<p>I don’t know if anyone ever came upon this, but the following thread was about me and a mistake I made on my Vassar app. Ironically, Vassar was the only non-safety to which I was accepted… lol</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/854582-big-application-mistake-what-should-i-do.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/854582-big-application-mistake-what-should-i-do.html</a></p>
<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2210. 700 (CR); 760 (M); 750 (W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 (US History); 730 (Math II); 720 (World History)
[<em>] APs: US History (5); Language (5). This year, I’m taking US Gov, Comparative Gov, Calc AB, French Language, Psychology, and Literature.
[</em>] GPA: 3.88 (on a 4.0 scale, with A+ = 4.5)
[li] Rank: 11th out of ~360</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Editor of magazine; founder of Young Democrats; host of online radio show; one-term as class president.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Soccer referee and baseball ump (!)
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): My Common App essay was about fighting the school’s administration when they attempted to censor my independent (i.e., not school-affiliated) news magazine. For “Why Vassar?,” I wrote a lot about my great-grandmother…you can see that story in the link provided above.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One is phenomenal, the other’s pretty good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent.
[</em>] Applied on: 12/30 (hehe…)
[li] Hook (if any): Probably the magazine. My being a guy probably didn’t hurt, either.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Location/Person:**[ list]</p>
<p>[<em>] State or Country: Connecticut, USA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Competitive, suburban public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>
<p>[/list]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I’m pumped. Really pumped. Vassar wasn’t my top choice, but it was definitely up there. I’m very happy to have been accepted here, despite my rather poor performance elsewhere in the college admissions process. 9:1 odds say that I’ll see you all next year!</p>