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>Reflection:
Strengths: Test scores, maybe extracurriculars, recs, and essays?
Weaknesses: GPA? No major weaknesses that I can think of.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I applied ED, had a very good SAT score and pretty good GPA/grades, also I had met my admissions counselor twice so maybe she had a good impression of me?
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Clemson University (safety- $60,000 scholarship), and had applied to Elon (safety), Wake Forest, U of Richmond, and UVA (was going to apply to Duke and Northwestern ED if I didn’t get into Vanderbilt)</p>

<p>General Comments: I am so excited to be a Commodore and meet my fellow accepted students next year! Anchor down!</p>

8

<p>Decision: Accepted
Peabody College- HOD</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Did not send
ACT (breakdown): 32 (36E, 31R, 30M, 32S)
SAT II: Did not send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/185
AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang, History, Psych
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Lit- My school only offers 5 APs; other classes were mostely honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State DECA awards, and Proficiency at International DECA Conference</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): DECA (Officer- 3 years; National Competitor), Interact Club (VP), NHS (Treasurer), College Ambassador for my school, Freshman Mentor, News Editor for school newspaper, Academic Challenge Team
Job/Work Experience: Work-Study Student at school system
Volunteer/Community service: 100 hours with Childcare Center
Summer Activities: Worked almost full time for two summers
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9-10, recently I had been second-guessing my ideas, but I believe my idea was very unique and a huge factor of my acceptance. Writing is also one of my strong-suits, as it is one of my favorite things. I also tied my Vanderbilt supplement in with my intended major, so I am sure that helped.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): </p>

<p>Teacher Rec #1: Waived my right and did not see any of my recs. Probably a 10- My AP Lang teacher from Junior year (who will also be my AP Lit teacher) wrote this one. He was very excited about writing it, and I think he knew me very well.
Teacher Rec #2: Also did not see, but probably a 9-10. This was from my Pre-Cal teacher from Junior year. We are also very close.
Counselor Rec: Again, did not see, but I am one of the top students he is over, and he speaks very highly of me.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: My interview went extremely well. She has a current student at Vandy and kept telling me that I was a lot like her daughter, so I am sure she spoke of my fit with the school. </p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: HOD
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Small, Rural, Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation; Also, not sure if this is a hook, but I am fairly certain that I am the only one from my county to ever apply to VU, at least in that last 10 years. </p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: FirstGen, Essays, Recs
Weaknesses: ACT Score, Maybe ECs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly think my essays and recs were a huge part of my acceptance. I also came from a small school where students do not go to top schools, so I did really well within my class.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: </p>

<p>General Comments:
I am still completely in shock. This is a dream come true. To future applicants reading this and worrying, please please please apply! And if you have and are worrying, you truly never know! I never thought in a million years that this would happen. Please never give up and be proud of your accomplishments! Congrats to all others accepted! Cannot wait to be your classmate! Anchor Down! </p>

9

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown): 33 (M- 30, S- 35, R- 34, E- 33)
SAT II:n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): (not completely sure) about 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (4), Lang & Comp (3… lol), Lit & Comp, Calc AB,
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit & Comp, Physics Honors, AP Calc AB, Advanced Art, Gov/Economics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (please not again lol) NHS (VP), Cross Country, Journalism, French Club (Secretary), FCA, Equestrian (VP), Fire Dept Explorers, etc.
Job/Work Experience: I work for an “affordable housing” company
Volunteer/Community service: not sure of exact hours…
Summer Activities: uh…
Essays (rating 1-10, details): ehh, maybe a 7/8, so worried about this (parents& teachers liked it)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): </p>

<p>Teacher Rec #1: former history teach, now head of upper school (like principle) solid 9
Teacher Rec #2: AP Chem teacher, taught my mom, I’d say 8/9
Counselor Rec: had a lot of help with her, know her well, 10
Additional Rec: love my art teacher, 10
Interview: was not able to get one</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: ChemE/Undecided
State (if domestic applicant): AL
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: VERY small, private (there are 40 people in my grade…)
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 80-100
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none that I know of</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths:
Weaknesses: I wasn’t sure how my essay would compare, I tried to insert humor. My ACT was on the “low”-er end of the applicants I saw (also gpa). Basically I was worried about everything.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea, hopefully it was personality through my essays and recs. BUT I’m so glad I was!! (:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Auburn University, deferred at Tulane (lol), haven’t heard from GT yet</p>

<p>General Comments:
Wow, I have been so stressed and anxious about this. I kept on thinking/saying that I wasn’t good enough to get in. Don’t doubt yourself, and try not to worry too much (trust me, I know it’s hard). I’m honestly about to bake my recommenders some goodies and thank God and the adcom so much for letting me in.
ANCHOR DOWN!</p>

