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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My older one was a recruited athlete with much lower grades so we are in different territory with my younger son's who is a junior with:  4.0, SAT 1510, a few strong activities & leadership roles within common clubs found in his public school but no app or national awards or huge spike. Full pay.  Undecided but probably economics & history. Lot's of AP's with 4s and 5s, part time job. Wants to ED at Vanderbilt (like the rest of his class). Seems like a very typical public school profile. Is this a wasted ED?[/quote]

Choose history not economics. And find a particular niche in history to be excited about - not just history generally. What are his historical interests?
Do something history this summer?
https://www.wm.edu/as/niahd/precol/
https://www.nationalhistoryacademy.org/[/quote]

You don’t “apply for history” at Vanderbilt. That’s not a thing.  Probably at any school, but definitely not at Vanderbilt

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Correct. 
You don't apply for a major. You are a history applicant.
Your application is "read" (in committee) as an applicant for a history major - or whatever major you list. Ofc, you aren't assigned to history when admitted....but your ECs are likely not compelling for your application if it doesn't tell a story.
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Still no.

- parent of a Vanderbilt history major. [/quote]

My kid got into Vanderbilt in RD and applied as a certain unpopular major. DC passed but I’d imagine the undersubscribed major played a role? Maybe not![/quote]

My point is that you don’t apply “to a major” at Vanderbilt. Or probably at most schools outside of engineering and maybe undergraduate business.
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