<p>Hey future potential wellesley women, I jsut wanted to give a bit of advice and reassurance for when you apply to wellesley. I apologize for any speelign mistakes in advance because I am typing this fast and i dont have much time to type this. You can PM me for more info if you want and ill frequently check this post. </p>
<p>I had a 3.56 when I applied to Wellelsey and I think it might be a 3.6 now, I am a NHS member, adn I got a 1790 on my SAT and I think I got a 23 on my ACT. The reason I think I got into Wellesley is because in the why wellesley essay they ask you to write I spoke form my heart, I wrote about why i love wellesley in a story format I didnt just list thing I wrote a story about my journey, path, whatever to deciding that wellesley was the college for me. I applied RD and I sent in my app aroudn december but i forgot to send in my scores because I was stressed and i applied to a bunch of different school and i didnt think i would get into wellesley so in march my counselor at my school was checking up on me and as soon as she ofund out i had forgot she made me contact the school and see if i could still finish my app...this was in early march....2 weeks later i got my acceptance folder with a lovely yellow magnet...wellesley yellow class of 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>I sent in 5 rec letters, and I chose them very well, I made sure that the people I chose to write my rec letters knew me in different ways so that wellesley could get a clear picture of who i was...1 was from my 11th grade english teacher whom I love, 1 from my middle school theater director whom i volunteer with to help with middle school shows, 1 from 10th grade history teacher who also was my academic advosor and the sponser of an ap tutoring club i started, he also help me and a group of 5 sophomres study outside of class for the ap world and euro exam, 1 from my 12 grade ap bio teacher, and 1 from afamily friend who has known me my whole life and who was my supervosr when i was a chess teacher at a community center during 9th and 10th grade</p>
<p>You CAN get into wellesley without stellar scores, when I visited the campus for spring open campus all they talked about was adveristy and diversity and how each one of us has a story and how we all deserved to be there they treasure their students...I have talked to other members of the class of 2015 and to current studenst and while there are many peope who were top of their class, near perfect sat scores there are also just as many popel who may seem like average if you look at their sat or act scores and thier gpa but really are hard workign peopel who are involve din their community and who have been and seen and experinced some amazing things I cannot tell you how excited i am for the fall my classmates are some of the coolest people I have ever met and I am proud to say that I have learned t realize that I am just as good as everyone else.</p>
<p>Wellesley wants hard workers and I know you might have heard this plenty of times before but grades arent everything...I didnt even have an interview i meant to but I was out of town...if your essays and your transcripts shows how hard you have worked(challeneging classes...however I know people who have only taken 1 or 2 ap classes and were accpeted) and you have done at least on thing in your school or community that you were passionate about write about it...do not list things i was involved in a bunch of things in high school but i focused on one thing, one experice and wrote about it your resume is the only listing of your involvment that you need.</p>
<p>Good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope to meet some of you a year from now :)</p>
<p>I’m glad to hear of your success and am always glad to hear of an amazing college actually sticking to a holistic admissions review process. Hopefully, this willl mean good news for me, too.</p>
<p>Also, don’t sell yourself short. A 3.56 or a 3.6 GPA is amazing. A lot of CC applicants boast about their 3.9/4.0s, which can take away from how good a ~3.5 can feel.</p>
<p>I don’t think the enormous weight of a “hook” can be overlooked in the admissions process. Ethnicity, race, national origin, special talent, difficult upbringing, financial problems and home state can greatly influence the reaction of adcoms to a person’s application. At the same time, not having a hook can mean an applicant will very possibly be held to a higher standard. Can you think of any hook you may have had, reader345, which might have tipped the scales in your favor?</p>
<p>Hook or no hook, congrats on your acceptance to Wellesley!</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s fair to assume there is any boasting going on. My feeling was that reader345 was simply delighted to have been accepted to such a wonderful school and that she was sharing her joy with other forum participants.</p>
<p>I agree with Marama. She is just excited about being accepted to Wellesley and sharing her story with worrying, anxious students like me. I have a good GPA and I’ve been very involved in my community and school. However, I don’t have a stellar SAT score and I’ve had to overcome a lot of adversity as a child (and even now). It’s really inspiring to hear that Wellesley doesn’t just look at your GPA and SAT scores. I really hope I get to meet you next year! I’m currently a junior so I would be coming in fall of 2012. Thanks so much for sharing… that makes me feel a lot better =)</p>
<p>I also agree with your comment about how most CCers boast about their 3.9/4.0 GPAs. I have a good GPA but I feel the same way you do when it comes to SAT scores. I feel like a lot of the CCers have like 2100+ and complain about how they need to take the SAT again. Definitely makes me feel like my own score is inadequate.</p>
<p>Actually, Transfer014, being African-American is a major hook, as is being from certain other very specific URM groups: Puerto Rican, Mexican, and Native American. </p>
<p>Ask any adcom, and they’ll confirm what I’m telling you.</p>
<p>Yall are hilarious if you think I was boasting if oyu knew me you would know if anything I need to learn how to boast about myself more. Listen I honestly just wanted to give a message to all of those people out there who dont think they can get into their dream school hope that they actually can. I do not consider being afircan american to be a major hook because wellesley has a strong afican american student population, after visting I can see that it probably was a hook but not the main thing that got me into wellesley. I am just super excited that I got in, I am the oldest of 5 siblings and my mom went to community college and is a nurse and my dad went to a state school, my parents are very well educated though and I am just glad that I can set the bar high for my siblings. I have messed up a lot in high school and I used to have some major regrets but getting into wellesley has shown me that I am worth more than my grades & test scores. Honestly I just wanted to give encouragement I have done lost of community and school service over 400 hours but most of that is not even documented nor did I talk about how many hours I had in my essays thats because I did the things I did because I loved those things not because I was aiming ot get into a certain college actually I was just going to go to SMU, Trinity or UT however i got into Wellesley and when an opportunity like that comes I felt like i just shouldnt turn it down. So I visited the school and fell in love.</p>
<p>also I know that there are people with top sat scores as well as top gpas and lots of community service involment my friends are some of those people, they have very high sat scores one is valedictorian and one is top 5% they are going to yale, columbia, dartmouth, brown…see now that is bragging, the point of this post was not for me to brag it was to show that you can get into your dream school wihtout perfect grades/sat scores…now a near perfect sat score or gpa would be ideal but for peopel who are juniors it might be too late for that however that doesnt mean you shouldnt apply</p>
<p>Seems like alog is the only one who thought you are boasting reader. Not sure what the problem is there.</p>
<p>I have heard a few stories like yours. Wellesley really does take the hollistic approach. Admissions takes the time to really find the fit. You should be proud. I know I am proud of my daughter.</p>
<p>I totally second this
I got really bad SAT scores and I still manage to get in, although it was through waitlist. But considering myself as a international who is applying for aid, I’m more than happy already! Prospective applicants, although I may not be in the right place to say anything since I obviously wasn’t Wellesy’s first choice, I just to want to say that, follow your heart and just tell the admission com how much you love Wellesley I am sure they will see your passion through your app and this is what really matters. Good luck everyone!</p>
