chances at vandy/how good is blair?

AlkiraFarrah
Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:08:01 +0000

In order to possibly defuse (yes, you’re a bomb) whatever stress you may be feeling about Blaire, I picked this up in another thread who picked it up from a Vanderbilt Admissions Blog (so the stats are truthful, I would say):

ADMIT RATE

A&S 28.44%
BLAIR 40.65% *
ENG 44.72% *

PEA 46.50% *

AVG 32.48%

TEST SCORES MID 50% RANGES

A&S 1360-1510/31-33
BLAIR 1280-1470/29-33
ENG 1360-1510/31-34
PEA 1270-1410/28-32

But again:

*Just like each applicant, there are stories behind the numbers. You will notice that it appears “easier” to get into Engineering, Blair and Peabody. This is not at all true. The applicant pools for our three professional schools are highly self selecting. For instance, the 40.65% of admitted Blair students are all gifted musicians who qualified through an audition. Not an easy task by any measure.

Just rock it out on your audition. Don’t think you won’t get in because you made a 32 and there are some who will apply with higher. Be the good musician you are.