<p>Sailor V: My son is graduating from Vassar and my daughter is a first year at Carleton. Both kids have had excellent education opportunites and a heck of a lot of fun. The fun is really important as they work very hard. The women who go to Smith just love it, our favorite niece is a junior there. But I know that she doesn’t have enough “fun” - she is always working. So check out the “fun” factors at each school - and I’m not just talking about parties - but all the extra crazy stuff that most campuses offer. As well as how spontaneous is the community into which you will live for the next few years. Best of luck.</p>
<p>SailorV, My daughter chose Vassar over Bryn Mawr because she really preferred the culture of a coed environment. She made this decision after an admitted student visit at Bryn Mawr. She does have a Vassar boyfreind and that certainly adds to her happiness but she also felt that girls relate differently to eachother in an all girl environment.</p>
<p>Although these schools seem similar academically there are important differences that may be important to you. Vassar has a very open curiculum with very few distribution requirements. It also emphasises integrative studies, another way it differes sharply from some other LAC’s. My strong recommendation would be to stay overnight at every school you are seriously considering.</p>
<p>I was waitlisted… I’m devastated. I absolutely love Vassar. I was waitlisted at Vassar, Columbia, Bowdoin and Wesleyan, and accepted at Skidmore, Emerson, Suffolk, and UMaine. </p>
<p>I have every intention of staying on Vassar’s waitlist, hoping for some miracle of fate that I’ll get accepted… In the meantime, though, it appears as if I’m heading to Skidmore or Emerson.</p>
<p>Accepted! Found out on Monday!</p>
<p>Azmom888, as I was wandering over this page, I was excited to see your post… Carleton and Vassar are actually the exact two schools I’m trying to make my decision between. How would you compare the two?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): CR:660, M:660, W:710
ACT: 31
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.66
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):top ten
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5,4,3
IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Diploma, yet to take exams.
Senior Year Course Load: all IB classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ?
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): lots!
Job/Work Experience: cashier
Volunteer/Community service: lots.
Summer Activities: living
Essays: omg… suppa good… what made the difference.
Teacher Recommendation: very good, allegedly
Counselor Rec: somewhat good
Additional Rec: none
Interview: very good
Other
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: latino
Gender: male
Income Bracket: dirt poor
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): urm, 1st gen. suppa fly
Reflection
Strengths: essays, interest (applied ed, was deferred)
Weaknesses: sat
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: interest, i applied ed
General Comments: Good Luck!!..</p>
<p>I was waitlisted. I am a bit disappointed as Vassar would have been a relevant consideration, but I have Wesleyan, Tufts, and Georgetown to chose from already and I think it is only fair that I decline the waitlist. Stats for those curious:</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 2220 (780CR, 730M, 710W)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: US History: 800, Literature: 710</li>
<li>GPA: 3.86W, with a definite upward trend (3.2 beginning of freshman year, 4.45 junior year)</li>
<li>Rank: 16/97</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: To be honest, I never felt as though they to where they needed to be.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: APUSH and Math teacher, didn’t read either but confident both were glowing.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Was read to me, was very impressive considering she has only been around 6 months.</li>
<li>Hook (if any): First-generation, low-income?</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: San Diego, California</li>
<li>School Type: Public charter, ranked in the top 10 of public high schools by USNWR and Newsweek.</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Caucasian</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
</ul>
<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section):2010(low i kno :P)
[</em>] SAT IIs:Biology -760 Chem-690 Literature- 670
[<em>] GPA:3.70
[</em>] Award(s):A couple for swimming and school awards </p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Swimming, Ministry Outreach Program, Capoeira, Inter-Secondary Christian Fellowship…uhm some more i don’t remember
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:Web Design and Journalist
[<em>] Your Space Entry:None
[</em>] Teacher Recs:Very Good
[li] Counselor Rec:Very Good</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country:Jamaica
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:Black(mixed)
