Class of 2016 Regular Decision Results!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Wesleyan University
81

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): NA
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): NA
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): C: 31 E: 32 M: 28: R: 33: S: 30 W: 10
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): NA
[<em>] SAT II: Didn’t send.
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99 (One A- (freshman year))
[<em>] Weighted GPA: NA
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11 (But not reported)
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses):World History (5), Language and Composition (5) European History (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): NA
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Literature, AP Psychology, AP Physics B, and Spanish 5
[</em>] Number of other applicants in your school:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar. Wisconsin State Senate Scholar. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):Student council- four years; Food Drive- three years (Director); Freshman mentor- two years; NHS- two years; FCCLA- one year (Director); karate (second degree blackbelt, demo team, masters team); Library advisory (Teen board member).
Freshman mentor
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Karate instructor (three years)
[li] Volunteer/Community service:Over 150 hours for food drive; forty hours in Peru going to schools etc; 45 hours teaching English in South African preschool; over 100 hours on an annual benefit garage sale; etc.[/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):
[</em>] Common App Main: Wisconsin politics. About waking up in the capitol building the night the assembly passed Walker’s “budget” bill. It turned out really well. It’s definitely my favorite essay.
[<em>] EC Short Answer: About my passion for karate and how it’s so integral to my identity now.
[</em>] Other:
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1:My math teacher. I had him for Algebra Two and Precalc. He loves me. I actually got to read it, he said lot’s of nice things about me. Specific examples included. Great.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: My AP Lang teacher. She loves me. I got to read that one too. It was beautifully written and she talked about my love of learning. Amazing.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I’m guessing it was really good. She’s been such an advocate for me in other situations.
[</em>] Additional Rec: My karate instructor and employer. I got to read it. It was hilarious. Great.
[li] Interview: Had an on campus interview. It went well.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: October 9th.
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin.
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public.
[<em>] Ethnicity: White.
[</em>] Gender: Female.
[<em>] Income Bracket: Did not apply for financial aid.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul] It was a crazy couple of months.
[<em>] Strengths: I was proud of my essays. I know that my recommendations were all really great. My interview went well.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Low test scores. Didn’t send SATII. Not enough AP classes. No major awards.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]</p>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:</p>

82

<p>Smartalic34 is correct. No one likes the idea of adding more anxiety to the admissions process, but the fact is, the Wesleyan adcom can only guess what its yield is going to be, given the spike it experienced last year. Relying more heavily on the w/l is a standard response following an over admit.</p>

83

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800w, 790r, 730m
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 770 bio, 770 chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my school doesn’t officially rank but I have the highest weighted GPA out of 350ish
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): bio(5), euro (5), chem (5), lang and comp (5), french (4), us (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: ap psych, ap calc ab (I signed up for bc but it didn’t fit in my schedule, which my counselor explained in her rec), ap physics, ap lit, ap art history (online)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit, national honor society, national french honor society, top 10% on national french exam, maximum honors every semester, ap scholar w/ distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): figure skating (senior level), dance (highest level), school newspaper
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: ice cream shop (1 ½ yrs), learn-to-skate coach, babysitting
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Children’s hospital, Camp Care, Symphony on Ice, give 2 the troops
[<em>] Summer Activities: mostly the same as during the school year
[</em>] Essays: I think it’s good, I worked really hard on it
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: very good
[<em>] Additional Rec: very good
[</em>] Interview: good
[/ul][ b]Other**[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes, got $40,000 for my first year (we have a weird situation and it probably won’t be anywhere near as much next year)
[</em>] Intended Major: bio, physics, or engineering w/ a minor in french
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: changed a lot over the past couple of years
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing really
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: I think I came across in my interview as really interested in the school. I’ve been skating for eight years I’m really dedicated to it, which most people think is a strength. also, I’ve had the same job at an ice cream shop since last October
[<em>] Weaknesses: not that many extracurriculars (because I’ve been so busy with skating), SATIIs aren’t as high as I wanted them to be
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I made it clear that Wesleyan was one of my top choices and I think I had a strong essay
[/ul]General Comments: I’m not sure if I’m going to go to Wesleyan because it’s only 45 minutes from my house (my parents are thrilled about this, but I’m not so sure) and I might not get a good aid package next year. But I’m super excited to have gotten in since I haven’t gotten the answer I wanted from some of my other schools.</p>

