<p>Hey there... as someone who applied RD last year to Vassar, I'd recommend that everyone who was accepted/deferred/rejected post their stats below in this thread along with the results they received. Its really helpful for those who apply to Vassar EDII and RD and want to get some sense of what their chances may be...</p>
<p>A suggested format to use, borrowed from the University of Pennsylvania ED thread (to make it work, copy and paste the format below and remove the spaces all the code brackets):</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal:750
SAT Math:680
SAT Writing:750
SAT Total:2180
SAT II:760IIC, 690Bio-E
ACT:
AP/IB taken/scores:5,3,4,4,4
GPA weighted:4.2
GPA unweighted:3.8
Rank or % estimate:17 of 430</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country:Iowa
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:Caucasian
Gender:Male
Legacy Yes/No:No
Recruited Yes/No:No
Important ECs:Music, Debate, Legal Intern, Campaign work for Obama, and various volunteer jobs</p>
<p>Other Factors:National Merit Semifinalist</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:So happy to be accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 690
[</em>] SAT Math: 780
[<em>] SAT Writing: 790
[</em>] SAT Total: 2260
[<em>] SAT II: Math 2- 720, Lit.-730
[</em>] ACT: -
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: BC Calc/4 (AB 5), Lit/5, Physics/2, Bio-
[</em>] GPA weighted: ?
[<em>] GPA unweighted: ~3.7
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: Unknown...at least top 10%</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Great.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Math rec unknown (sent directly to Vassar), good drama rec.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Unknown.
[</em>] Interview: Good.
[li] Hook (if any): Farming, creative writing, travel, drama, and math?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Massachusetts
[</em>] School Type: Large Inner-city Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Farming, creative writing, travel (volunteer teaching in Thailand), drama...</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Good luck to anyone still applying to Vassar or anywhere else. Hope to see some of you next fall!</p>
<p>My mouse is broken, so it will have to be this way:
Accepted!!
STATS:
ACT: 34 Composite, 36 Science and Reading, 31 Math and English, 28 Writing, 8 Essay
AP/IB courses taken: US History, 5; currently taking AP Bio and AP Calc
GPA Unweighted: 93.5%; junior year 89%
Class Rank: 5/100</p>
<p>SUBJECTIVE:
Essays: Good, one gut-wrenching about his father, who was hurt in the aftermath of 9/11; My Space: just about his love of history, simple from what I remember, nothing quirky, or flashy
Recommendations: Son assumes they were good, but since the school recommends that he doesn't see them, he doesn't know for sure. There were three: two teachers and one principal
Counselor Recommendation: Unknown, didn't see
Interview: None
Hook? Possible athlete, but not recruited. Just showed some interest. </p>
<p>LOCATION/PERSONAL
State or Country: Upstate NY, rural area, only sends 50% or so to 4 year colleges
School type: Small rural
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Recruited: Not really
Important ECs: 4 year, three season athlete; Captain of Soccer and Ski teams; National Quiz Bowl qualifiers two years in a row; Odyssey of the Mind; Audio/Visual Club;Band; School Plays;Volunteer activities, Area Mtn Ski Team for 4 years.
Other factors:
Son is a good all-around kid, who wrote very heartfelt essays, and a very good member of the community. I think that Vassar saw that!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 710
[</em>] SAT Math: 670
[<em>] SAT Writing: 750
[</em>] SAT Total: 2130
[<em>] SAT II: US History 720 Lit 620 Math L1 - 700
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: US History - 5, Chem - 5, Gov't - 4
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.8
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: top 2%</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Never read em
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[li] Hook (if any): ?? Don't think so</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: PA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: no
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: no
[*] Important ECs: sports, yearbook editor, flute in band, tons of community service, etc (showed passion through essays)[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 660
SAT Math: 800
SAT Writing: 770
SAT Total: 2230
SAT II: Math 2C 800 Phy 760 Chem 790
GPA unweighted: 3.75
Rank or % estimate: top 2%</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Ok, i guess
Teacher Recs: worked with one teacher, must be good
Counselor Rec: no idea
Interview: good
Hook (if any): ?? Don't think so</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Nepal
School Type: religious
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: M
Legacy Yes/No: no
Recruited Yes/No: no
Important ECs: student government,community service,volunteer work, leadership training</p>