Vanderbilt ED2 Results Class of 2020

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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]**

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.):

Subjective:

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

Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

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.):

Reflection

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

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[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]**

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (800 M 780 CR, 710 W)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): computer science (3), calc AB (5), euro hist(4), English lang (4), French (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: gym, art, AP enviro sci, AP gov, AP lit, AP calc BC, AP stats
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit, some athletic awards

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: part time job senior year (25 he’s/wk)
Volunteer/Community service: 10hrs/wk at hospital during summer. 2/hrs wk during school year at events, political campaigns, etc
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): wrote about how I used to be very racist but have evolved. I believe it was very good. It mentioned the death of a black boy that I demonizrd as the turning point.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: junior year AP english. Should have been at least decent.
Teacher Rec #2: research/gym teacher. Loves me but isn’t very articulate so I’m not sure.
Counselor Rec: my counselor loves me
Additional Rec:
Interview: did not request

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: computer science
State (if domestic applicant): RI
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: inner city public magnet
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: over 100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: SAT, essays
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:SAT and personality
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to northeastern (merit), Alabama(merit), Maryland. Deferred by brown.

I’m so excited!! I wrote a really short supplement (180 words) and so a couple days later I sent an email explaining why I love vanderbilt so much in a paragraph. My regional admissions officer emailed me back saying he was glad that I applied and had a great visit.

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**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2110 (680 CR 770 M 660 W
ACT (breakdown): 33 (36M 30E 30R 35S
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 800M2 780Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.31
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parentheses):
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: extremely difficult
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): leader of multiple clubs, multiple varsity sports, all that stuff colleges want, etc…
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community Service: ~100 hours
Summer Activities: hanging out with friends
Essays: nice
Teacher Recommendations: nice
Counselor Rec: nice
Additional Rec:
Interview: none

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? yes
Projected Concentration: finance, accounting
State (if domestic applicant): somewhere underrepresented
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: I seriously go to the most difficult high school I know of
Ethnicity: black
Gender: M
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection
Strengths: im black
Weaknesses: everything else
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m one of a kind
Where else you are applying or have already applied:
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:

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I was too lazy to put all my extracurriculars but I’m involved in the community, have worked on a few coding projects, XC captain, etc etc

Aaaaand I got suspended for drugs earlier this year

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[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]**

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (760 M, 730 CR, 740 W)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 700 Bio, 730 Chem, 730 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):10/300
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP BC Calculus, AP Computer Science, AP Spanish, AP English
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Society of Womens Engineers Award

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: Independent Engineering Project with leader of my school
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):9-10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):9-10 (really positive relationships with my teachers)

Teacher Rec #1: 10
Teacher Rec #2: 9
Counselor Rec: 10
Additional Rec: 10
Interview: no interview

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?:no
Intended Major: computer science
State (if domestic applicant):NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): woman in engineering

Reflection: really was not planning on getting in–very surprised

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: good stats and great recs
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted from UMich, UTexas Austin, Tulane, Maryland, Wisconsin rejected from Penn

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My daughter was denied. 33 act outstanding leadership and extracurriculars. Even though over 4.0 she had Two b grades over the course of high school. Also a legacy. Just doesn’t make sense. Congratulations to the rest.

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@junmom sometimes the decisions are based on things that are out of our control. I was denied as well and I believe I was qualified to be accepted.

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Accepted

Name of Vanderbilt College you applied to: Peabody& Arts and science double major
Objective:

SAT I (breakdown):2240
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:800, 750
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.68
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis):6 fives
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:6 AP classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): various activities relating to my interest in Public Policy
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Prez of a volunteering club, church, etc
Summer Activities:volunteer at in an underfunded school during summer
Essays:10/10 (IN MY OPINION!)
Teacher Recommendation: IDK
Counselor Rec: IDK
Additional Rec: got a letter from prez of school where I volunteered
Interview:
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Human and Organizational development & Public Policy
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant): USA, but South Korean citizenship
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender:Male
Income Bracket: idk but applied for fin aid as international student
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection:

Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Essays
Weaknesses: my GPA, SAT
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: prob cuz i showed very well that I really wanted to go to Vanderbilt
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted Vanderbilt (ED2) and Cornell (ED 1) deferred from Colorado College EA (which I don’t understand)

Again, I was the only student from my high school to be accepted to Cornell ED, but I decided not to attend Cornell since I didn’t receive ANY financial aid from Cornell since I am an international student. I felt miserable when I decided that I am not going to Cornell, even after being admitted, but looking back, it all turned out to be fine! I know that many applicants prob have much better GPAs and SAT/ACT scores than me, but I still got in to bot Vanderbilt and Cornell! Honestly, I think colleges care about what kind of a person you are as opposed to how good of a test taker you are. Be a good person and you will be successful!

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[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000] Decision: Accepted to CAS [/color][/size]**

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 34 (30/34/35/35/11(31))
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.4~~~Middle School-2.75/9th-3.43/10th-3.29 (With explanation b/c of health issues and economic issues)/11th-3.71/12th-3.86
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 15%
AP (place score in parenthesis): World,Human Geo, Psych, Music Theory, Lang, Stats, Spanish, US, Lit, Cal AB, Physics, Gov, Macro, Enviro (5,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,TBD)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, Cal AB, Physics, Gov, Macro, Enviromental, Honors orchestra,Honors research
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP scholar by junior year

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

  • Over 2000 service hours (2152), mostly in music. Co-founder of a music foundation that has helped hundreds of kids in low income neighborhoods. I give classes, do IT website and financial work, serve on the board, and am concertmaster of the most advanced orchestra.
  • Worked extensively within my mom’s company. Did quickbooks, excel, website & IT work in addition to handling bulk orders and clients. Officially listed as director of the company on the website.
  • Math honors society (Top 10 school in the nation, was on stats team junior year) (Stats Coach 12th grade)
  • President of Music honors society
  • First chair in school orchestra (concertmaster), have traveled to Washington DC, Orlando, Italy, New York for non school-related trips. First clarinet in band. Disney and New York for school related trips.
  • Have played in the Vatican for an Italian organization centered on world peace and education access for kids with students from at least 30 different countries. Played for the pope in October of sophomore year. Received a blessing from the pope Francis in addition to playing in several other cathedrals in Milan, Asisi, Turin, and Rome.
    Job/Work Experience: Tutoring, learning how to do jobs that an adult would usually do (order managing, excel, quickbooks)
    Volunteer/Community service: ~2000 hours
    Summer Activities: Not much, just my out of school ECs
    Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8/10 (Wrote about passion for teaching and helping out the community)
    Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 9/10 (English teacher, probably her favorite student, pretty much made her an AP teacher according to her by using me as an example.)
Teacher Rec #2: 7.5/10 (Physics teacher, good writer with a good track record of recommendations, not his best student however)
Counselor Rec: 10/10 (“You’re the student I most look forward to seeing once you get accepted into all your schools”)
Additional Rec: 8/10 (A page each, gave an overview of what I did in my 2 biggest ECs)
Interview:none

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Not answering
State (if domestic applicant): Not answering ( Big state, no hooks here)
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Not answering
Ethnicity: Hispanic :wink:
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Not answering (not rich)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Hispanic :wink: First-Gen :wink:

Reflection

Strengths: Hooks lol
Weaknesses: Average app with a trash gpa.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Wasn’t a nobel prize winner, so I tried to get them to like me instead. Also hooks.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: FIU (full ride), UIUC (financial aid tbd), Northeastern (Dean’s scholarship), UF Rejected/waitlisted: none

Extremely happy and fortunate that they took a chance on me and hopefully I’ll make the best of it. Also sorry about the not answering part, I know people that browse this site often and my specific ECs probably gave my identity away anyways. Congrats to all those who got in.

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@junmom we were advised that legacy need to apply ed1. When applying ed2, they assume that you have already been rejected by an ivy.

