<p>After hearing that QuestBridge applicants are finding out their decisions, I felt it was an appropriate time to start an official decisions thread.</p>
<p>If you applied to Wellesley, please reply with your stats and final decision! It's so helpful to those who plan to apply in the future.</p>
<p>Here is the formatting. Remember to remove the spaces!</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section):
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] APs (including this year's):
[ *] IBs (including this year's:
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload:
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School:
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.):</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 680M, 660W 760CR
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 spanish 720 bio
[<em>] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 3.8/4.2
[</em>] Rank: top 3%
[li] APs (including this year’s): 3 chem, 4 euro, 5 psych, 5 span, 5 eng. lang., 5 bio, gov, stats, calc, eng. lit. </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Yr Courseload: dance, physics, calc ab/bc, ap stats, ap gov, ap eng, </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.): ap scholar with distinction, natl. hispanic scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ ist]</p>
<p>[li] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): not good, interviewer tried to convince me not to apply</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Location/Person:{list]
[<em>] State or Country:ca
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public
[li] Ethnicity: black/mexican</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Income Bracket:low
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): urm and 1st gen.
[<em>] Strengths: OB, urm, ec’s
[</em>] Weaknesses: essays-lots of mistakes
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: QB must have had a lot to do with it</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]**Other Factors:<a href=“Did%20you%20apply%20ED?”>/b</a> yes General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: congrats to everyone else who was accepted!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 690 CR, 640 M, 640 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 740 Bio M 710 Lit
[<em>] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 3.8/4.5
[</em>] Rank: 37/644
[<em>] ACT:-
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): 2 gov, 3 Lang, 5 Bio, 5 US History, Stats, Psych, Econ, Lit
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s:
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: ap econ, psych, lit and stats, online japanese, peer leadership and animal science
[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.): ap scholar, UGA merit scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Senior Beta Club, National Hispanic Honor Society, Dance, National Honor Society
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer Job at local Water Park
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Topic of my own: How a toy microscope influenced me to study the sciences and ask questions
Why Wellesley: East Asian Studies, Beautiful Campus, ect.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: 1 AP teacher, 1 regular teacher. didn’t read either, but I bet they were good.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: I read it, it was pretty nice.
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Ended up having a VERY strange interview that took place in a restaurant due to some complications. The interview itself went pretty well.
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Interest is Science?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Georgia
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender:Female… of course!
[<em>] Income Bracket: Middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None?
[<em>] Strengths: Essay, Rank, Interview
[</em>]Weaknesses: SAT Scores!!
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: NO IDEA!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]**Other Factors:<a href=“Did%20you%20apply%20ED?”>/b</a> Yes. General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone else!
Im so excited. Now… lets see a nice Financial Aid packet, please? : )</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800CR 670M 730W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 680 Bio E, 700 World, 740 US
[<em>] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 95 UW, 97 W
[</em>] Rank: 12/333
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): World History (5), Human Geography (5), US History (4), English Language (4), Psychology (5), US Gov’t, English Lit, European History, Spanish
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s): N/A
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: APs listed above, Physics ACL, Chorus, Precalc
[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.): All-County Chorus (2008, 2009), National Merit Commended, AP Scholar w/ Distinction</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[li] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Had interview at Wellesley with an admissions counselor, went decently</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Low/Mid-high
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First-generation
[<em>] Strengths: Essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: Rank
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Well-rounded overall, it was my clear first-choice</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Applied ED General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations, everyone!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section): 800CR 770M 800W (single seating)
SAT IIs: 800 Lit, 760 M2, 710 Chem (single seating)
GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 3.60 UW (couple C’s in the 9th grade.)
Rank: doesn’t rank
ACT: 36 E, 36 CR, 32 M, 32 Sci (single seating)
APs (including this year’s): English (5), Chinese (5), Chemistry (4), US History (4), Calculus, US Gov’t, Spanish, Eco
IBs (including this year’s): N/A
Senior Yr Courseload: APs listed above, Honor English
Other stats (Awards, etc.): Some</p>
<p>Subjective:
Teacher Recs: one from math teacher, one from english teacher, should be very good.
Counselor Rec: should be very good too
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Had interview at my high school with an admissions counselor, went very well</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: CT
School Type: Highly Competitive Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not sure.
Strengths: Essays, SAT scores, interview?
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: do not know</p>
<p>Other Factors: Applied ED
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations, everyone!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 3.9, 4.1
[</em>] Rank: 5 out of 300
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): Macro-4, Micro-3, Lang-5, Psych-4, Bio, Lit, U.S. History, U.S. Govt, Comp. govt
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Japanese 4, AP Comp Govt, AP Lit, Stat
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): All-State for Music</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Music, Community Service
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Paid Instrumentalist
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: iffy
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): marketplace. She was very nice, and I felt we got along well.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): attended Interlochen</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Alaska
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): suburban school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): geographic diversity
[</em>] Strengths: Extra-curriculars, strong recommendations
[<em>] Weaknesses: too many activities going on at once, didn’t have a strong focus or “hook”
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: demonstrated a strong interest in Wellesley, visited the campus despite distance, applied ed.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): didn’t submit
[</em>] SAT IIs: didn’t submit
[<em>] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: I’m not sure about unweighted, but my weighted GPA is 4.71
[</em>] Rank:25/511
[<em>] ACT:29
[</em>] APs (including this year’s):AP English Language, AP US History, AP Biology, AP Psychology, AP Calculus AB, AP English Lit
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s:
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload:all AP’s. My school works on a semester system.
