Vanderbilt University RD Decisions - 2014

Colleges and Universities A-Z Vanderbilt University
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Admitted to Biomedical Engineering!</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2190 (690 CR, 770 M, 730 W)
ACT: 33 Composite
SAT II: 750 Math II, 680 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0/4.0, Weighted: 4.5/5.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5), AB Sub (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP French, AP Micro/Macroecon, AP Bio, AP Stats, AP Gov, English IV Hn, religion classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National French Exam 98th Percentile, JETS TEAMS 1st in District 3rd at State 18th nationally, nothing super exciting</p>

<p>Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer (12 years), French Club (President), NHS (Secretary), Chemistry Club (Secretary/Treasurer), Earth Action Team, Local IT Program, Junior Engineering Technical Society, School Ambassador
Job/Work Experience: Soccer Referee, Intern at Procter & Gamble
Volunteer/Community service: Soccer practice assistant, Sunday School teen leader, Relay for Life, assistant in performing arts class for the physically and mentally disabled, much more small volunteering activities
Summer Activities: Space Camp, IT Camp, Internship, Art classes
Essays: Autistic brother’s fanaticism for sports made me consider my passions; aiding in Dramakinetics (class for the physically and mentally disabled)
Teacher Recommendation: Good, pretty much spoon-fed them the necessary info
Counselor Rec: Good, I’m sure, but I never got to see it.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None</p>

<p>Other
Applied for financial aid? Yes, got $50,000 in grants for 2010/2011
State (if domestic applicant): OH
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Caucasian, but remarked on my grandparent’s biracial heritage
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $90K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Academics (Nothing but A’s)
Weaknesses: SAT score is actually kind of weak compared to other acceptees/waitlistees; no super-notable EC’s
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Lots of wishing!</p>

<p>I am so happy!!! I got my MOSAIC invitation back in February, but I got my admittance package today and I was in awe of the aid I was offered! Finances were looking rough, but now Vandy is comparable to my in-state choice as far as price. I am BEAMING!</p>

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<p>I just got in today with REALLY nice finaid (I mean cheaper than UVa and I am instate)
It’s half what GU is expecting - though I’m hoping the latter was wrong because it had totally odd not related to me aid in it.
SO surprising. I was bracing for a rejection.</p>

<p>@ talalazeem and An0nmity,
I am pakistani - born and raised here/parents from peshawar - too!
guess there are quite a few of us here =]</p>

<p>talal - have you applied to vandy?</p>

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<p>For the people who received their FinAid packets: Was it in the acceptance envelope? Where specifically in it?</p>

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<p>Was anyone accepted that did not take time to visit Vanderbilt or have an interview?</p>

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<p>im also interested to know…i dont have either</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I: 2150 - 710 CR, 700 M, 740 W
ACT: 33
SAT II: Chemistry 740, Math II 650, Literature 730
Unweighted GPA: 3.928
Rank: 3/442 (top 1%)
AP: Chemistry (4), Psychology (5)
Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP classes + others
Major Awards: National Merit Finalist </p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Jazz Band, Praise Band, (Freshman Mentoring),
Job/Work Experience: Daily Newspaper Carrier for 6.5 years
Volunteer/Community service: Youth Group Projects
Interview: No </p>

<p>Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Arts and Sciences - Undecided
State: IL
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Hooks: National Merit Finalist (apparently not) </p>

<p>Comments: Waitlisted at WashU, Northwestern and Vanderbilt…</p>

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<p>I didn’t interview and also haven’t had the chance to visit campus yet, but i think they were okay with it since I’m from New York.
I’m honored to have been accepted, though, especially since my stats aren’t as astronomical as some of the people who’ve posted here already.</p>

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<p>I visited, but never did an interview. I had several people available for an interview in my area, so I was a bit worried that would negatively affect me. I guess I got lucky though!</p>

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<p>My FinAid was with my acceptance package.</p>

<p>I visited but did not do an interview. I did meet with and talk to my regional counselor, but only once or twice.</p>

<p>I was waitlisted at Duke today, but I could care less! Vandy was my dream school and I can actually afford going there!!!</p>

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<p>Accepted to Biomedical Engineering</p>

