Vanderbilt Fall 2019 Transfer Thread

Can someone please chance my daughter
Hs gpa 4.1
College gpa 4.0
Sat 1330/1600
She is applying as a sophomore
She has completed 21 units for fall semester, all rigorous courses related to her major and she is in honors program in the California community college. Currently taking 16 units for spring semester. Working part time and volunteering at free clinic.
Lots of extra curriculum activity during high school

@Coopy1 Same response from the Georgetown thread. Her score is low, but hopefully her essays and LORs are great

Does anybody know when decisions will be released?

@Ashtash what do you think her chances are for NYU?

@Coopy1 Unfortunately, I don’t really know anything about NYU transfer admissions. It looks like their transfer acceptance rate for fall 2017 was about 25%, so still pretty competitive. Like I said, I don’t know much about NYU, but I think her scores are low for there as low.

I do know that Georgetown and Vanderbilt are pretty holistic in their admissions process, so it’s good that the rest of her profile is strong. I can’t speak for NYU, but I’d check out the transfer thread for 2019 and also look through previous years transfer threads to get an idea of who got admitted.

Best of luck to her!

@JordanBelfort1 the first wave should come out by late April and then it just comes out in waves from then through May, I believe

@JordanBelfort1 Check out transfer threads from previous years to get a better idea

Transfer decisions were appx. on 4/26 in 2018 and 4/18 in 2017

Has anyone received any contact from the admissions or financial aid offices, either requests or something else?

To feel less like I’m just waiting around for decisions, I thought I’d post my stats here so you all could chance me…

Background:
School: Vassar College
Major: Undeclared, plan on going into Environmental Science or Biology

  • I’ve done two intro classes for both Environmental Studies (Vassar doesn’t have En. Science) and Bio, but for a lot of college I was just testing out different subjects
    GPA: 3.67
    I’m hoping to transfer as a junior, but I’m in a weird situation. I’ve completed three semesters at Vassar, but I’m taking a gap semester to participate in a maritime studies program. The program is pretty well regarded (it’s through Williams College), but I’m not receiving credit for it because I’m a sophomore, and students at Vassar are technically not allowed to study away until they’ve completed four semesters. If I had decided to participate in the program next year, I would have received credit.

ACT: 33
High School GPA: 4.0 Unweighted (school didn’t do weighted)

EC (I only listed things after high school):
Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange: government funded program to study abroad in Germany for a year. I did this as a gap year after high school
Transitions Program: This is a program for low-income, first-generation students. I was a participant of the program for my freshman year, and for the Fall 2019 I was a student leader, where I led some workshops and advised a small group of freshmen
Summer Internship: I worked to help plan and gain funding for ADELANTE Student Voices, a program to help undocumented high school students find a pathway to college. I was also a counselor for the actual program.
Work study: Throughout my time at Vassar, I had a work study with the German Department. I helped plan some events and do some outreach, but mostly I just scanned books.
Vassar Food Community Planning Community: I helped plan events for VFC, whose goal is to use food to create community inside and outside of Vassar
Williams-Mystic Maritime Studies Program: This is the semester long program that I’m participating in now. For this program we take maritime policy, literature, science, and history classes, and then go on three short seminars throughout the semester to gain hands-on experience. In my app I also mentioned that I’m taking blacksmithing classes through the program.

LOR: two okay ones (one from intro bio from last semester, one from intro environmental studies from freshman year). one from the Transitions Director and one from my supervisor for my summer internship. I think these two will be pretty good.

Essay: I wrote about feeling isolated at Vassar because of the small setting, which ultimately hindered my academic progress. I mentioned that Vandy appeals to me because of its large setting and integration with Nashville.

Hi everyone,
can anyone tell me my chances?

School: A Texas Community College
Major: Biology
GPA: 3.94
Number of credits: 66+ 8 AP credits (74) but only 52 are transferable

Related Courses:
College Algebra
Trigonometry
Calculus I and II
General Chemistry I and II
General Biology I and II

SAT: 1400 (650 English, 750 Math)
HS GPA 3.81 (No APs)

ECs:
Teacher assistant at my school
Tutor Students
Green Ambassador from HS
Volunteering at Public Schools

LOR: One awesome letter, the other one was from my Calculus professor so hmm!?!?!

Essays: They are ok

@texmexhomeboy1999 Your chances are good. Admissions is just a crap shoot. Essays are what make you stand apart from all the other applicants that have stronger/similar stats/ECs as you, so hopefully they’re better than OK

@myhuyen Your profile looks goods, but your college GPA is kinda low for a Vandy transfer. However, I think I’ve seen some students with similar GPAs get in. It’ll probably heavily depend on your essays and recs. Best of luck! Since you’ll be a junior transfer a lot more weight will be put on your college record rather than your high school record. You did say that you feel your environment hindered your academic progress. Plus, Vassar is a well-respected school. I’m sure they will consider these things. Best of luck!

