Vanderbilt Transfer Fall 2019

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Hi guys! So I’m planning to apply to Vanderbilt to be a junior for the fall of 2019 and I just wanted to know how I stand with my stats!

Current college: Southern Methodist University class of 2021
Applying as: rising junior
Major: Economics/ pre-law
College Gpa: 3.5
High school GPA: 3.9
SAT: 1250 (very bad and will possibly retake)

hooks: 1st generation, minority, fluent in Spanish.

EC: In a sorority and involved in philanthropy committee, Officer in Dance marathon, part of Rotunda Academic Scholars Program, Worked several years in Mexico in non-profit organizations, A lot of other volunteer work throughout the year for SMU.

I know my stats aren’t very good but I’m getting good letters of rec from professors and will stress how Vanderbilt is the only place I want to be!

Thank you!

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I think you might need to retake the SAT or possibly take the ACT. Your gpa is only 3.5 so it won’t bring up your chances and overlook the lower test score.

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Here are my stats

Current University: George Washington University
Intended Major (if accepted): Economics/Pre-Law
GPA: 3.77 - Dean’s List (upward trend: this semester gpa projected 3.86)
ACT: 31
ECs: most likely chair position in my fraternity next semester, Undergraduate Consulting Group, Econ student tutor (paid by the University), men’s basketball manager for a semester, potential undergrad research assistant next semester.
Work Experience: 2 previous summer internships (one remote, one in NYC), also worked construction for a local company in my hometown.
LORs: 4 total - 1 from Econ Professor, 1 from Finance Professor, 1 from alumni connection, 1 from former boss

This is everything. Let me know what u all think my chances are!

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It would be great if I could get some opinions!

Current college: Trinity College Dublin
Applying as: rising sophomore
Major: Secondary Education (Peabody). Current Major is Italian/Classics
College Gpa: 3.8-4.0
High school GPA: 3.45
ACT: 30 (31 SS but vandy doesn’t superscore ACT)

EC (very mediocre): Classical soc, Alt soc, Jazz soc, vegan soc, job at target (in summer). No real leadership roles to speak of either, so I might try to get more involved this coming term.

@transferapplicant29928, I definitely think you have a good shot, especially if those potential positions pull through for next semester

@juniorsmu, I’d recommend retaking the sat, though without retaking it, I still think you have something of a shot at getting in

Good luck to you both

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Hey everyone! VU is one of top school I’m super worried about my chances to get in, here are my stats

School: LaGuardia Community College, NYC
Minority, First Gen, Immigrant
Major: Political Science - 63 credits when I graduate this Spring 2019
GPA: 3.85, projected to be a 3.88 after my winter class is done
Major GPA: 3.9
Grades: 3 honors courses, got a B once and 3 A-

SAT/ACT: I took them in 2014 and got a 1500ish out of 2400 - i did not care about school as much due to my family and unstable living situation.
HS GPA: 78% - 80%, at the time NYC did not do do it out of a 4.0 scale - once again low due to my many factors in my person life.

EC:
Student Government: Governor of Political Awareness
Phi Theta Kappa Member
President Society Ambassador
P.S Alumni Mentor for HS students
Interned at the NYC Comptrollers Office and got legislative and policy reasearch published Member of the University Student Senate (coalition of all City of New York Univeristies) and sits on a CUNY board of trustees committee
Creating a transfer guide to be used by future community college students with the department of education
Malave Leadership Academy
Scholarship receiptent
Founded and was president of Latinx Unidos

Extra info: I organized a ton of big events and projects and got published in the honors journal. Coordinated a huge citizenships drive with over 300 people who got serviced.

LOR: 1- professor in my major and works for an elected official, 1- philosophy professor, teaches philosophy of law (I want to be a lawyer) got a high A and she loves me, 2- English professor, went to Cornell, director of honors program at school, 3- director of student life on campus very strong relationship, 4- my Student Government advisor and leadership specialist at school, extremely strang relationship.

What are my chances?

