***Vassar College ED I Class of 2019 Decision Thread***

locoforcoco
Fri, 27 Mar 2015 04:27:58 +0000

Decision:Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2190: Math 760, Reading 730, Writing 700
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT Subject Tests: Math 2 760, Chemistry bro it was baaad
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[] Weighted GPA: 4.27
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Around 10% I guess
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): BC Calc (5), Lang (4), Lit, Euro, Physic C Mechanics
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Linear algebra, Italian IV, AP physics, AP European history, honors US history, AP lit, Chorale
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National merit commended student

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science olympiad, musical theatre, madrigals (co-director), Dames of the Round Table (co-founder and director), delaware all-state choir
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Library summer reading program assistant
[] Summer Activities: N/A
[] Essays: I used commonapp and wrote about which environment I felt most comfortable in. I wrote about my school auditorium and how it eases my anxiety.
[] Teacher Recommendation: My chemistry teacher, choir teacher, and european history teacher. I can only trust that they didn’t throw me under the bus, but I’m sure the letters were fine.
[] Counselor Rec: I honestly have no idea, I was surprised to know she even recognized me.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup
[] Intended Major (undecided is fine): Undeclared
[] State (if domestic applicant): DE
[] Country (if international applicant): US
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: ~100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nawp[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Investment in music. Maybe my essay?
[] Weaknesses: Lack of outside activities and experience, can’t get over my chem score for the SAT subject my goodness.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It confounds me. Kidding not kidding, my academic achievements are decent, but the work I put into leading the choir department as well as the apparent emotional attachment I have towards singing are probably one of the few things that would have made me more than just another applicant. The recommendation letters, particularly by my choir teacher, probably helped bump me up.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have been accepted to the University of Delaware and the University of Rochester. I have been rejected by Haverford College.
[/ul]General Comments: It’s easy to doubt oneself when imagining what a college may expect from a student, but it’s important to keep in mind that you are a human being, not just a student wrestling for an A or a 1000 out of 800. A rejection isn’t a true indicator of your actual worth, and honestly, an acceptance isn’t either. You’re more than what some college decides about you.