<p>I’m going Mosaic. I’m half asian and half caucasian, so I was surprised to be considered a “minority” but regardless, I am very excited to be accepted and know early since I haven’t been accepted to any other schools yet.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted RD</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT/ACT: 35 ACT
SAT IIs: Lit: 800, US History: 760, Math II: 750
GPA (w/uw): my school has a wierd way of calculating gpa. i only have one. it is 4.231
Rank/Percentile (# out of #) or %: 1/300
Total AP’s/IB’s taken (score): Chem:4, USH: 5, Lang: 5 This year I am taking Cal BC, Gov, and Lit
Course load: Hardest possible. 3 aps jr year, 4 senior year. all honors and gifted other stuff.</p>
<p>Other stats: National Merit Finalist, Student Body President, Volunteer tutor, President of MAO Math Honor Society, President of Teenage Republicans, Captain of Quiz Bowl Team, Junior Miss, Many Awards in Vocal Competitions including 1st Place–Mississippi State Fair Talent Competition, Lead in School Musical in 11th and 12th
Essays: Ok. Not great. Not horrible. We don’t really work on that kind of thing at school.
Teacher Recs: GREAT! Math teacher who’s taught me since Freshman year and English teacher who thinks I hung the moon.
Counselor Rec: really generic. Just rehashed my resume
Interview: really good. the man was really impressed by me
Major EC’s: see above
Work experience: worked 6-10 hours per week junior and senior years
Notable weaknesses (if any): essay?
State or Country: MS
School Type: Public
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle Class
Intended Major: Undecided. In A&S with minor in Voice
Other schools in mind: Ole Miss, Yale, Princeton, W&L</p>
<p>Accepted RD through MOSAIC.</p>
<p>Stats:
Male
First generation Indian
UW GPA: 96/100
WGPA: 98.6/100
Class Rank: 1
School type: Private
Class size: roughly 56 kids per grade</p>
<p>SAT I: 2310 –> Math - 770, CR - 770, Writing 770 (superscore)
SAT II: Math II - 790, Physics - 790, US History - 770</p>
<p>ECs:
Student Council President
Math Honors Society President
Environmental Club Vice-President
Co-founder of Math tutoring program at my school
Physics tutor
Varsity Cross Country
Varsity Lacrosse (so far, 3 year starter)
Varsity Winter Track
Guitar
There are other things, but those are my main ones</p>
<p>AP Exams:
AP Bio - 5
AP US Hist - 5
AP English Lang. - 5
AP Calc BC - 5
AP Phys. B - 5</p>
<p>This year I’m taking AP Chem, AP English Lit., AP Phys. C, AP Spanish, AP Comp Sci A, teaching myself Multivariable Calc and Differential Equations, and I have gotten all A’s.</p>
<p>Awards/Honors:
Top 10% in NJ for Science League Chemistry
National Spanish Exam -3rd on Level I and 10th on Level 4 (in New Jersey)
NJ Governor’s School for Int’l Studies (I dunno if this counts that much under honors)</p>
<p>I think I’ll hit up the MOSAIC weekend, though I might have plans already. Either way, I’m pretty psyched about getting in! Congrats to the guys accepted!</p>
<p>@Elizinms, Did you get notification by regular snail mail or email?</p>
<p>Snail mail. It comes in an envelope labled “Congratulations.”</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted RD</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT/ACT: 31 ACT
SAT IIs: US History- 780, Literature- 650, Math I- 640
GPA (w/uw): 85/100 (highly regarded private day school: average Vanderbilt admit- ~85/100, average W&L admit- 84/100, etc.)
