Chances of Smith, Bryn Mawr, and Wellesley?

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<p>Hi! Well, to start off, I've always been attracted to environments with all women - I do well in them. So I plan on applying to more all women's schools (my college counselor pushed me to apply to schools I wasn't really interested in - see Amherst). I'm looking at Bryn Mawr and Smith and Wellesley. I know two of them they don't look at scores too harshly, but I don't know if sending them in will help me or hurt me because of my high writing score but mediocre ACT composite. Here are my credentials:</p>

<p>ACT: 24 (highest composite) 10 (writing) <strong>If they superscore my tests, it'll be 25</strong></p>

<p>GPA: 3.92</p>

<p>Class rank: 14 (the top 15%)</p>

<p>School type: College Prep, but public (charter, specifically)</p>

<p>APs: I have taken two, and have gotten 2 on both (my school caps it at one a year, 10th-11th, and your senior year you can take up to three - and you can't take AP freshman year) I am now currently in two more AP classes (English Lang. and Bio)</p>

<p>Class types: All APs (when allowed) and all honors - also, my school has a 7pt grade scale (93 = A, 87 = B, 77 = C, ect)</p>

<p>Grades: My a few B's. C's in all my math classes - I'm not a straight A student. A "D" once my freshman year in Algebra. So far this year, I have mostly A's, a few Bs, and one C in AP BIO.</p>

<p>Letters of Recommendations: All steller, all well written, drawing on my actual personality</p>

<p>ECs: Student Council for three years (president junior year), Interact/Key club for 2, speech for 4 years (Regional Champion 2014, also head peer coach), Drama club, NHS (I do 80 volunteer hours a year as a requirement) and literary mag. for 2 years, co-founder of Napatistas (positive hair movement for young African-American girls)</p>

<p>(I'm African American by the way, if that matters)</p>

<p>I don't know if this helps, but I've gotten rejected from Mount Holyoke and Barnard already. I applied to Vassar, but with those two rejections, I'm strongly betting they'll reject me, too. What are my chances looking like for these three schools?</p>

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<p>Very low/unlikely chance </p>

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<p>You may want to consider if you want to attend a school where you are at the bottom, statiscally wise. If you are in large intro classes that curve and dont do well, you could find your GPA taking a dive. I am not saying that is what will happen to you, but if you don’t test well it could. Ideally, you should look for schools where you will be in the top 25% </p>

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I am surprised you were rejected from MH as that is the easiest sister to gain admission.

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Aren’t a few of those test optional? If they are, I would recommend not sending your test scores, because otherwise you’re a good applicant.

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Sometimes it is hard to predict. Hopefully one of those schools came through for you!

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How are you calculating GPA? 3.92 weighted or unweighted?

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@College70Mom Well, it’s weighted. But they’re all honors and AP - I’ve never taken a regular class. And I’m hoping these colleges aren’t 2 dimensional - I’m hoping they look at the fact that my school has a 7 point grading system and that my “B” is an “A”, and my “C” is a “B”.

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Yes, these are schools that look at the “whole applicant” so hoping one or more comes through for you.

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when will they announce the decision?

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I think Bryn Mawr will update at around March. 25th.

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We are in quite a similar boat in terms of ACT scores, GPA, and AP/Honors courses. I applied to all of the schools you listed (Smith, Bryn Mawr, Wellesley, and Mount Holyoke) and I was rejected from Mount Holyoke last week. Wellesley decisions come out tonight, Smith releases decisions on March 27th, and Bryn Mawr decisions are out by the end of this week. I’m expecting the worst at this point in time in all honesty, especially after ricck1 said MH is the easiest school to gain admission. I think if you had strong essays and took the time to elaborate on your extracurriculars then you’re good as gold, especially considering you co-founded a club that focuses on empowering women.

And if you’re still interested in all-girls schools, you should look into Bay Path University! The Common App says it has rolling admission until August. It’s an all-girl’s school in Massachusetts that gives out really great financial aid packages. I applied, was accepted, and was awarded their top merit scholarship along with invitations to join both their Honors Program and Women in STEM Honors Programs. Since we have similar stats, you’d probably receive a similar package!

Good luck! :slight_smile:

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Sadly, at the end of the day, that ACT score is obviously hurting you. What are you backups?

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@boolaHI‌ my back ups are secured. Mills College and Simmons, and also Cedar Crest. I got into all of them, and they’re great, but I was really hoping for these.

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Then it becomes what coast do you prefer? I fancy Oakland myself…

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@boolaHI‌ actually, I was leaning more toward there! But it’s super expensive, and even with the financial aid it’s still a good 12k a year! They all offered me money, though.

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@acheystorm‌ I just applied there! I think I have a good chance of getting in, and it’s a great school. Also, it’s significantly cheaper, despite being private, than my other schools, and I might be able to cover it more.