I thought I would post a discussion site for ED1 applicants! Good luck to all!! Anyone apply yet?
Applying Wednesday because our counselors make us send in our applications 3 weeks early.
Stats:
ACT: 33 Composite, 32 W, 34 M, 35 R, 31 S
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.35
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), Psychology (4), US Government (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental Science, AP Economics (Macro/Micro), AP AB Calc, Brit Lit H, Anatomy H, Yearbook
Academic Clubs (leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (Editor-in-Chief), Model UN, Debate, Student Council (Class Representative),
Sports (awards in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis (2 year captain, 3 coaches awards, 1st seed 4 years, 4 county player of the year nominee)
Job/Work Experience: Administration office of non-profit animal center
Volunteer/Community Service: 150+ hours
Summer Activities: Volunteer work, 2 week institute at Georgetown
Teacher Recommendation: AP government teacher (who I spend every lunch with), and AP Psych Teacher
Counselor Rec: great
Applying for Financial Aid: No
State (if domestic applicant): FL
School Type: private, college prep
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: >$200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): perfect attendance since kindergarten
Chances?
I applied and submitted last week:)))) LETS GET IT
heres my stat!!
Female/asian from GA
ACT:33 (34 composite, even though it does not matter)
UW GPA:3.89, our school does not do weighted…
I did not attend 8th grade due to family difficulties and basically went in without any 8th grade education (skipping entire algebra) so I made 2B’s from art and 2B’s first semester.But sophmore year I made All A’s in honors/ap classes, and junior year I took 5 AP and made all Super High A, and this year I am taking 5 ap’s SO 11 total.
Rank top 10% but if i take out my freshman year, top 3%
tri-langual (very fluent in Korean and spanish)
EC:
President of national math honor society (So many projects that I’ve initiated)
Founder of miliatry support club
Co vice president of beta
member of HOSA- medical program/serivce club
national honor society
national science honor society- won 2nd place in county
700+ service hours
sunday school teacher for 5 years now
refugee camp volunteer
started a mini charity buisness to help refugee kids to get education (in progress tho)
many leadership, 3 leadership position at school
other clubs… but not as important
Oldest out of 4, parent struggled finacnially so I took a big role in helping my parents out… thats why I do not have many summer activites nor internship.
Solid Essay and supplmentary essays (my ap lang and ap lit teacher told me that it was perfect)
LOR: all very strong
needs financial aid- NPC estimated that I only need to pay less than around $1000
Hooks: the adversity i’ve faced as an immigrant with low income, and the fact that I fell down but got back up by taking every opportunities… Also about my sunday school student telling me to pray for her to see her dad once more, who passed away from cancer, which made me want to study cancer even more.
I might not be the smartest… like my act is not that competitive nor my gpa but do you guys think I have some fair shot for ED1?
I come from the biggest high school in Georgia where almost none of our most competitive students applied to vadny
Just applied today
Stats:
SAT: 1430 in single seating
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.5 (maxed out for school)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ranked 14 out of 365
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (3), Biology (3), World History (3) (that was all the AP that was offered)
Dual Enrollment in Local University Honors Program: Junior and Senior Years, finished 100% of all core class + enough to obtain associates degree in Biology, Psychology and Mathematics - over 70 college credits and counting
Academic Clubs, all leadership positions for 4 years: Beta Club, National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society and few more
Sports (awards in parenthesis): 4 years Varsity Swim (Senior Captain, 3 coaches awards, Placed 3rd in State)
Volunteer/Community Service: 100+ hours
Teacher Recommendation: AP Biology teacher, AP Math Teacher, Professor at Emory University with 3 PHD’s
Counselor Rec: Outstanding
Applying for Financial Aid: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): GA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: $125K
Essays were spot on and very strong.
Eeek I finally got the courage to submit my app last night! Does anyone know how long it takes to get the email to set up the myAppVU account?
About a day!
@admd12000
I submitted mine two days ago! Now the waiting begins
Good luck to everyone on here! My app is in and I hopefully look forward to seeing you guys next summer.
My daughter submitted hers yesterday. Good luck to everyone! It’s going to be a long six weeks.
Just submitted! Does anybody know how much attention Vanderbilt gives to a resumé, if any?
Just got my app in! Got a long month and a half ahead of us.
@edc123 The resume is meant to supplement your common app activities list with any info that you couldn’t describe fully. I wouldn’t expect too much emphasis to be placed on it specifically. It will probably be regarded the same as your activities list.
Agreed…This will be a long six weeks!!!
Just submitted!!! Omg I’m nervous
Does anyone know the stats (estimate) for number of people applying ED 1 and number accepted?
They don’t separate out ED1 and ED2 but overall the acceptance rate has hovered around 23% between the two @“anotherbrickinthewall!”
5 1/2 more long weeks. Is anyone interviewing?
I’m trying to interview but none of the people I’ve requested have gotten back to me … hopefully soon 
My daughter is interviewing this weekend.
Same here @guevarajuice - we’re on request #3 and no one is accepting. Not a great system.