Vanderbilt University Early Decision for Fall 2025 Admission

This is the official thread for those applying ED to Vanderbilt University.

List your unweighted GPA, any SAT /ACT scores, and ECs. What majors are you going into?
Ask your questions, the CC community is here to help!

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Anyone applying to Peabody College HOD? It is the most popular major so I’m not sure if that is more or less competitive than Arts & Sciences.

My daughter applied there ED last year . She is having a great experience so far. I would say to not worry about it being more competitive than one of the other colleges. I would focus on where your interests lie and how your profile aligns to that particular college. Admission officers will likely see right through someone applying to a college because they think it’s an easier admit than the college they really want. Let me know if I can answer any questions.

ED1 application for son. 4.0 UW, 35 ACT. A week after the application was received we had to submit W2 and tax return. Hoping that is a good sign.

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Hope your son gets good news in December :crossed_fingers:!

4.03 UW GPA, 34 ACT, Psych major - when do ED decisions come out?

When does Vanderbilt ED come out?

We were also asked to submit financial docs after applying ED, but it was 2 weeks later. I was wondering if everyone who applied had the same request.

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Any updates on when it’s coming out? Haha

…and last year it was Thursday the 14th so the most that can be predicted seems to be announcement day before decisions available likely by Friday

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Do you have any updates? Did anyone hear the decision? I saw a few students say a new link appeared in my VUapp “visit option.” Does this mean they got admitted?

Where did you see students say that

Pretty sure visit options was always there

My kid just got a request for all our tax documents. Is that an indication they are accepted?

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At most private universities at the level of Vanderbilt, the Financial Aid office is independent from Admissions.

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Did they apply ED?

Yes. - ED1

Does anyone know when it’s coming out? I have a daughter that is constantly refreshing this page to find any kind of news.

In the same boat - ugh

For what it is worth I saw on Reddit a few
People reporting that they called their admission officer and where told Monday would be the day.

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