<p>This is the information about me and my application. I plan to EDI to Vassar in the coming school year and would be interested to know what my real chances are, even though the school is a definite "reach" for me.</p>
<p>my academic GPA (I go to a very academically rigorous public high school)
freshman: 2.8
sophmore: 3.5
junior (this year): 3.6
I'll be a senior next year so I don't know my senior year GPA yet</p>
<p>my school offers a huge amount of AP courses. This year I'm in AP psychology, and next year I will be in AP history and AP studio art.</p>
<p>I have taken 4 years of english, science, and math, art, and social studies. Also, 3 years of german (I didn't take a language in freshman year). However, in math next year I will only be in precalculus and not calculus (because I waived out of the rudimentary math program during the beginning of my sophmore year, I am a year behind most of my class in math).</p>
<p>My SAT is around 2000 and I have some good extracurriculars I'm in my school's literary magazine, dramatic productions / musicals, and the national art honors society. I'm in the process of founding a GSA at my high school and I also work as a camp counselor during the summer.</p>
<p>Lastly, I should be able to get some pretty positive recommendations.</p>
<p>I guess I don’t have a very solid excuse for my freshman year performance… I’m actually mildly autistic, so my transition into high school threw me into a bit of a dysthymic rut that I didn’t break out of until the summer before my sophmore year. Vassar’s supplement doesn’t have a little “anything else you want us to know” space, so maybe that could be material for an essay?</p>
<p>Let’s also keep in mind that LACs place a high emphasis on the essay, and that guessing about admission based on scores is very difficult. There often is very little rhyme or reason for admission, and people with 2300s on their SATs get waitlisted, get rejected, etc. for a variety of other reasons.</p>
<p>It’s so hard to make any guess about admission; it depends greatly on your writing and the person who reads your application… It’s a very subjective process!</p>
<p>Hues24 is right, it’s a very subjective process and if you strike a chord with the right person, it might just work out! Still, though I’m not quite as pessimistic as Drought, the numbers make Vassar something of a reach. I would consider noting your learning disability in a note to admissions offices – it can’t hurt!</p>