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Old 11-19-2012, 01:20 PM   #1
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Do very high score gurantee admission at vanderbilt?

Ok. I'm tired with those post about chances. Do perfect or near perfect SAT score with perfect GPA gurantee admission at vanderbilt?
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Old 11-19-2012, 02:04 PM   #2
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No.

From your post, I assume you are an international applicant. Be sure to have someone check your grammar and spelling on your essays.

Good luck.
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Old 11-19-2012, 03:05 PM   #3
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It doesn't guarantee admission, but if you have a 2350+, 4.0, 800's on your SAT2s, can pay full price, and apply ED, there's an extremely high chance you'll be admitted (99%+). If you're requesting fin aid your chances will exponentially decrease.
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Old 11-19-2012, 03:19 PM   #4
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No.
Just look at the detailed data provided by the university and decide for yourself (see section C):
CDS C.
Note the long list of items that are considered very important when evaluating candidates.
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Old 11-19-2012, 04:35 PM   #5
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Even if you have those scores and such, Vanderbilt is never a 99%+ chance.
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Old 11-19-2012, 06:13 PM   #6
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Given the stats OP posted on previous threads, he is a shoo-in. Perfect SAT and SAT2 scores, a perfect GPA, (presumably) most rigorous course load available, and a NM Scholar. As I stated, if he was a full price applicant (Vandy explicitly states that full price international applicants are given preference in admission), as long as his essays are fairly competent he's guaranteed entry. Even though admissions can sometimes seem arbitrary, the fact of the matter is that an applicant with perfect scores, ability to pay full price, a 4.0, and who has taken the most rigorous course load available will get in to Vandy ED so long his common app is coherent.

Granted, all of this argument is worthless. OP stated on a previous thread he is a NM scholar, which is only available to US citizens. Unless he is a US citizen studying high school in another country (which wouldn't make sense given that he took the toefl's), OP is lying about his stats.

So while Vandy isn't a 99% chance for a 2300 w/ a 3.8, or a 4.0 with a 2250, an applicant with a 2380, 4.0, most rigorous course load possible, respectable EC's and full ability to pay is pretty much guaranteed admission.
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Old 11-19-2012, 09:28 PM   #7
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cc123sb- just out of curiosity, where did Vanderbilt state that they give preference to internationals who can pay full price? I'm not doubting you or challenging you or anything, I just hadn't heard that before and I'm curious about it.
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Old 11-20-2012, 05:41 PM   #8
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Those international students who demonstrate they can afford the cost of attending Vanderbilt will be given preferential treatment in the admission process.
International Costs and Finances*|*Financial Aid*|*Undergraduate Admissions*|*Vanderbilt University
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I interpreted that in a different way: that full-pay internationals are preferred over internationals that need aid. Not that they are preferred over all other types of applicants.
They ought to reword that sentence since it is so open to interpretation!
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