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Coming Soon: On-campus Visits Return to Vanderbilt
May. 26, 2021—Yesterday, Vanderbilt announced updated COVID-19 protocols for returning to campus. These new guidelines will allow our office to resume campus visits for prospective students and families this summer, beginning Monday, June 7. We will update our visit page as soon as details become available. Registration will be required. After more than a year away from campus, we are excited to...
Class of 2025 – Early and Regular Decision Admissions Statistics
Mar. 30, 2021—This week we announced admissions decisions for the Regular Decision applicants to the Class of 2025. We’re excited to welcome the new students to the Vanderbilt community! This year has been unlike any other. The impacts of the pandemic have been felt in our schools, our communities, and our families. While the pandemic has also caused changes...
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...
Vanderbilt Extends Test-optional Policy for Fall 2022 Applicants
Feb. 10, 2021—To continue support for prospective students and their families during the ongoing global pandemic, Vanderbilt University will not require scores from the SAT or ACT exams for students applying to enter the university in the fall of 2022. This applies to both first-year and transfer students.
New Data Science Minor for Fall 2021
Jan. 29, 2021—One strength of the Vanderbilt experience is a flexible, interdisciplinary academic experience. Whether you’re a neuroscientist with a passion for dance or a mechanical engineer who’s fascinated by pre-Columbian cultures, Vanderbilt’s diverse academic programs allow you can explore what matters most to you. Today, those options are growing even greater with the addition of VU’s...
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...