chance me please?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Wellesley College
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<p>Hi, I attend an international school in china, im australian tho</p>

<p>GPA: 3.97 weighted
Ranking: 16 out of 269 (top 10%)
I take a full IB Diploma and my predicted score is 43 out of 45 with higher levels in English, Chinese, and Economics
SAT:2280 (CR 730 MATH 800 WRITING 750)
SAT Subject: 800 Math II 800 Chinese w/ Listening
Ethnicity: I'm half Asian and half Caucasian
Applied for:asian and middle eastern studies, Japanese, French</p>

<p>Personal Essay: I wrote about the special circumstances of my ethnicity and how it has exposed me to a more diverse culture/group of people compared to others.</p>

<p>Recommendations: 2 teachers that are good writers, should be fine</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
-Piano, have passed all the highest level exams of ABRSM
-one of the leaders of the Dance Club in school, give regular performances but also hold large scale competitions, profit all given to charity
-one of the editors for school magazine
-volunteered as teacher assistant at summer school for elementary school children
-volunteered to tutor more than two children on all subjects over a long period
-internship at law firm
-one of the main leaders at a very large charity organization that holds lots of events involving many schools and has donated lots of money to children in rural areas of China. I have also gone down to one of the poorer areas in China to personally help the children there.
-member of another smaller charity club that bakes to raise funds for unicef
-Volunteer at Expo for 2 months
-Volunteer during Beijing olympics and paralympics</p>

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<p>I dont know what your UW GPA is but your SAT scores and class rigor look good. However, your extracurricular activities and volunteer activities look a little weak. A lot of your volunteer activities are only for a few months. I think that if your essays were really good you’d have a good chance, but it’s kind of hard to tell.</p>

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<p>i have been doing the tutoring and been part of both charity clubs for at least two years. I have stated that on my common app, do you think that would help? Also, I forgot to include here that I am also part of an out of school commnutiy service organization and have been doing some service quite frequently, and that has also been going on for three years, also in common app. Plus, I hosted and was part of a self-organized fund rasier for one of the earthquakes in China that raised up to 20,000 rmb. Hopefully that would improve my profile by some bit…but thank you so much for chancing me :)</p>

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<p>I think you have a very good chance. Wellesley looks for unique, strong and interesting candidates and that seems to fit you. Your IB and SATs are remarkably high (IMO) and if you’re confident in your essays, you shouldn’t have to worry (too much!).</p>

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<p>thank you!</p>

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<p>Your stats look very good, however you need to remember that the college admissions process is not very predictable. My advice is not to get too set on any one school, but rather to think in terms of several schools you could imagine yourself at. Then, in case one of them lets you down, you will still have several others to focus on.</p>

<p>Best wishes for lots of great acceptances!</p>

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<p>thank you :slight_smile: i do have several other schools in mind</p>