any hope?

Colleges & Universities Vanderbilt University
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<p>GPA: 93/100 ranked 24 out of 150
Rural Upstate NY High School (0 Applications to Vanderbilt this year and the past 10+)
SAT 1940 , ACT 32, SAT II Chem 640 , Math II 690, US History 750
Did not apply for financial aid</p>

<p>Senior Classes:
AP Government and Politics
AP Psychology
English 4
Pre-Calculus
Economics</p>

<p>EC’s

  • Model UN 10,11,12 (Elected Treasurer 11,12)
  • Class Officer 11 (Elected Treasurer)
  • Varsity Soccer 11,12 (Varsity Letter 11, Manager 12)
  • Leo Club 11,12
  • American Mathematics Competition 11, 12</p>

<ul>
<li>Volunteered at physicians office 5 hours a week since 8th grade</li>
<li>Conducted research into Zebrafish at Clarkson University 500+ hours</li>
<li><p>Currently work as computer programmer/network engineer for Clarkson University’s Center for the Environment</p></li>
<li><p>Excellent Recommendations</p></li>
<li><p>Pretty good essays</p></li>
<li><p>Did not indicate race (asian subcont- american)</p></li>
</ul>

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<p>anyone have an idea?</p>

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<p>Any hope? Hope springs eternal, so you should have hope. Anything can happen if something in your essay or recommendations tickle the AdComm’s fancy, but you are not among the stronger applicants.</p>

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<p>in all honesty - i applied early decision with similar stats (higher SAT’s, slightly lower rank) without applying for financial aid and I was rejected.</p>

<p>your advantage is:</p>

<p>1) you’re from NY state which is much easier than NJ since its a larger state and they want NY people
2) no ones applying from your school – mine used to be that way but this year 30 applied.</p>

<p>good luck!</p>

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<p>I don’t want to say you’re automatically in, however the applicants that got in and attended Vanderbilt with me that were from rural NY had scores worse than you. Therefore, I wouldn’t say you’re an extremely strong candidate, but for diversity purposes, I’m sure you would be a strong candidate from NY state. I would say that the class rank not being in the top 10% does hurt your chances. Overall, I think your chances are pretty good, but you never know because the applicant pool grows every year. Your essay may be the difference.</p>

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<p>ok, i’m a persian muslim (if that helps)
High School: Long Island pubic school with a great reputation (Top 25 in U.S)
GPA: UW-3.7
SAT: 2000 Math-660 Writing 720 CR: 620
SAT II’s: 660 MathI, 680 Math 2, 710 in Spanish and 660 in Am His
ACT: 32</p>

<p>E.C.
4 year varsity wrestler and captain, 2 time all county
3 year varsity lacrosse
All county saxaphone, All state jazz ensemble-bari sax
Pres of Medical explorers and jazz band
VP of Future Business Leaders of America
French Club, World Affairs Club, Varsity Club
National Spanish Honor Society
Tri-M music honor society
National Honor Society</p>

<p>Other:
went to summer school after 9th grade to get ahead in science
went to sat prep after 10th grade (didn’t help)
went to National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC) in 10th Grade
Four Model United Nations
Going to China this summer to learn Mandarin… and watch the olympics</p>

<p>Please chance me, i know my scores suck, but would my ec’s compensate for the crappy scores? Also, i might apply early.</p>

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<p>dardar, it looks like we applied to some of the same schools, what other schools did u apply to?</p>

<p>Again strt your own thread. (sry shubis)</p>

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<p>I would say both have a good shot… stats look above average… but who knows… the applicant pool grew 30% this last year… thats a lot of competition!</p>