<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2090 (CR 730, M 620, W 740)
[</em>] SAT IIs: World History 690, Spanish 590, US History 710
[<em>] ACT: 30
[</em>] APs: 12 of them
[<em>] IBs: None
[</em>] GPA: 3.7-ish UW
[<em>] Rank: 97
[</em>] Award(s): Plenty of them.
[li] Other stats:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: MUN President, Tri-M President, NHS, Ski Club, DECA, Girl Scouts, Mock Trial, Girls State, Theatre, Band, Choir, Jazz band, private music lessons, plenty of others.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: One year at a restaurant, volunteer work
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I don’t even remember
[</em>] Your Space Entry: Model UN resolution (four pages)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Science teacher and English Teacher… one not too good, the other excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I hate him. Enough said.
[<em>] Applied on: Regular Decision I guess?
[</em>] Hook (if any): My school sucks and I’ve never had support from anyone, basically.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Upstate New York
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Below average public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I was sure I was going to get in here… I might as well just quit hoping now because everything else is harder to get into. I’m going to Wells and I should just face that fact. Or maybe this was just because the guy who interviewed me was effing weird. Whatever.</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section): 2080, 760 CR, 600, 710 Writing
[ *] SAT IIs: 750 Lit, 650 AP History, 540 Math 1
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] APs: 5 World, 2 Chem, 3 Language, 3 US History (7 APs, 3 this year)
[ *] IBs: N/A
[ *] GPA: 4.6 weighted
[ *] Rank: 17 out 400
[ *] Award(s): a lot of writing awards
[ *] Other stats:</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: journalism, diff. editor positions on school newspaper, church choir, cross county, was first responder/ CPR instructor
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Hollister & Chuck E. Cheese
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): about Sailor Moon and the effect of the shows and its characters on my young life
[ *] Your Space Entry: a poem comparing my emotional walls to the walls of Berlin
[ *] Teacher Recs: excellent, good
[ *] Counselor Rec: good
[ *] Applied on: Regular Decision
[ *] Hook (if any): My interviewer LOVED me. He was awesome.</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Nevada
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Black
[ *] Gender: Female
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b] I am so excited. I got rejected from Wesleyan yesterday, but I love Vassar more. Thank God I do. :D</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
<em>sent only ACT scores</em>
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 700 M - 700 CR - 700 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730 Lit - 690 World - 630 Math II
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] APs: World History, U.S. History, & English Lit: 4 | Taking English Comp & Calc AB this year
[<em>] GPA: 101.02 weighted
[</em>] Rank: Top 2%</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Theatre, Drama Club, Chorus, Asian Club, French Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Local hospital volunteering
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Significant experience: wrote about the trials and tribulations of a theater audition and how it made me stronger as a performer
[</em>] Your Space Entry: Didn’t send one
[<em>] Teacher Recs: 1 glowing / 1 very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: excellent</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type: Private Catholic
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian American
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Yesterday, I was pretty dejected over being waitlisted at Wesleyan and saw it as a sign of things to come. I’m just so happy and thankful. Congrats to all!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 1930 (610 CR, 670 M, 650 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 590 Bio, 690 Math 2
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs:
[<em>] IBs: Full Diploma Candidate (history sl, math sl, english hl, bio hl, spanish sl, art hl)
[</em>] GPA: 4.111 weighted
[<em>] Rank: 12/200
[</em>] Award(s): I can’t remember, but stuff like art awards, track awards, honor roll…
[li] Other stats:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Key Club, NHS,
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Common App - english teacher loved it, CC’ers found it overly preachy. Supplement - I felt that the word limit constricted it from being as best it could.
[</em>] Your Space Entry: I talked about my art and why it’s important to me. I included some excerpts of my writing for a semi-memoir I hope to one day write.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: one really really good, one so-so
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I’ve known her since 4th grade, somewhat personable
[<em>] Applied on: early December. it was one of the first ones I submitted
[</em>] Hook (if any): first generation American, Sierra Leonean</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Ohio
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: African American
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: After I submitted my app, I read on here that a lot of the people totally disregarded the word limit and wrote like 2 pages! It killed me to strip down my supplement to the word limit. So, I’m happy that it wasn’t as inhibiting a factor as I thought</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section)- Didn’t send
[</em>] SAT IIs: Didn’t send
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] APs: School doesn’t offer APs
[<em>] IBs: School doesn’t offer IBs either.
