**Decision: Rejected **
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):1360 (630M, 730W&R, 18/24?) best essay was 24/24
ACT (breakdown):30 (35R, 35W, 25M, 26S)
SAT II:Biology E (680), Spanish (800)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.98
Weighted GPA:4.48
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/102
AP (place score in parenthesis):Bio (4), Literature (4), Spanish (5), Art (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): -
Senior Year Course Load: Government/Econ, T.A., AP Physics 1 (ruined my 4.0…), Psychology, AP Calculus, AP Language, Human Biology (Dual Enrollment [DE] 1st semester), Medical Terminology (DE, 1st semester), Chemistry (DE, 2nd semester), Public Speaking (DE, 2nd semester)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Scholastic Art & Writing state awards
Vanderbilt Merit Scholarship: No
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Interact - Rotary International (Treasurer), Success ( Community Service Officer), Creative Writing Club (Vice President), Senior Capstone
Job/Work Experience:Agriculture Worker, Library Page
Volunteer/Community service: See extracurriculars, reader at St. Anthony’s Parish
Summer Activities:Don’t think I mentioned this in my app, but here you go: Summertime Success, study for ACT using PrepScholar (it worked!), 2 Dual Enrollment Courses, worked on Capstone
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Personal Statement was well-written, but hardly personal, so 7-8/10 Vanderbilt supplement: 5/10 Hardly spent any time on it, just copy and pasted what I wrote for another college and added a bit to it, I think my lack of care showed
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: Spanish teacher? 9/10
Teacher Rec #2: English teacher? 10/10
Counselor Rec: Probably good but generic
Additional Rec: I don’t remember if I did this, but if I did, they were 9-10/10 and 8/10?
Interview: Went great, really fun
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
Intended Major: Medicine, Health, and Society (or something like that)
State (if domestic applicant):CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Small rural public
Ethnicity:Hispanic
Gender:XX
Income Bracket:<90K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM, 1st generation, underachieving area?
Reflection
Strengths: GPA?, Dual Enrollment?
Weaknesses:Test scores, amount of extracurriculars, ESSAYS!!!
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably saw I wasn’t interested in attending Vandy and going down to the South.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UCD (in w/honors), UCSC (in, waitlisted at honors), UCLA, USC, Cornell via likely letter
Waiting: UCB, Brown, Harvard
Rejected: Stanford REA, Vandy
General Comments: Don’t apply to a college you don’t want to attend because there are people who do want to attend that school.