<p>According to the Vandy admissions blog, ED2 mailing day is set for tomorrow, Wednesday, February 13th. I think this thread will allow everyone out there to get the best idea of what Vanderbilt was looking for this year, as applications skyrocketed up 30% from 12,911 last year to 16,800, the most Vanderbilt has ever received in its history. </p>
<p>Without further ado,</p>
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<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): N/A
[</em>] SAT IIs: N/A
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: Unweighted: 4.0 (school doesn't weight gpa)
[</em>] Class Rank: 1/414
[<em>] ACT: 27
[</em>] APs (including this year's): 2 out of 3 offered; AP U.S. History and AP English IV
[<em>] IBs (including this year's): Not offered
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Honors Pre-Calculus, Honors Physics, Honors Government/Honors Economics, AP English IV, Honors Statistics, Band
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: At least 6
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.):[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: National Honor Society- Vice-President
Student Council- Junior class representative and photographer
Marching/Concert Band (Clarinet section leader 10-12)
Beta Club
Beta Epsilon
Junior Classical League
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): My passion for reading and how it helped me decide what I wanted to do with my life
[</em>] Teacher Recs:I didn't read them, but sure they were very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: same as above
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): N/A
[<em>] Hook (Minority, TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Minority [/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[li] State or Country:Tennessee[/li][</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public; Most people don't see it as a very good school, but if you take the challenging classes you would think differently
[<em>] Ethnicity: African American
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[</em>] Strengths:
[<em>] Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: My grades are really good. I'm ranked #1 and I think my recommendations were mostly likely very good.[/ul]</p>
<p>Any other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I was shocked when I found out I got in because I wasn't really sure I was going to get in because my ACT score is kind of low and I wasn't so sure about my essay, but I'm really excited and can't wait to start college there.</p>
<p>You're from Nashville? It's ok. I got my letter 3 days after it was mailed and I live 15 min from the school (I did EDI). You'll probably get it today.
Congrats to Toya!</p>