Vassar '14 - How will the cookie crumble (international chances)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Vassar College
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<p>General Things
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: East Indian (international)
Country: India (but living in Singapore for 16 years)
Current Grade: Senior Year (in singapore, schools run from Jan-Dec)
Financial Aid: Not applying for any sort of FA</p>

<p>Grades
GPA: 3.1 (Sharp rising trend)
-Very tough international magnet school specializing in Math & Science</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Test
SAT Critical Reading - 770
SAT Math - 800
SAT Writing – 800
SAT Composite (M+CR) – 1570
SAT Composite (M+CR+W) – 2370</p>

<p>SAT Subject Tests
SAT Math Level 2 - 800
SAT Physics - 790
SAT Chemistry – 780
SAT Biology M - 770</p>

<p>AP Tests
AP Calculus AB – 5
AP Chemistry – 5
AP Physics B – 5
AP Biology – 5
AP Calculus BC – 5
AP Statistics – 5</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities
- Captain: Debate Team
- President: Creative Writing Circle
- Editor: School Yearbook
- Editor: School Newsletter (we don't publish too actively tho)
- Editor: Official Newsletter of Singapore Int'l Mathematics Competition
- Captain: Scrabble Team (placed 3rd nationally in 2007, several individual awards at national level too)
- Head Delegate: Model UN
- Tennis Team
- National Education Ambassador
- 300ish Community Service Hours
- Creative Arts Program (very selective program for writers and poets)
- Research on atomic spectroscopy
- Research on oxygen's behavior on palladium and applications in fuel cells
- Interned at a renowned museum of biodiversity research
- 2 Commendatory Awards @ Commonwealth Int'l Essay Writing Competition
- Gold (Drama) @ Singapore Youth Festival
- Best Delegate @ Singapore Model United Nations 2009 H
- Best Delegate @ WE International Model United Nations 2009</p>

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<p>Vassar is your safety…you’re an international with high SATS (which very few internationals have)…and the most important thing…you aren’t asking for financial aid…so you’re technically in :D</p>

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<p>@omega007:</p>

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<p>^Keep this in mind.</p>

<p>What makes you so sure that my high SAT will be more importantly than my (seemingly) dismal GPA? I’m trying to be confrontational; I just want to understand my chances more clearly.</p>

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<p>The number on your GPA doesn’t matter if you’re one of the top students of your class.
I’ve seen many students on CC get into Ivies with a similar condition to you but they were in top 10% or top 5% of their graduating class. Colleges understand that each high school’s methodology of curricula and course rigor is different from the other so use the class rank, SAT scores and teacher recommendations to find whether your GPA is competitive or not. Your standardized test scores show that your GPA is competitive and also determines that you’re ready for college study. Your AP scores also prove that your low GPA is in par with college preparatory work. I think you’re fine.</p>

<p>Also, the most important think for internationals (in my belief) is the SAT because very very few internationals have high SAT like you and the adcoms would be very impressed with you being a non-native speaker with a high SAT score.</p>