Vassar College 2013 Regular Decision

<p>**Decision: WAITLISTED **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): math 800, reading 730, writing 790
[</em>] SAT IIs: us history 720, lit 740, math II 780
[<em>] APs: calc ab 5, english lit 5, statistics 5, us history 4, currently taking environmental, english language, and spanish
[</em>] GPA: 4.13
[<em>] Rank: 1 out of 260ish
[</em>] Award(s): ct scholar athlete, yale book award, high honors, ehh several more than i don’t really feel like listing right now</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: varsity xc, capt. of xc senior year, varsity track, school newspaper, interact, keyettes club, mentoring
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: working part time at the library
[li] Applied on: RD</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: connecticut
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: chinese
[</em>] Gender: female
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: i’m actually so disappointed. blah.</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=blue][ b]Decision: WAITLISTED [ /b][ /color][ /size] </p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section): R:690 M:750 W:800
[ *] SAT IIs: 690 Lit, 710 USH
[ *] ACT:n/a
[ *] APs: 5 on USH, 4 on Language and Composition, taking 4 this year
[ *] IBs: n/a
[ *] GPA: 4.0/4.5uw, 6.9w
[ *] Rank: top 5% (school doesn’t give numerical rankings)
[ *] Award(s): Leadership awards and Superintendent’s Awards
[ *] Other stats: </p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: Student Council President (formerly VP), NHS VP, Very active in theatre (cast and crew), MUN, Math team, Volunteer work, Film Club (co-founder), secretary to the state leadership board for high school students, Sunday School teacher, and more
[ *] Job/Work Experience: motel maid this summer (actually what my common app essay was about)
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): both only ok, but sincere
[ *] Your Space Entry: something silly and cutesy, but everyone who saw it said it was funny
[ *] Teacher Recs: one was very good, the other i didn’t read but he loved me so i assume it was good
[ *] Counselor Rec: probably not that great
[ *] Applied on: RD. I should have doen ED
[ *] Hook (if any): Lots of leadership experience, attended 14 leadership conferences and helped host 6 of them, many elected positions/awards</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Connecticut
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public school, but prestigious (in top 5% on national public schools)
[ *] Ethnicity:caucasian
[ *] Gender: female
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b] very disappointed, but definitely staying on the waitlist</p>

<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]</p>

<pre><code>[li] SAT I (by section): CR/M/W 730/800/800[/li][li] SAT IIs: 770/760 US History/French[/li][li] ACT:[/li][li] APs: 5/5/4 US History/English Lang/French Lang[/li][li] IBs:[/li][li] GPA: 3.89 UW[/li][li] Rank: school doesn’t release rank, but I know I’m in the top 5% (class size is about 215)[/li][li] Awards listed on application: AP Scholar, First Honors, Holy Cross Book Award, National Merit Commended[/li][li] Other stats:[/li]</code></pre>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>

<pre><code>[li] ECs listed on app: President of Gay-Straight Alliance, Co-Chair of City’s Youth Commission, jazz band, NHS, academic team, hosted a radio show.[/li][li] Job/Work Experience: worked at a cafe last summer[/li][li] Essays (subject and responses): it was about fingerpainting… haha[/li]</code></pre>

<p>[<em>] Your Space Entry: a CD of music I made, with a homemade cover that opened up like a flower
[</em>] Teacher Recs: History teacher and math teacher, only read one of them but it was good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: probably glowing, she likes me and knows me pretty well
[</em>] Applied on: RD
[li] Hook (if any):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]</p>

<pre><code>[li] State or Country: Western Mass[/li][li] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): suburban public, sends some grads to top schools[/li][li] Ethnicity: white/did not specify[/li][li] Gender: male[/li]</code></pre>

<p>[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: yay! congrats everyone</p>

<p>considering a lot of East coast people have already heard… is there a possibility that Californians will hear tomorrow? ! </p>

