US Top 50 · Nashville, Tennessee · High Reach

Vanderbilt University范德堡大学

US News 2026 #17 (US News 2026 National Universities)

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At a glance

Vanderbilt University is a High Reach school on our readiness map — that label describes how demanding the preparation is for international-school applicants, not an admission probability.

Based in Nashville, Tennessee (US Top 50, US News 2026 #17 per US News 2026 National Universities), it reviews both AP and A-Level curricula, so the question is not which system you study but how strong your core-subject evidence is.

The benchmarks and admit-case chart below come from anonymized application records of Chinese international-school students, aggregated with percentile ranges to protect every individual case.

Case benchmarks (anonymized aggregate)

Median GPA3.88P25-P75: 3.704.03
Median SAT1540P25-P75: 13601600
Median AP count5P25-P75: 411

Ranges use P25/P75 percentiles instead of extremes so a single outlier cannot skew the picture.

Anonymized admit cases

人类学 (Anthropology)A-Level

GPA 3.6-3.79 · TOEFL 107-113 · A-Level 4个A* (3个预估,1个实考)

非洲裔美国人与离散研究 (African American and Diaspora Studies)A-Level

GPA 3.6-3.79 · SAT 1450-1510 · TOEFL 107-113 · A-Level 4个A* (3个预估,1个实考)

人类学 (Anthropology)AP

GPA 3.8-3.89 · ACT 36 · TOEFL 107-113 · AP 5-6 门

社会学 (Sociology)AP

GPA 3.6-3.79 · ACT 36 · TOEFL 107-113 · AP 5-6 门

Cases never include student names, school names, teachers, essay text or external application ids.