any chance at all....?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Wellesley College
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<p>Hey sorry...just wondering if i even had chance. Should i even bother to be applying here, or any other ivy league for that matter.</p>

<p>oh, and i dont know if this matters, but i already was accepted into University of Edinburgh, the #5 school in the UK</p>

<p>Want to major in international relations or archaeology</p>

<p>Quantitative data:</p>

<p>New SAT: 750 Critical Reading, 740 Writing, 710 Math
SAT subject tests: 770 Math IIC, 750 US History, 710 Chemistry
AP: English Language/Composition – 5; Chemistry – 5; US History – 5
GPA: 3.96 unweighted (out of 4.0)
Class Rank: 5 out of about 360. (Top 2%)</p>

<p>I am taking 4 APs as a senior: English lit/comp, Biology, US Gov’t, and Calculus AB.</p>

<p>I have taken 7 APs and 10 honors. Our school only offers 8 APs. (couldn’t take AP Econ because of scheduling conflict)</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:</p>

<p>Newspaper, our school paper is a Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Medalist
- Staff Writer (2 years)
Cross Country
- Junior Varsity (3 years, no fourth because of scheduling conflict)
Track and Field
- Varsity (4 years), high jump, have earned letter
Kung Fu
- yellow belt, (one year)
Key Club
- Member (4 years)
- Newsletter Editor/Board member
Speech and Debate
- member, (2 years)
Model United Nations
-president (1 year)
- member (2 years)
Empath club, visiting the elderly
- 4 years
Also participated in a school tradition in which junior girls see off the graduating class
Scholarship Committee
- member, 1 year
Choir
- member, 1 year (due to scheduling conflict)
Piano
- 11 years (Certificate of Merit, Level 8)
Student-Athelete Mentor program
- 1 year
Off campus club helping disabled kids
- co founder, 1 year
Project Tsunami Relief:
- volunteer</p>

<p>Volunteer Work: Totaling around 350 hours
- volunteer with disabled children, 2-3 a week, 3 years
- volunteer at American Red Cross, 7 hours daily in summer & 4-5 hours weekly during school year, 1 year
- Volunteer through key club
- Tutor kids in special education
- Volunteer at special Olympics</p>

<p>Work experience:
None, except for the odd tutoring or babysitting gig.</p>

<p>Awards/Honors:
- National merit Commended
- Columbia University Book Award
- California Scholarship Federation Member – 4 semesters
- Quill and Scroll (Journalism) Honor Society member
- United States Achievement Academy
- Who’s who among American high school students
- Varsity letter, track and field
- Certificate of merit, piano, level 1-8
- College board national Hispanic recognition program scholar
- College board ap scholar
- National honor roll
- Perfect attendance (3 years so far)
- School’s top GPA award
- School’s sports-scholar award</p>

<p>Summer:</p>

<p>Lived abroad in Naples, Italy with a host family.</p>

<p>Essays: One is about my abusive/alcoholic father and his influence on me (i.e. why im a feminist, indepedence, etc.). The other is about trip to Italy/how being multi-ethnic (Chinese, white, Mexican) has made me love international relations.</p>

<p>Recommendations: Very good. All written by people who like/know me very much/well.</p>

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<p>I'm a prospective student. So, my opinions have little value in the admissions office. You're really interesting, REALLY. I personally think that you should shorten your extracurric's to those that matter to you. There's a few things you just picked up or dropped after a year. Don't let them know those, maybe? And then your list of awards are impressive. If you need to cut anything, cut the Who's who one (because I think that's a joke). Please don't take anything too personally. Good luck and way to go getting into Edinburgh!!! (Crossing my fingers as well with Wellesley.)</p>

<p>Also, I'm writing about my study abroad too. I know it's a really common topic -- do you know how I can make it stand out? Advice since you're done?</p>

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<p>Thanks for your comment and don't worry, I didn't take anything too personally. Actually, i really appreciate your honesty. </p>

<p>I think the best way to make a study abroad essay stand out is to be really specific and give the reader a feel of actually being in that country. use a lot of anecdotes and descriptions that are specific to whatever country you went to. Also find some way to weave in you study abroad experience to how it changed you. I hope that helps. Good luck!</p>

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<p>booksarebetter -- how do you weave in "the impact" without sounding cliche-ic or artificial? Tricky..</p>

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<p>just remember to make it flow. and don't laundry list. maybe focus on one or two specific things that it had an impact on. hope that helps</p>

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<p>Wellesley is not even going to look at your pathetic self.</p>

<p>--Stephanie</p>

<p>(Just some teasing. I'm her friend!)</p>

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<p>I agree with maintainyourvelocity</p>

<p>batman batman batman
wellesley applicants must think im nuts</p>

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<p>yes, yes i do.</p>