Rank/Percentile (# out of #) or %: does not rank
Total AP’s/IB’s taken (score): US History- 5, English Language- 4, Macroeconomics- 4, will take American Government
Course load: difficult but school does not offer AP courses (pedagogical reasons)</p>
<p>Other stats: Founded Political Discussion club, Business manager/staff writer for school newspaper, founded Quiz Bowl team, community service at large metropolitan public library, founded week-long summer program at my school for in-coming middle schoolers, squash, tennis, JHU Center for Talented Youth- 4 years, Harvard SSP
Essays: Amazing. Writing skills emphasized at my school + essay consultant
Teacher Recs: Amazing, from homeroom teacher/Spanish teacher for 3 years, from Euro History/US History teacher, similarly amazing
Counselor Rec: Great, we really connect
Interview: Great, we knew some of the same people (she was Class of '10)
Major EC’s: listed above
Work experience: work occasional weekend with catering company
Notable weaknesses (if any): GPA but mostly almost-90s and low As junior/senior year
State or Country: MD
School Type: Private preparatory day school
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: African-American
Income Bracket: Upper Class
Intended Major: Economics, possible Economics-Sociology double major
Other schools in mind: I had 12 but now that I have been admitted to Vanderbilt, I am only waiting on Princeton, Harvard, University of Chicago, Dartmouth and Middlebury.</p>
<p>Yes. 10 char</p>
<p>How do you check the status of your application?</p>
<p>I might be wrong but I don’t think there is a way to check your application status online.</p>
<p>How? 10char</p>
<p>I got in through MOSAIC, but honestly, up until then I received very little communication from Vanderbilt. I think I got one email telling me how to find an alumni interviewer and another one telling me my app was complete. So if there is a way to check online, I would have no idea how since it doesn’t seem like they have any kind of online program to check it on…=/</p>
<p>Did you all interview as well? I guess there is no way to check online if they have everything.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted RD through Mosiac!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT/ACT: 30 on ACT
SAT IIs: 730 US History
GPA (w/uw): 4.12 Weighted, 3.89 Unweighted
Rank/Percentile (# out of #) or %: Does Not Rank
Total AP’s/IB’s taken (score): Will have taken 8 AP’s in total by the end of this year; at the moment I have: US History–5, AP English Comp–4
Course load: Difficult; lots of AP’s and academic classes</p>
<p>Other stats: A lot are music related; Started multiple jazz performance groups, started groups for performing for the elderly, performed in groups across the county, 4-year volunteer and intern for local Animal Shelter, 4-year volunteer at church, JHU Center for Talented Youth Scholar, French Conservation Club at high school, 4 year writer for local newspaper and more…</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Good. About how a traumatic experience led me to discover my love of music. Quite emotional/powerful
Teacher Recs: Never got to read them, but I imagine that they were good. One from my bio/anatomy teacher and one from AP English teacher
Counselor Rec: Never got to read these either, but I’m hoping that the same applies
Interview: Excellent! Met with alumni at local coffee shop and we talked for hours. She got me more excited about Vandy!
Major EC’s: Mostly music related. I play the piano, sax, and guitar so I do a lot of playing around town. Others are listed above
Work experience: Worked for a few summers as a case assistant at my dad’s law firm. It was the most boring experience ever! I also was an intern at my local animal shelter
Hook (if any): Once again, music!
Notable weaknesses (if any): In terms of my stats, I got a few B’s here and there but not enough to cripple my GPA</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: San Diego, California
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White/Native American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Upper
Financial aid?: Scholarships would have been nice
Intended Major: I applied undeclared but am thinking of something science related. I for sure am minoring in music at Blair though
Other schools in mind: At first there was UCLA, USC, Wheaton, and more, but since I got into Vandy, I’m now just waiting on Northwestern. I can’t wait to visit Vandy next week!</p>
<p>General Comments: So excited!! :)</p>
<p>Do they give out the MOSAIC thingy to international students? (I’m Asian)</p>
<p>socalsax: Did you just hear on the 7th?</p>
<p>I actually found out around February 18th, I just didn’t know about this forum until recently haha</p>
<p>What is MOSAIC?</p>
<p>Did you get a letter too? How long after it appeared online?
Nerve-wracking to think that decisions might be made, but not to know the result!</p>
<p>MOSAIC is Vanderbilt’s Multicultural Weekend. They invite a couple hundred “minority” students for the weekend, by sending them a letter inviting them to the program while also saying that you have been admitted, but will not receive the official letter/packet until the end of March. And as mentioned earlier in this thread, this isn’t a way to check online. I guess you hear either through email or snail mail.</p>
<p>i just found out that i was accepted to Blair!</p>
<p>congrats olympics…they are always admitting fresh new talent…and you will love Nashville</p>