Official Wellesley College 2018 EE Predictions

aninab · February 25, 2014, 12:41am

Choose One:
Prediction: LIKELY

Objective

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Reading 780, Math 780, Writing 800.
[]SAT II (place score in parentheses): Biology (790), English (800), Spanish (760)
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77
[]AP (place score in parentheses): Eight exams taken, two fours and the rest fives.
[]Senior Year Course Load: Two APs.
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing big, but honors societies and things like that.
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Subjective

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[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Chamber choir (section leader), a cappella group (director), every honors choir I could wrangle myself into, internship with an endocrinologist, theatre.
[]Job/Work Experience: Two years working at a coffee shop.
[]Volunteer/Community Service: Hardly any.
[]Summer Activities: Travel, course requirements, choir intensives.
[]Essays: Pretty good, if I say so myself.
[]Teacher Recommendations: Biology, Psychology, and chorus teachers.
[]Counselor Rec: She doesn’t know me from Eve.
[]Interview: with a really vague lady who seemed impressed with me?
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Other

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[]State (if domestic applicant): MD
[]School Type: normal
[]Ethnicity: multi-racial
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): very very multicultural?
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Reflection

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[]Strengths: Strong SATs, decent grades, great leadership and prestigious choral awards.
[]Weaknesses: Applied as a science student with very little resume bulk in science.
[]Why you think you received a likely/possible/unlikely prediction: I’m a pretty strong applicant, and not a lot of girls apply there from my county.
[]Where else you have applied and/or have been accepted/rejected: Denied ED to the University of Pennsylvania, accepted to the University of Maryland College Park Scholars program.
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General comments/advice/hindsight: A lot of it depends on context. I took so many APs, but that’s the done thing at my school, where basically all of them are offered. I was one of maybe three people from my school who applied, and the strongest candidate out of them.

doodleshock · February 25, 2014, 12:42am

Choose One:
Prediction: LIKELY

Objective

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR, 690 M, 760 W
[]ACT (breakdown): N/A
[]SAT II (place score in parentheses): 750 English Literature, 650 Math II (clearly math isn’t my strongpoint)
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank (and thank goodness for that)
[]AP (place score in parentheses): English Literature (5), European History (4), Calculus AB (5), Calculus BC (4), United States History (4), Environmental Science (3)
[]IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP Physics C, Creative Writing, AP Statistics, 20th Century American History Research Seminar, Robotics 4
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist? Does that count?[/li][/ul]

Subjective

[ul]
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Robotics (Computer-Aided Design lead, 2 years), avid blogger (founder and writer for 5 years, invited to speak at a digital media conference), peer tutor (2 years)
[]Job/Work Experience: Lol
[]Volunteer/Community Service: Cello instructor at a music center in Downtown Los Angeles for kids who otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford private music lessons; volunteer blogger at a conference for Asian-Americans in digital media; library volunteer (mostly shelving books and stuff)
[]Summer Activities:
[]Essays: Personal Statement (common app): I wrote about how I used blogging as a way to poke fun at my insecurities about being horribly below the Asian standards; Wellesley 100 Essay: Wrote about how much I appreciate that the Pamela Daniels Fellowship and the Wellesley community will support my efforts to explore my interests and discover what I want to do in the future. I’m not really sure what else to say about this essay other than that I thought it was fantastic (then again, that could be just me tooting my own horn).
[]Teacher Recommendations: Really unsure about both!
[]Counselor Rec: I only really got to know my college counselor after he’d written my rec, so I’m not sure.
[]Additional Rec: none
[li]Interview: It went really well! I interviewed on campus over the summer; the interviewer was a recent graduate (class of 2013) and was very friendly. It ended up being much more like a fun “get-to-know-you” chat than a formal interview, and I completely forgot to give her the resume I’d prepared. I loved how casual it was![/li][/ul]

Other

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[]State (if domestic applicant): CA
[]Country (if international applicant):
[]School Type: Private
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Income Bracket: >200k
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none (as if Asians will ever count as URMs. Pft.)
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Reflection