84

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (740 CR, 790 W, 790 M)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t send, but was 34
[<em>] SAT II: 740 Chem, 770 Math II, 780 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/550
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych (5), English Lang (5), US History (5), Calc AB (5), Calc BC (5), Chem (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP European History, AP Statistics, AP French, AP Biology, Honors Physics, Honors Forensic Science
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National French Contest top 10 placement in grades 9, 10, and 11. Otherwise, none-- some local/state things for piano, some school awards, but nothing of true merit
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Club tennis 9-11, varsity tennis 10-11, French Club (treasurer junior year, president senior year), NHS, National French Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta (vice-president senior year), 10 years of piano with various local and state competitions.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked at an ice cream store for approx. 15 hours/week from spring of junior year to winter of senior year
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: About 25 hours a year at YMCA and other random places, nothing special.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Tennis, work.
[</em>] Essays: I thought it was pretty good, and so did those who read it-- it was about how much I love mowing lawns, despite how atypical that is for a teenage girl, and how even though I’m not creative, mowing gives me a chance for some weirdly pure self-expression.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see it, but I imagine it was pretty positive. Teacher (US History) and I weren’t exceptionally close, but I did well in his class and we got along well.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I had never met my counselor before she wrote the rec, so I have no idea. She just did it based off of my resume.
[<em>] Additional Rec: From my calculus teacher, didn’t see but it was probably pretty strong.
[</em>] Interview: none.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No.
[</em>] Intended Major: Undecided
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
[</em>] School Type: Large, fairly competitive suburban public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: >$200,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essay, stats
[</em>] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I honestly have no idea… it looks like many people far more qualified than I were waitlisted. Geography may have played a part for me, I guess?[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to all who were admitted, and to those waitlisted/rejected as well… everyone seems to be very intelligent and talented and I’m sure you’ll have plenty of chances for happiness and success wherever you end up. I don’t think I’m going to attend Wes-- I’ve gone back and forth between wanting to go to a liberal arts school and somewhere bigger and the scale has been tipping in the latter direction as of late. Duke and William & Mary are my top two, so hopefully they work out. I still think Wesleyan is a really cool place, though, and definitely haven’t ruled it out completely.</p>

85

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800 CR, 740 W, 780 M)
ACT: Didn’t take
SAT II: 800 Bio M, 800 USH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/314
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), Bio (5), Chem (Not yet) Calc AB (Not Yet)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Chem, Honors LA, Honors Social Studies, Spanish 3A, Band, Law and Society
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit, National Achievement, Harvard Book Award, some school awards, and some mock trial attorney awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ASB (Senior Class Cabinet Member), Varsity Soccer (Co-Captain), Varsity Mock Trial, Study abroad to Brazil for 1 year, Softball, NHS, Key Club, GSA, BSU, Literary Magazine Editor
Job/Work Experience: Reading Tutor, Internship at Refugee Summer camp/ summer school
Volunteer/Community service: Clothing bank volunteer, food bank volunteer, exchange student orientation volunteer
Summer Activities: internship
Essays: I wrote about my exchange to Brazil. It was good, not great.
Counselor Rec: My counselor loves me. Loves me. But I read the recommendation and it was nice, but not well written. Pretty superficial.
Additional Rec: APUSH teacher/ Mock trial coach. Knows me very well, wrote FANTASTIC letter. Also from my AP Bio teacher, also very good.
Interview: Alumni interview. I thought i went very poorly. He said a word I didn’t know and it was really obvious and embarrassing.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Government
State (if domestic applicant): Washington
School Type: Large, inner city public school, really kind of bad…
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~~$100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy, URM
Reflection
Strengths: Extracurriculars, academics
Weaknesses: Extracurriculars
General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who was admitted, I am sorry to everyone who didn’t-- I can tell there were a lot of excellent applicants and I wish everyone the best!</p>