10

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (CR: 750, Math: 800, W: 730)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: Math II (800), Chem (750), Literature (740)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 6.41/7.00 apparently, IB predicted is 40/45 or 38/42
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Don’t rank, but top 20% at least (66 students)
AP (place score in parenthesis):
Junior IB score (place score in parenthesis): Math HL (5), Biology SL (7), Chemistry HL (7), Economics HL (6), English A Lit SL (6), Theory of Knowledge/EE (3/3)
Senior Year Course Load/IB Predicted:
Math HL (6), Biology SL (7), Chemistry HL (7), Economics HL (6), English A Lit SL (6), Theory of Knowledge/EE Film (2)</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Long term: (Leader) Model UN Club, (Leader) Operation Smile Club, (Chief Editor) High School Newspaper. (I put in optional common app: have a YouTube Channel for subbing film trailers). Judo practitioner
Short term: 9 MUN conferences with one PGA and one Chair at THIMUN (pretty big deal as MUN goes (haven’t been on CC long to know how much of a big deal). Two Operation Smile missions as volunteer. Working on a short film with friends.</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Intern at Academy of Science and Technology (2 weeks), Intern at food company (my dad owns) (4 weeks/2 year).
Volunteer/Community service: I guess above
Summer Activities: Job/Work experience during summer
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I wrote about my apartment building (Soviet era) and my school (international modern institution). Was writing about how one gives me my principles while the other helped gave me opportunities.
I actually don’t like it, but everyone else says they liked it, my mum even teared up a little. I had a consultant who helped me write this and he says he liked it more than the one I wrote by myself (which I liked), so take what I have with a grain of salt.</p>

<p>Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): School doesn’t let me see</p>

<p>Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview: Didn’t need</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes (my family can only pay 20K)
Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Southeast Asian
School Type: IB-International School (1 out of 2 UN school)
Ethnicity:
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: less than 60K I bet
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Scholarship student maybe? my mum worked at my school so I got waived tuition fees. I guess one unique thing is the fact I’m Southeast Asian poor (middle income for my country), but a student in international school with foreigners and rich people (people here own patches of the city!)</p>

<p>Reflection
I realized how little work I’ve done in high school (about an hour/day) so I’m still regretting a lot of things I should have done. I mean if I really wanted to my IB score could have been 43 or above. This is pretty much colored with pessimism</p>

<p>Strengths:
Weaknesses: Low GPA, Low predicted score, and Financial Aid (I’m asking for quite a lot and that has to be one factor, 50K)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My hook.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: </p>

<p>General Comments:</p>

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<p>REJECTED</p>

<p>ACT–33
GPA- 96.38 unweighted
97.86 weighted
AP- classes- 8 total AP classes
Rank - school does not rank approx top 5%
Class Chairperson (President) 12th grade
Student Govt (9 and 10 grade class Representative), 11th grade (Officer of Public Policy/Executive Board Member)
National Honor Society-- Vice President
Spanish Club /National Spanish Honor Society 9,10,11,12
Tri-M Music Honor Society- 11th and 12th
Student of Month Dec 2013 School of 2000 students
Cross Campus Champer Choir - highly selective district-wide-HS vocal group
Nysmma-selected all county mixed chorus
High School musical -4 yrs-- Head student choreographer-received a county award for best choreography
Dance- private dance class and competition 13 years
Home Coming court (12)-
Fashion Show Chairperson (organized charity that raised $1200 )
Research Program 9,10,11 ( one of 17 students selected per grade to participate in this highly selective research program)</p>

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<p>Accepted- but I don’t like to define myself by numbers because seeing all of these numbers as an applicant made me anxious and feel like I could not meet those expectations.</p>

<p>Here is my advice to future applicants: </p>

<p>Be yourself. Write essays that someone could pick up off of the floor and know it was yours. Express your passions and interests. Remember that you are not a number, and the admissions counselors will understand that. Don’t get caught up in the nitty gritty because that will only hold you back. Just be the best person that you can be, and make your application a full representation of yourself. </p>

<p>That’s my two cents. Also, if whoever manages this thread needs to delete this comment because it doesn’t follow the format and whatnot, I get that and I won’t be offended. Congratulations to everyone who was accepted!</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED ED1</p>

