<p>Wellesley has been my top choice for ages. I visited multiple times, did overnight visits, interviewed there, etc. I applied EE, got an unlikely, sent them some more grades, and still got rejected. I still want to go to Wellesley. </p>
<p>When I contacted the admissions office, they said I was rejected because of my lower math scores. If I take classes to raise my achievement level in Math over the summer, do you think I could appeal to the admissions office to reconsider me? Or is that just ridiculous?</p>
<p>I really don’t think that people get rejections overturned…ever. I also think, as unpleasant as this sounds, that you should be aware of the possibility that it was more than your math scores that led you to not be accepted to Wellesley. By this I mean that your low math scores may have been the first, easiest thing that came to mind for the admissions counselor you spoke to to explain your rejection. I don’t say this to rub salt in the wound or imply that you were a bad applicant or anything of that nature, but only to point out that it probably isn’t as simple as “well you definitely would have been accepted if your Math SAT score was 200 points higher (or whatever)”. </p>
<p>I agree with Chedva, that you do have some other options if you really desperately want to attend Wellesley. You could take a gap year, if you decide that that would be a good option for you after doing some research into what it entails to take a gap year and reapply as a competitive applicant. Wellesley does take transfer students (although to my knowledge it is a VERY selective process), so that is an option as well. Finally, like many people who are not admitted to their first choice, you could spend a month or two licking your wounds and then set your mind to having the best possible experience at whatever school you do choose to attend. Actually, I recommend this whether you attend a school with the intentions of applying or not. If you don’t give your school a chance and show up determined not to like it, the chances are very high that that will be a self-fulfilling prophecy. </p>
<p>I’m truly sorry that you were so disappointed by your rejection, but I think it is better for you to focus on possibilities (gap year, transferring, making the best of your chosen school) than on impossibilities (having your rejection overturned).</p>
<p>You will not be able to reverse a rejection. Pretty much your only option is to transfer if you really want to go to Wellesley.</p>
<p>However, admissions committees generally know a lot more about the student body/the school than applicants. They may see something in you/your application that shows them that you likely would not be a good fit for the school. This may seem hurtful, but they are also doing you a favor. I am sure you have been accepted to other wonderful schools; go to one of those, enjoy your time there. If you find that you don’t, then apply to transfer elsewhere. Good luck!</p>
<p>This is going to sound doubly harsh, but you wrote in another thread that you applied to something like eight schools and were rejected at all of them except at your safety school. This might indicate that you set your sights a bit too high or there was something that stuck out in your application (maybe the essay or maybe the classes you took at CC your senior year, which, depending on the classes could be less challenging then high school classes).</p>