86

<p>WAITLISTED:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 630M 640W 650R
[ *] ACT: 31M 31W 29R 30S
[ *] SAT II: 720 chem 710 Math I
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[ *] Rank: top 10%
[ *] AP: Bio (5) Chem (3)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Gov, AP Environment, AB Calc</p>

<p>[ *] Extracurriculars: Captain 2 Varsity sports
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Technology Dept. at school
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Pilgrimage, lots of volunteer work
[ *] Summer Activities: Work, Volunteering
[ *] Essays: Very good, i think…
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Didnt read, hopefully good
[ *] Counselor Rec: knew me pretty well
[ *] Interview: None</p>

<p>[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: YES
[ *] Intended Major: Chemistry</p>

87

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2150
[</em>] SAT II: Math II 800/Chem 750/Phy 760
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):92/100
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):5%
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 7
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No “major” ones
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: All good ones
[</em>] Counselor Rec: A good one
[<em>] Additional Rec: One from my colleague
[</em>] Interview: Got one from an Hongkong alumni
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Science in Society
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): China
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: FIT![/li][/ul]General Comments: Love wes!</p>

88

<p>Accepted!</p>

<p>SAT I: 2290 (760 CR, 740 M, 790 W)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 710 French, 750 French with Listening
GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 weighted
Extracurriculars: Varsity Lacrosse (captain), Varsity Cross Country, various volunteer organizations, math club
Essay: Common App about road tripping with my family and how we’ve been to all 50 states together.</p>

<p>Congratulations to everyone else who got accepted!!</p>

89

<p>Waitlisted</p>

<p>SAT I: 2180 (760 CR, 760 M, 660 W)
SAT II: 740 Chem, 710 US History
GPA: 94.21</p>

90

<p>Decision: Accepted
SAT I: 2100
SAT IIs: 770 Chem, 700 Lit
Unweighted GPA: 3.4
Extracurriculars: a lot. too many to list.
Essay: about pokemon and how it relates to my worldview.
Recommendations: From three teachers who know me and love me.
Ethnicity: Arab
Gender: Female</p>

91

<p>oh ya, accepted!</p>

92

<p>i’ve been waiting for years to post that on cc.</p>

93

<p>waitlisted at Wesleyan, but accepted as an Early Write to Swarthmore and Smith (with merit), Pomona, Mt. Holyoke (merit), Bryn Mawr (merit), Brandeis, Scripps, and Mills (merit). I was also a legacy and my stats were in range for Wes. Very weird that I would get into Swat and Pomona but not to Wesleyan.</p>

94

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</p>

<p>Actually, not that surprising. When you’re dealing with schools that have 15-25% acceptance rates, nothing is a guarantee. Yes, Swarthmore and Pomona have slightly higher stats and slightly lower admission rates, but the differences are fairly small in the grand scheme of things. Congrats on your numerous acceptances, but when you’re dealing with the top highly selective LACs (or top universities) it’s a crapshoot.</p>

95

<p>Decision: Accepted, Early Write</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 32 – one sitting, junior year
[<em>] SAT II: 790 (Lit), 730 (Bio), 710 (USH)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20th percentile
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio 4, USH 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Govt, AP Calc AB, Honors Physics, Honors Latin IV
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Recognition Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President, Latin Club; Manager, Theater Costume Department (4 years); Water Polo Team Manager
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Swim instructor (four summers), Lifeguard
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer 150 hours in Pediatrics at local hospital, other misc stuff
[</em>] Essays: Good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: On Campus, really comfortable</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major(s): Bio/anthro (pre-med)
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Private, all-girls Catholic
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican-American)
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income bracket (if applicable): That middle ground where we don’t qualify for FA but really can’t afford $60k+/year
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Nothing outstanding, just a solid student
[</em>] Weaknesses: I love this school, visited twice from CA. Totally see myself here, but really don’t think we can afford the COA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Tufts, Wesleyan, Fordham (full-tuition scholarship), Villanova, Loyola Chicago ($14k scholarship)
W/L: None
Rejected: Yale, Duke, USC
Waiting: Amherst, Georgetown</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Love -love-love Wes, but not sure it makes sense to go here versus Fordham @ $15k/year (room & board only due to full tuition scholarship).</p>