<p>SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING </p>

<p>ACT :32
AP : CALCULUS AB (5) CHEMISTRY (4)
SAT SUBJECT TEST: MATH II (770)
GPA : 4.3
RANK: 3 of 206
Senior Year Course Load:
AP ENGLISH IV
AP US GOVERNMENT/ AP ECONOMICS
AP CALCULUS BC
AP PHYSICS B
CHINESE 201 (DUAL CREDIT)
Extracurriculars
TENNIS: STATE TEAM TITLE - 6 YEARS/ INDIVIDUAL STATE SINGLES TITLE (JUNIOR YEAR)
ROBOTICS TEAM (PRESIDENT)
PIANO, GUITAR, HARMONICA
Recommendations: 2 TEACHER, 1 TENNIS COACH
Job/Work Experience: IT COMPANY
Volunteer/Community service: MAYORS YOUTH COUNCIL/ JR. LEADERSHIP
Interview: YES
Applied for Financial Aid? YES – RECEIVED AID SLIGHTLY ABOVE NET PRICE CALCULATOR
Intended Major: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
State : MISSISSIPPI
School Type: PUBLIC
Ethnicity: WHITE
Gender: MALE</p>

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<p>totally just posted this on the 2015 thread by mistake (shows just how smart I really am…) but anyways </p>

<p>Accepted!!
Engineering (Biomedical)</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): did not submit
ACT: 34
SAT II (if submitted): did not submit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (4.56W)
Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): straight As all throughout high school
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/427
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Microeconomics (5), AP Chem (4), AP Calc BC (5), AP Psych (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load: Ind. Study AP Comp, AP Physics (1&2), APUSH, Calculus 3 at local university
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Student</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): yearbook (editor-in-chief), student council, JETS engineering competition, NHS, dance (15 yrs), spring fling crew
Job/Work Experience: Retail (Amusement Park): 2012-2014, Retail (American Eagle Outfitters): 2013-current
Volunteer/Community service: math tutor, habitat for humanity, local soup kitchen, etc.
EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): wrote about yearbook and how I was not chosen to be editor in middle school but became high school editor, felt kinda eh about it
General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): “How I Failed at Sports” wrote about how I tried multiple sports until I realized my love for dance and the confidence that dance has instilled in me
Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it):
Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): saw one (pretty good I guess I don’t really know what else to say about it)
Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): did not get to see it, but my school has very few kids who actually apply themselves so I know my counselor really took up an interest in me/my college search
Additional Rec (only if you saw it): did not see it, but I attended the PA Governor’s School for Engineering at Lehigh University and had someone from there write me a rec
Interview: NA</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first generation college</p>

<p>Reflection: I think the biggest thing for people reading this is not to look at these posts as what you MUST have. I remember looking through the class of 2018’s results thread crying to myself because these people all sounded so much more qualified than I was, yet many were getting rejected. Unfortunately there’s no way to know for sure what you MUST have to get in, but if you really want to go here then at least give it a try and don’t stress out too much over this board.</p>

<p>Strengths: high school courses/grades
Weaknesses: essays
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
I’m honestly not sure other than the fact that I worked my butt off the past few years for this, but I do know that I’ve never been happier!</p>

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<p>DECISION : ACCEPTED ED1 - School of Engineering ( BioMedical Engineering)
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Did not take
ACT (breakdown): 35 Composite( 35 E 35 M 34 R 35 S W 9)
SAT II: Did not take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.33 Weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank (Top 5%)
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Eng - 5 , AP Human Geography - 5 AP Calculus BC 5( AB Subscore 5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology / AP Physics / AP Eng 4 / Calculus 3 ( UIUC) / AP Micro / Marco / Honors Chinese
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar Distinction
Illinois State Scholar
National Merit Commended
Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chinese Honors Society Co-President ( I am an Asian Indian)
4 Years Cross Country
2 Years Track and Field
3 Years Chess ( State Top 10 team)
3 Years Youth and Governance Club
2 Years Model UN
Worked under Nearby University Professor in Cancer Research for 20 weeks
Represented School in Illinois Leadership Seminar
Attended Mini Medical Program ( 20 hrs of clinical Experience)<br>
Job/Work Experience: Maths and Science Tutor
Volunteer/Community service: 500 hrs of Volunteering in Hospitals / Museums / Libraries
Summer Activities: 3 Summer Research camps ( Did not submit)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Very good that is what everybody said
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):</p>

<p>Teacher Rec #1: Excellent
Teacher Rec #2: Excellent
Counselor Rec: She likes me a lot so thinking Excellent
Additional Rec: My Research Prof submitted hoping it is pretty good.
Interview: No</p>

<p>Other : Showed lot of interest </p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: No Aid have to pay full price
Intended Major: BioMedical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Huge Public School ( More than 4000 kids)
Ethnicity: Asian Indian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: > 180000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No</p>

