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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone using Parchment to understand school comparisons doesn’t understand data and/or Parchment’s process. Of course, Parchment wants you to believe that their data reflects reality, but there is little reason to believe them.

Parchment’s data is 100% self-reported with absolutely no verification of reality. That means that it’s potentially rife with problems.

First, there is selection bias - who would/would not visit such a site to provide there data. It is not a complete or representative dataset.

Second, there is false data - people report comparisons and outcomes that are fake to put their thumb in the scale.

Third, there is no safeguard against one person or a group of people creating multiple accounts and “astroturfing” the results - essentially a coordinated effort to hype or degrade a school (much like DCUM trolls!).

What to trust? School data. Common App data. Given Vanderbilt’s admission stats and class profile, it’s very hard to believe the Parchment results. [/quote]
Parchment is not self reported, its using transcript data through counselors. Vanderbilt gets a ton  of applicants from students who have no chance at going. Especially southern students, so yea its believable. [/quote]

Oh honey, someone’s not the sharpest tool in the shed. Parchment results are not reliable. But, not only do you lack on an intellectual level to know that but you're also classist and racist. The South has the largest and most successful black population in the US with very talented students. Maybe spend time working on yourself before spewing your disgusting rhetoric. And there are many students who aren’t qualified who apply to Harvard, I assume your kids will be one of them :)[/quote]
There's a [b]reason Vandy is 50% TO[/b]. [/quote]

Yes. It's a Division I, Power 5 SEC school.  This really isn't complicated. They have to recruit enough athletes who can compete in the [u]SEC[/u] -- meaning, from all over the country, in all the sports.

[The school has an entering class of 1600 and nearly 500 of them are athletes]

I wish Vandy's TO intake was closer to that of other T20 power sport schools like Duke and NU, which are about 20% each. That seems balanced.  That said, the school spirit atmosphere that Big Sports brings to a university is a key selling point for a lot of applicants, so who knows. A lot of smart kids target Vandy precisely [i]because[/i] it offers excellent academics and school spirit in a fun, big city.  [/quote]

Vanderbilt admits: 61% submitted test scores 
Enrolled class (last year): 52% submitted scores
The enrolled class of a school is always lower stats than the admitted class of the school.

Also, there are about 450 TOTAL athletes at Vanderbilt, not just in the freshman class. So about 110/1600 athletes in the freshman class.[/quote]

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