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Posted by watsonjh on Monday, January 17, 2011 in General Information, Nashville, Vanderbilt Blogs.
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January 17th, 2011
Hi Kylie,
Greetings from Panama City, Republic of Panama!
Thanks for such a wonderful and insightful blog. My daughter and I have been reading it continuously during the last few months.
Does Vanderbilt take into consideration the scores obtained in AP Exams when evaluating an applicant’s candidacy for admission or are the AP scores primarily used for placement purposes?
With best wishes,
Ramon
January 17th, 2011
Ramon: While AP scores are not a large part of our admissions review, we do use these scores when we evaluate applications. Thanks for the comment/question!
January 18th, 2011
When should we expect our postcards from current Vandy students?
January 18th, 2011
Amber: They’re headed your way!
January 18th, 2011
Hi Kylie,
I am an ED1 admit, but have not received a postcard from an AmbassaDore. Is there any way that I can get one or if you can check if one was sent?
Thanks,
Brian
January 18th, 2011
Brian: You should receive that card within a week. They sent the cards out just yesterday (I believe) and some went out in waves. Contact me if you don’t receive one by the end of January.
January 19th, 2011
Hi Kylie,
I would like to expand on the question I posted on Monday afternoon. As Vanderbilt does not require official scores from AP Exams in order for an application file to be considered complete, will a student be at a disadvantage if he or she elects not submit said official score even though he/she took the yearlong course and obtained a very high grade? Or will Vanderbilt consider the score detailed by the student in the Academic section of the Common App?
I thank you in advance for your kind help.
With best wishes,
Ramon
January 19th, 2011
Ramon: It is very hard to get into hypothetical situations such as the one above. The most honest answer is I don’t really know. If you took an AP course we may look for an AP exam score. However, we are aware that students may choose to not take an exam because of scheduling obligations or that a student may score poorly because of illness. We are looking at the whole picture (holistic file reading): if a student has a wonderful application we’re going to notice that regardless of whether or not they submitted an AP exam for every AP course taken.