It probably came out on the 7th.
In 2015, decisions came out on the 6th
I have noticed that this is a very active thread. My class of '21 kid was admitted to Vanderbilt. Why are there so many upperclassmen from other universities looking to transfer into Vandy? How is it that Vandy has room for all of them? Are there an equal number of Vandy students seeking to transfer out of Vandy to go elsewhere? I am just trying to understand. Thanks.
@Sam-I-Am
Vanderbilt is a top institution in the US and has the added bonus of being transfer-friendly(relative to other top institutions). Couple that with its extremely generous financial aid policies(meet full need, need blind, no loans- the holy trio for low income students) and you got one very appealing choice.
As for the university’s retention rate anecdotally I’ve come across three users here on CC transferring out of Vandy. They all had great things to say about the college, but just felt like it wasn’t a fit for them. Congrats on your child getting into Vanderbilt btw, I’m sure he’s going to love it!
edit: Again, bravo to Vandy for releasing its decisions earlier than other colleges. For low income transfer students being accepted, that blast of euphoria upon seeing how affordable such an amazing university will be will certainly secure most of them into choosing Vandy.
oh really we could find out potentially this friday? @ILR2020
Last year, 2016, it came out April 8 in portals and April 11 in emails.
But it didn’t come out based on when you submitted your app. I didn’t personally get a decision until early to mid May!
I would like to add that in addition to “refilling” student transferring out, Vandy has many more housing options for Soph+ while all Freshman are required to live in Commons, of which they only have a very specific number of spots housing-wise. It could be that the freshman housing limits their incoming class, but the rest of the housing has more empty rooms to fill. Just a theory!
does vandy care more about high school grades and college grades than test scores
@anonymoussss123 Completely depends on what year you are transferring in as, if junior than hs grades wont matter much but sophomore it will.
My take is that transfer students are attractive for schools trying to improve their stats. Transfer students don’t count toward admission stats used for rankings. So they can accept transfers instead of a first year student, which then increases their stats, which then increases their rankings. That’s my take at least. And certainly the reasoning for Vanderbilt having more transfers is planned. Its not just to replace people transferring out.
@anonymoussss123 read this, “Admission to Vanderbilt as a transfer student is highly competitive and based on a number of factors, but it all begins with academic merit. Typically, admitted transfer students have a GPA of a B+/A- or higher, along with competitive test scores, involvement in their current college community, and a compelling reason why Vanderbilt is the right place for them to complete their undergraduate degree.” This came from Vandy admissions website.
I don’t think high school GPA matter that much, even for sophomore transfers. However, I believe that test scores are still important.
what stats are you talking about? retention? GPA? graduation rate? I’m confused
@Mastodon97 That’s true, but at the same time, I think colleges are sometimes more willing to accept sophomore transfers; from the literature I’ve read, some adcoms believe that junior transfers to a better school are quickly trading up for the brand name.
Maybe if they went to a 4 year, but what about those who went to a 2 year? Of course they waited two years, the point of going to junior college for most people is to save money and that would mean going to the cheaper school for as long as possible. I think that the idea that junior transfers are seen as trying to trade up quickly is a little silly, at least when you factor in 2 year college students
@somehmonggirl all of those. Of course transfers don’t count for retention rate, but they also don’t count for graduation rate. Additionally, statistics of transfer students aren’t accounted for in college rankings(us news). For example. If the average GPA of a transfer student to a school is a 3.8, it has no influence on their rankings.
definition of graduation rate according to FASFA:
“Graduation rate is the percentage of a school’s first-time, first-year undergraduate students who complete their program within 150% of the published time for the program. For example, for a four-year degree program, entering students who complete within six years are counted as graduates.”
@limitsbylaw Uhhh, that doesn’t sound accurate. Maybe that would be true for a specific school, but most don’t really care cause transfers are all the same at the end of the day, with the only thing different being the amount of credits they are bringing in. Besides, many juniors usually need to complete more than 2 years at the new school to graduate.
still doesn’t make sense to me. Vandy rejects many very qualified applicants who can get into higher ranked schools meanwhile the transfer population seems to on average have lower stats than the accepted freshman stats, apparently the transfers stats don’t matter when they’re in the school but the ones admitted as freshmans do, so why would having a smaller population pool to get stats from boost their ranking ? or am i just over thinking it and getting confused? i honestly think that there isn’t a real ulterior motive, vandy has a specific housing situation for their first year incoming class that limits the class size, other students drop or transfer out, and transfer students bring in a good variety of diverse people with different perspectives, which benefits the campus community. these are what seem to me more likely reasons for their high transfer acceptance rate! speculation though, ill prob say they’re evil if i get waitlisted again
also i just thought about it again and if no school factors in transfer stats then how would transfers affect their stats at all
@somehmonggirl It does affect some stats, like graduation rate (transfers contribute to a higher rate). But overall, how transfer admissions works is that it largely is based on how many people leave the transfer school in the first place. That is why schools like Vandy and Cornell have a higher acceptance rate, because they both are in a unique place in which both are very-esteemed schools but there are betters schools you can go to than them if you perform well in the first couple years. That’s why Vandy and Cornell has a lot of students leaving, because they can find better fits for them at higher ranked schools.