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[quote=Anonymous][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]

I think this is generally right. I have a kid at Vanderbilt. From what I've seen, Vandy students are very much the go-getter type - class presidents, editor of the paper, that kind of thing. And that energy needs to come through on the application. I wouldn't bother applying if you don't have that. [b]You need to be president of something.[/b]

I would say a very high proportion got in ED1. The regular decision acceptance rate is only 3.7 percent. Vanderbilt is no one's back up. RD is a genuine lottery for almost everyone. The thing I don't like about Vanderbilt admissions is that there really are too many big names there - the offspring of the rich and famous. It's actually very noticeable. They need to move away from that. That being said, kid is having a great experience. No regrets. I think it's a fantastic school for certain kinds of kids - bright, social, ambitious. [/quote]

Our private CCO said basically this. They only want leaders, do-ers. Should be clear what you will do (without explicitly even saying) when you get to campus. That's how LOUD the leadership should be. LOR should speak and validate it as well.[/quote]

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