Vassar College ED II Class of 2019 Decision Thread

Hi guys! It’s that time of year again. The results are out on the 27th, so good luck to all of you! Please refrain from posting anything other than your ED II results unless it’s important. Thank you!

PLEASE REMEMBER TO DELETE THE SPACES INSIDE EACH PAIR OF BRACKETS. THE FORMATTING WILL NOT WORK IF YOU FORGET TO DO THIS.

Pick one:
[ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color]
[ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color]
[ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT Subject Tests:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Weighted GPA:
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major (undecided is fine):
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]

Hi guys! Just got my result today!
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2170 (CR: 720 M: 750 W: 700)
[
] ACT: N/A
[] SAT Subject Tests: Math 1: 730 Biology M: 700
[
] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
[] Weighted GPA: N/A
[
] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/140
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[
] IB (place score in parenthesis): 36/42 grade 11 Sem. 1. 38/42 Grade 11 Sem. 2. Predicted 40-42/45.
[] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB Diploma. Language and Literature HL, Math HL, French SL, Biology SL, Economics HL, Psychology HL
[
] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Academic merit junior year, international global citizen’s award bronze and silver (working towards gold), runner up in district spell bee freshman year

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MCGS MUN, Editorial Board (Head of Reporting), Interact Club (Secretary), Prom Committee (Head of Logistics), Student Council, Prestigious game theory workshop, hypnotherapy workshop level 1, MUN Secretariat Head of Writing, Executive Board MUN rapporteur for security council and UNDP, published short story writer, Orchestra (flute first chair), Head of events for carnival, organized village school athletics meet, researched and published psychology experiment findings (legit work in the field), debate team, LEO Club (Secretary) and a gazillion more I can’t remember right now :slight_smile:
[
] Job/Work Experience: Intern in accounts department at advertising agency during summer 2014, one on one with head of treasury of major multinational
[] Volunteer/Community service: Taught local workers english, organized, directed and scripted a play to raise funds for underprivileged children, numerous tree plantation drives, organized cancer cyclathon and numerous other fundraisers, enrolled children in slum areas into school
[
] Summer Activities: play for underprivileged children, enrolled children in school, internship.
[] Essays: For the activity, I wrote about the entire process of finding a summer project and directing and scripting the play showing adversity between two classes of society performed by children sponsored by an NGO. For Why Vassar, I wrote about how I read about it in a book, Kane and Abel and was kinda interested. After an admissions officer visited, I realized it was my dream school, and explained why. 9/10. Submitted a research essay for YourSpace.
[
] Teacher Recommendation: I’m not totally sure but I think they were decent (8/10)
[] Counselor Rec: She likes me and really wanted me to get in so it must be about 8/10.
[
] Additional Rec: It was about my pursuit for IGC though the recommender doesn’t know me that well (6 to 7/10).
[li] Interview: Yes, it was over the phone. It went pretty well, though we only spoke for 20 minutes.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[
] Intended Major (undecided is fine): N/A. I said I was interested in Eco, Psych, Theater and Art History
[] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[
] Country (if international applicant): India
[] School Type: Private
[
] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Female
[
] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Definitely not[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Grades, Your Space, ECs
[
] Weaknesses: Recs and the essays were a bit hasty.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My level of interest and grades, I would say.
[
] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Fordham, W&J, Sussex, Royal Holloway and Durham. Rejected from Cornell. Withdrawing all other apps.
[/ul]General Comments: If I can do it, then you definitely can! Good luck! (still in shock haha)