Vanderbilt Transfer Thread [Fall 2017]

Yeah perfect! I’ll make the thread with the form copy pasted.

Made it y’all. can still post decisions in here if you’d like. I hope that doing this doesn’t scatter the place that decisions can be found.

I bet the decision will come out in 2 days :wink:

I hope so but Im not optimistic when it comes to transfer decisions coming out

I tend to expect the worst

exactly… watch my decision come out in June (crying laughing emoji) lol

also this thread has 18.5K views. there’s definitely applicants lurking this thread even if they aren’t posting. Here’s me begging them: post your stats when you get your decision in the decision thread!

its crazy how many views it has

I got my bets on Monday, the 10th. :)>-

Seems more reasonable considering they started reviewing at the beginning of this week. If they can really go through the process of reviewing applications and going through the committees to make the final decisions in that short amount of time, I’d genuinely be impressed.

Well, last year the pattern was portals updated Friday and emails sent to those who had their portals updated on Monday. However, I don’t think I recall anyone realizing their portal was updated the first wave, those people in the first wave posted that they got their decisions on the Monday they got an email. Idk if their portals updated before that for the first wave

Hello! Chance mes are kinda pointless especialy at this point when everything is done and sent. I got rejected from all of the schools I wanted to go to as a senior so I guess Im just super nervous. I tried to go back and look for weaknesses and fix those (ex. A in Ochem to make up for B in AP Chem) but idk. Any honest comments or thoughts regarding my app are welcome!!

Currently part of a 6-year BS/MD (2 year undergrad/4 year med)
GPA: 4.00 (intro premed type classes- physics, bio, organic chem, biomedical ethics, etc)

HS GPA: 4.6 I think (a couple Bs in AP Chem and AP Calc)
ACT: 35
SAT: 2220/2400
SAT2: 700 Bio, 720 Lit, 720 Math2

Extra Curriculars:
High school
-3 Year Tennis
-Founder and President of JSA club
-Founder and President of Dance club
-Officer of a leadership club at my school (Jaguar Ambassadors)
-Chairperson of Pennies for Patients (raised $5,000 for cancer patients with financial needs)
-400+ Volunteer Hours at Local Hospital & Temple
-Research Internship at local hospital (did very well at science fairs using the research I did here)
-Raised a $7,500 to help build a school in an Indian village and helped set up curriculum
-AP Scholar w/ Distinction
-National Merit Semifinalist (223 in Ohio)
-Science fair awards previously mentioned

College
-Univeristy Hearing Board (hearings for misconduct cases)
-Phi Delta Epsilon (Pre-med co-ed frat)
-An inner city tutoring club
-research
-President’s List

My midyear report was good, all As

Recs should be good

My reason for wanting to transfer is wanting more than 2 years for undergrad and to study more diverse classes- idk if colleges will look at that as a strong enough reason

I bet Monday as well, the 10th

Hm, are you still interested in Medical School after University? If so, it looks like you might wanna stick to that accelerated dual degree.

agreed with @Meeeedicine

Yeah I am interested in med school! However I don’t really like the program I am in for many reasons and would prefer to transfer. If possible. xD

Do you guys think the admissions counselor we have matters? Or if we’re a junior vs. sophomore? Looking back it seems that some counselors had no acceptances and juniors as a whole were more likely to be rejected…

I have a question. I am admitted to University of Michigan- planning on studying cognitive science/psychology. What is the difference in level of prestige in regard to U of M or Vanderbilt? I am instate student for U of M, so it will be way cheaper than Vanderbilt.

There could be a quote/limit on how many kids from a certain state they want to enroll, and since admissions counselors are based on location that may have played a role.

quota*.

Also try to remember that CC is not indicative of the entire transfer applicant pool!