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[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted to CAS[/color][/size]**

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (740CR 720M 770W 11E) first sitting.
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 770 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not sure
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 4%
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMS, nothing else.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Student Government VP (11) Student Government President (12). Robotics (9-12), Varsity Swimming/Water Polo (9-12), USTA Tennis (10-12), California CM Advanced level Piano, Chess Club Founder (12) and bunch of other miscellaneous stuff that I don’t feel like listing.

Job/Work Experience: none

Volunteer/Community service: Founded a 501 c(3) non-profit organization that builds desktop computers for the needy, tutored ESL college students, and set up internships for students at my school. Total ~800 hours.

Summer Activities: Interned at a local accounting firm
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 6, Calc teacher. Didn’t know her too well, but I did well in her class.
Teacher Rec #2: 7, Bio teacher. Went out to lunch with him once, and he definitely knows me better than some of his other students.
Counselor Rec: 6, Supposedly writes pretty good recommendations, but I didn’t get to see the letter.
Additional Rec: 10 and 9. Got one from the school principal and one from one of the community college supervisors who set me up with the opportunity to tutor and also happens to be a close family friend. Both were very good and probably helped my application significantly.

Interview: Never got the chance to.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Undeclared
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Competitive Public
Ethnicity: Asian/Pacific Islander
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 250k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: Not sure. Everyone thinks their essays are unique and that their EC’s are great, but to be honest they’re all average in the eyes of a school like Vanderbilt.

Weaknesses: GPA, teacher recs(?)

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I thought my extracurricular activity supplemental was pretty good. My essay wasn’t bad either, but most people applying to Vandy probably have essays that are just as good. I believe Vandy likes Asian applicants, but I don’t think we get as much of an advantage as African-American or Hispanic applicants. ED II probably gave me an edge as well.

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Deferred: Duke (ED)

Accepted: Florida Tech ($20,000 merit scholarship)

Will have to withdraw applications from: USC, Northwestern, WashU, Cornell, the UC’s, Claremont McKenna, NYU, Tulane, Occidental, and Pepperdine.

Congrats to everyone who got accepted!

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Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):N/A
ACT (breakdown): 35 Composite (34 English, 33 Math, 35 Reading, 36 Science, 32 Combined Eng/Writing, 09 Writing)
SAT II: 760 Biology-Molecular, 740 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/350
AP (place score in parenthesis): Music Theory (4), Biology (5), English Lang & Comp (5), US History (4), Chemistry (4)
Senior Year Course Load: American Govt, AP English Lit & Comp, Honors Wind Ensemble, AP Micro & Macroeconomics, AP Statistics, Honors Human Anatomy & Physiology, AP Calculus BC
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHS, Illinois State Scholar, La Societé Honaraire de Français

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Wind Ensemble/Symphonic Band (All District and All State Band, Section Leader)
Show Choir (Won National Championship)
Marching Band (Drum Major, Section Leader of 150+ member band)
National Honors Society (Vice President)
School & City Jazz Band (4 year All District, Section Leader)
Classical & Jazz Piano since 5
Varsity Golf

Job/Work Experience: Worked at local Chinese restaurant & local golf course
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at local hospital, organized donation drives and projects with NHS and Key Club
Summer Activities: Work, Volunteer, Golf
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App Essay: 9, talked about how one time I was stranded in Greece with my dad who went through live saving surgery, and how I had to overcome various circumstances.
Vandy EC Essay: 8, talked about music & band

Teacher Rec #1: English Teacher, who I’ve had 3 times in high school, never read but assuming 9/10
Teacher Rec #2: Bio Teacher, never read, assuming 8/10
Counselor Rec: Hardly ever talk to her, but she knew who I was and school involvement, 7/10
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Pretty great, local doctor from similar circumstances, and good conversation. 9/10

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology, Pre-Med
State (if domestic applicant):Illinois
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Midsize (1400 students), suburban school
Ethnicity: Asian & White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 240,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
None in my perception

Reflection

Strengths: Academics, test scores, heavily involved in things I love to do, enunciated reasons for wanting to attend Vanderbilt
Weaknesses: No really outstanding honors, generic applicant w/out outstanding circumstances
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See above
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UIUC, Butler
Rejected: Stanford
Applications Withdrawn: Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, Wash U, Harvard