<p>Reflection
I should have done more in Research work</p>

<p>Strengths: ACT / Extracurriculars and focus on Medical Area
Weaknesses: GPA is good but have been better personally for me
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ACT and Focused Extra Curriculars and my Research work and recommendations and Essay
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Tulane / Saint Louis University / Loyola University Chicago / Purdue University /Case Western Reserve University all BioMedical Engineering</p>

<p>General Comments: Just focus on what you want to do and try to build good relationship with your local admission counselor </p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):did not submit
ACT (breakdown): 35 (35 eng, 35 reading, 35 math, 36 science, 10 writing)
SAT II: chem 720, math level II 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.02 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank or give percentile
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calc AB (5), AP Chem (4), AP Eng Language and Comp (4), AP Art (3)
Senior Year Course Load:
1st semester: AP Statistics; AP English; AP Physics 1; Cloning, Transgenics, and Bioethics; Economics; Drawing and Painting
2nd semester: AP Stats; AP Eng; AP Physics 1; Psychology; AP Calc BC; World Religions
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
AP Scholar with Honor
National Merit Semifinalist</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Volleyball, Track and Field, Piano, StudCo, various clubs, National Honor Society, National Art Honor Society
Job/Work Experience: Children’s summer camp (Counselor)
Volunteer/Community service: Emergency Room volunteer at UMMC; Animal shelter volunteer
Summer Activities: PAVE program at Vanderbilt; volunteering
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8, people told me they were very good, but I felt with a little more time they could have been even better
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Very high on the scale, but I can’t put a number to them. I had three recs (two teachers, one mentor)</p>

<p>Interview: No</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid: No
Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): MS
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female</p>

<p>Reflection: It really helped me to have gone to Vanderbilt’s PAVE camp over the summer.</p>

<p>General Comments: Just work the very hardest you can at what you do, and you’ve got a great chance!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 35 S, 35 M, 33 R, 35 E, 33 composite
SAT II (place score in parentheses): none
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87, 4.67 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/670, top 2%
AP (place score in parentheses): World History 4, English Language 5
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AP Physics C, AP English Lit, AP Gov/Econ, AP Computer Science
Major Awards: Academic Award Nominations Algebra 2/Trig, French, English, award medalist in AP French, Varsity Tennis MVP as a freshman, junior and senior, All Sunset League 2012, over 35 USTA regional tennis championships, AP Scholar, NMSQT
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Varsity tennis 3 years, captain jr/sr year, Popular music ensemble 2 years (vocals/guitar/bass), USTA junior tournaments, math team, USTA High Performance 2 years 2008-2010, 2013/2014 Michael Chang Classic Finalist
Job/Work Experience: volunteer math tutor at school, tennis coach
Volunteer/Community Service: volunteer at food bank, NHS, beach cleanup
Summer Activities: tennis tournaments, tennis academy, tennis camp at school, teaching math and helping at math class, guitar lessons, performing with band at Orange County Fair
Essays: excellent about having mixed race
Teacher Recommendations: very good
Counselor Rec: very good
Additional Rec: extremely good from coach
Interview: no
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: White/Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle Class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>[ul] [<em>] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): n/a
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): AP Calc (A, 5/5); AP Chem (A,4); AP Lit (A,4); AP Gov (A,5); AP Chinese (A,5)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Refer to above AP classes
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C: Mechanics+ Electricity and Magnetism, Hon Bio II+ AP Bio, DE Intermediate Chinese I at nearby community college, Senior Portfolio(internship), AP Lang
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] AP Scholar with Distinction, not much else
Subjective:

[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis):[/li] FIRST Robotics (4 years, Design Team Captain this year)
Cross Country (soph/junior year)</p>

<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Marshalls, ORNL internship working with 3D printing plastics
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
Mentor for FLL (FIRST Lego League) team
STEM camp counselor for 1 week during summer of 2013/2014</p>

<p>[<em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): Wrote about cross country and how it led me to lose a lot of weight and gain confidence in the process
[</em>] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Wrote about robotics and finding inspiration, as well as a group of friends where I belong
[<em>] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): what second essay?
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): didn’t see any recs, but they were from my Calc teacher (she really liked me because I was good at Calculus_, my Chinese teacher (he liked me because I worked very hard in Chinese and was the first non native speaker at our school to get a 5 on the AP Chinese Test, and my AP Lit teacher (she’s a great writer and wrote a very in-depth letter)
[<em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it):
[</em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it):
[li] Interview:[/ul] It went well for the most part, I really talked about how Chinese and robotics were important to me[/li]Other</p>

