Chances maybe kinda sorta?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Vassar College
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<p>Happy election day!
That said, I've pretty much finalized my list of schools and Vassar is one of my top choices so I'd love for some input on my chances.</p>

<p>Prospective major: Victorian Studies!! Or possibly Art History.
GPA: 91.81/98.0 UW, essentially the most rigorous courseload possible.
ACT: 33 (35 English and Reading, 32 Math, 31 Science, 8 Writing :()
SAT: 660 CR/670 M/670 W. I retook these on Saturday, but unless I do fabulously my ACT is probably what will be getting submitted, especially since I have yet to take SAT IIs!
APs: Euro, 4; US, 4; Lang, 4; Art History, 5. This year I'm taking Economics (micro and macro mashed together), Psych, Lit, Bio, Stat, and Spanish.</p>

<p>ECs/Awards/Community Service--Whatever's listed is just the important stuff. I've got a few extraneous things, but these are the things that I've actually made and effort to be involved in.</p>

<p>National Honor Society: 11-12
Spanish Honor Society: 11-12
Literary Magazine: submitted a few poems in tenth grade, was a staff member in eleventh, and now I'm co-editor but the other co-editor is currently M.I.A. so I'm sort of running the show or whatever. (Wow, that sounds so... eloquent.)
Art Club: 9-11; went on a field trip to NYC every year to check out all the museums.
Gold medals on Le Grand Concours (the national French exam) levels two and three with the highest score in the region for level three. I will probably be in the French Honor Society this year, as I wasn't eligible last year (hadn't taken the state exam yet; I didn't start French till I was a sophomore).
I volunteer a few times monthly at a local fair trade store and have done so for a year. I probably have 75-ish hours from that at this point, plus another 40 or so from other random projects.
Indoor + Outdoor track in eleventh grade. I was awful at it but I enjoyed it just the same!</p>

<p>I plan to put some writing and a little bit of art in the Your Space thing. I don't have a formal art portfolio so I don't want to submit it separately, it's just something I do for fun that I think sets me apart a little bit... can't hurt, after all.</p>

<p>Thank you for reading and for any advice!</p>

<p>Edited to add more random crap: recs are coming from my Euro teacher and my Lang teacher (who had me for two years) and I have no reason to believe they won't be awesome. My school is nationally ranked, if that matters.</p>

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<p>Hi kokakola... sorry for the slow reply...</p>

<p>Overall, I think you're a very solid candidate for Vassar. Your GPA is right around the norm for Vassar students (which is an A-) while your ACT is above the 75% quartile of accepted students, which is fantastic. Because of the disparity between your ACT and SAT scores, I would recommend you stick with your ACT score and not bother submitting your SATs (it saves you a bit of money too). In addition, your classes sound suitably challenging and your ECs are solid. You don't have all that many leadership positions or awards; however, I don't think this will hurt you too much, seeing as everything else on your application looks strong. Overall, I would call Vassar a good fit for you.</p>

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<p>Ah! This is late, but thank you very much! I feel slightly more at ease now :)</p>