<p>wow…all of these scores/stats are intimidating…and I thought our class was smart! Congrats to all of you, excited to have you on campus!!!</p>
<p>I got 53,000 in a Grant. 1k in Federal Work Study. I guess this doesn’t include the federal pell grant so that should be another 2700. </p>
<p>My EFC was 2800 btw.</p>
<p>for those of you who are surprised/satisfied with your FIAID, do you mind stating your family’s income?</p>
<p>@Anthem the financial aid award was in the envelope. If you think that you applied for financial aid and did not get your award I would suggest calling the financial aid people at Vanderbilt. Hopefully they can help you get everything sorted out. Good Luck</p>
<p>Anthem, </p>
<p>You may have failed to complete entirely the financial aid process or Vanderbilt may be mistaken…In any case, call the Office of Student Financial Aid and explain what has occurred,</p>
<p>Well, I got a few letter from schools today. 4 actually, but still no Vanderbilt. Maybe tomorrow.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR, 760 M, 720 W (2250 total)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AB Calculus, French IV, 2 history courses each semester, Modern World Fiction, Modern Theater, Environmental Chemistry, Web Technologies
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School newspaper (opinions editor), Writing Center tutor, Senior Class Representative, piano, Neuroscience Club (board), Drama Club (4 leading roles), National Honor Society
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 150 hours from tutoring a residential summer school program at my school
[</em>] Essays: Should have been good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Probably really good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good, if a little impersonal
[li] Interview: None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: English
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
[</em>] School Type: State-sponsored public boarding school
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: >100,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I’m currently involved in a yearlong research investigation through my school that focuses on writing historical fiction</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t think Vanderbilt gets a ton of apps from my school so maybe that helped? But really I don’t know! I’m psyched![/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to other accepted students and good luck to everyone else!</p>
<p>still waiting in atlanta.</p>
<p>No, not yet</p>
<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>Orvent, your WL post cracked me up! If you want to go to one of those schools, stay positive and update them with any new info you may have, such as awards. My DS got on 5 WLs last year and happily got into one of the schools very quickly.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>[ul]SAT I (breakdown): 680 CR / 650 M / 690 W / Total: 2020
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]SAT II: 600 U.S. History / 660 Lit
[<em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75/4.0
[</em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 25/130
[<em>]AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History (3)
[</em>]IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>]Senior Year Course Load: Pretty rigorous, it’s about half APs and then half not even honors, with the exception of one honors class.
[</em>]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement [li]Scholarship: Outstanding Participant[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>[ul]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (editor-in-chief); tech crew (head of props); mock trial (vice-president); youth group (peer minister); ITS (“motivator/mascot” - it’s pretty much a BS position honestly); National Honor Society
[<em>]Job/Work Experience: Worked as a cashier at a flower shop, babysitter
[</em>]Volunteer/Community service: Every Sunday I waitress at a local nursing home during their lunch period, and during the summer I participate in the food drives of a local church.
[<em>]Summer Activities: Host family for a foreign exchange girl from France, NSLC, Summer at Columbia, and uh…I went to Ocean City a lot. Nothing too impressive honestly.
[</em>]Essays: I didn’t really feel confident about them to be honest, but hey.
[<em>]Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read any recommendations, but one of the them I know had to be good, she loves me. The other one I’m not too sure about, but I’m sure it was good too.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Very good, again, he loves me.
[<em>]Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>]Interview: None.[/ul]</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>[ul]Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>]Intended Major: Psychology
[</em>]State (if domestic applicant): MD
[<em>]Country (if international applicant): N/A
[</em>]School Type: Parochial
[<em>]Ethnicity: Black (technically half-white/half-black, but I just put down African American)
[</em>]Gender: Female
[<em>]Income Bracket: Eh, not too high, not too low.
[</em>]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM[/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>[ul]Strengths: Leadership and volunteer stuff? URM? Maybe even essays/recs?!? I really couldn’t tell you…maybe they just liked me, plain and simple.
[<em>]Weaknesses: Scores, GPA, rank, and in OWN my opinion, essays.
