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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's an almost impossible admit at my senior's private school. The ivies outside of HYP are easier. This is based on data from the college office. If you can get into Vanderbilt you can get into Yale.

Other privates have a much easier time with Vanderbilt. there are private schools in the south (in florida, Texas etc) and even locally here that send a half dozen kids to Vanderbilt and they're not in the top 10% of the class. Like anything, it's very much high school dependent. [/quote]

I think that it’s extremely  selective in that it rejects a lot of high stat kids but I dont  think a Vandy admit would be a shoo in for Yale.  Ever since test optional, Vandy seems to value kids with strong or unusual ecs or a story over higher stat kids.   I live  in Baltimore and we went from each private sending one or two kids to Vandy  every year to maybe the entire group of private schools sending two to three to Vandy a year.[/quote]

What kind of stories they expect from 17 year old kids LOL  like living in a hood and getting a gunshot?

American colleges should be for normal American kids. They shouldn't be looking for exotic stories.[/quote]

You're conflating "sob stories" with "stories."  My kid attends, admitted in the last couple of years. Sure, he is 'high stats' (barf) but he additionally has a good story to tell.  Already, at the age of 18.

I've posted here before about him, but to recap, his story is authentic and goes back seveal years and -- I think this is key -- was fleshed out and supported by his two LOR and probably the CCO sheet that they send along.

I also think it's important to note for people trying to crack the secret sauce formula, that his story has zero to do with what DCUM thinks are ECs. He's never entered a scholastic contest in his life, let alone won one, double let alone a 'national EC.' He isn't the captain of anything. He has never won an award

fwiw, since this thread and most threads on Vandy are pure speculation ... DS's friends at school are primarily from NY/NJ/CT, all across the South, and a few from Chicago area. His best friends are from small-town South (ie, not Atlanta or Dallas prep school).  I'd say half of them are LMC or true MC (teacher parents).  What they seem to have in common, after having met several, is that they're authentic. It comes across immediately. No one has ever blabbed on to me about their debate team exploits or curing cancer next year or Saving The ____ s.[/quote]

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