<p>Sorry for posting this. You can consider this a "Chance Me", but I just want to know what else I can do to set me on the track to getting accepted into Vandy.</p>
<p>Grade: Junior
Unweighted accumulative GPA: 3.75 (school doesn't do weighted, nor percentile)(3 APs this year-school only allows APs to be taken in Junior and Senior year-Bio,stats,psych)(All honors)(planning on taking 3 more next year-ES,Physics B, Calc AB
Nationality: Asian American
Education: VERY competitive public school in the bay area.
Financially sound</p>
<p>EC (from most to least significant):
-2nd Principle oboist in California Youth Symphony Senior Orchestra, performed in 7 European countries over summer. 8 years of oboe experience.(10-11)
-ECYS associate orchestra (9)
-Prestigious oboe competition semifinalist (11)
-VP of Medcorps Club(11)
-Secretary and co-founder of 3D Printing Club(11)(yes...we actually have 3D printers)
-Team HBV Outreach Committee(11)(Stanford affiliated group)
-will work with Professor on a research at Northwestern. (11)
-200+ hrs of community service(hosting events like the one above, performing monthly at senior centers, building shelter for the needy in Mexico, organizing a Relay for Life team, and other miscellaneous things)
-Track and Field: Distinguished Sprinter(11)
-Part of National Honor Society(11)
-Relay for Life Committee and Team Captain(10)</p>
<p>*it looks like my ECs are ok, but I've done some pretty amazing stuff with them, like hosting a school wide health fair, hosted Dinner performance and info session, performed for the elderly, presented all across the bay area and hosted a competition with a $500 reward to the winner's charity of choice. ect ect.</p>
<p>Intended Major:
undecided but something medical related. </p>
<p>It was my daughter’s dream school too - she was admitted this year ED1. I would say your profile looks like an accepted student … BUT … you could very well be denied as well since the acceptance rate seems to get lower every year.</p>
<p>I would definitely apply Early Decision if it’s possible - from everything I’ve read, statistics I’ve seen, this will be your best chance if it’s indeed your #1 choice. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses! I was wondering if applying for ED1 actually helps. Because I heard that when you apply for ED, you get pooled with more competitive applicants, thus making your acceptance chance proportional to that of a student who applies for RD. </p>
<p>I think your chances of getting in are good. Your test scores are average. If I were you, I’d only send in the ACT scores to Vandy. Just keep doing things that distinguish yourself. Also, max out how many AP classes you’re taking unless your school’s AP classes are really so hard that you cannot handle more than 3 (or however many you’re planning on taking).</p>
<p>If you want to know what vanderbilt is actually like, you can message me. I don’t check CC often, but I’d be willing to help.</p>
<p>Yes, you are a strong candidate and I agree with ED. There seems to be a great deal of interest in Vanderbilt from the west coast recently…that’s nice to hear.</p>
<p>My girlfriend goes to Vanderbilt and she applied ED1. Her chances for acceptance were nearly double (from lik 14% to like 25%) because she applied Early Decision. Your chances for acceptance go down the longer you wait. So apply ED1!</p>
<p>bud123, I read those numbers as being very similar, especially if you use the correct mid-50% SAT range for RD 2017, which is 1410-1570. In my opinion, the difference in acceptance % is (mostly) a reflection of the application pool, it doesn’t indicate a significantly lower bar.</p>
<p>(I don’t mean to nitpick, but since people take these stats seriously, I checked the VU Factbook.)</p>
<p>My data came from the Vanderbilt admissions page and looks at the accepted student data while the common data set looks at enrolled stats. With ED the “accepted” class stats are the same as the “enrolled” stats since the yield is 95%+. With RD the “accepted” class stats will be higher than the “enrolled” stats since the yield is much lower and students at the top end have more options. For enrolled students the stats are very similar between ED and RD. For accepted students the stats are higher for RD applicants. When students apply there is some validity in looking at both the accepted and enrolled stats.
Either way it’s very difficult to get in now.</p>
<p>From all I have heard it gives you the best chance of acceptance. Tguana, also you might wan to check if they have summer programs you can apply to, like research projects, or music oriented which gets your name in the system early and demonstrates interest. </p>
<p>By “self-selection”, I mean candidates who apply ED are those who (based on the easily available data) believe that they have a good chance of admission, therefore this pool is typically concentrated in the top half of the total applicant pool. Therefore you’d expect that the acceptance rate would be roughly doubled, without the standards being lowered or other preferences being given.</p>
<p>wait holy crap I was just looking at these dumb CC threads because I’m a vandy student on spring break and bored out of my mind. I’m a current freshman and was basically in the exact same boat as you! I was in ECYS senior for 4 years (5 years of ECYS prep groups before that) and I went to a “competitive bay area public school” and got exactly the same gpa and similar scores. I didn’t do sports but did a ton with violin and choir and various clubs here and there. I’d be happy to talk to you (we at vandy LOVE talking to prospys… mostly because we love talking about vandy)</p>
<p>I don’t want to get my hopes up too high right now! but its good to know that I have a chance. Also, does anyone know if Vandy has a minority program that I can apply through? </p>