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

Kushin
Fri, 12 Dec 2014 13:57:48 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 ( Math 740; CR 710; Writing 760)
[] ACT: NA
[] SAT Subject Tests: Math 2 - 780; Physics - 800; Bio M - 790
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
[] Weighted GPA: N/A
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: ISC(Indian School Certificate) Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Math, English Language and literature
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN travelling team member. Organized High School MUN (Chairperson) Really active with this. Participated in a lot of local and national conferences and won accolades in almost all of them[/li]School Prefect - Basically did everything from organizing boys in morning assembly to conducting team trials for sport and athletics and activities like debate and elocution.
Basketball Team - Played on the school team since the 8th to the 11th grade. Dropped out from the team in 12th because of my other activities and my very heavy course load.
Intra school rugby team- Played for three years. Always placed first or second.
Theatre and drama- Put my heart and soul into this. I spend hours and hours rehearsing, directing, working on our own props etc. My supplement was on theatre. I think it worked well for me.
Debate and model parliament - Very actively involved in debates and model parliament discussions regarding the nations economy, defence and domestic and international matters in general.
Science Club - Made several presentations such as on bioluminescence and took field trips to local beaches to analyze pH alterations in the soil and study the flora and fauna of the areas.

[] Job/Work Experience: NA
[] Volunteer/Community service: Worked as an intern at my mother’s workplace. She is a psychiatrist and works with children with autism and learning disabilities. I helped work with them and arranged activities for them like annual sport meets etc over four years
[] Summer Activities: None
[] Essays: Common app -Really honest. I spoke about how the world of images and manga resonates with me. This is the closest thing to me and I really brought it out with this essay.
Why Vassar? - Spoke about how i appreciate Vassar’s openness with its gay community and spoke about Vassar’s 2 minute lecture series on youtube which really struck a chord with me. Especially Harry Roseman’s video.
Supplement- Like i said, wrote about theatre. Honest and to the point. No superfluous ornamentation and jazz.
YourSpace- Sent an article I was featured in on an online youth magazine and also sent a video( Check it out- Youtube Vassar My Space Kushin Mukherjee)
[] Teacher Recommendation: 2 really good ones. One from my chemistry teacher explaining how im a visual learner and assimilate image based learning.
Second one from my literature teacher talks about my penchant for writing and appreciation of good literature. She is also the head of dramatics at school and stressed on all my theatre works from grade 6 to 12.
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see. Must have been decent.
[] Additional Rec: From my best friend who happens to be a House Captain at my school. Most beautiful piece of writing i’ve ever seen. Honestly felt like he oversold me.
[] Interview: Didn’t request

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep quite a lot.
[] Intended Major (undecided is fine): Studio Art and Japanese studies
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): India
[] School Type: Private boys only
[] Ethnicity: South Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Low. <30000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Decent standardized testing, Indian wishing to pursue arts(uncommon), dedication towards passion.
[] Weaknesses: Asked for a lot of aid, plus as you can see our school system doesn’t do GPA or give class rank. Didn’t know how that’d work. My scores have always been well above class average, but there was always an element of uncertainty.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Really showed interest above all else. Vassar was made for me.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere. ED
[/ul]General Comments: Elated. Can’t wait to meet all you wonderful people this fall.