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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Current Vandy parent here - I didn’t read everything but baseline you need a prestigious national award and basically like 4.0UW. TO only for hooked these days it seems. 1530+ if submitting.

We usually get 3-4 admits annually from our private and last year we had 0 (my younger rejected) with like a bunch of ED1 and ED2s. All rejected, no waitlists, high stats kids not unlike prior years. Vandy does seem to be a crapshoot these days, I don’t see how ED1 even makes sense because anyone getting in could get into a top/better school. May as well shoot your shot at a higher ranked school. [/quote]

I read some of these posts and the cynic in my thinks they are parents trying to dissuade others from applying so their child has a better chance.[/quote]

PP is speaking the truth. It is a really, really hard admit from my DC’s DMV private. There is occasionally an athletic recruit (lacrosse). Other than that, it is one admit a year, usually a high stats student who applies ED2 after a deferral in ED1 from Duke or another similar school. It is always a top student with a BIG leadership position (student body president, yearbook editor, founder of a non-profit that makes the news, etc.) and I don’t know if legacy is involved. [/quote]

yes, i don't think it's a conspiracy of College Counseling trying to funnel certain kids there (at all!).  At our "Big3" the top kids have tried in recent years but they dont get in.  They will even sail into HYP but not Vandy.  It's just weird.  I've seen the Naviance.    
I have a very strong kid this year and CC is completely supportive of him/her trying but it's hard to justify if you see the data vs the data for amost 15 other top schools.  [/quote]

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