[</em>] GPA: 95/100 or so
[<em>] Rank: 7/106, may have changed since first semester
[</em>] Award(s): 8 varsity letters, Rensselaer Medal, 2nd team All-Greater Rochester for MasterMinds and league MVP, and probably a few more that I can’t remember
[li] Other stats: </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: 2 years varsity soccer, 2 years JV soccer, 4 years varsity indoor/outdoor track, MasterMinds team captain, Boys’ State, drummer in church band, and some others
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Reffing soccer games between soph/junior years
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): The common app one was about the person that had an influence on me
[</em>] Your Space Entry: Didn’t send one
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One was from my favorite history teacher, while another one was from my earth science teacher and track coach.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: It was probably very good.
[<em>] Applied on: RD
[</em>] Hook (if any): None that I know of</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Upstate NY
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, not very good
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: 11/12 on acceptances! These three days have been 1. Accepted at Chicago 2. Rejected at Hamilton and 3. Accepted at Vassar (and Skidmore). I’m pretty satisfied.</p>
<p>ACT- 28
GPA- 96.00 (doesn’t weight)
RANK- <10% (doesn’t rank but I’ve been told I was in the top ten out of 120)
EXTRA CURRICULARS- varsity soccer 2 yrs, varsity indoor & outdoor track 4 yrs, 9 years piano, student senate, NHS, civil rights, math team
HOOK- I sent in a sample of my classical piano recordings</p>
<p>I didn’t think I’d get in, I was expecting a straight rejection. I’m pleased with this news</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section): 760 CR, 680 M, 800 W
[ *] SAT IIs: 800 French, 740 Lit, 720 Math 2
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] APs: 5 French, 5 Govt, 4 Chem
[ *] IBs: N/A
[ *] GPA: 3.8 UW (no weighing)
[ *] Rank: Top 10% (no ranking)
[ *] Award(s): Several writing, language awards
[ *] Other stats:</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: Scholars’ bowl, debate, crew, wind ensemble
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Personal care attendant
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): One on my autistic sister, one on my high school education
[ *] Your Space Entry: Sample chapter from my novel
[ *] Teacher Recs: One from AP French teacher, one from AP English teacher
[ *] Counselor Rec: Presumably decent
[ *] Applied on: Political science
[ *] Hook (if any): Vermont? Who doesn’t like a Vermonter?</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Vermont
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, competitive
[ *] Ethnicity: White, Jewish
[ *] Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]
First non-safety acceptance! And likely my last, but I don’t care! WOOOOOT</p>
<p>Accepted!!! Very, very happy because Vassar was high on my list, but I never thought I’d actually get in (Or any of the other places I’ve been accepted to thus far.) This is going to be one tough decision! Congrats to everyone accepted To those denied, I’m sure you will all end up at the perfect school that is the perfect fit for you!</p>
<p>Will post stats later! (That’s certainly a time consuming chore, I must admit!)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): M: 730, V: 770, W: 740
[</em>] SAT IIs: French w/Listening: 780, Chem: 730, Bio M: 730
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] APs: Taking 3 APs this year (APs aren’t offered until senior year at my school)
[<em>] IBs: n/a
[</em>] GPA: Weighted: 4.58, Unweighted: 3.71
[<em>] Rank: 18 out of 220
[</em>] Award(s): Honor Roll; High Honor Roll; English, French, and Concert Choir Academic Achievement Awards; George Eastman Young Leaders Award</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: French Club president, GSA president, Academic Decathlon captain, Executive Board Representative (student government), Chorale, Honors Concert Choir, A Cappella, Peer tutoring, Archery, Horseback Riding, various music lessons
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Counselor at a day camp in my area, Library book-shelver
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): ? They were good, I think.
[</em>] Your Space Entry: A video of my solo in a cappella last year
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One of them was probably glowing and wonderful and the other was probably good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably not fantastic because I don’t know him well.
