Vanderbilt University Early Decision for Fall 2023 Admission

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My son is an International student. Parents having college degrees is an advantage or disadvantage?

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if parents donā€™t have a degree, kids get the first-gen bumpā€¦

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Being a first gen is an advantage- first one to ever go to college in family (parents never went to college anywhere in the world).

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Daughter got in.

4.3 GPA, all As in honors curriculum -high rigor school
8 AP Classes - AP Scholar
35 ACT - taken once
Natā€™l Merit Semi-Finalist
Student Council, other leadership positions but no big hooks.
URM

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Son was ACCEPTED!!! Psychology major. No legacy, not recruited athlete, not 1st generation. But OOS - we are from Bay Area CA. 1530 SAT and 4.3 weighted GPA. 10 APs. Extracurriculars: school tennis team, math club, in Karting program, volunteers at BMW Car Club, started math tutoring business. Good luck to EVERYONE!!!

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DS Rejected ED: tentative Econ major
4.3W GPA
35 ACT (36 math, 36 Reading)
Very good essay
Assume good LoR
7 APs; Challenging public high school
Decent ECs, but no significant leadership positions. But, active in several organizations including school representative for superintendent advisory committee and principal advisory committee.
No legacy
No special hook.

Prepared for disappointment, but still hurts.

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Daughter accepted.

4.33GPA, all As in honors curriculum -high rigor school
12 AP/honors Classes - AP Scholar with honors
35 act - taken once
Natā€™l Merit Semi-Finalist
National Hispanic scholar recognition
Student Council, other leadership positions but no big hooks.
Work experience

Good luck to all. We are relieved but know that everyone will find their place!

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What was the major?

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Neuroscience

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Neuroscience

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DD accepted. Applied for biomedical engineering.
1570 SAT 780 EBRW 790 Math
GPA 4.0 UW / 4.33 weighted
7 AP classes so far, 6 exams all 5s
Top 10% at competitive CA public school
AP scholar with distinction
Nation Merit Commended
3 years varsity lacrosse, captain
3 years varsity cheerleading, captain
SPCA volunteer
Part-time math tutor
Rec letters were probably strong. Essays were good.
No legacy, but mom is from TN and parents both went to college in TN.

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Iā€™m not sure how many, but my DD is a current freshman and she has met lots of kids who were deferred who ultimately got in, including her roommate who was accepted to a couple Ivies. She didnā€™t get in until RD!

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and I believe Vandy is not need blind when going to their waitlist and reserves something like 10% of the spots for waitlisted students (more or less depending on how their yield is going.)

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When do scholarship awardees get notified? Do they conduct interviews for scholarships?

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It might depend on the scholarship. S23 applied for CV. I donā€™t believe thereā€™s an interview and I assume he wouldnā€™t hear anything unless he was awarded it and then only along with admissions decision. Super long shot in any case

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Yes, it will be very competitive. Wishful thinking but would love a merit scholarship since would never qualify for need based.

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same here. S23 has a strong chance at merit at some less elite schools. But extreme long shot at Vandy. Most of the schools heā€™s applied to donā€™t offer merit at all.

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Congrats to the kids who were admitted, looks like another tough year for admission to Vandy! DD was rejected, high stats student with solid but not exceptional ec activities. No regrets, she chose to ED Vanderbilt because it had the biggest spread between ED and RD of any of the schools she was considering. More surprising, we havenā€™t heard of any kids who were accepted locally and our area usually does pretty well with Vanderbilt. I heard rumors that they got a lot more applications this year, and the results seem to bear that out.

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In 2017, they notified CV winners in mid-March, before the RD admissions went out. (Itā€™s how my D found out she got in at all!) I thought they awarded all CVs at the same time regardless of ED or RD, but that was five years ago and YMMV.

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Any applicants to Peabody on here? Just wondering if itā€™s just as competitive as Arts and Sciences.

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