<p>*Decision: Deferred :( *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2220: 770 WR, 760 CR, 690 M
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 writing, 770 literature, 680 math II-c
[<em>] GPA: 3.54 unweighted (possibly what killed me...? :/)
[</em>] Rank: My school doesn't rank.
[li] Other stats:[/li]- PSAT: 214: 80 WR, 77 CR, 57 M - Sent to Swarthmore and Vassar
- APs: Art History 3 (10), Spanish language 4 (10), US History 4 (11), Biology 4 (11), English Language 4 (11) (Arg, these could have been better, too)</p>
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Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were good before, if improvable, but now I'm having doubts. I think my main essay is the best. Well, I wrote it about asking my mom whether she was gay (she is), so I thought it was an interesting topic. Maybe too risky. The others are just ok. But I wrote them...who know. :/
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Dunno, I think they were strong (my teachers know me well)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea, but at least ok...
[</em>] Hook (if any): Er, if this counts, I'm in Argentina on an exchange at the moment.
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Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Connecticut
[</em>] School Type: Public, but competitive. Highly ranked.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasion
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Intended Major: Undecided
[</em>] major strength/weakness:
-Negative: I got a C in my 11th grade honors pre-calc class. :(<br>
-Positive: I have some independent studies on my transcript, such as a semester of painting and AP Art History in 10th grade (because I was bored in school first semester). Oh, I also have a legacy--Grandmother and great-grandmother (plus second-cousins but I didn't say anything about them).<br>
[li] My Space: I sent in a poster covered with a map of Patagonia and pictures of myself in tons of different places (on a glacier, with penguins, etc). It was cool-looking, but maybe I should have sent something with more substance?[/li][/ul]
Other Factors:</p>
<p>ECs:
All of my ECs except for a few go from 9 to 11 because I'm currently on a Rotary Youth Exchange year abroad so I had to stop most of them. I've been keeping up a few things here, but it's different--much harder to do the kinds of stuff US kids do. </p>
<p>Music
-member of church choir since 4th grade
-private voice lessons 9-11 (possibly starting again in 12 while abroad)
-State Western Regional Chorus participant (10-11)
-Member of two choruses in Argentina (one for adults which meets 2 hrs/wk, one for teenagers which meets something like 8 hrs/wk; Vassar only knows about the first since I just started the second) (12)
-my original vocal composition was performed by my select school chorus for the fall concert (11)</p>
<p>Theater- Couldn't do much junior year due to driver's ed, oh well
-Fiddler on the Roof, head of properties (9)
-A Midsummer Night's Dream, mechanical (lion) (10)
-Hook, Elaine (10)
-Anything Goes, ensemble and tap ensemble (10)
-Grease, ensemble (11)</p>
<p>Clubs
-Gay-Straight Alliance (9, 10-treasurer, 11-co-president)</p>
<p>Language study (outside of school, obviously)
-German classes, 1 semester (11, thinking of starting these here too because private lessons are so cheap, but I'm not sure)
-Rotary Youth exchange year abroad to Argentina (12)</p>
<p>Sports
-Cross country (9)
-Outdoor track (10)</p>
<p>I've done a bit of community service, but not enough that I thought it was worth mentioning on my app for Vassar. Plus there wasn't enough space. Should I have?</p>
<p>Summer/Travel:
-Concordia Language Villages (4 wks in 2002, skipped two Spanish levels in school afterwards--went into Spanish 5 as a freshman and took AP as a sophomore)
-Putney School Summer Program, Painting and Songwriting (3 wks, 2003)
-A Tribute to Gilbert and Sullivan: Edwina, Buttercup, ensemble (3 week workshop, 3 hrs/wkday, 2003)
-RISD Pre-college Program, Drawing major (6 wks, 2004)
-Family trip to Latvia and Lithuania (1.5-2 wks, 2005)</p>
<p>Work:
-Pizza place, cashier/waitress (all of summer 2005, about 30 hrs/wk, except for the trip)
-babysitting (9-11, lots haha)
-help with my mom's business (sales, organization, etc)
I don't think I put anything about babysitting or working with my mom on the Vassar app. There wasn't enough space and decided that the stuff I had to leave off wasn't important enough that I had to send in a resume in addition to the app--too repetitive. </p>
<p>One thing that might also have contributed is that my Argentine school sent my grades in really really late. My family went on vacation right as school ended so that I really didn't have a way to stay on top of it when they were supposed to be sending them, and I couldn't go late because the next train wasn't for a week. I mean they really aren't used to sending stuff to US colleges, so it's really my fault for not being more on top of it for them, but I had some serious miscommunications with the director I think. I feel really horrible about this part because I feel that it was both my fault and out of my control, if that makes sense. :(</p>
<p>Anyway, if anyone has suggestions for safeties, I'd really appreciate them. All of the schools I've REALLY looked into have been comparably competitive and I'm worried...I'd love some ideas. </p>
<p>Congratulations to all of those of you who did get in. Hopefully I'll still get to join you next year...who knows. :/</p>