CHANCES, please!!!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Wellesley College
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<p>I absolutely LOVE Wellesley!
I'm planning on applying for Early Evaluation.</p>

<p>Location: Northern California Ethnicity: Half-white, Half-Mexican</p>

<p>Rank: 1/526 GPA:4.0(uw), 4.89 (w)
ACT: 35
SAT 2: 770 Bio, 770 Chem, 740 Spanish
APs: 5 Bio, 5 Chem, 5 Stats, 5 Spanish, 5 US History, 4 Physics </p>

<p>Awards/ Honors:
NCTE Writing Achievement Award
National Hispanic Finalist
National Merit Commended
AP Scholar w/ Distinction
School District Student of the Month
Top AP Spanish student, Top APUSH student
Ventures Scholar
3rd Place in Regional Writing Contest
Girls State
DARE Role Model
RYLA leadership camp</p>

<p>ECs:
-Interact Club, President as Junior and Senior, About 100 hours a year doing volunteer work w/ the club
-Government Club, Secretary (11-12)
-California Scholarship Federation Treasurer (12)
-Global Awareness Club</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:
-Amigos de las Americas: Summer 2006, Volunteered teaching elementary school in Nicaragua for 8 weeks. (This is what my essay is going to be about).
-Teaching Assistant for Youth Science Camp
-Various volunteer events w/ Interact Club
-Big Brothers, Big Sisters (3 hours a week)</p>

<p>Employment:
Math and Spanish Tutor- 9 hours a week
Babysitting- 5 hours a week</p>

<p>Athletics:
-Varsity Badminton (9-12), Voted MVP as a Junior, I play #1 singles and #1 Doubles, I will be Captain this spring
-JV Water Polo (9-10), Captain (10), had to stop playing due to illness</p>

<p>Other:
I spent three weeks researching the decline of Aspen trees in National Parks in Idaho with the National Park Service. The paper that I co-authored was recently published.</p>

<p>Some questions about Wellesley:
How good is the financial aid?
Does anyone know if there is a badminton team at Wellesley?</p>

<p>Thanks so much!!!!!</p>

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<p>Well, you know that you're stats are good, just make sure to look like an individual and let your application reflect some personality. Wellesley doesn't accept everyone with stats like yours, I would think it would be because they didn't come across well with their application.</p>

<p>About your questions.
Wellesley gave me some of the best financial aid out of all the (14) schoools I applied to, but it is need-based only. So if your family is well off, don't expect much.</p>

<p>Unfortunately there isn't an official badminton team, but there is a club which I am a part of! We meet for about 2 hours every week. I don't know the riles for making a team, but I would be glad to help. I love badminton, just for fun though.</p>

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<p>In my opinion, unbiased by knowledge or experience, I think the EA strategy is good. Your record is very strong, in fact, too strong if anything. You clearly have the ability to succeed at Wellesley. They will want to feel the love in your essays, or they may think you really want to go somewhere else.</p>

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<p>After talking to most people, I think Wellesley offered the best financial package to everyone out of all the other schools.</p>

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<p>Your stats are really good, but make sure to work the essay because I have spoken with Wellsley admissions officers and the essay is a veryyyy important thing there. But like other people have said, it's all about how you present yourself. You certainly have what it takes to get in but it's all about making it look really good.</p>

<p>little tidbit, I had the same GPA coming from a Norcal public school and was accepted, if that helps.</p>