Chances for Tufts/Wash U/Emory/Vandy?

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Anonymous wrote:For Emory, less than half of the applicants submit an SAT score. Your SAT score is almost at the 50th percentile.

Phenomenal chance ED, great chance RD.

Sometimes I think posters here don't realize the CDS gives such clarity.

Bottom quartile is 720V and 750M so 1480 is just over 25th percentile, not near 50th…still, the fact that a high percentage don’t submit is helpful.

You do realize the 50th percentile SAT score at Emory is 1500?

If 1470 is the 25th percentile and 1500 is the 50th, 1480 is closer to 25th than 50th.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Emory's admitted student 25th percentile is 1470 so ED (aka enrolled students) will be a bit lower.

It's the same for enrolled students and admitted students 1470.
Granted Emory is test optional that's probably why there is no difference in test scores between admitted and enrolled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pp, adding Vandy extremely unlikely, they have been rejecting higher stat applicants with better ecs even zED1.. Have a shot at the others ED2.

Why on earth would they do this? We visited Vandy and liked it- were shocked by their average SAT (I can’t remember but it was in the mid 1500s). My son has a 1530 so he’s there but then we realized how few actually submit.

Why would they reject a high stats kid in ED1- they seemed highly protective of yield in their presentation?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If your child is at Jackson Reed - has a shot as these schools continue to look for diversity of Urban experiences.
Pick one and apply ED.

Not the OP but I have a JR student. Please say more- I have not heard about many kids going to these schools from JR in the past few years (high flyers going to Ivies and flagship state schools like Michigan and UVA)....

All the more reason to apply to different schools. Every high school is subject to groupthink. And an applicant's primary competition is their fellow classmates. So if all the high flyers are applying to the Ivies, UVA and Michigan then apply to Tufts/WashU/Emory/Notre Dame/Rice/Vanderbilt/CMU/Northwestern. The fewer applicants there are from the applicant's high school, the better the odds. And a DC address for most universities will get more attention than say one from suburban NJ.

My kid is at Vandy and knows a ton of kids from New Jersey and all of the suburbs around NYC (NJ, Westchester County, Long Island, Connecticut). DC schools are strong but so are those.

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Is Elon on the list? Which safeties are you visiting?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Pp, adding Vandy extremely unlikely, they have been rejecting higher stat applicants with better ecs even zED1.. Have a shot at the others ED2.

Why on earth would they do this? We visited Vandy and liked it- were shocked by their average SAT (I can’t remember but it was in the mid 1500s). My son has a 1530 so he’s there but then we realized how few actually submit.

Why would they reject a high stats kid in ED1- they seemed highly protective of yield in their presentation?

Because they have institutional priorities beyond admitting wealthy high stats kids from the DMV. Vandy use to care about test scores but now let nearly half the class in test optional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is Elon on the list? Which safeties are you visiting?

DC will look at Elon but isn’t jazzed about the location…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Pp, adding Vandy extremely unlikely, they have been rejecting higher stat applicants with better ecs even zED1.. Have a shot at the others ED2.

Why on earth would they do this? We visited Vandy and liked it- were shocked by their average SAT (I can’t remember but it was in the mid 1500s). My son has a 1530 so he’s there but then we realized how few actually submit.

Why would they reject a high stats kid in ED1- they seemed highly protective of yield in their presentation?

I don’t think my kid will end up applying to Vandy but is the implication to not submit scores under 1500?

[Anonymous]

DD is at WashU and loves it. Anecdotally, of her 6-person suite of first-years, she is the only one who applied RD. The other 5 applied ED1 or ED2.

I suggest weaving-in the sports/team captain aspect of your DC’s experience into an essay, if possible. Specifically, what has your DC learned through sports, how have they grown, or how have they failed and then recovered? WashU is big on sports and music students. It’s probably the collaboration ability and work ethic found in these activities that attracts WashU to certain students. Virtually everyone DD has met has been nice, smart, and collaborative - and they did played sports/music (often both) in high school.

If possible, visit campus and reference that in an essay. I don’t think WashU tracks demonstrated interest anymore, per se, but if you’ve visited I would convey that and cite something very specific. Mentioning a professor or class of interest would be helpful.

You could visit WashU in the dead middle of winter and the campus would still be stunning. The area around campus is also very nice. Traveling to St. Louis may be a deterrent, but DD’s roommates were from all over the US.

