Chances of Acceptance - ED?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Vassar College
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<p>I'm an Indian male and I've applied ED 1.
What are my chances of making it with the following stats?</p>

<p>My subjects in high school are Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English Literature and Language.
This is basically the toughest course my school has to offer. I place in the top 10% of the class regularly.</p>

<p>SAT (only one sitting) -
CR - 710
Math - 740
Writing - 760</p>

<p>Composite -2210
SAT II</p>

<p>Math II - 780
Bio M - 790
Physics - 800</p>

<p>ECs- </p>

<p>Chairperson at my schools Model UN Conference and I'm also on the Model UN travelling team.(Given hours and hours to this)
Basketball team.
Debate.
Theatre. Done a lot of plays since 6th grade till 12th. (Again given a lot of dedication and time)
Rugby team.
Youth leader representative and I've attended several youth conferences representing my high school.
Really into Art (I'm applying for Studio arts)
Done a number of projects. I also design my schools sport team t shirts and all. I've got a pretty decent portfolio which I've submitted to the college as well.
There was an internet article in a youth magazine about my passion for art as well.</p>

<p>Volunteer work - I've worked at a local centre for mental and physical rehabilitation and have worked with special children suffering from autism and down syndrome. I've also done integrated programs between this institution and my high school. I've done this over winters since 9th grade till present.</p>

<p>My Common App essay is on how art and images resonate with me and my supplement essay was on theatre. I think they're both honest and fairly decent.</p>

<p>Recommendations- One from my Chemistry teacher- talks about how I assimilate knowledge through graphic learning. Ver persuasive letter.
One from my literature teacher who is also the drama in-charge at school. Talks about my passion for arts and theatre. Pretty decent too.</p>

<p>Not too sure about my counsellor recommendation though.</p>

<p>Now here's the sting- I come from a middle class family and I'm asking for financial aid.
As an international student, what are my chances?</p>

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<p>Test scores are around the 75% range for SAT, so that’s good. “In the top 10% regularly” isn’t telling enough for accurate chancing here. 4.0 or equivalent? Since you are an international student, your ability to pay is taken into account, so that makes it a little harder for you. Good luck.</p>

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<p>@stepay, we don’t really follow a GPA system. And I spoke to my counsellor and she said that when we submit our transcripts, our scores aren’t converted into GPAs either.</p>

<p>To give some perspective, we have a system in which we have end semester exams where we have one paper on each subject on a 100 marks.
I consistently score above 85. It might not seem like much in comparison to american grades, but it’s very seldom that someone can score a 90+ in our tests. </p>

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<p>@Kushin - Ok. Seems you are a strong candidate.</p>