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Current Stats:

School: Wells College (small liberal arts college in NY)
Major(s): Economics and Philosophy
Minor(s): Political Science
GPA (Fall 2018): 3.675

Intended Major: Philosophy

Other:

Hooks: URM, Low-income, first-gen

Courses/Grades (Fall 2018):

ECON101- Intro. Macroeconomics: B
ECON102- Intro. Microeconomics: A
PHIL240- Ethics: A-
WLLS100- Wellness & Lifelong Learning: A (required freshman seminar)

GPA: 3.675 (12cr.)

Additionally, I will be submitting by transcript from my local community college at which I was dual-enrolled during high school;

HIST201- US History I: A+
HIST202- US History II: A+
BUS201- Business Law I: A
ENGL101- Academic Writing II: B+

GPA (Cumulative): 3.8ish (12cr.)

Courses (Spring 2019):

POLS360- The US Judiciary
INTL151- Intro. International Relations (Taught by some big-wig in the field of Political Economy, works for the UN, cool dude)
MATH111- Calculus I
MATH151- Elementary Statistics
ECON306- Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
ECON290- Internship in Economics (4cr. Research internship, helping write a book with a renowned ecological economist)

Extracurriculars (college):

  1. Founded a harm-reduction group on campus that provides safe-use information and a designated driver service
  2. Assisted/Participated in a conference for the International Society for Biophysical Economics
  3. Economic Research in the field of Ecological Economics which will culminate into a book published by Springer
  4. Reads about a book a week (not sure if this counts as an EC)
  5. Tutor in Microeconomics
  6. Tutor in Macroeconomics
  7. College Democrats
  8. College Republicans (did both, I’m an independent so it’s nice to have perspectives on both sides)
  9. Writing an introductory Microeconomics text for non-econ majors that will be freely available online
  10. Model United Nations
  11. I run an economics resource site to assist those enrolled in introductory economics courses.

Academic Honors:

Presidential Scholar (One of the schools highest scholarships, 2nd or 3rd highest idk)
Deans List

HIGH SCHOOL STATS:

School: Small, Rural, Public (Graduated Early)
GPA: 2.9-3.0
Rank: 26/43 (Don’t remember the exact figure, but it’s likely around this)
ACT: 25C), 9 (E) I know, not good at all.

EC’s (HS):

Rotary Club (Treasurer)
Cornell University Upward Bound (TRIO program)
Volunteer at the local public library
Tutor in Business Law
Tutor in US History
Tutor in World History
Team manager for modified girls volleyball
All-County choir
Literary Club

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Hey Guys, I was accepted to transfer to Vandy last year and I did so. If you guys have any questions/want me to read or help with essays, you can pm me. It was a stressful process, but I got in on the first wave.

My stats were as followed:

Hispanic, Male

Former College: A small public university in South Carolina
College GPA was a 4.0 for 34 credit hours
Major is History and Poli Sci
High School GPA was around a 3.6 Unweighted and a 4.6 weighted(graduated high school with highest honors)
Ranked 40/434
ACT score was a 28
I took 10 AP classes in high school and received a 5 on all exams except 1 which was Bio and got a 3 on it. I got an A in all of the AP classes though. My low rank relative to Vanderbilt’s standards is because of my lows Bs I got in my high school math courses.

Hooks: First gen

Essays: Overall, they were just decent imo. They weren’t eye-catching, but they were all straight to the point on why I wanted to transfer. Gave a lot of technical reasons as to why I originally applied to my former school, but wanted to transfer(For example, I said that the history department had only 1 Asian history teacher and the major at my old school wouldn’t be focused in anything. At Vandy, I’m concentrating in Asian history now which is really nice)

I feel like my recommendation letters were all excellent. I really got to know my professors who wrote them.

ECs:
Listed high school and college ECs which included
Vice President of a community service club – 200 hours in high school
JV/Varsity wrestling all 4 years
224 hours community service part of a scholarship at my old university
Helped first generation students at my old college through a program
Served as a mentor to younger students in high school from a poorer school in Charlotte

Places I applied to:

Vandy- Accepted :smiley:
Swarthmore - Accepted
Davidson- Rejected
Kenyon- Rejected
Hamilton- Rejected
Wash U in St. Louis- Rejected
Northwestern- Rejected

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Wow, Swarthmore . . .

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Hey everyone I just got out off the phone they said Admissions decisions go out first beginning of May

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@robert62 they said that last year too, and they still came out late April. Not saying you’re wrong, but they could come out this week