<p>Hey Guys!
I absolutely fell in love with Vassar and I am deciding between applying Early and Reg.
I have a 3.5 GPA with a 30 ACT, with moderately strong service E.C.'s, great recommendations with one from the Head of the Guidance Department who is my Peer Group Moderator (I'm a Peer Group Leader). I'll also have great essays.
I've taken 2 AP's and almost all honors except for math.
I know that Vassar is a REACH, but some people told me that since the ED applicant pool is so strong I would have a worse chance then RD. Also, i was thinking that I could bring my GPA up with the updated transcript with the RD.
Thoughts?
and Thank you :)
and I do have a bunch of safety schools so that's not an issue, and while my parents can afford to pay some of the tuition, I used the net price calc for a bunch of schools, and usually the FC is about 20k, are those generally accurate?</p>
<p>Bump, I have an ed deadline at school so a quick response would be nice :p</p>
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<p>Normally, applying ED helps in the “level of applicant’s interest” category, but [Vassar</a> College Admissions Information - CollegeData College Profile](<a href=“http://www.collegedata.com/cs/data/college/college_pg02_tmpl.jhtml?schoolId=175]Vassar”>http://www.collegedata.com/cs/data/college/college_pg02_tmpl.jhtml?schoolId=175) says that Vassar does not consider that in freshman admissions.</p>
<p>If Vassar is your clear first choice, and you are not concerned about comparing financial aid offers between various schools, then you may still want to apply ED; if you are accepted, then you are done with college applications early. But if Vassar is not your clear first choice, or you need to compare financial aid offers, then applying ED may not be such a good idea.</p>
<p>Bump, and anyone know how accurate the financial aid calcs are?</p>
<p>Pretty accurate unless you are applying to schools below your caliber to get merit money which complicates the picture. If your family is prepared to pay the EFC as determined by the financial aid calculator, you have little risk relying on that.</p>
<p>Applying ED does more than show interest since it specifically helps yield numbers and probably attracts a more affluent applicant pool. Even if Vassar says it does not consider “interest”, I think that matters more in the RD pool. I can’t imagine that any ED school does not give some preference in that round. Otherwise, they could convert to an EA application and get more early applicants.</p>
<p>Last year, Vassar’s Early Decision Acceptance rate was 38%. It’s general acceptance rate was about 22.5%. (don’t know whether this includes ED or not).</p>
<p>[Vassar</a> College | Applying | Best College | US News](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/vassar-college-2895/applying]Vassar”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/vassar-college-2895/applying)</p>
<p>Though we don’t know what this means exactly, unless the ED pool was markedly better than the overall pool --it would appear that applying ED increases one’s chances of getting into this school.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>