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Anonymous wrote:Vandy will let in another 200 transfers this fall though. The whole slevtivity thing is just a deliberate illusion.

This!! Their transfer acceptance rate is almost 25% . Remember they have those new campuses as well they'll have to fill in the coming years.

Kids will probably start getting spring admission offers from Vandy or will be shipped off to SF/NYC/PB campuses for their first semester, like Northeastern. But I guess SF/NYC/PB is better than living in Oakland, Ulaanbataar, Tallinn, or Lahore for a year before attending Northeastern.

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Anonymous wrote:50% Test optional

That's even worse than schools like Emory.

Emory and Vandy are peer schools. Vandy is a school like Emory.

Anonymous wrote:Vandy will let in another 200 transfers this fall though. The whole slevtivity thing is just a deliberate illusion.

This!! Their transfer acceptance rate is almost 25% . Remember they have those new campuses as well they'll have to fill in the coming years.

Anonymous wrote:Expect Vanderbilt to place in the #13 to #23 range in its U.S. News category.

I think it’s in that 11-15 range.

Anonymous wrote:Expect Vanderbilt to place in the #13 to #23 range in its U.S. News category.

I don't see it advancing past #17 for the foreseeable future.

Expect Vanderbilt to place in the #13 to #23 range in its U.S. News category.

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Anonymous wrote:Vandy is trying to mimic UChicago's love of ED - why don't they get bashed also? What makes UChicago so detestable to DCUM? Vandy and UChicago ED take a similar profile of private school kids, except UChicago has a harsh test score cutoff line at 1500.

I agree.
Vandy has started taking private school kids with mediocre stats but BIG donations. They did it last year around here and they're doing it again this year.
It's like Chicago but even more offensive IMO.

PP here; I'm not bashing Vandy or UChicago with my previous comment, just pointing out how it's interesting that Vandy seems to have a shield protecting it from any keyboard warrior moms with a vendetta against certain schools.

And if what you said is true, that would be really disappointing for Vandy.

I think the Chicago ED situation has been going on for enough admissions seasons that anyone who has an upper schooler in at top DMV private knows about it. It's known as the default ED1 or ED2 (when you don't get into your ED1 school) college
Vanderbilt taking a lot ED is relatively knew. So the numbers of posters on here aware of it and/or posting about it is going to be small.

Also, the Vandy money thing is real. It's the chatter at our high school and I've read about it multiple times on here with multiple posters contributing (and none were me). It's kind of obvious when a low performer who is super wealthy gets in. It's almost impossible to be under the radar at small private schools. The kids know their classmates' relative grades and their classmates' wealth.

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Anonymous wrote:Vandy is trying to mimic UChicago's love of ED - why don't they get bashed also? What makes UChicago so detestable to DCUM? Vandy and UChicago ED take a similar profile of private school kids, except UChicago has a harsh test score cutoff line at 1500.

I agree.
Vandy has started taking private school kids with mediocre stats but BIG donations. They did it last year around here and they're doing it again this year.
It's like Chicago but even more offensive IMO.

How big is BIG?

Anonymous wrote:50% Test optional

That's even worse than schools like Emory.

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Do you think my DC’s 35 ACT will help with RD admissions? Or are they rejecting the 1550/35+ kids for TO kids?

They let nobody in RD essentially. The 35 ACT is not doing the work you think it is - high test scores are a dime a dozen.

Why so rude? I don’t assume the 35 is doing “the work” Some schools really value a high test score on top of that high GPA. I didn’t know if Vanderbilt was one of them. Apparently they like test optional kids that aren’t one of the “dime a dozen” with high test scores…

Your question, "Do you think my DC’s 35 ACT will help with RD admissions?" is said in a way that overstates the importance of the test score. It doesn't matter which college "likes" high test scores more than others; a 35 will get an app read, but nothing more.

It seems like you see kids getting in TO and automatically assume your 35 ACT child will look more impressive. That's not how that works. Be realistic with your kids.

Parents here tend to think that their kids are the lone shining star in the sky. Constant mentality that their kids are superior and unique despite being one of the pack.

We toured Vandy but my kid crossed it off his list. Campus is meh. Nothing really spoke to him. Easy flight to the dmv though

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Anonymous wrote:Vandy is trying to mimic UChicago's love of ED - why don't they get bashed also? What makes UChicago so detestable to DCUM? Vandy and UChicago ED take a similar profile of private school kids, except UChicago has a harsh test score cutoff line at 1500.

I agree.
Vandy has started taking private school kids with mediocre stats but BIG donations. They did it last year around here and they're doing it again this year.
It's like Chicago but even more offensive IMO.

PP here; I'm not bashing Vandy or UChicago with my previous comment, just pointing out how it's interesting that Vandy seems to have a shield protecting it from any keyboard warrior moms with a vendetta against certain schools.

And if what you said is true, that would be really disappointing for Vandy.

Anonymous wrote:all the kids who in the past few years wanted to apply TO to Ivy+ schools, turned to Vandy this year. They're among the few schools remaining TO

This makes sense. It helps Vandy get more applications

Anonymous wrote:Vandy will let in another 200 transfers this fall though. The whole slevtivity thing is just a deliberate illusion.

It is so easy to transfer into Vanderbilt.