Hi!
Can someone please chance me for Wellesley college?
I am a senior at a high school in New Jersey and I am getting recruited by the Wellesley softball coach. I applied ED 2, but I didn’t have a sure answer from the coach or admissions because I guess they still needed to see my whole application and my grades are not the best, which is why I am still on the borderline. The coach did say she was going to do everything she can to get me in.
SAT:
Math: 720
Critical Reading: 650
Writing: 630
Overall: 2000 out of 2400
I took all honors my freshman and sophomore year. Junior year I took AP Psychology and AP Chemistry. This year, I am taking AP Gov, AP Lit, and AP Biology.
My weighted GPA is a 91.
Extracurriculars:
Vice- President of Green Dot
Senator of Student Council
Sales Associate at RV Pharmacy
Used to work at Chick- fil- A
Club softball
Varsity softball
I don’t have that many extra curriculars because softball does take up a lot of my time.
From what you’ve told us, it appears you’re chances are slim. Compared with the class of 2020:
Weighted GPA is low
SAT Reading and Writing scores are in the bottom 25%
SAT Math scores are typical
Class difficulty and extracurriculars are typical
However, being a recruited athlete is an advantage and we have no idea how strong your recommendations and essays were. Fortunately, ED 2 results will be announced next week, so you won’t have to wait much longer.
I know it’s difficult, but I’d recommend to focus on your schoolwork, friends and family right now. College admissions departments do an amazingly good job of holistically evaluating candidates to ensure their school is a place where you will flourish. You are going to make amazing friends and get a great education wherever you end up going to college. Good luck!
Is your HS considered academically challenging? Do you have to work hard for your grades?
My D found Wellesley to be quite challenging academically. She loved it, but compared to HS she had to work so much harder, and she worked fairly hard in HS. She was not a recruited athlete at Wellesley, but had the opportunity to be a walk-on (she was recruited by some other schools) but decided not to do sports at Wellesley because she didn’t think she could handle the academics and the time commitment of a sport. She also had to work part-time while in college (work study was part of her financial aid award).
What I’m trying to say is: getting accepted to Wellesley is not the end goal. Graduating from college is. If your high school academic record is significantly below their average, if you are admitted to Wellesley and decide to attend, you may find yourself struggling academically.
“What I’m trying to say is: getting accepted to Wellesley is not the end goal. Graduating from college is. If your high school academic record is significantly below their average, if you are admitted to Wellesley and decide to attend, you may find yourself struggling academically.”
This advise is so under stated in my opinion. Here if you substitute Wellesley with “College/Univ ABC” these words are still golden! Kids must taught this at home at least by College educated parents. Great advise.