Chance me?

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I’m a rising senior planning to apply regular decision, I’m curious what my chances are at Wesleyan, it is one of my top choices.

GPA: 3.94 unweighted (school doesn’t offer weighted GPA)
SAT: 1470 (750 reading/writing, 720 math) - planning to retake in August, hoping to boost score to low 1500s
Subject Tests: 720 literature, 650 Biology M (might retake)
Class rank: Not sure but definitely in the top 10%, likely top 5%

Coursework:
I am an IB Diploma Candidate, so all 6 of my classes for junior and senior year are IB. My courseload is pretty much the most rigorous offered at my school. Also took honors science, history, and English freshman/sophomore year and I am above grade level in math.
Sophmore year I took HL IB math (pre-calculus) but got a B, also got a B in IB HL Math as a junior for calculus. All other classes are As.

Awards:
American Association of University Women Award for Excellence in Science (nominated by school, one of 3 students from my HS chosen)
Harvard Book Prize (given by Harvard Club of Seattle to one junior at my school per year)
Honor Roll

ECs:
Varsity Cross Country runner (4 years, lettered all 3 years so far, likely to be captain senior year). I also ran Track sophomore and junior year.
School Newspaper (re-read paper as a junior after previous advisor left and paper was discontinued. Currently serving as Editor-in-Chief. Also I couldn’t join the paper freshman/sophomore year because I didn’t have transportation. Will continue to be Editor-in-Chief senior year)
Internship with a local online newspaper (this summer, might continue during the school year)
Shine Bright (non-profit ran by HS students that leads a weekly after school club at local elementary schools. I’ve volunteered with them since I was a sophomore and as a junior I was the core leader/head of the program at my location. I will continue to be a core leader as a senior and will also write the newsletter for all 6 locations)
National Honor Society member (2 years)

Please let me know what you think my chances are and what I can do to make my application stronger. Thank you!

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GPA is good, ECs are great. Awards won’t get you accepted but won’t get you rejected either. You should consider either not sending your SAT IIs (Wes does not penalize you for this), or ideally retaking them and raising your score because they are currently the weakest part of your application.

I would say low reach if you can raise your SAT IIs significantly.

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Thank you!

I will probably not send my SAT IIs unless I retake them if they’re not required. I’m hoping to retake them because some schools I am interested in do require them, but I’m not sure how much time I’ll have to study with school, newspaper, and Cross country consuming so much of my time.

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Wesleyan doesn’t require SAT/ACT scores to be sent and certainly won’t penalize you if you decide to omit them from your application. As of right now, your SAT II scores are definitely the weakest part of your application. If you can raise your Biology M up 100+ points and your overall SAT to over a 1500, then I say send them in. Otherwise, I would consider not submitting your SAT and SAT II at all. Because Wesleyan is a test-optional school, the students that do decide to submit scores and are accepted have scores in the 75th percentile. 750 in Literature is competitive enough, but 720 in math is getting a little low. I know it might seem scary submitting an application without scores, but the rest of your application is so strong that I think you should seriously consider it. Your ECs are noteworthy and strong. I think without your SAT scores, Wesleyan is a low to medium reach school for you.