<p>Last year, as a senior, I applied to Vanderbilt RD the day before the applications were due. I really didn’t know where I wanted to go to school or what I was looking for. I applied because I knew the school was well regarded, and they had sent me scholarship information.
As I awaited my admissions decision I researched the school and grew to love it. </p>
<p>As a result, I was very disappointed when I was wait listed and subsequently denied admission. This gave me a great opportunity to attend a missions and leadership school this fall, and now am looking to apply ED to Vanderbilt for next year.</p>
<p>Essentially, during my application process last year, I fell in to the rut of focusing on grades, test scores, etc, merely going to school for the sake of grades rather than to learn and do my best. </p>
<p>Being wait listed opened my eyes to this and renewed my love of learning. </p>
<p>Is it too dangerous to write from the perspective that through a good chunk of high school I did school for the wrong motives and didn’t have much direction?</p>