<p>2350
National AP Scholar
3.81/4.0
PUMMPPED</p>

<p>Im actually pretty stunned by the size of the Finaid package…51k and no loans.</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!!</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): math:760 writing:740 reading:750
SAT II: chemistry:780, chinese:760, math2:730, USHistory:700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): my school doesn’t do a 4.0 scale. I have an average of 87.12, and the average GPA from people in my school who got accepted into vandy is 85.something
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no idea sorry. not top 10% though.
AP (place score in parenthesis): Both Englishes(4), Chemistry(5), US History(4), CalcAB(5)
Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Physics(prepares you for the AP C Mechanics exam), Applied Math 2 (goes beyond Calc BC), Latin 3, a lot of amazing electives
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Silver Presidential Volunteer Service Award</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Drama(14 productions total), Choir/Voice lessons (Madrigals), Community Service, GSA (Head)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: 250+ hours with a nonprofit exchange program, 2 weeks at an orphanage in Shanghai
Summer Activities: Community Service, World Science Festival, Entrepreneur’s Class, Finland Exchange funded by the Finnish Parliament, orphanage in Shanghai
Essays: moral decision I had to make with my host family in Finland. It’s pretty decent, but would’ve been better if there hadn’t been the 600 word limit.
Teacher Recommendation: Both pretty amazing.
Counselor Rec: Pretty->very good. She’s my dorm head too so she knows me pretty well.
Additional Rec: None submitted
Interview: None, though I did meet the person who was going to be reading my app in person when she visited my school. I was the only one who really talked in the beginning so she probably remembers me.</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Philosophy
State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: small boarding school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Well off enough to not need financial aid. My parents won’t tell me anything beyond that.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Lived in Shanghai for the second half of freshman year, attended a British international school there</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: international experience, very good preparation because of the insane academics in my school, huge upward trend in grades, grades reliable in the sense that Vanderbilt knows my school really well, good but not amazing extracurriculars
Weaknesses: pretty mediocre sophomore year because of adjusting to a new school, freshman grades don’t really mean too much because of the switch to a British system, an Asian with my SAT scores kind of throws me into the pile of “oh look another Asian”.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because Vandy likes me YAAAYYY
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: University of Edinburgh(unconditional acceptance), Georgetown(accepted), Barnard (accepted), Boston College (accepted), UChicago (waitlisted), Northwestern (waitlisted), Middlebury (waitlisted), Columbia (deferred ED), Duke (rejected)
The rest of my list: Brown, Harvard, Tufts
General Comments: I’m really happy I got in; Vandy is gorgeous, and its package is SO PRETTY!! But at this point I’m deciding between Barnard and Georgetown. One of you waitlisted people can take my place!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):CR 800, M 770, W 690 (Super score, I also have a math score of 630 and a writing score of 640)
[</em>] SAT II (if submitted): French w/ listening 670, Math II 740, Chem 660, lit 740, US history 710, Biology E 720,
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0(on initial app.) 3.89 (on mid-term report)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/1 (I’m home schooled)
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):Biology (5), APUSH (3), World history (4)
[</em>] Dual enrollment (classes taken @ a local college/ community college while in high school) Gen Chem I (A), Comp II (A), Gem Chem II (A), Intro to American Politics (A), Karate (A), Interdisciplinary course (A), College Physics I (A), Calc I (A), Honors World Lit. (B), constitutional Issues (A), College Physics II, Intro. to Sociology, General Psychology, Statistics.
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:College Physics I (A), Calc I (A), Honors World Lit. (B), constitutional Issues (A), College Physics II, Intro. to Sociology, General Psychology, Statistics, AP French (not planning to take the test)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP Scholar, National Merit Commended, National French Exam laureat national, Honors Scholarship @ Community College
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Mariner girl scout program (troop president and vice president, troop rep, regional student president), FIRST Robotics, Dance (Irish), Phi Theta Kappa Honor society, Les Voyagers @ Concordia Language Villages
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:Life guard (1 summer and into the school year)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:Aide @ girl scout camp (3 summers), LOWC,
[</em>] Essays:Everyone who read it really liked it. It was about overcoming dificulties, never giving up and how even the tiniest contribution can win the day. I told the story of a strenuous canoe race where I came I last but our team won the over all competition by 1 point, which is how much you earn if you come in last, but don’t DQ.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:Should be good one teacher just knew me from class, but I sit in the front and always answer question. The other has been tutoring me in French for four years and knows me really well and she said she would write me a good rec.
[</em>] Counselor Rec:I’m home schooled. It was written by my parents.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: premed/chemistry/psychology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):MO
[</em>] School Type: Home Schooled
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender:Female
[<em>] Income Bracket:IDK (Our EFC was about $40,000)
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: dual enrollment and EC, I really focused on one thing didn’t just dabble
[</em>] Weaknesses:SAT writing score, no real outside grades until my junior year (colleges don’t really care what grade your mom gives you.)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I don’t know[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got in, and good luck to everyone reading this as we try to figure out where we are going to college. These next few weeks are going to be stressful. </p>

