chance me ed for wellesley

Colleges and Universities A-Z Wellesley College
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yes I know these are pretty subjective bc its just scores and not essays + letters of recs, but anyway…

Personal:
white female, first generation college student, low/middle class

Scores:
(my school doesn’t rank but possibly top 15-10% not sure)
GPA w: 4.22 uw: 3.8
SAT: 1470, 750 reading/writing, 720 math (planning on retaking, max would probably be 1500)
SAT subject: bio- 710, us history- 740
APs: gov (5), psych (5), lang (5), apush (5), bio (5), ab calc (4)
also IB econ and i got a 5 out of 7 possible points (4 is passing)

all core classes have been either honors or ap, other than precalculus. my school weights gpa w/ regular/honors being 4.0 and ap/ib being 5.0 for A’s

Senior year courses:
IB environmental science
AP stat
AP lit
Dual enrolled Geospatial tools and techniques
asl 3

Extracurriculars:

since august 2017, working 13 hrs a week in retail
Yoga exchange program: 2 hour shifts at front desk in exchange for free classes
volunteer at animal shelter 2hr a month to clean cages + feed cats since early 2017
summer 2016: volunteer at a summer camp for a month
summer 2018: internship at an environmental action group in my city
I also regularly petsit for a couple neighbors and have since 6th grade
asl club (potentially an officer): 12th grade

Awards:
Student of the semester in AP biology
Student of the semester in Precalculus
ASL honor society
AP scholar with distinction

I would most likely major in neuroscience and maybe a minor in health and societies

thanks!

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Years ago, you would have had an excellent shot, but as Wellesley has gotten more competitive, your chances are now perhaps only “good”

Your test scores and GPA put you in contention. Your awards are what would be expected with your GPA. The fact that you are first generation will probably help a lot.

Your EC working in retail will also help you more than you may think. Wellesley wants kids with diverse backgrounds.

I would think you’re the type of candidate where rec letters and interview will really let you shine. You have shown you work hard and do well.

Have other kids from your HS gotten into Wellesley in the past?

Best of luck

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You have a great GPA, a strong number of APs, and great test scores! It really all comes down how they feel about your essays and extracurriculars at this point, but you sound perfectly qualified. I wouldn’t be surprised if you got in!

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^^ Other responses are on point! You’ve got the baseline stats/scores down, show admissions what you can bring to the Wellesley community in terms of passion and personality – highly encourage you to interview, my experience with my interviewer was a HUGE factor in my decision.