What are my odds for Vassar/Grinnell?

pinkclouds
Thu, 13 Aug 2020 01:20:55 +0000

I’m Vassar 2024! So here’s my stats:

White, female, from MA

GPA: 3.96 UW 4.32 W
SAT: 1540
APs/honors: every single course I took was honors level. In addition, I took accelerated courses in math and Latin. The maximum number of APs one was allowed to take at my school was 8, and I took 7 (AP World, AP Language and Composition, APUSH, AP French, AP Bio, AP Lit, and AP US Gov)

ECs and Awards:
-School newspaper, Head Editor of the opinions section (3 years)
-Dramaturgy for my school theater (3 years)
-Volunteered in the school library (3 years)
-Volunteered at a thrift store/nonprofit in my neighborhood (2 years)
-Varsity ice hockey (2 years)
-NHS (2 years)
-Peer mentor (2 years)
-Cello lessons (4 years)
-Editorial board of the school’s literary magazine (4 years)
-Recipient of a fellowship which gave me the chance to do an internship at a nonprofit the summer before my senior year (also an award)
-Recipient of a social justice fellowship in my junior year
-Recipient of a creative writing fellowship in my sophomore year
-Attended a journalism institute in my junior year
-Award for excellence in modern foreign language (French)
-Award for academic accomplishment and leadership in my school
-Award for highest average in a Classics course
-National Merit Scholar Finalist

I applied RD as an International Studies major. I would say that everyone I have talked to going to Vassar has a strong GPA and extracurriculars, but so too did most applicants. What differentiated most people was their Vassar YourSpace (basically a section where you can submit whatever supplement you want) and their essay. Any chance to really sell themselves and their passions! I had a solid, fairly unique essay, although I don’t consider it anything mind-blowing, but an interesting YourSpace.