I really want to go to Vandy and i’m thinking about ED’ing…please be real with me on my chances, thanks!
intended major- Biology (pre-med)
ACT-28 (took it with no studying, will get new scores later this week hoping to get a 30)
GPA-3.81 (i have a ton of rigor, i have never taken a regular level class)
Will graduate with 6 AP classes and 2 Dual enrollment courses. and have taken 3 levels of Spanish
I am also in the process of self teaching American Sign Language
All A’s and 3 B’s (Honors gov and accelerated geometry freshman year and Math 1113 PreCalculus-dual enrollment course junior year)
clubs- HERO club (gen ed kids interact with special needs students), Beta club, National Honors Society, Secretary in Leo Club (life long service club, leads into lions club)
Special Olympics Rhythmic Gymnasitcs Coach and Adaptive PE student
awards- acheivement awards in gov and math freshman year because although i got a B i worked VERY hard, recieved the Furman Scholar Scholarship to Furman University
extra curricular- i have played a sport or been involved every season of high school…softball 9&10, Athletic Training for my school football team 11 & 12, basketball 9-12 (team captain 10th grade and co-captain 12 grade) ,varsity track and field 9-12
I am also doing an Internship senior year with university of Georgia football head athletic trainer where i will be hands on learning and involved with UGA football and their Athletic Training program.
doubtful, you have no biology or medical-related ECs
what can i do to help my chances?
Your ACT score is very low even if you get it up to a 30. The middle 50% scores for accepted students was 32 - 35 in 2015. (http://admissions.vanderbilt.edu/profile/)
I don’t agree with the above poster that you need medical related extra-curricular activities to help your chances. At Vanderbilt, students don’t actually have to declare a major until end of sophomore year. You seem to have plenty of activities, so keep on doing what you’re doing and study hard to get that ACT score up. Applying ED is a good idea to increase your chances, as the ED acceptance rate was 23.6% compared to the RD acceptance rate of 8.8%. (http://admissions.vanderbilt.edu/vandybloggers/)
Also, you may want to apply EDII instead of EDI, so that you can get a 4.0UW GPA first semester senior year if possible. If you apply EDII, they will only have freshman to junior year grades to evaluate you on. Your GPA is on the lower side, and if you can improve your grades, it will increase your chances as well.