<p>Hey there... as someone who applied to Vassar a couple of years ago, I'd recommend that everyone post their stats below in this thread along with their admissions results (accepted, deferred, rejected) below. It's really helpful for those who are interested in applying to Vassar this year (and in the future) as a reference tool...</p>
<p>Here's a suggested format to use. To make it work, copy and paste the code below and remove all the spaces in the code brackets.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 660
[</em>] SAT Math: 680
[<em>] SAT Writing: 710
[</em>] SAT Total: 2050 (two sittings)
[<em>] SAT II: 630 (Math Level II), 610 (U.S. History), 670 (Biology), 650 (Literature)
[</em>] ACT: Did not take
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 3 (English Language and Composition), 4 (U.S. History), 4 (Biology)...will be taking English Literature and Comp, European History and AB Calculus come May.
[</em>] GPA weighted: Does not apply
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.65 (just below A-)...downward trend and back up again (FR: 3.89, Soph: 3.73, Junior: 3.44, Senior: 3.73)
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 16th in class of 250 (top 6.5%)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Hackneyed subject with a unique spin. Showed it to both of my AP English Teachers who really thought it was great. Spoke about one of my teacher's influences on me using a specific example (I did not focus on the teacher, but the experience and the outcomes and who I was).
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One extremely good (History, had teacher for soph and senior history), one good (Math, had teacher for soph and senior math)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I didn't read it but our counselor basically makes us sound the best he can within the bounds of the truth.
[</em>] Interview: Applied for one and was never contacted for one.
[li] Hook (if any): Recruited Athlete...heavy discussions with the Vassar Rugby coach who then wrote a letter to admissions recommending my admission to the school.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Rhode Island
[</em>] School Type: Catholic, All-Male Private High School
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: Yes, for Rugby. (even though Rugby isn't technically a varsity sport, its still pretty huge at Vassar and is funded by the school, which is a rarity for college rugby clubs). As I said...coach wrote a letter recommending my admission.
[li] Important ECs: Student Council, Founder of Intramural Dodgeball League which will start in spring, founding member of Philosophy Club, Blood Drive coordinator, School dance coordinator, Rugby, Peer Minister, Writer for School Newspaper, Teacher's Aide for Freshman Algebra, Student Leadership Training Program annual participant (multiple programs)...if those are all considered important?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Not much. I guess I could say I showed my creativity through my writing. My essay was one of the strongest parts of my application and I sent a poem as a part of my "Your Space" portion of the Vassar application.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: I'm simply amazed. I honestly wasn't expecting to get into Vassar even with the Rugby coach backing me. I guess I would just say to be well rounded...you don't have to be outstanding in the solely academic realm to be accepted to the school of your dreams. I mean I wasn't a slouch but I was just slightly above Vassar's 25th percentile for SAT's...and its not like I was the valedictorian of my high school.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal:670
[</em>] SAT Math:800
[<em>] SAT Writing:700
[</em>] SAT Total:2170
[<em>] SAT II: 790 Math II, 720 Physics, 740 U.S. history
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores:
[</em>] GPA weighted: 4.2
[<em>] GPA unweighted: dont know, ours schools is weird like that but when i calculated it myself it was about a 92 or 3.7
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 29/785 </p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: preety good, nothing extraordinary... im not the best writer in the world :( , but my why vassar essay was long and preety good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: didnt read
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didnt read
[</em>] Interview: didnt have
[li] Hook (if any): recommendation from Vassar math professor, male?, live right next to the school? </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ list]
[<em>] State or Country:ny
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity:asian
[</em>] Gender:male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: no
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No:no
[li] Important ECs: math competition, yearbook, student government, religious youth group, a lot of volunteering, nothing extraordinary but kept myself busy during high school </p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Other Factors:- yourspace was a creative puzzle. </p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
THANK YOU littleathiest for all the help... maybe ill c u next year... to everyone else who got in, cant wait to c u next year but for now join facebook and lets try to get that class of 2013 alive again after it randomly disappeared.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 620
[</em>] SAT Math: 710
[<em>] SAT Writing: 620
[</em>] SAT Total:1950
[<em>] SAT II: Math II - 620, French - 640, Literature - 610
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: none available in my school
[</em>] GPA weighted: no GPAs in my school...
[<em>] GPA unweighted: -
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: -</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I think it was my essays which really did it for me, since my SAT scores aren't really that high. They were honest - my commonapp one talked about the role of humor in my life, my why Vassar was short and sweet, basically just answered the question.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: didnt read them
[<em>] Counselor Rec: pretty good but nothing outstanding i'd say
[</em>] Interview: none
[li] Hook (if any): well, im an international student? pretty fluent in french, learnt arabic for five years and have taken chinese lessons... talked a lot about languages in my essays actually/</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
[</em>] School Type: Private School - British System hence the no GPAs etc
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Social Secretary, volunteer work, public speaking, soccer</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
Yourspace was a list of things I want to do before I die... General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
I am SO excited, I really was not sure whether I would get in because of my scores, but I guess being honest in my essays and wherever possible paid off. See you next year perhaps :)</p>
<p>also I know I wrote 'Accepted' in red and it should probably be in green, but I really don't know how to change it haha. technologically challenged.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal:760
[</em>] SAT Math:680
[<em>] SAT Writing:710
[</em>] SAT Total:2150
[<em>] SAT II: Lit710; Math 2 740.
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores:
[</em>] GPA weighted: 3.8
[li] Rank or % estimate: Top decile</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: It's hard to judge. They were pretty free-flowing and the language was intentionally kept simple.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: They were better than all the others my school gave out.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Same as above
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[li] Hook (if any): Indian (?)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: India
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: N
[</em>] Important ECs: A lot of debating, public speaking. Student Government.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Very excited! And congratulations to all accepted! Joing the facebook group.</p>
<p>Uhm..i hope i post this right cuz idk what to do with all these brackets and spaces. lol, sorry if it comes out spaz-tastic. </p>
<p>*Decision:Accepted! <em>jumps up and down</em> *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal:710
[</em>] SAT Math:630 (i just dont test well in math)
[<em>] SAT Writing:660
[</em>] SAT Total:2000
[<em>] SAT II: 730 in Lit and 800 in Spanish.
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: AP History was a 4, and im taking the lit/psych/lang/spanish this year.
[</em>] GPA weighted:In my school its a 4.22 but on a 4.0 scale its around 3.9
[<em>] GPA unweighted:
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 24/567. (I moved to a block schedule school from an eight period school my sophmore year so really i would have been in the top 5.)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were good, i really loved the Why Vassar one.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Really good =)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: One of her fav students, so it must have been good
[</em>] Interview:No
[li] Hook (if any): unique personal story?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country:NJ
[</em>] School Type:Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:Colombian
[</em>] Gender:Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No:No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No:No
[li] Important ECs: band, swimming, school magazine, some other random things. I was worried i was kinda lacking in this area.</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
OMG, i am uber excited- i got my letter last wednesday and totally screamed. Tons of congratulations to everyone else that got accepted and i can't wait till next year! (well, august technically)</p>
<p>If you applied EDII and haven't gotten a letter yet, I would call the Admissions Office. Don't assume that you're "in" or "out." Letters get lost in the mail sometimes.</p>