If there is an “optional” essay or video, complete it. Best of luck in your DC’s application process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD is at WashU and loves it. Anecdotally, of her 6-person suite of first-years, she is the only one who applied RD. The other 5 applied ED1 or ED2.

I suggest weaving-in the sports/team captain aspect of your DC’s experience into an essay, if possible. Specifically, what has your DC learned through sports, how have they grown, or how have they failed and then recovered? WashU is big on sports and music students. It’s probably the collaboration ability and work ethic found in these activities that attracts WashU to certain students. Virtually everyone DD has met has been nice, smart, and collaborative - and they did played sports/music (often both) in high school.

If possible, visit campus and reference that in an essay. I don’t think WashU tracks demonstrated interest anymore, per se, but if you’ve visited I would convey that and cite something very specific. Mentioning a professor or class of interest would be helpful.

You could visit WashU in the dead middle of winter and the campus would still be stunning. The area around campus is also very nice. Traveling to St. Louis may be a deterrent, but DD’s roommates were from all over the US.

If there is an “optional” essay or video, complete it. Best of luck in your DC’s application process.

Very helpful- thank you!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is Elon on the list? Which safeties are you visiting?

DC will look at Elon but isn’t jazzed about the location…

How about U Tampa or College of Charleston?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is Elon on the list? Which safeties are you visiting?

DC will look at Elon but isn’t jazzed about the location…

How about U Tampa or College of Charleston?

How are these schools anything like the ones OP is asking about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD is at WashU and loves it. Anecdotally, of her 6-person suite of first-years, she is the only one who applied RD. The other 5 applied ED1 or ED2.

I suggest weaving-in the sports/team captain aspect of your DC’s experience into an essay, if possible. Specifically, what has your DC learned through sports, how have they grown, or how have they failed and then recovered? WashU is big on sports and music students. It’s probably the collaboration ability and work ethic found in these activities that attracts WashU to certain students. Virtually everyone DD has met has been nice, smart, and collaborative - and they did played sports/music (often both) in high school.

If possible, visit campus and reference that in an essay. I don’t think WashU tracks demonstrated interest anymore, per se, but if you’ve visited I would convey that and cite something very specific. Mentioning a professor or class of interest would be helpful.

You could visit WashU in the dead middle of winter and the campus would still be stunning. The area around campus is also very nice. Traveling to St. Louis may be a deterrent, but DD’s roommates were from all over the US.

If there is an “optional” essay or video, complete it. Best of luck in your DC’s application process.

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For Emory, less than half of the applicants submit an SAT score. Your SAT score is almost at the 50th percentile.

Phenomenal chance ED, great chance RD.

Sometimes I think posters here don't realize the CDS gives such clarity.

Bottom quartile is 720V and 750M so 1480 is just over 25th percentile, not near 50th…still, the fact that a high percentage don’t submit is helpful.

You do realize the 50th percentile SAT score at Emory is 1500?

If 1470 is the 25th percentile and 1500 is the 50th, 1480 is closer to 25th than 50th.

Obtuse much? The difference is statistical noise. Fully 50% of Emory's students have a 1500 or below on the SAT. That statistic only includes the 50% of students who bother to submit an SAT. If you think that Emory is going to look at 1480 or a 1500 as a difference maker, you are just plain wrong. A 1480 is a bonafie submit score for Emory, and an assured ED admit. It is a high likely admit for RD assuming GPA and rigor math the score.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD is at WashU and loves it. Anecdotally, of her 6-person suite of first-years, she is the only one who applied RD. The other 5 applied ED1 or ED2.

I suggest weaving-in the sports/team captain aspect of your DC’s experience into an essay, if possible. Specifically, what has your DC learned through sports, how have they grown, or how have they failed and then recovered? WashU is big on sports and music students. It’s probably the collaboration ability and work ethic found in these activities that attracts WashU to certain students. Virtually everyone DD has met has been nice, smart, and collaborative - and they did played sports/music (often both) in high school.

If possible, visit campus and reference that in an essay. I don’t think WashU tracks demonstrated interest anymore, per se, but if you’ve visited I would convey that and cite something very specific. Mentioning a professor or class of interest would be helpful.

You could visit WashU in the dead middle of winter and the campus would still be stunning. The area around campus is also very nice. Traveling to St. Louis may be a deterrent, but DD’s roommates were from all over the US.

If there is an “optional” essay or video, complete it. Best of luck in your DC’s application process.

Isn’t the conventional wisdom not to talk about sports in essays? Bc it’s so overdone?
Per Sara Harberson?