[ul]
[]Strengths: my devotion to blogging and the robotics team—and definitely, definitely, definitely my Why Wellesley essay. 
[]Weaknesses: UW GPA, math SAT scores (seriously, you’d think I’d be better at math since I completed Calc BC in junior year)
[]Why you think you received a likely/possible/unlikely prediction: I know they say that essays won’t make or break your application, but I think my essay helped me out a lot. (To those of you who are getting ready to apply to schools and don’t know what to write about, heartfelt essays will help you out a lot. Write about what you know and be honest.) My interview went well too, but I’m not sure how much weight is put on those during the admissions process.
[]Where else you have applied and/or have been accepted/rejected: Accepted to Case Western, Smith, Mills, and Drexel. Waiting on Harvard, Yale, U Penn, Pomona, Scripps, Claremont McKenna, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Irvine, and Boston University.
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General comments/advice/hindsight: I was really bracing myself for a “possible.” I promised myself very early in the school year that I wouldn’t get my hopes up about any school I applied to, so I didn’t let myself freak out about the EE decision. That said, I’m a lot happier right now than I’d thought I would be. I’m feeling extremely validated. Getting a likely from Wellesley and an early-write from Smith on the same day has put me in such a good mood. I haven’t been able to stop smiling since I heard back from Wellesley. It’s still crazy expensive and it doesn’t offer merit scholarships, though, so I don’t know if I’ll end up attending at the end of the day.

Congrats to all of the likely candidates, and to all of the possibles and unlikelies: Wellesley is a wonderful school, but there are plenty of other fish in the sea. You will find your way regardless of which school you end up at; remember that what you do with your college education matters infinitely many times more than where you receive it.

Also, do not underestimate the power of research. My mom has been trying to force Wellesley on me since I was a little girl, and it wasn’t until this year that I got around to doing some research on it. I found myself increasingly interested in it, and I think my excitement peaked while I was in the middle of writing the Wellesley supplement. My advice is to do some thorough research on all of the schools to which you’ve applied; you may find yourself pleasantly surprised.

I wish you all the best of luck!

cptbtptp41 · February 25, 2014, 12:52am

a Likely!!!
Do they reject people with a likely? I’ll be super disappointed if so

lydiamanglin · February 25, 2014, 1:11am

Possible for me… Slightly disappointed, but I’m not going to let it beat me!

As Winston Churchill once said: “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

So happy for all the likelys! Hopefully I’ll have the opportunity to join y’all in August :)

oboist · February 25, 2014, 1:15am

Prediction: LIKELY

Objective

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[] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (M 800 CR 800 W 780)
[]ACT (breakdown): Never taken
[]SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math II (770) Literature (720) Biology – M (690)
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 5.333 (School has 5.0 scale.)
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Do not rank.
[]AP (place score in parentheses): AP Gov (5) AP Psych (4)
[]IB (place score in parentheses):
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Micro, AP Macro, Environmental Economics Systems, AP Calc BC, AP Stat, Physics, Western Euro Cultural Studies, Mentorship
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Intel Science Talent Search Semifinalist[/li][/ul]

Subjective

[ul]
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Wind Ensemble (Principal Oboist), Orchestra (Principal Oboist), Measures for the Future (President), Economics Club (President), DECA (Treasurer), Counseling Services (Peer College Counselor)
[]Job/Work Experience: Research internship at prestigious lab under world-famous professor
[]Volunteer/Community Service: Volunteered at Camp and Conference Center, Emily K Tutoring Center, and local elementary school
[]Summer Activities: Took multiple online courses, full-time research internship
[]Essays: Pretty strong; CommonApp was about my passion for writing
[]Teacher Recommendations: Unsure of one, but the other was probably very specific and listed me as one of the best students the teacher has had
[]Counselor Rec: Decent, I’m sure
[]Additional Rec: Recommendation from my research mentor – had some great things to say
[li]Interview: Did not interview[/li][/ul]

Other

[ul]
[]State (if domestic applicant): NC
[]Country (if international applicant):
[]School Type: Public boarding
[]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[]Income Bracket: Prefer not to say
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
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Reflection

[ul]
[]Strengths: Strong ECs, four years of boarding school experience, research experience
[]Weaknesses: APs, SAT IIs, second rec, maybe?
[]Why you think you received a likely/possible/unlikely prediction: Good fit stats wise, strong interest in school demonstrated (visited, attended multiple info sessions, met with alums)
[]Where else you have applied and/or have been accepted/rejected: Accepted to UNC-Chapel Hill and applied to Bryn Mawr, Brown, Dartmouth, Duke, Harvard, Princeton, Smith, Stanford, UChicago, Wharton, and Yale
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General comments/advice/hindsight: I’m very excited to be accepted to Wellesley! It is one of my top choices and I look forward to getting responses from the other schools.

artemis4705 · February 25, 2014, 1:19am

Choose One:

Prediction: POSSIBLE

Objective

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[]ACT (breakdown): 34. 36 on English, 34 on science, 30 on math, 36 on reading, 35 on writing
[]SAT II (place score in parentheses):
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): High school doesn’t rank
[]AP (place score in parentheses): 5 fives: NSL, Lang, World History, Calculus, Environment
[]IB (place score in parentheses):
[]Senior Year Course Load: 2 IB classes, 3 APs, plus multivariable calculus
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction[/li][/ul]

Subjective

[ul]
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):Costume department of theater department (co-head), Photography Club (co-founder and president for two years) weekly voice, guitar lessons, selected for leadership program in school
[]Job/Work Experience:CIT every summer, babysitting
[]Volunteer/Community Service:Completed 200+hour community service project with pediatric cancer patients last summer, 200+ misc. community service hours
[]Summer Activities:see above
[]Essays:my counselor said it was one of the best she’d seen all year
[]Teacher Recommendations:waived
[]Counselor Rec:waived
[]Additional Rec:
[li]Interview:Seemed to go fine[/li][/ul]

Other

[ul]
[]State (if domestic applicant):MD
[]Country (if international applicant):
[]School Type:public
[]Ethnicity:Caucasion
[]Income Bracket:100+
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none
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Reflection

[ul]
[]Strengths:grades, test scores, I think essays
[]Weaknesses:got 3 Bs this past semester
[]Why you think you received a likely/possible/unlikely prediction:Those Bs? Don’t know.
[]Where else you have applied and/or have been accepted/rejected:UVA accepted, state schools accepted (won a merit scholarship to one of them) Harvard, deferred
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General comments/advice/hindsight: I don’t know, really. I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
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awesomeirl · February 25, 2014, 1:49am

Prediction: LIKELY

Objective

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2230 (M:710, W:790, R:730)
[]ACT (breakdown): 32 (Superscore; R:33, W:34, M:29, S:31)
[]SAT II (place score in parentheses): Didn’t take
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.67
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 35/434
[]AP (place score in parentheses): World History(5), US History(5), Language and Composition(4)
[]IB (place score in parentheses): Not offered
[]Senior Year Course Load:AP Physics B, AP literature, AP French, AP Calculus BC, Academic Decathlon, Independent Study and Mentorship, Business Information Management (you’re run of the mill state mandated course), AP Biology (self study)
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar (meh), NM Commended, National Achievement Finalist [/li][/ul]

Subjective

[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):Assistant researcher at the University of Texas at Dallas, Independent Study and Mentorship (currently developing surgical device, mentored by general surgeon, interviewed surgical professionals including the former Dean of a notable medical school), Junior World Affairs Council (Founder/President), Orchestra, Orchestra Historian, Academic Decathlon (gold in music, silver in language and literature)
[]Job/Work Experience: I have an online t-shirt store on Zazzle…this probably doesn’t count
[]Volunteer/Community Service: Public library, Red Cross, Local Hospital, sporadic school events, a community art center in CO
[]Summer Activities:Engineering camp, independent research in nanomaterials
[]Essays:
[list]
[li]Common App: 7/10, though I sent my CA out to some CC members and they found it well written and captivating. About my horrible driving skills.[/li][] Supplemental: 8/10. Generic-ish but well written. It was about my nerdiness,why I wanted to major in anthropology, and what I wanted from Wellesley

