Will I Get Into Vassar?

[tkillah412]

<p>I’m a male</p>

<p>GPA: ~93
SAT score: 2200 670 reading 790 writing 760 math
SAT subject tests: math II: 780 biology: 760
ACT score: 32(not sending)</p>

<p>AP Biology: 5 now taking: AP Chem and AP Calc BC (doing amazing in both)
took some honors classes and many electives</p>

<p>Extra-curriculars, etc.:
-volunteered at hospital
-volunteered at day care as a teacher
-key club, MSA
-varsity wrestling
-work for the newspaper: layout department
-lab helper</p>

<p>2 teacher recs, counselor rec</p>

<p>Do I have any chance at all?</p>

[admiraljes]

<p>Hey guys, I know this thread has started some time ago, but can someone chance me as well? xD If it’s any sort of incentive, I’ll chance back</p>

<p>Applying: ED II
Demographics: Asian male; parents’ income: mid-range
GPA: 3.75 Unweighted, 4.15 Weighted
SAT I: 2350 (800 CR, 800 M, 750 W, 8 on essay D: )
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 780 Physics, 740 US History
Courseload: Total of 8 AP classes and 4 Honors (all available APs and Honors in my school)
APs: 5 x4, 4 x1, (others are TBD)</p>

<p>ECs:
Model United Nations Club (Vice President, 5 conferences, served as student officer)
Youth Group (For about the past 7 years, also served as worship leader for meetings and retreats)
Table Tennis/Ping Pong (Team championship for two years)
Cross-country
Drama Club (Playwright and Treasurer)
School Choirband/Glee club (Founder, President, Band Director)
Dance Club
Internship at Cisco Systems (English training for newly-hired program director)
Google Science Fair
Writing for school magazine
Student Council Representative
Private tutoring (hired by students’ parents)
Summer Elementary School TA
200 Community Service Hours</p>

<p>Awards:
National Merit Semi-finalist
AP Scholar with Distinction
Honor Roll streak (yeah, every year)
Notable Progress Award (freshman year)</p>

<p>Soft factors:
Recommendations - Very good
Essays - Good (if you would like, you can find them on essayforum.com, but please refrain from copying or plagiarizing)</p>

<p>I hope these stats can be any sort of indication. Thanks!</p>

[turntabler]

<p>^I think you’ll be fine!</p>

[Ellie512]

<p>Hey sorry for another “chance me” but I’m so nervous!</p>

<p>White female from a low-middle income family in CT
Public school
Applying EDII
GPA: UW: 3.92 W: 4.44
ACT: 30 w/ 11 on writing (has anyone gotten in with 30?! I wish I had done better :/)
4 AP classes all together</p>

<p>ECs:
Varsity cross country captain
Work: at a ceramics studio (have been working for a year)
long distance spring track
outside school art classes
LOTS of community service (biggest was I went to Ecuador for a service project)
Architecture mentorship
Crew for school play</p>

<p>Awards:
Outstanding Freshman in English
Outstanding Sophomore in Italian
Outstanding Junior in the fine arts
The Holly Cross Book Award (Junior year)
FCIAC scholar athlete of the month (senior year)</p>

<p>Recommendations- made me cry
Essay- I spent a lot of time on it. Very personal
My Space- made a short film <a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube;

<p>Please be honest. I was rejected from Amherst EDI… :/. I want to prepare myself for more heartbreak hahah</p>

[averagesnarker]

<p>Do /not/ take the ACT+ unless it’s a graduation requirement, like it was for me. I only got a 31, so I took the SAT, because I had to anyway for National Merit, and did significantly better, so I submitted that only. The ACT is a weird test, and, while I would hardly say it’s difficult, I did not like it. The SAT is definitely superior, as far as I’m concerned, and I took both.</p>

[CrewDad]

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I only got a 31, so I took the SAT, because I had to anyway for National Merit, and did significantly better

