General Information Category
Class of 2025 Decisions Available Online March 29
Mar. 28, 2021—As of Monday, March 29, after 5:00 p.m. Central Time, decisions for Regular Decision applicants will be available online through MyAppVU. The online decision release notes below provide more details about how to check your decision. Online Decision Release Notes: Beginning at 5:00 p.m. Central Time Monday, March 29, Regular Decision applicants can log in to their MyAppVU portal to access decisions. MyAppVU is THE WAY to...
Class of 2025 – Early Decision Update
Feb. 19, 2021—With the release of decisions for Early Decision II applicants earlier this week, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions has finished our Early Decision phase of admissions (Early Decision I plus Early Decision II). 18.1 percent of the 5,049 applications we received through Early Decision this year were admitted. At Vanderbilt, we’re committed to building a...
Updating Your Application through MyAppVU
Jan. 26, 2021—We’ve now passed the deadline for first-year applications to Vanderbilt, and we thank each of you who applied. Your application is complete once you’ve submitted the required items included in your Common, Coalition, or QuestBridge application. However, we know that sometimes applicants need to submit a supporting document or make an update to their application....
Happy Holidays from Undergraduate Admissions
Dec. 21, 2020—Happy Holidays from Vanderbilt’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions! With the start of Vanderbilt’s winter break next week, our hours and our response time on calls and emails will be a little different than usual. Vanderbilt University, including the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, will be closed for winter break from December 22, 2020 – January 3,...
Early Decision I – Decisions Available Online December 15
Dec. 14, 2020—As of Tuesday, December 15, after 5:00 p.m. Central Time, decisions for Early Decision I applicants will be available online through MyAppVU. The online decision release notes below provide more details about how to check your decision. We’re excited to welcome these new students to the Vanderbilt community! The applications we reviewed for Early Decision I...
Learn more about Vanderbilt via VirtualVU
Oct. 15, 2020—This fall, Vanderbilt’s campus — like the rest of the world — looks a little different than normal. Students, faculty, and staff are anchoring down and stepping up to keep campus healthy and safe during the pandemic. That means finding creative ways of getting to know one another and of staying healthy in body and mind....
Caring in a Crisis: Vanderbilt joins admissions response to COVID-19
Jul. 9, 2020—Vice Provost for University Enrollment Affairs and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Douglas L. Christiansen has joined with fellow admissions leaders at 350 institutions across the country in endorsing “Care Counts in Crisis: College Admissions Deans Respond to COVID-19,” a statement describing what admissions offices value from students amid the pandemic. This endorsement reinforces...
Vanderbilt Community Thrives Amid COVID-19 Challenges
Jun. 24, 2020—“Unprecedented era,” “trying times,” “uncharted territory.” We’ve all read these words a hundred times. Yes — the world we live in today looks different than it did a few months ago, but amid these challenges, the resilience of the Vanderbilt community remains unshaken. At Vanderbilt, our faculty, staff, and students continue to do what they...
Statement Regarding Test-Optional Policy for fall 2021 Applicants
Jun. 20, 2020—Update: Vanderbilt University will extend the test-optional policy for students applying for fall 2022 entry. Vanderbilt University understands that families throughout the world are dealing with the very real and tangible effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including, for some, the loss of employment, concern over their own or a loved one’s health, and the realization that the ramifications of...
Vanderbilt Recognizes Juneteenth
Jun. 19, 2020—Today, OUA and Vanderbilt recognize the importance of Juneteenth, the oldest known celebration in the United States commemorating the end of slavery. While today we celebrate the end of slavery in America, we also recognize that there is still much progress to be made toward eliminating systemic racism present in our society. As mentioned in...
Learn about Vanderbilt through VirtualVU this summer!
Jun. 18, 2020—For high school students thinking about college, this summer — like everything else in our world — is probably looking quite different than what you might have expected three months ago. While this is a time traditionally filled with college road trips and campus tours, you’ve had to transition to learning about college from home....
Vanderbilt Admissions Cares – Updated Information
Jun. 6, 2020—By Douglas L. Christiansen, Vice Provost for University Enrollment Affairs and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid and John O. Gaines, Director of Admissions The Office of Undergraduate Admissions at Vanderbilt University stands with the Black community and condemns acts of police brutality, racism, and injustice. We are saddened and enraged by the recent senseless...