[]Teacher Recommendations:One thinks I’m brilliant, the other “very bright”. They’re probably well written
[]Counselor Rec: It was probably good (as are most recommendations…?) I’m just another one of 434 high school seniors, haha
[]Additional Rec:
[]Interview:
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Other

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[]State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[]Country (if international applicant):U.S. of A!!
[]School Type: Mid-sized Public school
[]Ethnicity:African-American (Whattup fellow West Africans!)
[]Income Bracket: 100k+ (parents are divorced,dad’ has low income
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
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Reflection

[]Strengths: Test scores (for an AA…), EC’s, URM status, quirky CA essay
[]Weaknesses: GPA
[]Why you think you received a likely/possible/unlikely prediction: Let’s face it: I’m a minority
[]Where else you have applied and/or have been accepted/rejected:
[list]
[]Safeties:Texas A&M, Miss State, U Alabama, Ohio State, U Minn- twin cities, University of Texas at Dallas, U Houston (Most with full rides/ generous scholarships).
[]Reach:Vanderbilt; Waiting on Tufts, WUSTL, Emory

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General comments/advice/hindsight: I honestly didn’t think that I’d get in. Good luck you guys!
To future applicants: Don’t take any of the things that some of the CC-er’s say to heart, their standards are absurd! It sounds cliche but try to focus on being the best person you can be rather than college applicant. Feel free to message me if you have any questions, essay reading requests, etc.

chinadoll2010 · February 25, 2014, 2:02am

I wasn’t originally planning to do this, but as these posts have been helpful to me in the past, I want to add some insight :)

Choose One:
Prediction: LIKELY

Objective

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (W 750/ M 760/ CR 780)
[]ACT (breakdown): N/A
[]SAT II (place score in parentheses): Bio (770) Math II (780) USH (720)
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.25 weighted- school doesn’t do unweighted gpa
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not officially rank but 5/410
[]APs (Scores): Biology (4), USH (5) Stats (5)
[]IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP English Literature, AP French, AP Calc BC, Physics, Symphony Orchestra
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing really[/li][/ul]

Subjective

[ul]
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Mock Trial (captain), NHS (President), Pit Orchestra, Children’s Sunday School teacher, Worship Team for Youth Group (Leader), Tri-M
[]Job/Work Experience:
[]Volunteer/Community Service: mainly church related.
[]Summer Activities: Teaching english to students in rural China, urban restoration project in Boston, eating ice cream
[]Essays: I spent a lot of time on my common application essay and was pretty happy with it. For my Wellesley supplement, I chose to write about the empowering environment at Wellesley and how it has the potential to shape me to be a leader like it has for many others in the past. Not as unique as my CA one, but I was pretty happy with it.
[]Teacher Recommendations: Didn’t read, but I assume both were good
[]Counselor Rec: Very detailed and specific
[]Additional Rec: Personal Rec from Mock Trial coach
[li]Interview: missed the scheduling deadline… oops?[/li][/ul]

Other

[ul]
[]State (if domestic applicant): New England
[]Country (if international applicant):
[]School Type: standard suburban high school
[]Ethnicity: you probably can tell based on the information above lol
[]Income Bracket: not sure, but definitely middle class
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope.
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Reflection

[ul]
[]Strengths: Strong GPA, test scores, showed a focused passion towards music and volunteering in application
[]Weaknesses: no hooks or major awards
[]Why you think you received a likely/possible/unlikely prediction: Honestly I am just so blessed and grateful for this decision. I owe it all to God <3
[]Where else you have applied and/or have been accepted/rejected: Smith (Early write), Northeastern, my state school. no rejections so far, and many more to wait for
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General comments/advice/hindsight: to any future applicants: start early, do research, and work on those essays. its gonna be the hardest first semester of your high school career, but it will definitely pay off. be confident!!