@myhuyen I found some profiles that might give you an idea of your chances:

"Decision: Accepted

Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White
State: NY
Current College: NY private around 55 in us news and world
Credits: 32
Major: Political Science
HS GPA: around a 92/100
ACT/SAT: 2000 (1310 two part)
College GPA: ~3.5
Midterm: ~3.5

What got me in: Certainly not my grades. While my grades were good enough to make me a serious candidate, my extra-curriculars and recommendations are almost certainly what separated me from other candidates. I'm really glad Vandy saw around my not-so-vanderbilt grades."

"Hello,
This is not a decision, but a little information that I think would be helpful to people going through these threads in the future.

1.Most people, unfortunately, did not post their decisions in here. However, if you go to other thread(find link below), the first wave of decisions start on page 131, the second wave is on page 179. The first wave was mostly all acceptances, while the second was mostly all waitlists and denials. It seemed that, for a junior transfer, a 3.9+ GPA from a four year school made you very likely to be accepted."

"Decision: Waitlisted

Gender: Female
State: Maryland
Current College: Stevens Institute of Technology
Credits: 76 after this spring semester
Major: Computer engineering with a minor or concentration in nuclear engineering
HS GPA: don’t remember exactly, but i think around 3.7 unweighted and 4.5 weighted (had a 5.0 my senior year)
ACT: 32
College GPA: cumulative after this semester is a 3.365, though i’ve been taking over my required course load
SAT: 2020
EC: unified sports for all of high school (with special olympics), as well as treasurer of FNHS, member of NHS, took both IB and AP courses. Not too much in college, but I work 3-4 days a week at the local Mathnasium as well as with the math department on campus
LOR and Essays: 1 LOR from a college professor and one from a high school teacher, both should be strong. Essays were very personal

My decision came in the second wave!

Note: I applied during high school and was denied, not sure if that helps or not"


"Decision: DENIED

Gender: M
Age: 22
State: MI
Current College: Community College
Credits: 88
Major: Neuroscience
HS GPA: 3.26
ACT/SAT: 28
College GPA: 3.95

ECs:
Job in school district
Second job in leadership role
Phi Theta Kappa
High Level Internship, 14 hrs/week
Independent Contractor as 3rd job
Gap semesters (2) and associated travel

LOR: 10/10
Essay: Good, but was probably a bit rushed as I read it again. There were a few stupid grammatical mistakes.

Decision posted 5/8/17 6:05 PM"

"Decision: Accepted

Gender: Male
State: International
Current College: Along the lines of UNC, UMich, maybe NYU
Credits: Will have ~60 by the end of the term; rising junior
Major: Economics (CAS)
HS GPA: 3.8+
ACT/SAT: 32+
AP: 10+ with near all 5’s
SATII: Submitted three at 750+
College GPA: 3.7+ taking fairly rigorous workload in major and elective classes
EC: Several leadership positions in campus organizations. Active in student government. Also participated in student-to-university councils.
LOR and Essays: LOR’s were probably good but impersonal (I go to a large school). I would rate my essays 7-8/10. They clearly defined my goals in transferring but didn’t really contain any standout hooks.

The first application decision for Vanderbilt transfer this year was April 18, my decision came in the 1st wave."

I think these show that it really is a hit or miss, and when you have a solid profile, whether it be on the weaker side or the stronger side, you have as good of a shot as anyone else (from what we can see, at least)

These posts came from the fall 2017 transfer class. They are actually from a Vandy transfer thread dedicated solely to decisions. However, you can find a lot more information from the discussion threads from over the years

@Ashtash is it true that Vanderbilt prefers to take students from four years universities versus community college?

Well! I asked my advisor and she responded that they see more applicants from 4-year colleges than from CC so by proportion they take more 4-year college transfers :V she did not respond to my question.

@Coopy1 I honestly have no idea. As @texmexhomeboy1999 noted, they probably do see more 4-year transfer apps, but I have no idea what they prefer. I can say that a lot of other schools of similar caliber love seeing transfer apps from CCs, but I don’t much about Vandy in that regard

@Ashtash thank you

Taking them at their word, they say they prefer applicants coming from a similar type of institution. Obviously they still accept CC applicants so how much, “prerer” means is a relative term that only they know.

@Coopy1 Refer to @whata777 's comment above(: