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

97college
Mon, 15 Dec 2014 22:08:39 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
[ *]SAT I
[ *]ACT: 30 (34 english, 32 math, 28 reading, 25 science)
[ *]SAT Subject Tests: math 1- 720
[ *]Weighted GPA: 99.7
[ *]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/750
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): world-4; us-4; english language-3; enviro science 3

[ *] Senior Year Course Load: ap calc ab, ap lit, ap physics 1, ap gov’t
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): entered a prestigious science competition, but the results don’t come out until january. i still mentioned it on the common app, and the teacher i conducted the year long research project with wrote about it in the recommendation

Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): student gov’t, lacrosse, martial arts (black belt; instructor), one of the founding members of a small charity
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities: this past summer, i landed an internship. every other summer though, i volunteer at a local hospital.
[ *] Essays: the common app essay is one of the best things i’ve ever written; the supplementals were solid, but not as good. i was pressed for time.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: ap enviro teacher, ap english teacher, and ap us teacher. im guessing they were alright.
[ *] Counselor Rec: i have no idea. probably pretty generic, considering she has so many students.
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: didn’t do one. i visited 3 times though. the first 2 times i just did the standard tour/info session; the last time i went, i did an overnight stay with a student, and attended several classes

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[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[ *] Intended Major (undecided is fine): undecided
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): dont want to say, but it’s a new england state
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: good but my parents won’t tell me, so i have no idea
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope :(

Reflection
[ *] Strengths: extra curriculars, gpa, essays
[ *] Weaknesses: ACT score, lack of leadership position
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no idea. i feel so lucky.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: withdrew applications
General Comments: i did this because i want you all to see that even though i didn’t have a 34 ACT or a 2300 SAT, i still got in. so don’t lose hope and don’t be afraid to apply to reach schools. good luck to all! (sorry i did this on my phone so the formatting may be off)