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: God is good![/ul]</p>
<p>ACCEPTED to Vandy’s School of Engineering (for BME)! & absolutely ecstatic about it too-I’ve been in love with Vanderbilt for 3 years now. :)</p>
<p>Here are some quick stats of mine:</p>
<p>White female from FL
Basics: 1/560ish, 35 ACT, 790 MATH II 730 BIO M SAT II
ECs:Key Club President, involved in TV Production, NHS, Brain Brawl, School Advisory Committee, 250+ volunteer service hours, etc.
Miscellaneous: 11 AP courses (including taken and currently taking), AP Scholar w/Distinction, Harvard Book Award, Silver Knights nominee in Social Science, etc.</p>
<p>*if you want more specifics feel free to PM me!</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (superscored): CR: 770 M: 670 WR: 740
[</em>] ACT: 33: EN: 36 M: 32 RD: 35 SCI: 29 EN/WRI: 32
[<em>] SAT II: Lit: 740 US History: 720 Math II: 650
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/310
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APWORLD: 3 APUSH: 4 APLANG: 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Drama Magnet, AP Macro/Microeconomics, AP Calc AB, AP Lit, AP Psych, teaching myself Chinese
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, Converse College Award, Malaysian Association of Georgia Star Student Award
[/ul]**Subjective: **[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): International Thespian Society (Treasurer), Interact Club (President), Student Government (Vice-President), National Honors Society, Mu Alpha Theta
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: I’m lucky to have gotten a job as an actress at the Tony Award winning Alliance Theater this year. I also was a dance teacher at a summer camp.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: A lot of stuff through the Interact Club.
[<em>] Summer Activities: I’m fortunate to go traveling overseas during the summer
[</em>] Essays: One about my addiction… to THEATER! The other about a teacher who purposely lied to us in order to teach us a lesson about unwarranted trust.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see.
[</em>] Counselor Rec:didn’t see.
[<em>] Additional Rec: Added a recommendation from the teacher I talked about in my essay.
[</em>] Interview: Uh, I turned one down…
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: East Asian Studies/Theatre Arts
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public Charter with an Arts magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity: half-Asian, half-Jewish
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: …let’s say we don’t qualify for any aid
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope
[/ul][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[</em>] Strengths: My essays and interview
[<em>] Weaknesses: My SAT scores
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well, I turned down an interview. But I’m sure it had to do with the fact that there were far more qualified candidates.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UGA, Agnes Scott, Smith, Northeastern, UMASS Amerst, and Georgia State. Waitlisted at Vanderbilt (duh) and William & Mary.[/li][ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Not too disappointed because it wasn’t my top choice. But congrats to everyone who got in, and to those who didn’t, you’ll find a better school!</p>
<p>Still waiting in CT</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>My first post ever but I’m excited!</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!!
Engineering
Gender: F
Ethnicity: Latin America
College Class Year: 2014
High School: Private
High School Type: sends many grads to top schools
Academics:</p>
<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.97
GPA - Weighted: 3.97
Class Rank: top 25%
Class Size: 200</p>
<p>Scores:</p>
<p>SAT I Math: 760
SAT I Critical Reading: 650
SAT I Writing: 670
ACT: 31
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 750
SAT II Chemistry: 710
SAT II Spanish: 710</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
lots of EC
Honors and Awards: Ap scholars with distinction and more…
Very happy! Accepted at WashU, Bowdoin and UNC Chapel Hill. YEAH!!! Visiting Vandy April 10th!</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 750CR 800M 750W 12Essay
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 790 Math II 720 Bio M 680 US
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.4
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Bio (5), Psych (5), USH (4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Chem, AP Lit, AP Physics C
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nation[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Russian Club Founder and President (9, 10, 11), Politics Vice President (10, 11, 12), NHS (11, 12), Stage Crew (11, 12), Academic Team (12), Science League (10, 12)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked at McDonalds for a year, Camp Counselor over a summer, and laborer for my township another summer
[li] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours of riding with a rescue squad; certified EMT-B[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects): 5[list]
[li] Common App Main: 8[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer:5
[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[/list]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: December 31st roughly 12:30AM
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[<em>] School Type: Large Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White- the worst possible one from college admission standpoint
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 150k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Tests
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA + Essays
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Trying not to sound bitter here since I’m also just getting over a Johns Hopkins Rejection, but most likely because many, many talented people with no intention of going there applied because it was nice and easy. But regardless the reason, a waitlist is a waitlist and I will still hold out hope.
