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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Test optional. As other elites pivoted to test required it drive up the number to schools that were still test optional. Most kids can’t hit the scores required at the top schools.

Vanderbilt rejected my NMF/36 kid (and several of his also high scoring score friends). I actually think they prefer TO kids.

Vanderbilt admissions are just weird. They routinely take middle of the pack kids and reject the most interesting or accomplished ones.
The college counselors at our private high school say that they are by far the least predictable top20 school.

Yield?

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Anonymous wrote:Test optional. As other elites pivoted to test required it drive up the number to schools that were still test optional. Most kids can’t hit the scores required at the top schools.

Vanderbilt rejected my NMF/36 kid (and several of his also high scoring score friends). I actually think they prefer TO kids.

Vanderbilt admissions are just weird. They routinely take middle of the pack kids and reject the most interesting or accomplished ones.
The college counselors at our private high school say that they are by far the least predictable top20 school.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vandy is 50% TO.
Duke is only 5%
Emory and Rice also have a lot more submitted than Vandy.

Duke is close to 30%. Their AO went on the record last year and indicated as such.

DUke is 30% TO and never changing.

Not true. I'm not guaranteeing they will change, but I would not say they will never change either. Guttentag said he wants to see a few TO classes go all the way through then evaluate. I also think he will be gone soon and might leave it up to his replacement to decide.

Anonymous wrote:Test optional. As other elites pivoted to test required it drive up the number to schools that were still test optional. Most kids can’t hit the scores required at the top schools.

Vanderbilt rejected my NMF/36 kid (and several of his also high scoring score friends). I actually think they prefer TO kids.

Anonymous wrote:What is the ED acceptance rate? What percentage do they take ED? Is this the type of school (like Tulane or Chicago) where you basically have to apply early?

Yes. Not sure what ED rate is , but much higher. Also Vandy is one of the only schools that admits athletes during RD and not ED, even further skewing the numbers.

It’s the sweet spot intersection of rigor and fun in a mid-size package. Nashville is a blast in a way that Atlanta or Providence is not. It kind of exists for fun and entertainment.

Then you go back to class Monday in a really great academic environment in a warm climate

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vandy is 50% TO.
Duke is only 5%
Emory and Rice also have a lot more submitted than Vandy.

Duke is close to 30%. Their AO went on the record last year and indicated as such.

DUke is 30% TO and never changing.

Rankings should knock you down if you aren’t test required. It also unfairly makes test scores higher since the low scorers ste t factored in—where test required have 100% of students in the average

Vanderbilt is the best in the south DS picked it over Duke. He loves the work hard play hard mentality and going to Broadway and the libraries. His only qualm is that it is too conservative for his liking.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vandy is 50% TO.
Duke is only 5%
Emory and Rice also have a lot more submitted than Vandy.

Duke is close to 30%. Their AO went on the record last year and indicated as such.

DUke is 30% TO and never changing.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vandy is 50% TO.
Duke is only 5%
Emory and Rice also have a lot more submitted than Vandy.

This.
It’s not rocket science

And Duke is test optional so there acceptance rates are also wonky when 1/2 the Ivies are test required

Omg yes, apples and oranges at this point.

I’m proud of the schools that went back to test required and didn’t waiver to keep rates looking artificially low.

^their.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vandy is 50% TO.
Duke is only 5%
Emory and Rice also have a lot more submitted than Vandy.

This.
It’s not rocket science

And Duke is test optional so there acceptance rates are also wonky when 1/2 the Ivies are test required

Anonymous wrote:Vandy is 50% TO.
Duke is only 5%
Emory and Rice also have a lot more submitted than Vandy.

This.
It’s not rocket science

Test optional. As other elites pivoted to test required it drive up the number to schools that were still test optional. Most kids can’t hit the scores required at the top schools.