[<em>] Applied on: RD
[</em>] Hook (if any): n/a</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, super good public school (one of the best in the state)
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: ■■■</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 720cr 730m 700w
[</em>] SAT II: SAT II: 800 History 730 Biology 690 Math II
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~ 3.6 (but over 3.8 junior and senior year - was a slow starter)
[</em>] Rank: School doesnt rank
[<em>] AP: English 3 Bio 5 History 5
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs
[<em>] Major Awards: Rensselaer Medalist for his school [/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars Theater, Newspaper, Forensic Union, X-country
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Microbiology research lab last summer
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Worked with poor people in South America
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Likely excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Likely excellent
[</em>] Interview: Did not interview
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Biology
[<em>] State CT
[</em>] School Type: small private
[<em>] Ethnicity: W
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Hooks: Mom went to Vassar
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: 2 A+ grades 1st semester senior year
[<em>] Weaknesses: mediocre freshman year high school
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted: Good stats, male, legacy
[/ul]General Comments:
Vassar saved his mom’s life in 1974. She was a poor refugee who lived in the South Bronx and was accepted with a Vassar Club scholarship. Not sure if son will attend but we’ll visit soon.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Reading: 710
SAT Math: 720
SAT Writing: 650
SAT Total: 2080
SAT II: BioM-800, MathI-720, USH-650
TOEFL (if applicable):
ACT (if applicable):31
AP/IB taken/scores: Bio5, USH4
GPA weighted (if applicable): 99.92
GPA unweighted:97.9
Rank or % estimate (if applicable): 2/124
Academic Awards: George eastman young leaders award (fairly minor), NHS, a couple of "student of the month"s
Extra Curricular Activities: TONS of soccer - Varsity since freshman, Premier since 10 yr old - marching band, concert band 1st-chair bass clarinet, chess team co-captain, scholastic bowl, ski-club</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: 1 VERY unique about me, basically an argument through metaphor (see my name); 1 deep/serious about the death of two of my friends
Teacher Rec #1: better than anyone elses no doubt- this man is a genious
Teacher Rec #2: good
Additional Rec: yes- it was ok
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any): NOPE</p>
<p>Location:
State or Country: USA
School Type: i guess we are a decent public, but i think we are crappy
Ethnicity:White
Gender: Male
Legacy Yes/No: NO
Recruited Yes/No: suprisingly yes</p>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: very well rounded; recruited for soccer. (the only college to do so :P)</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
i’m afraid this place is too artsy for a science guy like myself. Also, they insult my home town of buffalo on their FAQ page. Idk what to think, really.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 730 CR, 740 M, 760 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 640 (bio e), 790 (math II), 710 (english)
[<em>] ACT: -
[</em>] APs: calc AB 5, art 5, english Lit 5, APUSH 4
[<em>] IBs: -
[</em>] GPA: no idea.
[<em>] Rank: when i applied: 28/~470, now 19
[</em>] Award(s): just honor roll
[li] Other stats: nothing significant.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: art honor society, horseback riding, skiing, NHS
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: ski instructor for a year
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): commonapp = about my inability to cook an omelet, why vassar = about the simpsons.
[</em>] Your Space Entry: i drew a picture of me riding on the back of a plesiosaur saying “I <3 DINOSAURS!” i’m convinced that it got me my acceptance.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: one strong (knows me uber well.), one probably mediocre
[</em>] Counselor Rec: don’t know, only knew her for about 2 months when she wrote it.
[<em>] Applied on: late december
[</em>] Hook (if any): fishing. and i sent in a photography portfolio, don’t know how much influence those have at vassar.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: PA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): your average public high school
[<em>] Ethnicity: filipino/caucasian
[</em>] Gender: female
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: YES. akdjs. a relief after being blown off by a few places earlier this week. and my duke rejection letter was in the same bundle of mail, so vassar seemed even more excellent/glorious by comparison.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section): CR 680 Math 630 W 590
SAT IIs: Lit 650 MathII 600 Span 550
ACT: 28
APs: Lit-3 Lang-3 AB-4 Phys-3 Chem-1 WH-3<br>
GPA: 3.74 or 4.19
Rank: 7/49
Award(s): AP scholar
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Soccer, Theater since 1st grade, Music, Work, Boy Scouts
Essays (subject and responses): Probably not great, barely had them edited.
Teacher Recs: Super
Counselor Rec: Super
Hook (if any): Theater I imagine
Location/Person:
State or Country: US
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Small, Public, Nationally Recognized.
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Male</p>
(Or any of the other places I’ve been accepted to thus far.) This is going to be one tough decision! Congrats to everyone accepted 
To those denied, I’m sure you will all end up at the perfect school that is the perfect fit for you!</p>