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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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. You need to be president of something.

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. [b]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.[/b] 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]

Besides the Stephanopolos girls and Gwyneth Paltrow/Chris Martin’s daughter, what celebrity kids are there?[/quote]

It's finance.

That's the real hook at Vanderbilt. [/quote]

yes and corporate. All the CEOs kids go there.[/quote]

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