<p>Would any of you be interested in seeing the PSAT/SAT/ACT/SAT Subject Test/AP/IB scores, GPAs, ranks, courses, extracurriculars, awards, and geographic locations of some successful applicants to Wesleyan University?</p>
<p>Sure, as my son is interested in applying to Wesleyan.</p>
<p>yes, that would be nice.</p>
<p>*SAT- 2310 (740 CR, 780 M, 790 W)</p>
<p>*SAT Subject Tests: Chem- 790
Math Level 2- 800</p>
<p>*AP: Lang/Comp- 3
Lit/Comp- 4
Biology- 4
Chemistry- 5
Spanish Language- 5
Calculus AB- 5</p>
<p>*GPA: 4.02 (w)
3.86 (uw)</p>
<p>*Rank: 21/219</p>
<p>I forgot to add one score to my previous list!</p>
<p>*PSAT- 215 (630 CR, 720 M, 800 W)-- seriously, this wasn't that bad of a score, considering that my friend and I had just been assaulted by a load of gangsters the night before. I was still shaken up come test time. </p>
<p>*HS: Extremely competitive; public (ranked #2 in NJ)</p>
<p>*Geographic Location: Northeast (the cutthroat region)</p>
<p>*Courses</p>
<p>1) Freshman Year: Freshman English Enriched (accelerated class)
World History East
Geometry Honors (H)
Spanish 2 Honors (H)
Physical Science
Basic Design
Concert Choir
Project Adventure/Gym</p>
<p>2) Sophomore Year: Sophomore English
World History West Enriched (accelerated)
Algebra 2 Honors (H)
Spanish 3 Honors (H)
Biology
Chemistry
Concert Choir
Driver's Ed/Gym</p>
<p>3) Junior Year: AP Language/Composition (H)
US History 1
Precalculus Honors (H)
Spanish 4 Honors (H)<br>
AP Chemistry (H)
Honors Choir (H)
Family Life/Gym</p>
<p>4) Senior Year: AP Lit/Comp (H)
US History 2
AP Calculus AB (H)
AP Spanish 5 Honors (H)
AP Biology (H)
Honors Choir (H)
Gym </p>
<p>*Extracurriculars: Tutoring Club (1 year as president, 2 years as secretary, 4 years as a member), Omega Literary Magazine (3 years as a member), Multicultural Club (1 year as president, 1 year as secretary, 1 year as treasurer, 3 years as a member), All-State Chorus (1 year), Region Chorus (2 years), European Concert Choir Tour (1 summer), Madrigal Singers (2 years), Madrigal Dinner (4 years), HS Musical (1 year), Diphthongs ([a capella group] 2 years), Church Choir (2 years), Piano Lessons (on-and-off for four years), Voice Lessons (on-and-off for one year), Hospital Volunteer (4 years), Camp Volunteer/Counselor (3 years), Tutoring a 6th grader (1 year), Spring Track (1 year), Math Club (3 years), National Student Leadership Conference (1 summer), Summer Institute for the Gifted at Amherst College (2 summers). </p>
<p>*Awards: Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholar, National Merit Commended Student, AP Scholar with Distinction, NJ Stars, Choral Leadership Award, Piano Award, Commendation for Duck Stamp Drawing Contest, Highest Honors Award (all four years of high school), NSE (participated from 9th-12th), Gold T Award, Presidential Service Award- Silver, Tutoring Club Award, Multicultural Club Award. </p>
<p>*Supplements: Audio CD with 3 songs that I sang and recorded in an abandoned church with my vocal coach</p>
<p>*Essay: Great, I suppose. I wrote about overcoming a certain obstacle that hindered my learning, incorporating it into my life experiences overall. I used a metaphor for this experience and wrote creatively, of course.</p>
<p>*Interview: I never actually had one. </p>
<p>*Additional Comments: I'm so happy that I got into Wes. I was afraid of being rejected, but I guess that my overall application definitely worked!</p>
<p>Good for you!</p>
<p>Even though this made me feel even worse about my chances of getting into college.</p>
<p>Stats posted on collegeconfidential will probably be biased. Demographically speaking, I think a higher proportion of CC students than overall applicants come from more upper-middle-class backgrounds and competitive high schools where they're expected to score well on the SATs. Look at the official admissions stats to get a better "real" idea of the averages, I think, :)</p>
<p>yeah, keep in mind that statistics on both the wesleyan sit and on CC are totally distorted by hundreds of factors. the stats posted above are better than mine, strictly speaking; on the other hand, I had a more unique combination of ECs. my SATs were much more skewed, 800 v/620 m; most of my hallmates' stats were like that, as well. yesterday we were talking about SAT scores and there was another girl with almost identical stats as mine, while there were 2 other people with stats oriented in the opposite direction, but also clearly polarized, high math/low verbal. i was an AP scholar with distinction, with 8 total AP courses taken; others only took 2 or 3 ap's, others took IB courses, while still others, I'm sure, took no AP/IB courses at all. So in the end the only fact you should get from viewing stats on both CC and the Wesleyan website is that students who apply here are good students. That's it! Some have better stats, some have worse stats, but in the end they're all good students. The only way to really learn about if you're a good fit for a college is to visit and, if possible, overnight there; if this is financially out of the question, then read as much of the college's literature as you possibly can and talk to others at your school who have similar plans in terms of college and selectivity. I also found talking to my actual high school teachers to be INCREDIBLY useful when it came to deciding which colleges I was going to apply to. </p>
<p>Good luck to all of you!</p>
<p>Don't be intimidated at all. Your own uniqueness and sense of identity will definitely get you in. Test scores, GPAs, and other numbers certainly mean a lot to top schools like Wesleyan, but essays, interviews, and more qualitative parts of a person's application matter so much more. Seriously, I feel that it wasn't actually my stats that made me stand out, as I'm sure that tons of applicants had scores equal to or higher than mine were. I feel that my essay was what really made me stand out. I talked about something very personal in a very personal manner, and it still defines me today, even at Wes. This sounds really cheesy, but it's real. I wrote about who I was in my bare essence, and Wesleyan apparently appreciated who I was. Always write positively about yourself and your experiences, and be honest. Write how you would speak (without all of the extra filler words, of course) in an intelligent conversation. Use descriptions, be creative, and just see if words leap off of the page. Visit the campus, and/or definitely talk to a current student. In fact, if any of you are interested in speaking with me about my experience at Wes thus far, I'd be gladly willing to! Just e-mail me on here or contact me on AIM at tamoscaiken. Anyways, good luck! Wes is a fantastic school, once known as "The Independent Ivy," and there's obviously a good reason why. :)</p>
<p>thank you. that makes me feel so much better (I mean, even better :D)</p>
<p>excuse me, jyi90, but i believe those uplifting posts were clearly directed at me. :)</p>
<p>Thanks for the information, guys!</p>
<p>i know but still i can't feel happy too? :)</p>
<p>thanks you guys for these posts! they're really inspiring, esp. in such a terrifying time.</p>
<p>These are terrifying times for you but take it from someone who's been through it... there is light at the end of the tunnel, and it usually all works out. Most of my friends got into schools where they are quite happy as freshmen, even if it wasn't the school at the top of their list.</p>
<p>Yeah, ash. Don't worry-- there is so much you can learn from this process about yourself that you can't learn any other way. Seriously, everything works out really well in the end. I wanted to go to UChicago initially, but I ultimately changed my mind quickly and realized that I wanted a more intimate place without a big city.</p>