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

nervoustudent
Fri, 12 Dec 2014 21:16:44 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300: 800 CR, 700 M, 800 W (10 essay)
[] ACT: didn’t take
[] SAT Subject Tests: 800 Lit, 740 Math 1
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: school doesn’t weight
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank, but probably 1st or 2nd out of my class of 20
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): school doesn’t offer AP
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): school doesn’t offer IB
[] Senior Year Course Load: As you can probably tell, I go to an unusual school! We don’t choose any courses other than our electives and we take about 15-20 classes a year. That said, I take almost all my classes at the honors level (basically I just do extra work haha)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist; local writing award in grade 9; local art award in grade 11

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): playing flute and recorder for 10 years (soloist in school productions); drama club; internship at local newspaper; dance for 8 years; teaching elementary school students recorder; yearbook (illustrator)
[] Job/Work Experience: 6-12 hours weekly in a local cafe since grade 9
[] Volunteer/Community service: I’ve done quite a bit a bit volunteering both at a domestic violence nonprofit in NYC and a local community for developmentally delayed adults since grade 10.
[] Summer Activities: volunteering; working; Virtuoso Recorder program at early music festival
[] Essays: I enjoy writing and I had feedback from many trusted adults. My “Why Vassar” really showed my love for Vassar.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I submitted three from teachers I have great relationships with.
[] Counselor Rec: I don’t know my counselor well, but I’m sure she wrote something nice
[] Additional Rec: from my wonderful recorder teacher, whom I’ve worked with for 9 years; I’m sure it was great
[li] Interview: I met with an alum and we had a lovely chat! [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major (undecided is fine): undecided
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Tiny private Steiner school
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I have an uncle who graduated from Vassar in 1990, so… distant legacy? [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: test scores; GPA; essays
[] Weaknesses: no sports; not really any leadership roles
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my supplements helped: I submitted art and music, and I sent a short movie I made in the style of Wes Anderson for Your Space.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Applied ED, so nowhere
[/ul]General Comments: Yay!!! I can’t wait to meet the class of 2019!!!