what SAT/ACT scores should I aim for?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Vanderbilt University
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<p>Hi, I've posted my stats here numerous times, and this is slightly different from other chances posts. I'll give you my stats, and then based off them, can you tell me what GPA and test scores I should shoot for to make vanderbilt a match? Assume that I'm applying ED because I'm strongly considering it:</p>

<p>Here are my stats, can you tell me my chances to at least UCSD? I'd like it if you can tell me my chances for the others tho 2</p>

<p>(start of resume)
*I am an Asian Indian Male
*From a competitive public high school in Oregon, Beaverton High School, which was also rated the best AP school in Oregon, so yeah, its a smart school.
*student body at school = 500+</p>

<p>The Numbers/ECs
*Freshman year:
4.0 with honors in 2 classes for both semesters</p>

<p>*Sophomore Year:
3.8125 overall for both semesters
(Bs in AP Chem 1st sem, Precalc 2nd sem, Social Studies 1st sem)</p>

<p>*Junior Year (projected)
Human Anat/Phys-A,A
IB Bio HL 1-A,A
Spanish 3-A,A
IB Calculus-A, A (might be at worst 1 "B")
IB Psychology-A,A
Team Sports-A
IB English-B,B (might get 1 A)
IB Tok 1-B</p>

<p>*class rank UW right now = 38/515. Weighted = 30/515 (will go up because not many kids have taken hard classes yet)
*IB Diploma Candidate (to be)
*Will take AP exams in addition to IB exams, so I could be AP Scholar w/ distinction or just AP scholar as well.
*Varsity tennis 4 years (will have 4)
*Science Team 4 years (will have 4)
*World Quest Trivia 4 years (will have 4)
*Science Club Treasurer (1 year)
*Science Club VP (2 years)
*Math Club VP (2 years)
*Portland Youth Philharmonic (3 years)
*Mathfest Algebra 2 1st place freshman year
*OIMT Participant Fresh Year
*Mathfest Participant sophomore year
*Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Rising Star Program (will have 150-175 volunteer hours done)
*Mathcounts Tutor (about 50+ volunteer hours)</p>

<p>Right now I get about a 1920-2050 on the SAT, 26-30 on ACT according to Practice Tests for SAT, and the PLAN (it's like the PSAT for SAT except the ACT version) on ACT. So obviously with pathetic scores like that they'll laugh at me and then throw my app in the garbage, so I'm wondering what you guys think I should get along with the GPA to have Vandy be a match school for me ED. I posted my stats however because I know that ECs sometimes make up for low test scores as well as other factors.</p>

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<p>New data for the Class of 2010 should be available within the month, but until then check out these links for past enrollment statistics:
<a href="http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Admissions/freshman%20profile.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Admissions/freshman%20profile.htm&lt;/a>
<a href="http://virg.vanderbilt.edu/VIRGWEB/factbook.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://virg.vanderbilt.edu/VIRGWEB/factbook.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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So obviously with pathetic scores like that they'll laugh at me and then throw my app in the garbage

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<p>Luckilly, Vanderbilt is pretty holistic with admissions. They will see you a person and not a test score. They are known to put a heavier emphasis on on things like teacher recs and essays than other schools.</p>