<p>I really hope so.</p>

<p>Congrats everyone! How many of you’ll had Vassar down as a top choice? (I’m and ED accepted student)</p>

<p>Yale_Hopeful, I hope Californians hear about decisions today, too.</p>

<p>rejected but no surprise. I already got in to my first choice anyway so no big deal here</p>

<p>Yes!! Accepted :smiley: </p>

<p>Got the letter today when I got home from school… the letters have made their way to Florida.</p>

<p>Accepted! That poster is so big and awesome!!!</p>

<p>Still waiting for an answer in Georgia (Atlanta area). Our mail service is as unpredictable as college admissions! ;)</p>

<p>Congrats to all accepted; good luck to waitlists!!</p>

<p>REJECTED. </p>

<p>From Southern California. </p>

<p>Oh well… it was to be expected.</p>

<p>Woo! Accepted! </p>

<p>I’m from Arkansas, by the way.</p>

<p>Yale_Hopeful, you got rejected? Ooh ooh. Well, good luck with Yale!</p>

<p>Hopefully, I get an acceptance tomorrow because Vassar is one of my top choices.</p>

<p>On another note, I sadly got rejected by Vanderbilt (applied to college of education).</p>

<p>good luck nhsharvard ! Vassar wasn’t exactly on the top of my list so it’s not really a huge disappointment. </p>

<p>I actually made my username before deciding against applying to Yale! ahahha here’s to hoping Brown will be nice to me tom.! :)</p>

<p>Yale_Hopeful, although my username is nhsharvard, I didn’t apply to Harvard. I applied to Yale and Brown.</p>

<p>Here’s hoping that tomorrow is successful for us!</p>

<p>I applied to Yale and Brown as well. And Harvard and Princeton for fun since the apps took very little time and were free for me haha… I really want to get into Brown. Their curriculum sounds awesome. Surprisingly, I also got into Northwestern, Vassar, Middlebury, and Emory… considering I only have a 30 ACT and am a white male… I was shocked. So I am with you guys for tomorrow… Good luck! I hope everything goes well for all of us hahaha.</p>

<p>I’m from Southern California and got waitlisted at Vassar.
But I got into Wesleyan so I think I’m going there :)</p>

<p>heh, Yale and Brown are the ones I’m waiting for, too.</p>

<p>**Decision: Waitlisted ** </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 1640
[</em>] SAT IIs: 640 Math 2, 720 USH
[<em>] ACT: 27
[</em>] APs: 4 on USH, 4 on Calculus AB, 3 on US Government, 3 on Biology (2 on Lit and 1 on Chem)
[<em>] IBs: None
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 uw, 4.5 w
[<em>] Rank: 1 out of 431
[</em>] Award(s): Various awards for band and honor band, Valedictorian, CSF Lifetime Member, Principal’s award, Awards for Boys State and Young Legislators
[li] Other stats: Went to Princeton Arts and Humanities Symposium </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: CSF Honorary Officer, Site Council (rule making and academic council) Student Representative, Young Legislators Member, Wind Ensemble, District Honor Band, Jazz Ensemble, Pep Band, Marching Band, Boys State, Princeton Arts and Humanities Symposium
[</em>] Volunteer Experience: 3 yrs/5 days a week at School Library, 1yr/5 days a week at School Registrar’s Office, 6 months as AP Calculus tutor
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Good essays (got input by counselor)
[</em>] Your Space Entry: letter explaining my interest and circumstances
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I’m assuming that one was good and the other one (based on my former teacher’s writing style) was balanced, thus showing both my circumstances and how I’ve overcame them
[</em>] Counselor Rec: great
[<em>] Applied on: RD
[</em>] Hook (if any): Boys State, Princeton symposium, AP Scholar</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Filipino
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Staying on the Waitlist</p>

<p>Is it strange that I am in New Jersey and still haven’t heard? Another person from my school already received their letter. I’m thinking I should call.</p>