Vanderbilt Wait-Listed Thread

@mom2cats Thank you!

@penpal11 If you could do that, that’d be great, thanks so much!

@jimchit That sounds like a hectic journey for your daughter! I’m a little afraid to 100% buy into the college I’m currently committed to in case the waitlist comes through, but I’ve already made potential roommates and friends as well. I’m glad your daughter has settled on her choice! I hope to be in that position soon enough. Thank you for sharing

Anyone get admitted from second wave yet?

Not sure. I haven’t received an email.

I didn’t think the second wave was coming out today

Not that I’ve heard.

IM SO NERVOUS all I want In life is to be taken off the waitlist

If anyone is admitted, can you tell us here so we know? I so appreciate it GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!’ <3

@Cawledgeboundd Haha I think we all feel the same way right now. Good luck!

I got off the wait list for the college of engineering yesterday! They sent an email around 4:15 central time.

Wait so is the second wave done?

My heart just dropped I hope that doesn’t mean the second wave is out…what state are you from? @katcollege2022

@Cawledgeboundd I don’t think the second wave is out. The first wave had until Tuesday night to secure their spot, so I don’t think that they’d release offers before that deadline.

@Cawledgeboundd @godores22 I’m from VA

@katcollege2022 Congrats! If you don’t mind me asking, what were your stats?

I check my email far too often these days…

I am so stressed :frowning:

So is the second wave out? I feel like there would be more than one acceptance in the forum in the second wave

@PickleMaster I totally understand your thoughts on the Vanderbilt waitlist situation. Prior to getting Admissions results I was hardcore sure that I wanted to go to a private school and applied to many reaches and by miracle got waitlisted to many of them. At that point in time, I committed to Cal and it’s true that Cal was never my first choice but it’s no use regretting decisions and hating on the school I was going to attend. I found ways to loving the school and found roommates, friends, and opportunities that Cal had to offer. When vandy offered me admission off the waitlist, I stressed for two days before ultimately deciding that I couldn’t leave Cal. Many people fall in love with the school they commit to and waitlist admissions throws a hard curveball at that. It was ultimately really hard to click decline on vandys portal and at the time I even regretted it. It’s disheartening to see people express indecisiveness especially to your first choice but it’s incredibly hard to withdraw from our original choice. If you would like help in any way, I’m also a first generation ORM from a pretty lackluster town so cheers to our similarities.

@totoro102 Wow, it’s nice to know there is someone who can relate, thank you for sharing! I’m also in love with the school I’m committed to (otherwise I wouldn’t have applied), but the only concern is the lack of financial aid that I so desperately need. I guess it’s easier for someone like me to make a waitlist decision if I have another incentive like aid but I can see where the indecisiveness comes from. Good luck at Cal though, I wish you nothing but the best!

@godores22 hey guys, thanks for the advice and information, it really has been an absolute pleasure to be waiting in anxiety with all of you. for those interested, i chose to go to biola over vandy. i’m in love with SoCal and the school really was the best fit for me although i was attracted to the prestige and glamour of Vanderbilt. Plus Vanderbilt was about 2.5x the cost of Biola :slight_smile: Super excited to attend Biola’s honors program (#1 Great Books program in the country) and love that personalized education that is so rare these days (dean of business school and colleagues personally email and call me to ask if they can do anything to help me out and ask me to go to lunch). Best of luck to all you as i’m sure you will all make the right decision for you.

@nicolasdeadman Congrats on your decision. I’m sure you will love it and do very well.

@godores22 I agree - I would think that there would be more people from the second wave