<p>I am a Junior, white male from central South Dakota, I have a 30 ACT, 3.39 GPA, Rank 24/64. I know my GPA and rank are well below Vassars standards but i do have upward trend, freshmen year 2.6 GPA, Sophmore year 2.9, junior year 3.39 GPA (yes, i know upward trends are overrated). Only 60% of my schools seniors go on to college, mostly local community colleges or state schools, (my schools average ACT is 16!!)</p>
<p>My school only offers 2 AP classes i will be taking both next year, along with my schools most demanding ciriculum. I will also be taking AP government during the summer online. </p>
<p>EC
VP-student advisory group (2 years)
Key club liaison (2 years)
teach bible studies every sunday to pre school aged kids
co-founded summer running club for children in my community and raised $1500 for community to start building bike/running trails. </p>
<p>How can you have a 3.39 GPA when your highest year is a 3.39, and you're not finished with that year, right?</p>
<p>Your ACT looks a lot better than your GPA and class rank. In fact, I've got a guess that you scored the highest in your class at your school, or very near it. Correct?</p>
<p>The fact that your school's average ACT is 16 will help you in the sense that Vassar probably doesn't have too many applicants from SD from an area like yours. I'm afraid it will hurt more than help, though. If I'm an admissions officer, I'd have to be wondering how a kid who scored a 30 and is competing against below-average competition is not at or near the top of his class.</p>
<p>So, your task is to convince Vassar that you really are a motivated and serious student, and that they should discount your GPA up to this point.</p>
<p>Well, that's a HUGE leap in GPA if you can maintain it. Basically, you have this semester and one other to blow it out.</p>
<p>Really, it comes down to convincing someone that they want who you are now and not who you were as a freshman and soph. If you can do that, you have a shot.</p>