Class of 2017 Results Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Wesleyan University
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<p>Pick one: Denied</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2130 superscored (670CR 700M 760W)
[ *] ACT: none
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): 690 Math I, 650 Math II, 720 US History
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.94
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 25/251
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5) Calc AB (pending) Microecon (pending) Macroecon (pending) Biology (pending)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP AB, Econ, Bio. CP English. Spanish (no honors offered). Couple of electives
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience: 6 months at an auction house and 9 months at a golf club
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
2 years Mock Trial, captain as senior. “Best Advocate” Award as a junior.
1 year Odyssey of the Mind, state qualifier
1 year Model UN
3 years Young Democrats Club
2 years NHS
2 year Boys volleyball, school and club teams
1 year indoor and spring travel soccer
Avid ceramic artist
2 years NHS
3 years Ski Club
2 different jobs- a local Auction House and a local Golf Club
3 years attending the Unitarian Universalist Ohio Meadville District Summer Institute. It is a week-long summer church camp held at Kenyon. Small group discussion leader this past summer.
[ *] Essays: About my experience at the above camp. Decent, not great. Unique topic IMO, my religion is not exactly common (Unitarian Universalist)
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Both were probably very good, not spectacular. Didn’t read
[ *] Counselor Rec: good, probably generic
[ *] Additional Rec: none
[ *] Interview: none
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Economics
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Decent, mid-sized public. Sends a handful of kids to top schools
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 80k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: GPA, essay, maybe recs
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT, SATII, lack of interview or interest
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I took two years of CP English (not the most challenging) and I didn’t interview or show any interest. My scores were also a little low.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] I am not surprised at all, although I was hoping I would be accepted. Probably would not have attended anyway. Congrats to all who were accepted!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (second try). 800 cr/800 w/740 m
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Lit, 750 Latin
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): approx 95/100
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Latin (5), AP Lang (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Latin V, AP Music Theory, James Joyce’s Ulysses, AB Calc, Philosophy, Internal Medicine
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): some Scholastic stuff (one national silver, a bunch of regional golds)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): a lot of stage managing both in and out of school (definitely as a leadership position); 4 years of other backstage theater stuff; 3 years of mock trial; piano/summer music camps; president of play-reading club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: National MS Society for a summer; tutoring in-school
[<em>] Summer Activities: selective chamber music camp
[</em>] Essays: I think they were pretty good! EC one was about music in general; CommonApp was about LOTR and my father
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t read any of them, but I think they were quite good. My Latin and English teachers have both had me for three years.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Eh, who knows.
[<em>] Additional Rec: From a theater faculty member at my school who’s worked with me a lot. Probably very good.
[</em>] Interview: It was my first interview and it was in late August, so I don’t really remember…we talked social justice and anthropology and it was pretty fun!</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: <80,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT scores; theater experience; essays/recs; academic stuff was pretty good
[</em>] Weaknesses: math grades; kind of excessively humanities-heavy
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I’m a pretty good fit, and Wesleyan tends to take a lot of kids (especially theater kids) from my school!
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted EA to UChicago w/merit aid; accepted to Oberlin w/merit aid; rejected from Swarthmore</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: I really love Wesleyan, but unless the aid package is miraculous, I think I’m going to have to go where I got merit aid…and UChicago was tied with Wesleyan for my first choice anyway, so I’m more than okay with that! I have a good friend going here, though, so I’ll be sure to visit.</p>

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<p>Pick one: Denied</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 superscored (690 CR 710M 800 W)
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 760 Lit, 660 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.72
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych (5) English Lang (4) World History (3) Calc AB (pending) English Lit (pending) Stat (pending)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Eng Lit, AP Stat, Intensive Classical Greek, Mandarin 3, Psych, English 4 Honors
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Freelance photographer, blogger, writer, aerobics weekly
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Public Relations Intern @ ModCloth
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200 hrs
[<em>] Essays: Very personal, pretty good.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was probably excellent, the other generic.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: A bit better than generic
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[<em>] Interview: On-campus, went extremely well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[<em>] Intended Major: Psych and Neuroscience
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Private prep, sends tons of kids to top schools
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: High enough to not need FA
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): No FA I thought was a hook for Wesleyan because according to some students I met while there, “Wes has no money”
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Demonstrated interest, scores weren’t bad
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Eh, it’s tough to get into. I thought I’d get in, though. My scores were decent, I showed a ton of interest and didn’t request FA.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I almost applied ED and I’m honestly so glad I didn’t. I went through this weird phase…long story short, I don’t want to go to Wesleyan anymore after I did my overnight. Congrats to all the acceptances!</p>

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<p>Rejected. Not going through that awful posting stats thingy again. This is a nightmare, 11 f****** rejections!</p>

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<p>My D got in!! We’re doing happy dances!!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (760 CR, 680 W, 680 M) I didn’t send this though, sent ACT
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: Chem 710, USH 770
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank. Top 10% though
[</em>] AP: APUSH (5) Calc AB (5) AP Lang (5) AP Chem (3)
[<em>] IB: n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Japanese, AP Gov, plus a bunch of semester classes for a total of 9 courses.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (EIC my last year), Chorus 4 years, Technical Theater 2.5 years (head of props crew)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Didn’t put on app
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Didn’t put on app
[<em>] Summer Activities: Work
[</em>] Essays: It was fine. I honestly didn’t feel it was anything special.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: From AP Lang and Calc AB teacher. Glowing recs, though I didn’t read them.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Also didn’t read, but my counselor and I are close, so probably glowing as well
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: Interviewed with a senior student during my TAP visit.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Bio related, but it’s looking likely it’ll change
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private Catholic, about 1300 students total
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: $150k (this isn’t really as much as it sounds in NorCal)
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: ACT, GPA, interview
[<em>] Weaknesses: Essay, ECs
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I really don’t know. I showed a lot of interest in the beginning. I was accepted into TAP and my interview went great. I was going to apply ED but switched to RD at the last minute after my overnight. Don’t know how that affected me.
[/ul]General Comments: I’m really happy! Although I don’t really understand why they wanted me. My ECs are nothing spectacular. I always get intimidated looking at other people’s ECs. I’m still waiting for my financial aid package though, because I won’t be able to go if I don’t get enough aid.</p>

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<p>Decision: waitlisted :/</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1730 (CR630/W570/M530)
ACT: n/a
SAT II: Didnt take any
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: physics, AP lit, AP pre-cal, US History, Ethics,
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (4-h), NHS, Enviornmental club, (Book club president)
Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
Volunteer/Community service: volunteering every week at soup kitchen, Helping Pre-K class
Summer Activities: interned for 2 summers at christian retreat center in costa rica
Essays: Really good; inspiring
Teacher Recommendation: pretty good
Counselor Rec: good i guess
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: political science
State (if domestic applicant): puerto rico
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: private
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: F
Income Bracket: >30,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: essays, extra curriculars, gpa
Weaknesses: SAT score, I didnt take SAT 2, i didnt visit the school
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied:I have no idea why. people with sat scores over 2000 got denied and im just sitting on the waitlist with my 1730
General Comments:</p>

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<p>Accepted!</p>

<p>Stats are very similar to the rest of accepted students, so why bother posting?</p>

<p>I just want to say that this is such a great way to end my college application process. The past few days were…well, they left me with a bruised ego. I was rejected from Dartmouth, Yale, Columbia, and Penn; and waitlisted at Williams, Amherst, Brown, and Harvard. So this was definitely a pick-me-up. Congrats to everyone else who was accepted! I love Wesleyan, and have since day one; but I don’t think I’ll be able to go due to the fact that Villanova offered me a full ride - I just can’t turn that down.</p>

<p>The college application process is over! Woohoo!</p>

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<p>Waitlisted with a 3.90 GPA and 33 ACT.</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (770 CR, 750 WR, 730 M)
SAT I superscore (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 32
ACT superscore (breakdown):
SAT II: 720 Math II, 670 US History, 640 Spanish
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.6
Weighted GPA: 4.1
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/645
AP (place score in parentheses): 5 Calc, 5 Eng Lang, 4 euro and us history
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP stats, Ap gov/econ, AP spanish, AP english, ceramics, pe
Number of other applicants in your school: Prob none
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Not much
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Tennis club, varsity tennis 4 years, marching band
Job/Work Experience: three jobs within the past 2 years
Volunteer/Community service: key club, non profit business owner
</code></pre>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):</p>

<pre><code>Essays (Include Subjects):
Common App Main: 9, story of my love of spanish
EC Short Answer: 7 okay story of demolishing a store over the summer as a job
Teacher Recommendation #1: didnt read
Teacher Recommendation #2: didnt read
Counselor Rec: 10, best ever
Additional Rec:
Art Supplement:
Research Supplement:
</code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>Date Submitted App: mmm, December?
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Publix
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 80K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
</code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>Strengths: SAT I, non profit business ownership, unusual skills
Weaknesses: not 4.0
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Waitlisted…
Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected: Rejected: U Chicago, Yale, Middlebury, Harvey Mudd, Stanford. Accepted: CSUB, UCSB
What would you have done differently?: No clue
</code></pre>

