Chance at Vassar?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Vassar College
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I am currently a US citizen studying at a Canadian high school.

Personal info:
I am an asian/ white applicant attending private school funded by my legal guardians. On FAFSA i am considered an independent applicant. My biological mother is deceased and i have no contact with my biological father.

Potential Major:
Political Science (prelaw)/ Finance

Stats:
ACT: 30
UW GPA: 3.55 (junior year i had to deal with many personal issues)
AP/honours classes: my school does “honours” classes as Canada does not generally offer those. I take all university prep classes. As well I could’nt afford to take AP classes as my school charges an extra $2000 to take them. And so my weighted GPA may be difficult to determine.
Awards: honour roll all years, world issues, geography, civics, world history, english,

EC’s:

  • founded a club to raise money for cleft lip (operation smile), raised over $3000
  • community outreach club executive (9-12)
  • international outreach club membe (9-12)r
  • Varsity Track team for 2 years (11th place in senior girls javelin throw)
  • Varsity Girls rugby 7’s for 1 year
  • School tour guide 3 years
  • culture show exhibitor for 3 years
  • volunteered at salvation army (8-12)
  • inside ride event coordinator for coast to coast against cancer foundation (school has raised over $150,000)
  • camp leader

Misc: fluent in cantonese, mandarin, french and english

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If you are fluent in these four languages & dialects, I encourage you to pursue a business related degree in finance & accounting or finance & management. Make sure that your proficiency or fluency is in both speaking & in reading & writing so that you will be a very valuable addition to any enterprise.

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oh my language fluency is a little all over the place. I speak cantonese and mandarin at home, english and french in school, i can read in english, french and spanish and I am conversationally “fluent” in russian and thai.

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Reading Chinese is a very valuable skill for business & government work.

Russian is valuable for government work, but less so for business as almost all educated Russians are proficient or fluent in written & verbal English.

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oh i see but i dont know if Vassar will care if I speak these languages

6

I definitely recommend that you emphasize and maybe even write an essay (if you have enough passion for it and some fun anecdotes) about rugby. It’s a pretty big sport at Vassar especially since it’s the closest thing to football there. The women’s team has done really well nationally in recent years!!