hi! i’m a senior in high school and was wondering if you could chance me for Wesleyan. Right now I’m torn between Wes and Skidmore for ED1 and i’m not sure which one I should go for! Skidmore is not as prestigious but i’m not sure if my stats are good enough to use my ED for wesleyan. i’m just trying to be realistic and i would really appreciate the help!
GPA: 90% unweighted (my school is weird they only do out of 100, n soph year I had some personal issues which led to my grades slipping), my school doesn’t weigh so no idea what it is weighted
SAT: 1460 (770 english, 690 math)
Subject Tests: 720 US history, 740 literature
EC: christian youth group 4yrs, volunteering for that youth group as well as teaching religious education at a church in my community, president of my school’s writer’s society, co-president of school’s theatre club, select chorus member, irish society member, participant in 2 musicals outside of school (at local all boys school), school campus ministry peer leader, national shakespeare competition regional semifinalist 2 years, jv volleyball freshman year
i’m hoping to get an internship this year with the NY Historical Society but not sure abt that until next week haha
white female from NY, first generation college student, need almost a full ride
strong essay and recs
visited wes campus and am doing an alumni interview next week
Before you submit any ED application, have you run the net price calculator and come up with a number that your parents can afford?
I think that your stats and ECs are strong enough, and you have a good background.
I think you should push prestige off of the table when deciding where to ED. If you got in to Wesleyan, would you always wonder whether Skidmore would have been better? If you get into Skidmore, would you always wonder about Wes? You sound like you’re trying to be hyper-rational, which is good. However I think that this is one place where letting emotion make a big factor in your decision can be a good thing.
i ran net price calculators for both wes and skid, and they came out to be around the same amount (and affordable!!). i’m still pretty torn because i love both of them. honestly i think it’s going to come down to how my interviews go because i have off campus interviews for both schools this week. i’m still worrying a lot lol
Both schools have ED 1 and ED 2. Since Wesleyan is more of a reach, apply there ED 1. If you don’t get in, apply ED 2 to Skidmore.
i was thinking about that, but i’ve heard the later you apply to skid the harder it is to get financial aid as they are VERY need aware, and that’s definitely something i’m concerned about
update: i had my alumni interview and it went so so well!!! i’ve decided wes is my ED1 but im also terrified i won’t get in haha
welp i just applied!! no idea if ill get in but i know i really want to