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<p>Your ACT score correlates almost exactly to your combined SAT scores. :)</p>

<p>[SAT-ACT</a> Conversion chart](<a href=“http://teachers.sduhsd.net/lccounseling/SAT-ACT_Conversion_chart.htm]SAT-ACT”>http://teachers.sduhsd.net/lccounseling/SAT-ACT_Conversion_chart.htm)</p>

<p>The ACT and SAT are diffident tests. Some students do better on one over the other. My daughter’s ACT scores were better than her SAT.</p>

[CrewDad]

<p>^^
Minor error… diffident=different</p>

[averagesnarker]

<p>I never posted my SAT scores. You are mixing me up with someone else; I did do significantly better, just so you know, particularly on the writing.</p>

[CrewDad]

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I never posted my SAT scores

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<p>Post #8 <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/vassar-college/1241196-do-i-have-any-chance-vassar-after-my-freshman-grades.html#post13618981[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/vassar-college/1241196-do-i-have-any-chance-vassar-after-my-freshman-grades.html#post13618981&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Many colleges don’t give much credence to the SAT writing section.</p>

[averagesnarker]

<p>Sorry to go all meme-y on you, but pics or it didn’t happen. I have never seen a highly selective school that said they ranked it any less than Math and Verbal. </p>

<p>Regardless, I still did better on the SAT, particularly on the writing, but also the math. And, when one takes into account the weight that the SAT has compared to the ACT, which is taken almost exclusively in the Midwest and, generally, used for less selective Midwestern schools, a good SAT score, along with good subject tests, certainly ranks higher and is more impressive than a comparable ACT+ score. Nothing against the Midwest, of course. I mean, I’m from the region.</p>

[CrewDad]

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has compared to the ACT, which is taken almost exclusively in the Midwest

That used to be true, not any more. </p>

<p>The article is 4 years old. The percentage of students taking the ACT has risen even more.

A generation ago, taking a standardized test was a no-brainer: it was mainly a matter of geography. In the Midwest, students took the ACT. If you lived on the coasts — or were applying to a highly selective college or university there — you took the SAT.</p>

<p>Now, with some Ivy League schools rejecting nine of 10 qualified candidates, applicants are looking for any edge to improve their chances. Many, particularly those in traditional SAT territory, are taking both tests and submitting the higher score or both scores. In the last five years, the number of ACT takers on the East Coast has risen 66 percent, and on the West Coast 46 percent, according to ACT Inc.

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<p>[ACT</a> vs. SAT - New York Times](<a href=“ACT vs. SAT - The New York Times”>ACT vs. SAT - The New York Times)</p>

<p>Almost every student I know attending a Massachusetts prep takes the ACT. Ditto a New Hampshire prep I’m very familiar with. Most students who are members of a crew team that I’m affiliated with, and who are applying to top colleges, take the ACT. You get the idea. :)</p>

<p>Over 40 percent of those who applied to Vassar, not to mention Middlebury, Wellesley, etc. submitted the ACT. </p>

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I have never seen a highly selective school that said they ranked it any less than Math and Verbal.

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<p>Now you have. ;)</p>

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Georgetown only considers the critical reading and math portions of the SAT, not the writing section.

[Preparation</a> Process - Office of Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://uadmissions.georgetown.edu/firstyear/preparation/#TRE]Preparation”>http://uadmissions.georgetown.edu/firstyear/preparation/#TRE)</p>

<p>Williams College doesn’t report SAT writing scores. There’s a reason.</p>

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The AO also conferred that the writing is definitely NOT considered as important as the CR or Math

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<p><a href=“http://provost.williams.edu/files/CDS2010_2011.pdf[/url]”>http://provost.williams.edu/files/CDS2010_2011.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>[College</a> Search - Williams College - SAT®, AP®, CLEP®](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)</p>

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While we value the writing components of the SAT and ACT, we do not read the timed essays. We feel that the essays students write on the Common Application and Swarthmore supplement tell the admissions committee much more about a person and his or her possible fit within our community.

