<p>Sorry, it has turned out to be such a sour experience. I had a feeling this would not end well.</p>
<p>I’m sorry it was like that 
The admissions office is no way representative of the college in that sense… Vassar’s students are the nicest set of people I have met in my life.</p>
<p>If you would still consider applying to Vassar, I can tell you from experience that Vassar does not care much about SAT I scores for domestic students, but that they are much more important if you’re an international applicant so your chances of getting in may have improved dramatically.</p>
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<p>:/ still apply conflicted! i’m actually surprised, i’ve had wonderful experiences with admissions (i went bowling with my adcom and we joked around. it was fun).</p>
<p>even so, i guarantee you the student body and profs here are amazing. i feel my vassar friends and i are the only ones who are truly happy with out college experiences so far (at top colleges anyway). not to diss other schools, i haven’t attended them, but vassar really is absolutely amazing.</p>
<p>The OP needs a safety and that means both from a financial point of view as well as fit. When he finally nails that down, perhaps he will reconsider Vassar and apply RD.</p>
<p>for international students, financial safeties don’t really exist :/</p>
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