Please, chance me for ED2

Ler_G
Mon, 05 Dec 2022 19:48:01 +0000

Good day! Thank you very much for opening this topic. As an international applicant who is mesmerized by Vassar, I would like to ask your opinion on whether I am a suitable candidate: in other words, do I have any chance to get accepted, applying for ED2 this year?

— Demographics
Female (both sex and gender)
Graduated in 2021. Had to work and earn money. Need a full aid
Do not have a father. Was raised by my mother. Coming from a low-income family
From Russia (Rostov-on-Don)
Nationality: Ukrainian & Russian. Yeah, I am white and European, this is a great flaw in terms of college admission. I am a redhead with freakles (and was bullied for this, and this color is considered rare here), my voice is high and cartoonish. Does it make me… diverse?..

— Academics

An ordinary Russian school without AP or honors. However, I was a part of an experimental class specialized in Russian Literature and Social Studies.

I graduated in 2021 (what a shaaameee), got into several Hungarian universities, was a finalist of Stipendium Hungaricum, but the quota was shortened, so I did not get the grant.

School GPA: 3,64/4 (what a shame)

Duolingo English Test (June 2022): 135/160

Have no SAT (cannot take it as I am from Russia), but I will attach my predicted scores for a national exam. I graduated «that Covid year» when national exams were optional. They were like 84/86/94 but I am ready to retake them to show a better score.

— Extracurriculars

Graphic and brand designer. An author of a graphic identity (and a website) of a successful vegan confectioner. Have created a graphic identity of an Egyptian festival in my city (it was provided with the help of the Egyptian embassy) |volunteer|. Has been a designer for a volunteer center. A designer for an online school |a part of this start up| . Have a profile on Behance (more than 3.000 views). Re-design for a project of Rostov touristic organization (merch: t-shirts with Anton Chekhov (he is from Rostov region), logo, guides).

Internship in Borderless. so

UI/UX design. Have taken a related course, master of advanced features of software. A part of the community led by a designer of one of the biggest IT corporations of Russia. Have created 270 diverse color palettes (for website builder), UI-elements, prototype animations, advertising materials for a Dubai-based start-up.

Writing. Wrote articles for a volunteer center, posts for my school’s social media, texts for our student council so that they can participate in journalist contests, was an editor of a school newspaper.

Volunteering. Media volunteering for a French cultural center, volunteering at handball games where I draw posters with kids, a hostess volunteer. A media volunteer of an all-Russian forum of architecture and art. Re-design for a project of Rostov touristic organization (merch, logo, guides).

A member of the International Youth Club. Was a part of the team of heads of International Culinary Championship provided with the assistance of the youth community of Dortmund. Helped with PR, advertising, design, meeting guests.

Freelance copywriting. Commercialy: posts for a coffee shop, and, when I was 17, I worked as a copywriter on ANY topics. Being 15, created content for a star magazine but it is closed now.

Job experience. 14 years old: a seller of air balloons in the circus. 16 — 17 years old: promoter (handing out leaflets, offering food), IKEA promo model, IKEA picker, promo model for a luxury store. 17 — 18 years old: barista, copywriter. Getting art orders since I was a child. 17 — now: freelance designer. I combined studying at school with in-person jobs.

Content making. An author of an early stage Telegram channel for designers who want to improve their English. Had an ecology project for a local accelerator, made content for it (it was a thing for learning so it does not exist anymore).

Drawing. Into art since I was 3 yo. Digital drawing since I was 8 yo. Have graduated from a federal art school with honors. Taking requests and orders. Can draw in any technique. An author of illustrations for postcards for a local opposition party. Had a collaboration with a German game-dev studio (not anymore because of the war). Had a start-up of customizing tote bags, sold 2 of 2 ready-made ones of my design and creation (closed because of COVID and my financial struggles). Created infographics and posters that decorated the walls of my school. The art I drew being a child was published in the collection of poems.

Freelance designer.

A participant of that all-Russian forum of architecture and art (I was on the track called Mediatechnology). A resident of a regional youth educative forum for talanted youth (we made a collective art piece and I was an author of both our name labels and concept of the piece). Got into both places after contests.

The Regional Academy of Youth Researches / Scientific Conference / Social Studies and Politics. The 3rd place for the research on the reflection of totalitarianism in Orwell’s works. It was a solid research accompanied by an illustration of my own. I was the only participant who decided to create a piece, not just a presentation.

It is not the way it is going to look as a part of CommonApp, I tried to make it comprehensible and cohesive so that you waste less of your time (I do appreciate your attention!) observing my profile. is not the way it is going to look as a part of CommonApp, I tried to make it comprehensible and cohesive so that you waste less of your time (I do appreciate your attention!) observing my profile

— Awards

The Diploma of Art School (with honors). Both basic and advanced.

The certificate that expresses gratitude to me for succeeding in the art school.

The Conference of Southern Federal University/ Social Philosophy. The 3rd place for the article on existentialism at the works of Haruki Murakami

Stipendium Hungaricum Finalist.

The graditude for helping the veterans.

The graditude for helping the school museum (the only museum of Rostov’s People’s Milita).

The certificate of a course on UX/UI

The Regional Academy of Youth Researches / Scientific Conference / Social Studies and Politics. The 3rd place for the research on the reflection of totalitarism in Orwell’s works

The diplomas and certificates for forums (read above).

— Recommendation Letter

One is from my customer (I do stuff like design and UX copywriting for him) from Dubai! It is a start-up thing. And another from my teacher of Social Studies with whom we made research.

— Personal Statement
reflects my perception of the world and my artistic spike

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I feel very bad for my profile, but I do hope that I may be a fit to such a nice place.

Thank you very much for your time and attention. I do hope to get an honest evaluation in the terms of getting into Vassar College.

Have a great day!
I would appreciate every answer.