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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every highly selective school could fill their class ten times over with applicants with perfect stats. Once you cross a certain academic line, it's the rest of the app that matters. I don't see Stanford and Harvard taking the absolute top academic students either. They're looking for students that will go on to make a name for themselves, which is why ECs are so important to these schools. [b]For Vanderbilt, they really value leadership. The student president or the editor of the school paper is going to have a better shot than the valedictorian. Vandy in particular is one of those schools that is looking for compelling narratives among their applicants, though it doesn't hurt if their parents are billionaires or celebrities. But again, that goes in to taking students who are going to make a name for themselves.[/b] I don't think it's an accident that Vanderbilt students tend to be smart, well rounded, polished extroverts with drive. Vandy is looking for something in particular.

As for yield protection, I do think that's a thing for Vanderbilt. It's why people are encouraged to apply EDI. I do believe EDII is bogus at Vandy - at that round they are only looking to pick up the students who were rejected or deferred from Stanford and Harvard. That's it. RD is mayhem and luck for everyone.   [/quote]

Not there so don’t really know, but impressions I get from what I read. I don’t think it’s a bad plan, gives them a bit of an identity and something to differentiate themselves on.[/quote]

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