Vassar Early Decision?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I just visited Vassar this past weekend and I absolutely love it. My stats aren't that great but if you could chance me for ED at Vassar and RD for a few other schools, I would appreciate it.</p>

<p>I'm a white male from a very competitive public school in Illinois that was ranked in the top 1% nationally</p>

<p>3.61 UW GPA, 30 ACT (8 essay), taking SAT Subject tests next weekend- math ii and english literature</p>

<p>my class rank puts me in the top 22% currently... 106/478 (this is the part that concerns me because Vassar's class of 2012 had 90-something percent in the top 20%)</p>

<p>I got a 4 on AP Calc AB test and will have taken 5 APs and several other honors classes by graduation.</p>

<p>The school I attended for 9th and 10th grade offered no APs or honors, but my senior year at my current school is pretty rigorous: AP English, AP Stats, AP Psych, AP Government, Honors International Relations, and Philosophy</p>

<p>My teacher recs will be glowing, and my counselor explained why I couldn't take honors classes my first two years in high school in her rec.</p>

<p>As for extracurriculars, I'm not very involved... I was the co-president/co-founder of a gardening club at my old school, I played varsity soccer for two years, intramural ultimate frisbee for two years, went on Outward Bound sailing trips, had a two month long hiking/camping trip, and I volunteered for about 30 hrs/month last year as a tutor for elementary school students.</p>

<p>Other schools I'm considering:
Wesleyan, Skidmore, Brown, Oberlin, NYU, George Washington, U of Wisconsin at Madison</p>

<p>Please chance me? Thanks</p>

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<p>Anyone have any thoughts? If Vassar ED is too selective for me, does anyone have any other recommendations for me? I'd love your insights. Thank you.</p>

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<p>i think you're right smack in the middle of Vassar students. Not the most stellar stats, but nothing too shabby. you should have a decent chance! i considered vassar for a while, and i learned that most of the students had vassar as their second choice and only went there because they didn't get into their number 1 school. that kind of turned me off... so did the unkempt buildings. but i hope you get in and enjoy it!</p>

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<p>rhov, thanks for your response... you don't think my gpa and class rank are too low? And it's funny how you mention that Vassar is often a #2 school. I think Brown is actually my favorite school, but I can't get in... I still really like Vassar though. Did you feel like a lot of Vassar students were bitter about their rejections from other schools?</p>

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<p>your stats are a little low, but i think you will fall at the lower end of vassar's range. if you have a good essay and good recommendations, that will help a lot. i didn't have much chance to talk with vassar students, but the ones i did talk too seemed very happy there. vassar has 2 early decisions so if you don't get into your number 1 on ED, then you can do vassar's ED 2. so you could try for brown if you write an amazing essay...</p>

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<p>yeah def. have good essays and work your butt off to get into top20% so if you are deferred, you will have that going for you. I live right near Poughkeepsie. A lot of ppl that go to Vassar complain about Poughkeepsie, I have no idea why! I love it! Beautiful area, things to do, and New Paltz is a blast, and its right across the river. Vassar is the academic crown of the Hudson Valley , good luck!</p>

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<p>if brown is actually your favorite school, why not apply there ED? vassar will always be there in the RD round</p>