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2011 ED II Decisions Mailed and Total Applications Update

Feb. 11, 2011—Our Early Decision II letters left OUA this afternoon!  ED II applicants will likely receive admission decisions in the mail early next week.  Students who do not receive their letters by February 18th may call our office to receive the admissions decision, but we will not release decisions over the phone prior to that date.

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2011 Early Decision I Mailing Day – The Letters are Out

Dec. 14, 2010—I am thrilled to report that decision letters left 2305 West End Avenue this afternoon, and are now on their way to Early Decision I applicants. This year’s class of 2015 is once again shaping up to be one of the strongest in Vanderbilt’s history.

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Vanderbilt Class of 2014 Notifications in the Mail

Mar. 26, 2010—The months of waiting are one step closer to ending, and we are grateful for your patience. Decision notifications for the next incoming class of Vanderbilt University left our building on two USPS trucks and are on their way to you. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, we were again humbled this year by an incoming class that continued to reach historic levels of diversity, academic quality, and depth of leadership, character, and personality. The pool of applicants for this year’s incoming class was no less than astounding.

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2010 ED2 Decisions Mailed and Total Applications Update

Feb. 6, 2010—Yesterday afternoon, the latest rounds of admissions offers left 2305 West End Ave. Early Decision II applicants should receive their admissions decisions sometime early this coming week in the mail. As we are now able to get a glimpse of the entire Early Decision pool and admitted class, here’s some information on the profile of that class.

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ED1 Decisions for VU Class of 2014 Are Out the Door

Dec. 15, 2009—At 7:30 AM this morning, the US postal service carried the first decision letters of the Vanderbilt class of 2014. The momentum that Vanderbilt has been on for the last five years keeps on rolling, due at least in part to The Commons, our Expanded Aid program, and our increasingly national and international reputation.

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2009 Vanderbilt Tenth Day Enrollment Report

Sep. 14, 2009—Annually, the Office of Enrollment Management takes the official enrollment snapshot for Vanderbilt University. This morning, our Vice Provost for Enrollment and Dean of Admissions issued a report to the University community regarding the incoming class of 2009 and the state of the enrollment for Vanderbilt.

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2009 Decision Letters Have Been Mailed

Mar. 26, 2009—Last year's incoming class was historic. For a year now, the Vanderbilt class of 2012, the first Commons class, was able to boast about being the most diverse, best prepared group of incoming students ever seen at Vanderbilt. After this coming Fall, the class of 2012 will not be able to say that anymore.

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What's in a name? – post-ED1 musings

Dec. 19, 2008—Q&A Time: Q – How do I check the completeness of my application (i.e., do you have my stuff)?  A – Call 800-288-0432 between 8am-5pm CST or email us at admissions@vanderbilt.edu.  We started running double shifts with our processing staff a couple weeks ago to be able to handle the mountain of paper (remember last...

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ED 1 Letters for Class of 2013 are in the Mail

Dec. 13, 2008—Happy December, The Early Decision letters have officially left 2305 West End Avenue as of noon today. I speak for our whole office when I say that this was a very impressive pool both academically and personally. Overall, the ED 1 pool was larger (albeit slightly) than in years past and while we were excited to see...

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Tenth Day Enrollment Update

Sep. 17, 2008—  Recently, the annual “10th day” came and went here on Vanderbilt’s campus.  Tenth day, uncreatively referring to the 10th day of the Fall semester when we line up all the students on alumni lawn and physically count them all.  Well, not really, but we do take a final snapshot of the current state of...

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Your Questions Answered, Part 1

Apr. 7, 2008—We’ve seen some questions several times in the comments, and so a couple of us are going to take a crack at answering the more popular questions over the next few days. For my part, I’ve got two:1)What is the desired entering class size for the class of 2012?We’d like it to be 1550 kids....

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Letters Are Out…

Mar. 28, 2008—Decisions are officially out the door. We have an annual tradition where we dress down on mailing day, load the mail truck, and clean the office from top to bottom. The letters are on their way to your doorstep as we speak. Just a reminder, we will not release decisions over the phone until Thursday,...

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