<p>[ul] [ <em>] State (if domestic applicant): TN
[</em>] Financial Aid: Yes
[<em>] Income Bracket: Less than $45,000
[</em>] Intended Major: Engineering, chemical (1st), Biomedical (2nd)
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):[/ul] Robotics, ORNL internship, interest in Chinese?[/li]Reflection I am still absolutely amazed and in some disbelief. My advice would be to do what you’re genuinely interested in rather doing something just for the sake of a resume.</p>

<p>[ul][ <em>]Strengths: ACT scpre, GPA, experience with engineering, interest Chinese to show well roundedness
[</em>] Weaknesses: My essays may not have been great since writing isn’t my strong suit, not too sure; I also did not have many extra curriculars- quality not quantity I guess
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul][/li]Probably a combination of my ACT/GPA and engineering experience plus my desire to study Chinese</p>

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<p>REJECTED</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown):n/a
ACT (breakdown):32
AP: AP Lang/Comp, AP Physics B, AP Calc AB, AP US History: 5, AP World: 3, AP Bio: 4 (AP Scholar with distinction)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Lit/Comp, AP Spanish IV, ASB (student council), AP Chemistry, AP Government/ Econ
GPA: 4.33 W, 3.98 UW</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Student Body president (grade 12)
Junior Class President (Grade 11, raised $15,000 for my class)
JV/ Varsity tennis 9-11 (team captain grade 11)
Camp Counselor for toddlers camp over summer, got 165 hour of community service
National Charity League (9-12), got award grade 9 for 65 hours/1 yr
Piano (9-12)
Vocal lessons (11-12)
Paid tutoring in math and science 15 hours a week (11-12)
Coach’s assistant for middle school tennis team (9-10)
Attended mission trip to Navajo reservation to paint houses (summer of grade 12)
Student Rotarian of the month
NHS member</p>

<p>***Won more than 10 academic awards from my school from freshman to junior year for being top 5% in subject area and soroptomist award for leadership and scholarship</p>

<p>Essays (rating 1-10, details): I would say my essay deserved around a 7.5. It was incredibly honest, personal, and well thought out. I got very positive feedback from my teachers and counselors.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): One was from my calculus teacher who knows me very well, the other was from my AP physics teacher. I have very close relationships with both; I assumed they were very good.
Counselor Rec: Great
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Technical difficulties with interview process, my requests didn’t reach interviewers, so I couldn’t do an interview.</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Physics
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Both parens attended along with my uncle</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: I thought that my achievements in the realms of leadership and academics would have made me a competitive applicant. I have been incredibly active in my school all four years, and I do a ton of work on the side as Student Body president.
Weaknesses: Lack of diversity, scores possibly too low</p>

<p>General Comments:
Congratulations to all that were accepted!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t submit
ACT (breakdown): 32
Math (34)
Reading (33)
Science (31)
English (28)
SAT II: took Bio (M) and Math level 2 in Oct but didn’t like my scores enough to send them.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank but approx top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Bio (3) AP Gov (5) took AP Spanish junior year but didn’t take the test
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP US History, AP Calc AB, AP English, Journalism, Physics and Econ
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 4-Year ROTC full-tuition scholarship recipient, 2nd place National Story of the Year (National Scholastic Press Association 2014) </p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student class Vice President (12)
Dance Marathon (Committee head and captain, 11-12)
Student Senate (Committee head, 11-12)
School newspaper (Section editor, editorial board member, 11-12)
Republican Club (Treasurer, 9-12)
Cross country (JV: 9-11, V: 12)</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: work as a receptionist at local insurance agency (1 day/week) work at an ice cream shop (1 day/week)
Volunteer/Community service:
Freshmen/New student mentor, free tutor at “Success Center” during open hours, Stadium Cleanup, Salvation Army, various Student Senate volunteer activities
Summer Activities: U.S. Naval Academy Summer Seminar
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 10 - I wrote about how Dance Marathon has inspired me to go into medical research for the common app. It was completely written from the heart (I know that sounds cheesy but it’s true!)
Vandy supplement: I wrote it pretty quick but I think it turned out well.</p>

<p>Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 9. He knows me pretty well. He gets asked for a lot of recs, though, so he may not have focused very much on mine.
Teacher Rec #2: 10. I picked my AP Bio teacher because she knows me through a lot of different outlets.
Counselor Rec: 8 maybe? I go to a big school so she has lots to write, but she’s known me for years.
Additional Rec: 10. My cross country coach submitted a rec for me and it was beaming.
Interview: Requested one but didn’t go through because of technical issues. </p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): IA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large public school (~2000)
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: my scholarship, rec letters and essays.
Weaknesses: test scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think Vanderbilt really looks at the whole student and not just test scores. My essays and recs were probably the deciding factors. </p>