Decision: Rejected
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Old SAT: 2240 (700 CR, 740 M, 800 W; 10 essay)
ACT (breakdown): didn’t submit
SAT II: 790 USH, 720 math 1, 720 english lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): about 3.9 I think, but my school doesn’t use 4.0 scale
Weighted GPA: we do a weird 5.65 scale, so N/A
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/94
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), Bio (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Physics I, AP Psych, AP English, AP Calc AB, College Writing (concurrent enrollment URI)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): not really any major ones, but CSPAN StudentCam third prize, RI Scholar Athlete, All-Division, National Spanish Exam awards, etc.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-World Languages Club (Treasurer / Secretary)
-National Honor Society (Treasurer)
-World Languages Honor Society
-Varsity tennis: 4 years
-Varsity Athletes Against Substance Abuse (VAASA)
-Golf team
Job/Work Experience: 2 summers of bussing at local beach club
Volunteer/Community service: 40 hours per year for NHS; teach CCD at local Catholic church; tutor pre-calc
Summer Activities: working, tennis, etc.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App: maybe 8/10… good I think, but sort of weird
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): Spanish teacher for 3 years: 7/10 (it was good, but a little different)
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): Algebra 2/Pre Calc teacher: haven’t seen it, but probably 8/10
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): I have no idea; probably alright; maybe 7/10
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
Intended Major: Computer Science
State (if domestic applicant): RI
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: pretty high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflections: I obviously wasn’t expecting to get in, as Vanderbilt is super competitive. However, I feel as though there was a definite disadvantage for students who submitted the old SAT this year. The scores for the new SAT are supposed to be higher, so colleges should take this into account by using the College Board’s concordance tables. Georgetown has basically admitted to not following the concordance tables, and Vanderbilt’s ED results show that they accepted people with higher new SATs than old SATs…
Weaknesses: Vanderbilt is a reach for pretty much anyone and I don’t have anything particularly special about my application that would make it stand out
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
-Accepted: Boston College (honors program), UMiami (w/ merit scholarship), Fordham (w/ merit scholarship), University of Richmond
-Waitlisted: Wake Forest
-Rejected: UNC, Emory, Georgetown, Vanderbilt
-Waiting on: Duke
General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got in, and good luck to everyone else! I don’t typically make these posts, but I figured I would for this