ACT: 36 composite, 36 on science, math, English; 35 on reading
SAT: 1570; 770 on English, 800 on Math
SAT II: 800 on Math II, 750 on US History, 740 on Literature
GPA: 4.0 UW
Rank: Like 1/49
AP: 4 on Euro, 5 on Stats and US, 3 more scores pending
Senior Courses: Honors Anatomy & Physiology, Honors Latin IV, Honors Government, Honors Economics, AP Lit, AP Human Geography, AP Calculus AB
Waitlisted: Tulane, WashU, Emory, UVA
Rejected: Northwestern, Penn (ED)
Still waiting on Harvard and Duke, will probably end up at Vandy
Penpal – the above article from a couple years back has some detail about how Vandy handles its waitlist. Vandy admissions is pretty transparent about their WL – it is the only school I recall specifically talking about it during the basic info sessions.
They typically fill about 10% of their seats through that channel, so it is a normal/significant part of how they build the class each year.
Welp, waitlist number two. I’m surprised tbh since I don’t consider myself a very strong applicant. I wish all of us the best of luck on getting off the waitlist (:
3.8 UW 4.39 W
34/1540
12 APs
No impressive ECs, only leadership is French club co-president
Rejected from MIT
Waitlisted from Vandy and UChicago
Accepted to SMU and Biola
Not crazy about the schools I’m accepted to unfortunately, so really stressed about ivy day since I haven’t been accepted to a top school
Asian, applied as sociology major
ACT: 36 on all sections, 10 on essay
SAT: 1570
GPA: 4.0 UW, rank top 1%
APs: 5s on 12 different APs
High Level in Music, President of an academic club at school, President of a music club, VP of a volunteer club, city gov internship, recognition in some state writing competitions
Also Accepted: Pomona, Notre Dame, Wesleyan, Barnard, Emory
Deferred: Yale EA
shockingly, no rejections yet! (ready to take Ls tomorrow though)
Congratulations to all accepted and waitlisted…my condolences to all the excellent candidates who wanted Vandy.
I believe that you will land in the place that you are meant to be. I have to, as my S is getting his best offers out of state and not in California, where he expected to attend. Purdue is his current #1 after rejection from MIT (duh) and waitlisted at SLO for AE. Go figure, Vanderbilt accepted him to the School of Engineering. We are thrilled, and will visit on the 9th, before deciding. Vanderbilt is a great school and we are humbled and shocked at his acceptance.
Accepted - School of ENG
ACT 35, (36 on Science, 35 Math, 34 Critical Reading)
SAT II Chem 740, Math II 770
GPA 4.3, UW 4.0-4.1
11APs - APHugs 4, Euro 5, US Hist 5, Chem 5, Eng Lit 5, Currently taking AP Phys, Latin, Calculus A-B, Eng Comp, Micro, Gov
Eagle Scout
I am not a legacy at all but I’m also not a first generation college student. And thanks by the way you’re right it is nice that sports get recognized. @LvMyKids2
Son was denied admission (sounds nicer) also at JHU, Northwestern, Georgia Tech (EA)
Wait listed WashU and CW (EA).
Accepted to Purdue honors program (no $, so can’t attend) and a couple more safeties with nice scholarships but not enough to attend, one safety is our state Stem university which has provided scholarships to pay for most of tuition/room and board.
Daughter was waitlisted with 35 ACT, 4.99 W GPA, excellent EC’s and leadership positions, 800 volunteer hours and National Merit Commended. She was also waitlisted at Case Western. She has been accepted to three safeties (U of SC Honor’s College, VT and NC State) and UVA (OOS) and MIT. We are currently waiting to hear from Duke, Yale and Princeton. Current first choice is MIT and absent acceptance from one of the three remaining schools, that is where she will be attending. We were honestly expecting the waitlist so she was not that upset. It looks like there are some great kids with awesome opportunities and difficult choices ahead of them.
@hopewhite25 - Incredible stats for your daughter. Your situation shows how arbitrary this process is. S denied Vanderbilt, WL at Williams and Middlebury, but accepted ND, Georgetown, BC, Case Western and several other matches with incredible offers of merit aid. We all would like to think it’s ok, and our kids really don’t care, but if you applied to Vanderbilt, your kid cares - at least if just ego to feel wanted by a school for which they put forth the effort to apply. Sounds like your daughter has great options. Good luck.
@BuffDad2022 It really is an arbitrary process. We are really thankful for the offers that she has received thus far and very pleased with the financial aid at MIT (it was within $300 of our EFC). Good luck with the rest of this journey!!
