Chance me, if you please?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Wellesley College
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<p>I REALLY love Wellesley, a lot... pleeease chance me?</p>

<p>Here it is:
Weighted GPA is above 4.0.
First off, I'm graduating at the end of my junior year, so I don't know how that will really affect me.
Haven't taken SAT yet, but I took it in eighth grade and had a 690CR, 640W, and 440M--so I'm expected I'll be well into the 700's for CR and W, and probably in the mid-600's for math (I'm working hard with a tutor).
Taking 1 AP this year, and scheduled for 5 next year.
I won't be ranked due to my unusual graduation, so that won't come up...</p>

<p>EC's:
-Features editor of award winning school-paper; very likely editor-in-chief next year.
-Co-editor of award winning literary magazine; promised editor-in-chief next year (have won many awards for poetry and personal narratives).
-NHS and Foreign Language Honor Society.
-JV softball (by the time I've advanced to varsity, it won't be relevant for apps).
-Highly awarded speaker in Model Congress; very likely executive board position next year.
-Founder of nonprofit environmental organization which is doing a lot within the community, and has a chapter in the school.</p>

<p>Summer prior to ninth grade I took a "What is great literature?" course through the Columbia Summer HSP, summer prior to tenth I took environmental studies courses at Pace University. This coming summer I'm thinking a journalism HS program at Georgetown and language immersion in France.</p>

<p>In addition, I take an online course ("Advanced Expository Writing") through Stanford University's Education Program for Gifted Youth, and will take creative writing through that program online this coming summer, in addition to the above plans...</p>

<p>Recs should be good, both coming from teachers who have known me two years apiece; essays should be quite good as well...</p>

<p>The question of college admissions is very confusing for me because early graduation is a difficult card to play... kindly let me know what you think!</p>

<p>Thanks a lot,
Bailey</p>

<p>PS: I live in New York (worst place ever when you're trying to get into college...) and am Caucasian female. My dad didn't go to college, but I don't know if only one parent qualifies me as "first-generation" (something tells me no).</p>

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<p>From my experience with my own children taking the SAT in 8th grade, your scores look exceptional, so you should do well when you take it - you will probably match or better your expectations.</p>

<p>As someone who graduated from college at 20, and having been through the admissions process with my daughter who's young for her class year, I think the more important thing to focus on is what your needs are, what you can offer Wellesley at a young age, and what it can offer you - everyone there is very bright.</p>

<p>College is different than high school. You will probably want to participate in activities on AND off campus - are you comfortable socializing with other exceptional students 2-5 years older than you are? What will you offer them? Will you get the most out of an expensive education being so young? Will you be ready for internships and independent work off campus? What else could you do for a year that would help ready you for the kind of education that Wellesley provides - might you be better off deferring? Are you comfortable with who you are, or are you pushing yourself to the point of burnout?</p>

<p>If you have sincere, well-thought-out answers to all of these questions, and can make a case for why you should go to Wellesley now, I think you will probably get in and have a wonderful time. If not, you might want to look at Bard</a> College at Simon's Rock and then transfer later. I recently looked at it with my younger child, and was quite impressed - they have a good track record of sending students off to high powered schools. There are also some other good resources that can counsel you, too... </p>

<p>It's your future - choose wisely! Good luck to you... you sound quite special! </p>

<p>P.S. ... if I were to do it again, now that I know what I know... I might make some different choices... I'm 46 years old and getting a second college degree that suits me better than the first - I was in too much of a hurry to listen to what really made me happy the first time!</p>

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<p>I have no experience chancing people for early entrance and I'm really bad at chancing everyone else.</p>

<p>Technically you say are actually graduating, not leaving HS early. Wellesley has an admissions program for high school juniors, who aren't graduating, you can find at least one mention in here:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.wellesley.edu/admission/application/pdf/CompleteWellesleyApp07.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.wellesley.edu/admission/application/pdf/CompleteWellesleyApp07.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Applicants must demonstrate "sufficient academic and personal maturity" (and interview).</p>

<p>Even saying that they have this plan means that they're not closed to having someone who finishes high school in three years, as they have a category for people who leave high school after three years, which means you have as good a shot as any.</p>

<p>Unfortunately I don't know what the statistics are, or how many people apply under that early admission program. (someone asked me if I came from 11th grade once during Orientation. I look young, and I've been mistaken for a 13 year old while a college student.) I wouldn't worry about being from New York or being white.</p>

<p>It makes me feel old that you took the SAT in eighth grade and it was the new SAT... and now you're applying to college.</p>

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<p>Thanks very much! </p>

<p>I have looked into Simon's Rock but have found that the social scene might not be what I'm looking for, and incidentally, it might not be what you're looking for for your child, Irner; it has a reputation (confirmed at a student review website for which I unfortunately cannot find the link) for pretty ubiquitous marijuana use, and an unyieldingly liberal environment. While I do consider myself politically left-leaning, I can't see myself at a school without a lot of diversity of opinion.</p>

<p>It seems that the acceleration option (based on the link you gave me, WendyMouse) only allows applicants to apply regular decision... so I guess that's no ED for me!</p>

<p>Again, thanks a lot!</p>