<p>[/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Sigh, just remember, it’s better to try and fail than never to try at all.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t Send
[</em>] ACT: 34 (super score 35)
[<em>] SAT II: 750 - Math II, 730 - Bio-M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: 95.25/100
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% (school ranks exclusively by decile)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Bio (5), APUSH (4), English Lit.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 1 AP, 6 Dual Enrollment (3/semester), 1 regular class
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Lacrosse, International Club, NHS, Internship Program, some more minor ECs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Internships at Northwestern Mutual & Biochem Lab, Landscaping Job, Babysitting
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Nothing major
[</em>] Summer Activities: n/a
[<em>] Essays: I took a chance with my Common App essay and I was worried about there not being a supplement essay
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I believe one was very good, while the other was cookie-cutter
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very close with GC, so it was probably really good
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: My interview went very well. The conversation flowed really well and we talked over coffee for over an hour. I thought I was able to provide deeper insight into myself, which eased my nerves about not having a supplement essay to convey my interest/excitement.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket: Middle (70k-80k) - Applied for Financial Aid
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection:[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores, Grades, Interview
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs, Essay
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at SUNY Geneseo, Siena College, RPI, University of Rochester, Villanova, Boston College. Rejected at Tufts.[/li][/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (CR750/W700/M750)
ACT: n/a
SAT II: Lit 720 US history 690 Math II 690
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): my school only has weighted 4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calc AB(5) AP Euro (4) AP USH (4) AP Physics (4) AP Econ/Gov (pending) AP Environmental Science (pending) AP Statistics (Pending) AP Literature and Composition (pending)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Environmental, Spanish 3, AP Econ/Gov, Film Appreciation, AP Literature and Composition
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nat’l merit commendation, AP scholar
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis 4 years, VP of MTB team, Founder and President of writing club, 4 years mock trial, writing
Job/Work Experience: Stocker at local market
Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours of Teen Peer Court attorney (program where minors who plead guilty go to a sentencing trial with other minors as attorneys and jury. They can receive basically any punishment the jury sees fit other than jail time). Set up an amazon associates thing for my school so that purchases on amazon financially benefit school. Through this I raised upwards of 3000
Summer Activities: writing, building trebuchets, the works
Essays: Very good essay. It was about writing the essay. Very meta. Very existential.
Teacher Recommendation: One was nice but not well written. One was spectacular. The other one I never read, but had faith in the teacher to write a good one.
Counselor Rec: Average, I never really talked to her.
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: None</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Undecided
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: M
Income Bracket: >150,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a
Reflection
Strengths: essays, extra curriculars, test scores
Weaknesses: AP scores, gpa, lack of anything super exciting
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: My essay I think showed my attributes better than anything else could have.
Where else accepted: UCLA, Berkeley, Tufts
General Comments:
Nice prize after Brown told me their school was better off without me.</p>

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<p>Brown actually said that? ^^^^</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>GPA 3.52 (Upward trend from 3.2-3.9)</p>

<p>ACT 28</p>

<p>Student Council President, Lacrosse Captain, Newspaper Editor</p>

<p>School type: country-day in Albany, NY. I’m a white male and did not request financial aid</p>

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<p>Forgot my senior year course load. AP French, AP English, AP Gov, AP Micro, regular Calc and AP Macro on the weekends. I got a four on AP US last year</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2280. m700 cr/800 w/780 m
ACT: n/a
SAT II: 760 Bio, 730 Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 91/100
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): nope
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP BC Calc, AP MicroMacro, Honors Advanced Logic/Comp, Hon. Physics, Concert Choir, Senior Strings, Honors Painting/Drawing
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Scholastic gold, silver; National Merit (major?)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4th in the city defensive varsity lacrosse player, self-taught violinist in 1st violin section, bunch of clubs (w/ a few leadership positions), newspaper staff writer, dragon boating, blargh
Job/Work Experience: work experience in family business: translating, writing legal docs, answering orders, doing manual labor
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays: EC about family work, CommonApp about the evolution of a Chinese-American’s perception of self in US (was told it was powerful by peers and counselor)
Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read, probably ok
Counselor Rec: same
Additional Rec: eh
Interview: none
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: <80,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: ideks, good fit? mayb essay
Weaknesses: GPA, nothing done beyond submitting app, ethnicity, midyear report submitted week before decisions
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: good fit
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: full-ride university scholar Stony Brook, other liberal arts + publics i’m not considering
General Comments: not sure why i got in, but i’m pretty stoked. wesfest was amazing</p>