Vanderbilt University Class of '09 Admissions

<p>"I think, after reading the article in the Hustler newspaper, that the people who are scoring the 1500's, as a group, are less involved in ECs than those scoring just below in the high 1300s and 1400s."</p>

<p>How does a score on a single test have anything to do with the extracirricular involvements of a student? I take offense at this, because myself and many of my friends in high school and here scored above 1500, and were more involved with extracirriculars than anyone else I've known. I just don't see where you get this generalization.</p>

<p>"The percentage of students admitted with an SAT of 1500 or higher has decline from 92% 4 years ago to 75% now."</p>

<p>evil_robot: This sounds like you are saying that the entering freshman class is less competent than the years before. But I'm sure you didn't mean this since you acknowledged less people are being admitted.</p>

<p>No offense intended ER.</p>

<p>I am open to other explanations for the admission decline of those uber scorers.
In my exposure to those in HS, most of the 1500's weren't into ECs. There are, of course, always exceptions. A gross generalization but a theory nonetheless.</p>

<p>musictoad: You may be right, I am unable to make an appropriate generalization.</p>

<p>zip86: You're correct, I worded that badly. I meant "Given the freshmen applicants who scored above 1500, 75% were admitted this year as opposed to 92% from years past."</p>

<p>ER ~ delayed by heartfelt congrats on the internship! And thanks for your correction on the 92% thing...I was getting caught up on this thread and I had understood the reverse.</p>