96

<p>And to add to what smartalic34 says, it’s not a crapshoot in a “the universe is totally random and indifferent” kind of way, but it’s a crapshoot in terms of you having no control over what they’re looking for and what stands out in any given year at any given highly selective LAC.</p>

<p>You could hire a single team of world-class application readers and pool their expertise for all of those colleges listed and come up with the same exact outcomes…because maybe Smith, Bryn Mawr and Mt. Holyoke are in desperate need of a mumbletypeg champion while Wes happens to be overloaded with mumbletypeggers(?) on campus and in the applicant pool (word of mouth travels fast in the mumbletyverse) and, while Swarthmore already has a decent mumbletypeg student base, maybe they just built a new mumbletypeg research facility so they want even more people who will put their fingers on the pulse of the action. The imaginary pooled application reader team would have one singular overall opinion of you but they will still see you as a great student who will shine in some environments and be unsatisfied in others where the super team of application readers is more intent of finding more students who are like the applicants in a different stack of folders on another table.</p>

<p>The outcomes listed above wouldn’t make sense if the application file was the only variable and if admissions officers didn’t factor in the specific needs of their respective employers – and if they didn’t rely on their expertise as to which kinds of applicants perform best in their specific environment. There’s so much more data that gets weighed and balanced beyond the application file…and not nearly enough spaces to accommodate all of the worthy applicants…that it becomes something of a crapshoot when viewed from the prism of an applicant – but it’s a highly informed and deliberate crapshoot. The Wes admission team may have known exactly what it was doing by not offering admission – while being every bit as impressed and charmed as the Swat and Pomona admission teams were.</p>

97

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT: 30
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Comp (4), AP Psych (4), AP US (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: St. Johns Sociology, AP Spanish, Forensics, College Calculus, Molloy Creative Writing, AP Literature, Spanish Language & Culture
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): GSA (President), AIDS Club (Peer Educator), National Honor Society (member), Spanish Honor Society (member), Art Honor Society (charity coordinator), Yearbook (editor)
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Ronald McDonald House, Helping Hand Mission, LIJ Hospital
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:choose an odd subject
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec: excellent
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview: no
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: English
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:South Asian
[ *] Gender:Female
[ ] Income Bracket: 40,000-50,000
[ ] Hooks : Dealing with family problems and overcoming, such as rabid mental illness
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths:essay, course load, recs
[ *] Weaknesses: test scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted:I really have no clue</p>

98

<p>D’yer Maker: I absolutely agree, every college admissions team is looking to build a specific class based on a wide variety of factors. I am not arrogant enough to believe I was owed a spot at any of the colleges I applied to, and may just not have been a match for what Wesleyan was looking for. I’m disappointed that Wesleyan is not in my future, but really thrilled I was accepted at such wonderful institutions, including my two top picks!</p>

99

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: Math I-740, Math II-770, US History-730
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/593
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History-5, Lit-4, Calc BC-pending, Lang-pending, Chem-pending
[li] Senior Year Course Load: P.E., Political Science, Economics, Italian 5, AP Language and Composition, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, Health</p>[/li]
<p>I always find the subjective stuff takes too long so I’m leaving it out.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Mathematics and Computer Science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: I is a gurl.</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection:[list]
[<em>] Strengths: Beats me. Well-rounded I guess.
[</em>] Weaknesses: ACT score
[*] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Perhaps they needed more science-y people.</p>

100

<p>@dramamine - Congratulations on Wesleyan!!! I got waitlisted too like so many on this thread (is it just because it is a nice school that doesn’t want to send rejection letters?), but like you, I think I’ll end up at Macaulay Honors at Hunter. In my parents’ circles, it’s not “prestigious” enough, but I think it looks like a phenomenal place and you can’t beat a full-free 4 year ride plus a generous stipend to study abroad.</p>