Currently Vanderbilt is my top choice among colleges and I would really appreciate some opinions about my chances of getting admitted. I haven’t decided whether to apply ED or RD so it would be nice to get help in choosing when I should apply.
GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 4.58 weighted
SAT: 1500 (760 Math, 740 Reading)
SAT Subject Tests: 780 Math Level II, 760 Physics
APs: 5s on AP Calc AB, AP Stat, AP Lang and Comp, AP Physics
4s on AP Chem, AP US Hist, AP World Hist
I have taken 7 APs going into senior year and am currently taking 5 APs (AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Gov, AP Spanish)
Extracurricular Activities:
-School Soccer 4 years, varsity for 3 years
-Club Soccer for 4 years year round
-Violin in top orchestra for 2 years (solid orchestra program also), also in a community orchestra and i take private lessons
-8 week full time internship with a STEM company in summer of senior year
-Volunteered as soccer camp counselor for summer of freshman and sophomore year (200 hours total)
-Week long trip to Costa Rica in summer that focused on playing soccer and connecting with kids at an impoverished school, meant as a cultural experience as well as a volunteering opportunity (I don’t know if this is something colleges want to see since it was only a week, however it had a strong impact on my life)
-member of engineering club junior and senior year
If there is any extra information that I forgot to mention, please tell me. Thank you!!
Numbers are solid, and fit within the class profile - definitely competitive for ED, SAT is maybe a little bit less strong for RD (although it’s certainly not weak), but the large number/strong showing on APs might help you out. ECs look good as well.
Unfortunately, we can only give you a very general sense of where your app is from a CC post, but I’d say you have solid chances. Everything is where it should be, but you’re not an absolute lock. At this point, all you can do is make sure the subjective portions of your app (essays, recs) are high quality and see what happens.
Chances of admissions are greater in the ED round (although it’s hard to predict how EDII works vs EDI/RD), so it would be a good idea to run the net price calculator and also decide which school is your first choice. If Vanderbilt’s on top, and seems financially doable, pulling the trigger on ED would be a good idea. It’s likely that with a large number of applications you would be accepted at a top 20 school in the RD round, but you just can’t be sure where that will be. You definitely wouldn’t be out of the running for RD either, but a lot of good candidates end up waitlisted.