Vanderbilt Regular Decision Thread

Vanderbilt sends out emails one day before the decision release telling the date and time. So if we get an email on monday then decisions could be released on tuesday.

Well when I called the school a few weeks ago, they said the 28

a lot can change in a couple weeks

From their website: “The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is also closed Wednesday, March 28.”
So I interpret that as either (1) they are dedicating the 28th to releasing information and closed to the public (not actually closed). Or … (2) they are actually closed on the 28th, meaning they would likely get info out late on the 27th. I’m guessing #1.

@2KansasKids can you provide the link for that?

https://admissions.vanderbilt.edu/visit/daily.php

Look under ‘Choose Your Dates’, under ‘Office Hours’

Am I the only one that wishes Vanderbilt took demonstrated interest into consideration, its not like I have gotten to officially visit campus or anything, me being from California but still

@ProllyBrokeSoon - I agree. DS didn’t get to Nashville personally, but he did do a local alumni interview. I know some colleges do gauge demonstrated interest. Every school has it’s own process based on what they thinks works best for them.

I definitely do not wish that Vanderbilt took demonstrated interest into account. I’m very glad that they don’t. Having gone through the admissions process with Tulane, where demonstrated interest seems to be weighted more heavily than at any other school I’ve heard of, it is incredibly frustrating if you live further away or don’t have interviewers in your area, because you just have less options to get that “demonstrated interest” advantage as other students do, because they either live closer or have the money to travel. Vanderbilt doesn’t need to take demonstrated interest into account because they know that they will fill their class no matter what, and I feel like they focus more on admitting highly qualified, genuinely talented students because they don’t take demonstrated interest into account.

i wish they did, i went to their PreVU thing on campus and I did a 2 hour alumni interview

If Vanderbilt is updating portals they send out acceptance packages, I would keep an eye out for informed delivery.

“Am I the only one that wishes Vanderbilt took demonstrated interest into consideration”

Like many of its peers, Vandy is very big on demonstrated interest.

It fills half its seats through early decision. Applying ED demonstrates interest in the most powerful way possible.

@northwesty OK, well, if you consider ED then that’s that, but they don’t consider other types. It even says so on their CDC. Schools have no reason to lie on CDCs about DI. A school has every right to value students that put in an effort to value them, but Vandy is just not one of them.

@WiscoRunner thats not true, I got into Tulane and found other ways of demonstrating interest than visiting campus which obviously I could not do because again, I am in Cali, they always have informational sessions at highschools and stuff like that where it does not give any one a competitive edge who did not put in the time and effort to have one.

@ProllyBrokeSoon Well we have had different experiences then. There were no informational sessions at high schools near me, the closest was 4.5 hours away which just wasn’t possible for me. I did not say there are no other ways to show interest, but it is more difficult to stand out when your only viable options are to call / email / write a letter while others can do what I would consider more “impressionable” activities like visiting and attending the high school info sessions you speak of. Just my thoughts/experience.

Demonstrated interest is also less necessary for a school like Vanderbilt that doesn’t have to protect yield as much. (I’m mostly against demonstrated interest, however I get where people are coming from, since when a university is your top choice you’ve already done things that would have counted as demonstrated interest a lot)

email says decisions tomorrow

U just got it now? I didn’t get an email…

my son did, 630pm eastern time

Tomorrow at 530 PM, my portal says “YES: your enrollment services” then says “unable to access” does this mean anything one way or the other?