<p>Congrats to everyone who was accepted thus far! To those who were rejected, best of luck with the other schools to which you applied. To those still waiting or waitlisted, best of luck as well. </p>
<p>Just wanted to suggest that everyone post their stats in this post (as the postmaker asked) as well as whether they were accepted, waitlisted, or rejected. A post like this can be surprisingly helpful for those interested in applying next year and curious about what sort of scores and activities had what results attached to them :).</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted
SAT Verbal: 630
SAT Math: 660
SAT Writing: 580
SAT Total: 1870
SAT II: Math 640 USHistory 620
ACT: 28
AP/IB taken/scores: taking 4 my senior year (school only offers 4)
GPA weighted: 3.82
GPA unweighted: 3.82
Rank or % estimate: 1/29
Essays: Common app was funny about the blue power ranger; why vassar eassay was okay, nothing special
Teacher Recs: Really good- one teacher let me read, i guess im a little bit of a suck up so i am on good terms with all of my teachers
Counselor Rec: pretty good i guess- don’t know though- but with only 29 kids in my senior class and about 100 in my entire high school my counselor knows me pretty well
Interview: none
Hook (if any): From northern NH maybe? Maybe male?
State or Country: NH
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Legacy: nope
Recruited Athlete & Sport: nope
Important ECs: Soccer coach for youth team- varisty soccer- Darfur Awareness Project- Class officer 4 years- the usual stuff</p>
<p>Im very happy i got accepted, my SATs are kind of low for a school like Vassar, but i am proof you don’t need to have amazing scores to be accepted to a top notch school like vassar.</p>
<p>I don’t know if I’ll be going, but it’s likely, because I got depressingly thin envelopes from amherst and swarthmore today, and now I’m just waiting on brown, which i’m doubting i’ll get into…
and yes…the poster is incredible
it made me very excited and “oooooh pretty”. haha.</p>
<p>Son was accepted.
2180 SAT
4.1 W GPA 3.8 UW top 5%
large public high school in MA
Strong ECs in theater and music
Strong teacher recs
No interview, but demonstrated interest
Waiting on financial aid to decide</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted
ACT: 32
AP/IB taken/scores: AP
GPA weighted: unknown
GPA unweighted: 3.9
Rank or % estimate: unknown
Essays: I really liked my “Why Vassar” and thought my common app essay was good too but I guess they weren’t good enough
Teacher Recs: the one I read was good, unsure about the other one
Counselor Rec: bad
Interview: no interview (no alumni in area)
Hook (if any): none?
State or Country: USA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: female
Legacy: no
Recruited Athlete & Sport: no
Important ECs: 400+hrs volunteer work, Legal Aid volunteer, varsity swimming/USA competitive swimming, equestrian, freelance writer for state newspaper, school newspaper/editor, web design, various clubs, etc
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: mm chances of getting off wait list aren’t too good, right?</p>
<p>A friend and I are both waitlisted but whatever. I’m happy with Middlebury and Georgetown so far. But if possible, I’d like to ask why I was waitlisted. I thought the essays were all well written, especially the “why vassar” one. mm</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted
SAT: 2230;V800 M670 W760, SATII 650 Math II, 690 Lit
AP/IB taken/scores: AP- 4 on gov, IB- 4 on physics; taking English 12 HL, French II HL, Psych HL, History HL, AB Calc SL, and Social Anthropology SL (IB Diploma)
GPA weighted: 4.3
GPA unweighted: 3.9
Rank or % estimate: technically 1, everyone with over a 4.0 is ranked first at my school.
Essays: my common app one was excellent, my ‘why vassar’ was kind of dry.
Teacher Recs: I’ve heard they were good
Counselor Rec: no idea
Interview: honestly one of my worst. I got extremely flustered, my interviewer made me uncomfortable and then reminded me how hard it is to get in.
Hook (if any): I spent this past summer in India
State or Country: USA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: female
Legacy: no
Recruited Athlete & Sport: no
Important ECs: Volunteer work at a local summer camp(~500 hours across two summers), swingdancing, Varsity Crew Freshman and Sophmore year, Regional Science fair winner Freshman and Sophmore year, Key Club Junior and Senior Year, NHS, French Honor Society, Social Studies Honor Society, Independent Political Club.
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Waaah.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED
SAT Verbal: 690
SAT Math: 730
SAT Writing: 730
SAT Total: 2150
SAT II: 730 Math I, 720 Math II, 720 USH
ACT: 32
AP/IB taken/scores: USH - 5, currently taking Calc AB, Psych and Language.
GPA weighted: 99.3
GPA unweighted: ~95
Rank or % estimate: Top 5%
Essays: Common app was ridic good. Why Vassar was alright and sort of half assed. Your Space was pretty good.
Teacher Recs: Above average probably
Counselor Rec: Either average or above average
Interview: Didn’t receive one
Hook (if any): my awesomeness
State or Country: New York City
School Type: Catholic
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Legacy: NOPE
Recruited Athlete & Sport: NOPE
Important ECs: Editor in Chief of Lit Mag, 10 years of Art, VP of ARC/GNY Youth Council
Other Factors: N/A
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: The large package came the same time as my Swarthmore rejection so this brightened things up! I wasn’t sure if i’d get in because I didn’t do a good job with showing interest in the school (Why Vassar wasn’t great and I didn’t visit campus). I’ll be going to admitted students day even though I’m probably not going to actually matriculate. Even so, this is a great school and i’m very pleased!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
SAT Verbal: 800
SAT Math: 670
SAT Writing: 730
SAT Total: 2200
SAT II: US-730, Lit-730, Math II-690
GPA weighted: 4.3
GPA unweighted: 3.98
Rank or % estimate: top 3%
Essays: Very strong
Teacher Recs: Very strong
Counselor Rec: Not sure…
Interview: none
Hook (if any): URM
State or Country: California
School Type: Distinguished Humanities Magnet
Ethnicity: 1/2 Mexican, 1/4 Portuguese, 1/8 Russian, 1/8 Austrian
Gender: Female
Legacy: none
Recruited Athlete & Sport: N/A
Important ECs: President of Biracial Club, 3 years newspaper (managing editor), 3 years golf team, 2 years pet shelter volunteer, 3 years student council, various other clubs…</p>
