ED Chancing for Wesleyan plus RD! (Mostly Liberal Arts and Ivies)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Jewish Girl from New Jersey.
American Citizen.
Competitive Private School.
No need of financial aid.</p>

<p>ACT: 31(Reading 36, English 34...everything else was poor.) I'm not sending these.
SAT: 2210(CR 770, Writing 720, Essay 10, Math 720)
SAT IIs: 740 (US History), 760 (Literature), 760 (World History), 680 (Spanish) (Not sending Spanish if possible)
AP Scholar with Honor </p>

<p>GPA: My school doesn't do them nor class ranking. However, I think my GPA, weighted I think?, is 3.84. Poor grades were sophomore year (a B- in math and a B in Chemistry), but my grades last year were all A's/A-'s besides AP Spanish Literature, where I had a B+. </p>

<p>I will be completing a full IB diploma. My extended essay topic is in the field of Gender and Sexuality History and was very good. </p>

<p>AP/IBs Take/ Will Take:
US History (5)
Spanish Langauge (Didn't take test.)
Spanish Literature (Didn't take test.)
IB Spanish HL/SL (6)
IB English HL (Two years)
AP Art History (5)
AP European History (5)
AP/IB Environmental Science
IB Math Studies
IB History
IB Philosophy
AP English Lit
Lang (5)</p>

<p>This year:
English 12 (As a junior)
IB English
AP Art History
AP European History
Theory of Knowledge
Journalism
Pre-Calc
AP/IB Spanish Literature</p>

<p>Next Year:
Creative Writing
IB English HL
IB History
IB Philosophy
IB Math Studies
IB/AP Environmental Science
Journalism
Theory of Knowledge
At School: </p>

<p>-Editor-in-Chief of Literary Magazine, Editor for one year, staff member and writer for another two (9-12)
- Founded a writer's workshop at my school for students with the Lit Mag
- Editor for three years on newspaper, staff writing for one (9-12)
- Gay Straight Alliance President and member (9-12)
-2 years Quiz Bowl "A" Team (11-12)
- Mock Trial Head of Operations, lawyer, witness (10-12)
- Tech Crew/Musical (Four Years)</p>

<p>Outside of School:
- Editorial Board and writer for a state-wide Jewish literary magazine run by a Jewish newspaper (10-12)
-Writer for a national Jewish internet publication
- Intern at a local internet news publication (writing articles, reporting)
- Internet at a gay rights organization in my state, spend lots of time volunteering there</p>

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<li><p>Attended the following selective writers workshops/planning to attend: Simon Rock College of Bard YWW, Kenyon Writer's Workshop, Duke TIP Ghost Ranch Writer's Workshop, John-Hopkins CTY Writer's Workshop, online CTY writer's workshop, Columbia Journalism Conference (was given an award at the Columbia program) </p></li>
<li><p>Semi-Finalist in "Letters about Literature" contest</p></li>
<li><p>Drew Shakespeare Workshop
-Volunteer work at a local library
-Volunteer work at the Drew Shakespeare Theater </p></li>
<li><p>Went on a two week Spanish immersion and classes trip with a home stay</p></li>
<li><p>Volunteer work from a young age at a food pantry</p></li>
<li><p>Founded a pancake breakfast yearly to make money to send kids to camp</p></li>
<li><p>Published a poem in Teen Ink, national publication </p></li>
<li><p>Editor-in-Chief of Kenyon Young Writer's Workshop anthology and Ghost Writer's Anthology</p></li>
<li><p>Got one varsity letter each in Field Hockey, Track, and Cross Country before dropping</p></li>
<li><p>Tutoring</p></li>
</ul>

<p>I think that's mostly it. </p>

<p>I want to major in Creative Writing and Gender and Sexuality Studies. My CA essay is on collecting signatures for a petition for the gay rights center I work at and how it's changed my ability to accept rejection. My short one is on writing and my relationship with it. I'm a very good writer and I've extensively worked on my essays. </p>

<p>What are my chances at Wesleyan for ED?
What about Williams and Middlebury for ED?
And for RD: Brown, Yale, Cornell, Haverford, Swarthmore Oberlin, Kenyon, Williams, Middlebury, Wesleyan, Hamilton, Vassar, Bowdoin, U of Maryland at College Park, Rutgers (in state)? </p>

<p>I'm nervous about applying ED and not sure where I'll get in. Anything is helpful. </p>

<p>Also: what should I do to improve my chances?</p>

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<p>Please guys? I’m very nervous. :/</p>

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<p>your demographics arent going to help (Jewish, Female, NJ) but you definitely have a legitimate shot. if you like Wesleyan, by all means apply ED! you have nothing to lose, especially not needing financial aid (i.e. you won’t get as much $ as you expected). you have as good a chance as any. applying ED Wesleyan vs. Williams vs. Middlebury isn’t going to be easier or harder at any of them (or markedly so). definitely apply ED at the one you LIKE the most.</p>

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<p>Yeah very true. My demographics do kill me. I interviewed at all of them though on campus. </p>

<p>I was going to ED at Brown…but I overnighted and didn’t like it as much. </p>

<p>Wesleyan’s ED acceptance rate is WAY up though. So I think it would be helpful to apply ED.</p>

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<p>Bumping this. :slight_smile: I’ll chance back!</p>

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<p>Come on guys please! The lack of responses are making me really nervous. :(</p>

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<p>Pretty pretty please? :)</p>

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<p>Is it the title…I don’t get why this thread keeps falling. :P</p>

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<p>your extra curriculars look amazing, i’d feel pretty sure if i was you. we worry a lot but SOMEBODY has to get in to these schools, you know? and your resume looks stellar</p>

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<p>Thank you! But I know that my GPA just isn’t there for some of them. And really, I know people have much better resumes than I do. :frowning: Hopefully it’ll be good enough for Wesleyan and my other top choices. </p>

<p>Any opinions on my chances at the specific schools listed though?</p>

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<p>My, my, there are B’s on your transcript, are there? Well, you obviously aren’t going to get in anywhere!</p>

<p>But seriously, my stats were lower than yours and I got into Oberlin with a $5,000/semester scholarship (although Vassar rejected me). My only advice is to have some solid safeties… and to stay away from chance threads, because they will only stress you out. Make sure you actually LIKE your safeties, by the way–if by some chance you don’t get into any of these marvelously competitive schools despite the fact that you’re quite qualified, you won’t want to end up miserable. It’s cliche to say it now, but decisions are a total crapshoot. You never know.</p>

<p>You seem to be in fine shape to me, though, so don’t freak out.</p>

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<p>You’ve got very good extracurriculars and academics look solid…I think you’ll get in ED :)</p>

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<p>Haha…I wouldn’t say I’m freaking out, but I know my competition is stiff. But that makes me feel better about Oberlin. Congrats for that!</p>

<p>And thank you, I certainly hope so. :)</p>

<p>Does anyone want to take a shot at doing the RD schools as well?</p>

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<p>Bumping up. :)</p>