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: I would not have enjoyed high school and been a miserable book worm instead, it is unfortunate that I believe in the mantra carpe diem instead of carpe eventually[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective
[ul]
[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR/740 M/800 W
[</em>]ACT: n/a
[<em>]SAT II: 790 Lit/740 US History
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/173 (97%)
[</em>]AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5)/Calc AB (4)
[<em>]IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP English Lit, APUSH, Advanced Chem Honors, Band, Bioethics
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective
[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Play bass/produce in a rock band (takes up most of my time), percussion section leader in concert band, other assorted music ECs
[</em>]Job/Work Experience: Self-employed tutor (SATs)
[<em>]Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered teaching music at a local elementary school
[</em>]Summer Activities: Occasional summer camp, play w/ band, have fun
[<em>]Essays: Songwriting
[</em>]Teacher Recommendations: Strong
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Strong
[</em>]Additional Rec:
[li]Interview: n/a[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Other:
[ul]
[<em>]State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>]Country (if international applicant):
[<em>]School Type: Catholic
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket:
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection
[ul]
[<em>]Strengths: Music, Scores, Essays
[</em>]Weaknesses: GPA
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>]General Comments: Got really good aid here, seriously considering going (pending Ivies)
[/ul]</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 670CR 710M 660W
- ACT: 34 - 35E 34M 35R 31S 31E/W
- SAT II: none
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.85
- Weighted GPA: 4.15
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/181 - top 2%
- AP (place score in parentheses): taking Lit and Calc AB (only 2 offered)
- Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Lit, Economics, Anatomy, (nothing else offered, taken everything I could possibly take in honors)
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): GA Governor’s Honors Program '09
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: Varsity Softball starting catcher (9-12, Region Champions, Region Runner-Up, 4th Place in State, I was First-Team All-State), Off-Season travel softball since I was 5 (7th place in World Series, countless first places in tournaments, starting catcher, team MVP) Varsity Basketball (9-12, Academic Award 11,12, United Steel Worker’s Player of the Year 12), Summer Basketball with School Team (8,9,10,11, basically year round, 5:30 AM workouts, after school workouts), HOSA (10,11,12, Parliamentarian-11, VP-12, competed in Biomedical Debate 10,11,12 - 1 first place, 2 second places in state, qualified for nationals every year), Mu Alpha Theta (10,11,12, VP-11, Pres-12), BETA (10,11,12), Student Council (11,12), Junior Chamber of Commerce (12), School Drama (lead in One Act 12), Church, Church Drama (10,11,12), more i just can’t think of at the moment.
- Job/Work Experience: none. too busy with all of my extra-curriculars!
- Volunteer/Community service: Relay For Life Volunteer since I was 8, Bi-annual blood drives with HOSA, church nursery/toddler 3 years, overseas mission trip to Guatemala, VBS, I basically raise my neglected 2, 4, and 5 year old cousins, summer basketball camp coach, more i just can’t think of at the moment.
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<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):</p>
<pre><code>* Essays (Include Subjects):
o Common App Main: 7
o EC Short Answer:5
- Teacher Recommendations: Great!
- Counselor Rec: Not the best - she’s awful
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<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Date Submitted App: January 2 - 9:30ish?
- State (if domestic applicant): GA
- School Type: small public (roughly 700)
- Ethnicity: White- the worst possible one from college admission standpoint
- Gender: Female
- Income Bracket: lower middle. i think a little less than 60K?
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
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<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>* Strengths: ACT, extracurriculars.
- Weaknesses: SAT, no SAT IIs, GPA, essays, AP’s
- Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Honestly, looking at these stats, I am surprised I was even waitlisted. I’m pretty sure I have no chance. Thanks small, public, non-challenging school system.
- What would you have done differently?: Gone to a different school with more options. Or Gave more effort my freshman year. The grades that year killed me.
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