[</em>] Gender:Male</p>
<p>“Congrats to all the RD acceptances. I am curious, what other schools are you deciding amongst, and how keenly are you leaning towards Vassar.”</p>
<p>lordofmeesi college decision extravaganza 2009: vassar vs. peace corps!</p>
<p>yeah, rejected from everything else but my safeties. thus, i’ll probably be at vassar, but only after a completely fabulous gap year traversing the globe. i hope.</p>
<p>but even if i had been accepted to more places, unless i had gotten into brown, i would’ve chosen vassar over everything else. it sounds like there’s a lot of fun to be found on campus. of all kinds. plus, i’m all for an open curriculum.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED
Stats:
SAT I (by section): 2000 (highest scores combined)
SAT IIs: 760 us history 660 math 1</p>
<p>APs: Three of them so far… my school has this weird system that makes it hard for us to get the APs we want. and regular classes are just as rigorous as AP so people dont take more than 3 in year. :(</p>
<p>GPA: 96.5 ( i’m not sure what this translates to)
Rank: my school doesn’t rank
Award(s): National Hispanic Scholar
Other stats:</p>
<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app: babysitting (takes up most of my life…) sci olympiad, habitat for humanity, tutor…and bunch of school service stuff.
Essays (subject and responses): i think it was pretty good…my english teacher had her own college essay workshop and i endured three weeks of it…she even graded our essays and i rewrote mine over and over again until she said it was perfect. Im grateful for her.
Your Space Entry: i didn’t submit anything.
Teacher Recs: one from my Ap us history teacher who’s a genius and my research teacher who knows how truly nerdy and dedicated to school i am XD
Counselor Rec: i dont know about this one…coming from a huge school…it’s hard for guidance counselors to get to know us very well.
Hook (if any): urm,and I did the interview so i guess i showed interest in the school.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: New York
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): competitive, specialized high school in NYC
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: female
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I advise people to do the interview!</p>
<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800 CR, 780 M, 790 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 US History, 780 Biology-M, 710 Literature
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] APs: Biology 5, US History 5; Will take: AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC
[<em>] IBs: Will take: French SL, Math HL, English HL, History HL
[</em>] GPA: 4.00 UW, 4.30 W
[<em>] Rank: n/a
[</em>] Award(s): NMSF, Nationally placed in French Contest, nothing huge</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Theater, Choir, Running, Violin
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Very personal; about music + sexuality
[</em>] Your Space Entry: I sent in a recommendation from my 8 year old siblings (they’re twins)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: English and Biology–Quite good, I expect. (didn’t read them)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read it, but I assume it was good.
[<em>] Applied on: December 30th.
[</em>] Hook (if any): none</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Minnesota
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, Suburban
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I am so thrilled! Perhaps I’ll be seeing some of you in several months!</p>
<p>Hmm…that post is kind of screwed up, but I don’t know how to fix it. Anyway, hooray for Vassar!</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section): Critical Reading: (750) Math: (690) Writing: (710)
[ *] SAT IIs: Math I: (670) Biology M: (790) U.S. History: (770)
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] APs: Six so far (2 threes, 2 fours, 2 fives). Taking four more this year.
[ *] IBs: None
[ *] GPA: 4.0
[ *] Rank: 7:60 @ application, 4:60 @ mid-year
[ *] Award(s):Various art awards in photography, various math and science awards (in school)
[ *] Other stats:</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: Lead in all plays (nominations & awards), involvement in children bereavement camp, LOTS of art, sailing, skiing, treasurer of class,
[ *] Job/Work Experience: 40 hrs/week in the summer
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): Tea as a metaphor for the life and education I want.
[ *] Your Space Entry: A list of books I had read in the past year (like 6 pages long)
[ *] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[ *] Applied on: Art! Though not an intended visual arts major.
[ *] Hook (if any):Internship with a magnum photographer, and met with chairman of art department.</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: New York
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasion
[ *] Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b] AYE AYE AYEEEEEEEE</p>