[Swarthmore</a> College | Admissions | Swarthmore Policy on Standardized Test Scores](<a href=“http://www.swarthmore.edu/x320.xml]Swarthmore”>http://www.swarthmore.edu/x320.xml)</p>

<p>This article is bit dated, but most of the facts and opinions are still pertinent.

Hundreds of universities, including several top schools, ignore or pay little heed to students’ scores on the writing section of the SAT in admissions decisions, skeptical about how well the essay reflects writing skills.</p>

<p>Criticism about the essay has been building for more than a year since an MIT professor’s experiment indicated that students could get high scores simply by writing longer and throwing in big words.</p>

<p>Georgetown University, Smith College, and MIT are among the schools that ignore the writing score altogether, while Wellesley College, Tufts University, and Harvard take varying approaches, with none placing high importance on the score.

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<p>[Many</a> colleges ignore SAT writing test, frustrating high school students. - The Boston Globe](<a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/09/20/many_colleges_ignore_sat_writing_test/?page=full]Many”>http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/09/20/many_colleges_ignore_sat_writing_test/?page=full)</p>

<p>Happy New Year!</p>

[youseesystem]

<p>PLEASE chance me
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/vassar-college/1267083-do-i-have-shadow-chance-vassar.html#post13677844[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/vassar-college/1267083-do-i-have-shadow-chance-vassar.html#post13677844&lt;/a&gt;
thanks!</p>

[xssg90x]

<p>What are my chances of getting into Vassar?
I’m a sophomore, male, and I go to a well known private school near Cleveland Ohio that has a good reputation among colleges. I am agnostic and pretty relaxed. I enjoy reading, rock climbing, hanging out with friends. I consider myself to be smart, and above all, I am an intellectual person.
I accelerated in science and am taking Honors Physics as a sophomore in a class of Juniors
I am taking an extra class, Computer Science
I am also a drummer in my school’s Jazz band
theses are my classes</p>

<p>English 10
Honors Physics
Math 2 Honors (highest math available)
Chinese 2
Jazz Band
Computer Science
Western Civilization 10</p>

<p>Junior - year I will take AP Biology, AP Computer Science, maybe another English Course, and Chinese 3, in addition to the other required classes
Senior Year - AP Chemistry and a few other electives in science, an english course</p>

<p>Last year I had a 3.56 GPA, this year I am aiming for a 3.5-3.6</p>

<p>Extra Curricular</p>

<p>Mock Trial
Science Olympiad (I am one of five captains, the rest are seniors, and there are about 40 kids in science olympiad)
Academic Challenge
Anderson Scholars - this is the most important, out of each class, 5 kids are chosen to pursue research in science, I am doing independent research with a Neurosurgeon at University Hospitals (University is the name of the area), I can also get funding from the school, and at the end of my senior year, I can get my work published in a scientific journal or present it to a panel of experts.</p>

<p>Community Service
My school tutors kids at a local inner-city school once a month, and I am going to do independent volunteering at Habitat for Humanity
I am working on some sor of fundraiser for a worthy cause I can do independently </p>

<p>Other
I rock climb twice a week
Political Essay Contest
film club
school newspaper writer
maybe next year, speech and debate?</p>

<p>SAT
my current score is about 1900, but I am just a sophomore, I am aiming for a 2100, but I may get even higher</p>

<p>Summers
last summer I did a 3 week course in Neuroscience at Brown University
this summer I am doing independent research at University Hospitals
Next summer I am not sure, I may do a Cleveland Clinic, paid internship that lets me do more research with doctors and see patients, but I may or may not get accepted to the internship</p>

<p>I am a down to earth, fun-loving guy with a passion for science. I have a lot of friends and adapt well to new environments. I have a real passion for neuroscience, and my career path is to be a neurosurgeon.</p>

<p>Vassar and Middlebury are my two top choices right now.</p>