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

stepay
Fri, 12 Dec 2014 13:50:20 +0000

I will add some info for my daughter, but not SAT scores and not info for everything (seems too much without talking to her about it).

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Took one time, did well enough to not feel like she needed to take it again
[] ACT: Did not take
[] SAT Subject Tests: Took 2 of these one time each, did well enough to not feel like she needed to take them again
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.25 (only AP classes are worth more than 4.0 at her school)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st of 346
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Interview: No [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major (undecided is fine): English with track toward teaching certification
[] School Type: Public
[] Gender: F

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Excellent student with excellent grades with a very challenging work load in a great school and also excellent test scores
[] Weaknesses: Not as much (but some) volunteering as some others
[] Why you think you were accepted: See “Strengths” above
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Did not apply anywhere else.
[/ul]General Comments: When you look at colleges, you often really connect with one, and for our daughter Vassar College was that one. Her second choice was not even close. She opted to not even apply to any other college, and that of course meant that it would have been even more of a heartbreak if she did not get accepted. Would have had time to apply elsewhere of course, but when you put all of your eggs in one basket, it can really be crushing if you do not make it. We have one more child who is still in high school. When it is his turn, I do HOPE that he finds as strong a connection with a college as our daughter did, but I will probably want to make him focus on some realistic other choices too…just in case.