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: I don’t think anyone applied early decision this year.
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.):</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Drama, my Internship at an Acting Organization, school’s literary magazine, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): It was about how acting helped me to open up to people and be not as shy as before. My AP Lit teacher said it was excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great. He really liked me
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): I think it went pretty well.
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): I have an internship, does that count?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NH
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: female (of course)
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none.
[</em>] Strengths: My essays, recommendations, and grades.
[<em>] Weaknesses:my test scores.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I think it was mainly because of my essay and my recommendations. I submitted an additional recommendation written by my acting directer. </p>
<p>[/ul]**Other Factors:<a href=“Did%20you%20apply%20ED?”>/b</a> Yes. General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations to everyone who got in ED. For people who are applying RD, I hope this helped!</p>
<p>Stats:[ list]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): didn’t submit
[</em>] SAT IIs: none
[<em>] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 3.8uw, 3.9w
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] APs (including this year’s): chem (4), english, physics, calc ab
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: french 1, health science tech, APs above, online gov
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 5-10 ish?
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Joyce ivy scholar</p>
<p>[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: NHS, dating violence prevention group, relay for life captain, literary magazine, cake decorating, gay straight alliance
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: babysitting
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): how education is like jelly beans (i.e. delicious and amazing) for common app, list of why wellesley reasons
[</em>] Teacher Recs: pretty good, not AMAZING, but I sent in an extra from the woman in charge of the dating violence group who <3 s me.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: not great… class of 500
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): none
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): no</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MI
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public, best in state
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: hahahahahahahahahahaaa
[<em>] Income Bracket: middle… can’t afford college but don’t qualify to oodles of aid
[</em>] Strengths: unique essays and ECs, extra non-teacher rec letter
[ <em>] Weaknesses: GPA-I got two Cs in my junior year (hard classes, but still) so I thought I didn’t have a chance! All As other than that though. I think my first quarter grades restored their faith in me
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I think my essays and ECs were interesting and different, but I honestly don’t know for sure why. I’m not mad at it though!!</p>
<p>[/ul]**Other Factors:<a href=“Did%20you%20apply%20ED?”>/b</a> Yes
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: CONGRATS everyone! And I hope this helps RD people. I was flipping out over not-so-great junior year grades, but it’s possible to make yourself shine in other ways **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT IIs: chemistry 770
[</em>] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 3.6/4.4
[<em>] Rank: my school doesnt rank due to its ridiculous competitiveness
[</em>] ACT: 33 superscored
[li] APs (including this year’s): [/li]ap calc ab-4
ap chem-5
ap psychology-5
ap us gov’t-5</p>
<p>[li] Senior Yr Courseload: [/li]AP biology
AP human geography
AP environmental science
AP statistics
Honors English 12
Honors French 6</p>
<p>[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 4
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): </p>
<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: too many to count, PM me if you want the .pdf
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: NIH (nat. inst. health) NCI-(nat. cancer institute)
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): PM if you want it
[</em>] Teacher Recs: 2 (1 from ap chemistry teacher, 1 from world history teacher)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: 1
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): GREAT, at a bookstore
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): PM ME lol</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian
[</em>] Gender: F obviously
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100k +
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): PM me lol
[<em>] Strengths: writing, sciences
[</em>] Weaknesses: most likely math
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: my extracurriculars (my resume detailed 5+ officer positions, including community service, and perhaps my course workload for all 4 years, and my interview went very well) </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Other Factors:<a href=“Did%20you%20apply%20ED?”>/b</a> General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>i still don’t believe i got in.
i’m waiting for the letter =)</p>
<p>Hudablossom… only 136 girls were accepted ED this year. While the amount of accepted CC students is pretty amazing, I am sure there were girls who got rejected ED.</p>
<p>It used to be 65%, but it has dropped in the past few years to 51%.</p>
<p>With 51%, that means there would have been around 272 applicants. Nevertheless, we won’t know for sure until they come out with the official numbers.</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size] OR
]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section):n/a
[ *] SAT IIs:n/a
[ *] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted:3.6
[ *] Rank:n/a
[ *] ACT:30
[ *] APs (including this year’s):n/a (school does not offer APs)
[ *] IBs (including this year’s:n/a
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: equivalent to all APs
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School:2</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: too many to list
[ *] Job/Work Experience: summer lifeguard
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): political participation
[ *] Teacher Recs:Good, I hope
[ *] Counselor Rec:Good, I hope
[ *] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):ha- my interview was weird but she said she thought I would be a great fit </p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: MA
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): highly competitive
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female (of course)
[ *] Income Bracket: >$75,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): athletic recruit
[ *] Strengths: everything! jk- probably coursework, I’ve taken the equivalent to all AP classes since the spring of my sophomore year
[ *] Weaknesses: Science grades…
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I have no idea but am so happy!</p>
