<p>I don’t want to go into too much detail as I fear they read this board and I don’t want it to negatively impact his chances, but S let her know about a piece of new information that he didn’t think she knew about. She responded in all caps that “I KNOW ABOUT…” He is not sure how she knew about this info, but she could have just said thank you for the info and not ‘screamed’ at him. </p>
<p>As to her name - see above.</p>
<p>I just got off the wait list a few days ago. I was set on going to Tufts, but ended up choosing Vanderbilt</p>
<p>I am sorry an admissions counselor used all caps in a response email to Galaxyfigment’s son. Your son was only doing his due diligence to inform them of a new accomplishment! Jeesh.
Should he come off the waitlist, I hope you will resist viewing her response to him as typical. My son never met his Vandy adcom but updates were received with brief business-like “got it” messages.<br>
Duke son’s overnight on Blue Devil Days was marred by a very unfriendly, and obviously unwilling, late freshman coming to pick him up because “it was a frat joke” and he was “made to get him”. Then he left him and said he would be back at 3am.<br>
That took us back.
Anyhow, son went to Duke and made the most incredible friends, had the most incredible teachers, and we actually passed this unfriendly ambassador a few times in four years. (very strange guy).</p>
<p>collegetimesfour, I commend your son for taking his tuition free offer and keeping his eye on the long view of the advanced education he will want. I am sure he will have new attractive options when he is ready to commence his graduate studies and that Pitt is going to give him good research credentials to take forward. It is a really bad idea to financially sacrifice for one child for undergrad school when you have graduate school loans ahead of you. (we paid full costs for Duke for first child…and while not exactly regretting it as our son maxed out that experience, it was foolish and the recession hit his senior year…so second son had more realistic options: merit only at privates or our flagship colleges.) Duke son is working full time and will be attending lower cost public school at night to get his graduate work done. If he had been a scientist, this would not be a very ideal way to get grad work done but as a business oriented person it is doable.</p>
<p>I wonder when the next round of emails is going to be sent out.</p>
<p>One more spot opening up in Peabody. After much deliberation I’ve decided to go to Tulane instead. Hope one of you is the lucky recipient!</p>
<p>Faline - we know that this adcom is not typical. Everyone else we have met at Vanderbilt has been friendly, encouraging and informative. We will stay on the waitlist until the bitter end and if that doesn’t work, we will try for a transfer next year. :)</p>
<p>I have a question for all of the wait listed people. What exactly were all of your stats? By this, I mean test scores, GPA, class rank, etc. I am deciding whether to apply ED or RD, and I want to know which gives me better chances. I realize an application is more than scores, but scores give a good, quick gauge.</p>
<p>Debater - It is not clear to me what the wait listed people have to do with your question of applying RD or ED. The percentage of ED applicants getting in is usually higher than RD, sometimes by a lot. But of course ED people are usually self-selectively higher achievers than the average RD applicant, so you have to have the stats and other criteria. Just look at the Common Data Set for Vanderbilt and you will get a good look at the stats of the entering classes.</p>
<p>My question was regarding whether or not it was likely for me to be wait listed if I do apply RD, or whether or not I would be flat out rejected. I only mentioned ED, because I am thinking about it.</p>
<p>Well, the truth is you can look at all the stats but you won’t be able to draw any conclusions about your chances of being waitlisted or accepted, unless you stats are much lower than the usual Vandy student. If Vandy is your first choice, I again recommend you look at the CDS and see how you stack up. If you fall in that range and finances are not an issue, then go for it ED. Section C is what you are looking for, btw.</p>
<p>Stats are just one piece, and I think why you’ll find people continuing to tell you that is because when only 1 in 10 applicants are accepted, you’ll find the majority of those remaining 9 with outstanding stats, maybe even better than the 1 that got accepted. My S had a 34 ACT, 800s on his SAT IIs, 4.0/4.5 gpa (unweighted/weighted), took CalcIII at university (A), had great ECs, and an internship with an aerospace company. He was wait listed RD. There was no magic set of stats that qualified/unqualified him. There was something that dropped him into the 9 and not the 1. Disappointed, Yes. No point dwelling on it. That’s why you need multiple options and simply need to do your best, and apply if you are interested. It will work out or it won’t. There’s more than a single school that will work for anyone. But the point is, all the stats that could be reported here will simply either give you false hope, or will make you worry needlessly. Work hard your senior year and things will work out as they should.</p>
<p>I agree with grp2013. Stats will not tell you. S has a 34 ACT, 3.9/4.3 GPA. Eagle Scout - Tons of community service, lots of EC. Promoted to Assistant Manager at his job and wants to be a Math Teacher. Extremely well rounded - love math and everything logical, but still has leading roles in school theater productions. Also his GC recommendation was stellar - she showed it to us and I about cried at how awesome it was. But I have heard of people with lower stats getting accepted - so we don’t know exactly what they are looking for.</p>
<p>Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Visit and apply to many schools. It may surprise you. S initially wanted a small to middle sized school with no real football connection. After many visits, his #2 choice (Vandy being #1) turned out to be 35,000 student with a huge football tradition. He will be very happy there if the waitlist doesn’t come through.</p>
<p>have any of you guys on the waitlist heard anything?</p>
<p>Not here; I think they’re going to release te second wave on sunday again.</p>
<p>I got in!!! Got the email on 12:45 MST. College of arts and sciences. 3.5 gpa, 34 act, 2280 sat. Just ran two laps around my neighborhood :D</p>
<p>im in arts and sciences too and i havent heard anything 
anyone else hear?</p>
<p>Nothing from Peabody. So I guess this means no second round for us.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure that most of you have done this, but I think sending your admissions counselor an email is highly beneficial. In my email, I not only gave a list of my recent achievements, but I made it VERY clear that I wanted to attend Vanderbilt. I feel like the email can make or break the decision, since my GPA is well below average.</p>
<p>If we sent them an email, would the adcoms let us know if there are any colleges within Vanderbilt that aren’t accepting waitlisted students anymore? I don’t want to be sitting around on the engineering waitlist if there’s no one being accepted off of it anymore</p>