<p>Just in case any one was wondering I got in the University of Missouri-Columbia, Truman State University, University of Washington-Seattle and Washington University in St. Louis. I got wait listed by Wellesley and rejected by Northwestern . I am currently waiting on two more schools. :)</p>

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<p>My financial aid was in my package (very nice grant O.O) and I didn’t have an interview or visit campus.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2060 (800 M, 690 CR, 570 W)
ACT:
SAT II: 800 Che, Phy & Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Weighted GPA: School doesn’t weight grades
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 30/1011
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Some Math and Chemistry Olympiad</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):President of Student Union
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: President of School Volunteer Association
Summer Activities:
Exchange Student in US</p>

<p>Other: Teacher Recommendation #1: 10
Teacher Recommendation #2: 10
Counselor Rec: 10 (I think…)[li] </p>[/li]
<p>Date Submitted App: 10/25
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):China
School Type: Giant Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: dunno
Weaknesses: dunno
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: dunno either
What would you have done differently?:
Dunno.</p>

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<p>Accepted without an interview and without visiting the campus - relatively surprised because Vanderbilt was not one of my top choices and my stats aren’t anything particularly amazing. I’m asian too. </p>

<p>But the thing that surprised the ***** out of me
$55,021 in GRANT financial aid</p>

<p>*****ing absurd, this was an incredible pick me up after getting waitlisted at Duke.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): math: 770 reading/writing: 800
[</em>] SAT II (if submitted): math II: 800, literature: 760, chemistry: 710
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/386
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), US History (5), Calc AB (4), English Language (5), Psychology (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, Microeconomics, Literature, US Government, Calculus BC, Physics C, and Statistics, and Chemistry II
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academic Team, Model UN (president), Track & Field
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hospice, Cyberbuddies (founder)
[</em>] Essays: commonapp was decent, probably a little cliche
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: one was amazing, the other was good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good
[li] Interview: none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[</em>] Intended Major: i think i put chemistry
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: pakistani
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: the highest
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): my tractor is sexy</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: gpa/transcript/test scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: lack of extraordinary ECs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: gpa/transcript/test scores
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: northwestern (accepted), washington and lee (accepted), duke (accepted)
[li] Where else you applied: HPY, johns hopkins</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: yay, i like duke.</p>

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<p>Those of you who received huge financial aid packages from Vandy!
Could you post your EFC (I know its private stuff, but if not too much trouble)? I just want to know if I stand a chance attending beforehand. :S
Also, was the majority needbased grants? Thanks!</p>

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<p>I applied for the Cornelius Scholarship, but I didn’t get it. However!! When I received my acceptance letter from Vandy my total financial aid package was $41663! This of course was all in the form of a need-based grant. With an EFC of 9080 I also was offered a work study for $1697. I still need to make up roughly $9000 a year to fully pay for Vandy’s Total COA. Ugh…I don’t know what to do!</p>

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<p>Hey, I was rejected by the scholarship.</p>

<p>Is there any possibility I will get a good financail aid package?</p>

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<p>Yeah, for sure!</p>

<p>To those who have their FA package: Was it on a separate sheet inside the Dores booklet? Or was it in the larger envelope? Can you give any specifics? I don’t seem to have one…</p>