Vanderbilt Alternate Choice School?

MatthewM04
Wed, 29 Jun 2005 19:51:00 +0000

That’s what I hear too.

Looking at the fall 2004 freshmen (http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Admissions/freshman%20profile.htm) profile it shows (yield is the accepted students whom enroll):
College of Arts and Science - 32.9% accepted, 35.0% yield
Blair School of Music - 40.% accepted, 44.1% yield
School of Engineering - 58.0% accepted, 33.8% yield
Peabody College - 52.1% accepted, 59.2% yield

Personally, I think the idea of applying to a school you’re definitely not interested in is ridiculous. The reason that Arts and Sciences looks harder to get into is that it had 8446 applications, compared to 2702 for the other three schools/colleges combined!

My advice: Be honest and play to your strenghts and you won’t go wrong.