<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR [500] M [580] W [620]
[li] ACT: N/A[/li][</em>] SAT II: U.S. History [560] Math I [540]
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 90.94
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/155
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Didn’t submit.
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature & Composition, AP European History, Physics, PreCalculus, Health, Banking & Credit, Fitness
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Internship at Deutsche Bank, Summer job cleaning at park, NHS, Member of LPP (Partnership with Pace University), NYCares volunteer, Hip Hop dance class, Prom Committee, Yearbook and a few more.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at Deutsche Bank, Unpaid Internship at Real Estate co., Summer Job at park
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 16 hrs at NYCares.
[</em>] Summer Activities: See work experience and volunteer service
[<em>] Essays: The Common App essay was really powerful. It discussed an important time in my life (too personal to mention on CC) and how I grew/learned from it. My Vassar Supp. essay was honsetly, kind of generic. I was passionate about what I said, don’t get me wrong, but I think that what I said is what everyone else said (I like the small size, special attention, 10:1 student-faculty ratio, etc). My Common App essay was definately the strongest of the two.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I’m pretty sure both recommendations were excellent.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: See teacher recommendation.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[<em>] Interview: It was amazing! I honestly was a bit skeptical about it at first but I think the interview is what helped me to get accepted. Prior to the interview, I wasn’t really looking at Vassar as closely but after the interview, Vassar became one of my top choices.<br>
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Mathematics or Economics
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public School
[<em>] Ethnicity: A-A
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: > $20,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First Generation
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, Interest, Interview and applying myself in HS.
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores,
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I was admitted because of the strength of my application as a URM. No, I am NOT saying I was admitted because I am black, I just think that they admitted me because I am a strong URM candidate for Vassar. My application told a story and I am glad that Vassar loved that story.<br>
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to: [Babson College, Bowdoin College, Hamilton College, Wheaton College]. Waitlisted at : [Amherst College and Fordham University]. Rejected at : [University of Chicago].
[/ul]General Comments:: I’m so thankful that I got accepted into Vassar College. Applying myself in HS and trying my hardest to be a competitive applicant has paid off.</p>