CatchingMyStars · February 25, 2014, 2:41am

Prediction: UNLIKELY

Objective

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2100
[]ACT (breakdown):
[]SAT II (place score in parentheses): 730 Math 2, 690 Lit, 790 Chinese
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): None available
[li]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%[/li][/ul]

Subjective

[ul]
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Tennis Team, Debate Team
[]Job/Work Experience:
[]Volunteer/Community Service: I do a lot of this, this was my selling point.
[]Summer Activities:
[]Essays: Pretty good, I was proud of them.
[]Teacher Recommendations: Good, hopefully?
[li]Interview: My interviewer was the Head Alumni and she loved me, even said she would strongly recommend me for Wellesley. We met thrice. [/li][/ul]

Other

[ul]
[]State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
[]Country (if international applicant): Singapore
[]School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Income Bracket:
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
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Reflection

[ul]
[]Strengths: My ECs, leadership (I have a lot).
[]Weaknesses: SAT scores?
[]Why you think you received a likely/possible/unlikely prediction: My SAT scores. It really sucks because almost everyone said i’d get in, and I didn’t even get a possibly. It was a huge blow - this was the easiest school I applied to, so what does that say about my others? Oh man…
[]Where else you have applied and/or have been accepted/rejected: Brown deferred me. Sigh.
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General comments/advice/hindsight:
Oh well.

nhdmaniac · February 25, 2014, 3:40am

Choose One:
Prediction: LIKELY

Objective

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (690CR, 710M, 710W), didn’t officially send (but it’s on my transcript so…)
[]ACT (breakdown): 34 (34S, 34M, 33R, 34E, 35+Essay, 12 essay)
[]SAT II (place score in parentheses): AHAHA I didn’t take these 'til Jan and Wellesley doesn’t get to see them – 710 Lit, 750 Math 1. Yes, Math 1.
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): probably like 3.96-ish. We only report weighted.
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/227
[]AP (place score in parentheses): 33444555
[]IB (place score in parentheses): lol my school isn’t this good
[]Senior Year Course Load: Physics (we don’t have honors/AP physics), AP Lit, AP Stats, APUSH, band
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, some NHD stuff, whatever AP scholar I am (if you genuinely cared, you could figure it out), a bunch of more minor awards.[/li][/ul]

Subjective

[ul]
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): band (section leader and principal clarinet), debate (captain), literary journal/mag (editor in chief), a couple of smaller things
[]Job/Work Experience: nope
[]Volunteer/Community Service: not really – I’ve done some, but haven’t mentioned any on my app
[]Summer Activities: travelling, the beach, reading Allen Ginsberg, I don’t think I’ve mentioned any of this, either.
[]Essays: So I scrapped my original CA essay like 4 days before the 1/1 deadline and wrote a new one. It’s the place of content, and I talk about w the band room is perfectly imperfect (I promise that it sounds better than my 1-sentence synopsis). I thought my supplement sucked. Like really. It seems so scattered. But the gist is, Wellesley is awesome because it has an ice cream endowment, Lulu, Honor Code, blah blah, but especially because it has Centers devoted to the study of women. Women’s studies (esp. reproductive rights) is kind of my thing, so YEEEEEAH GO WELLESLEY. But really. I can’t judge how good/bad my own writing is. Other people say that my writing is good, but sometimes I feel like my writing is either a.) extremely pretentious (when I write informally) or b.) too academic (when I write formally), and when I combine the two, it just sounds a little off. (But again, I know that my writing is better than that of many of my peers, but that means very little when the avg M+CR+W is less than 1400)
[]Teacher Recommendations: not bad, I guess. I’ve heard both of them describe the recs, and they both seem to reiterate my awards. I know for a fact that I don’t have straight-down 1%s on the evaluation.
[]Counselor Rec: Straight-down 1%s, probably relatively generic. You can’t blame him though, he has to do like 80 of these or something.
[]Additional Rec: nope
[li]Interview: nope[/li][/ul]

Other

[ul]
[]State (if domestic applicant): I live in the middle of the pacific ocean
[]Country (if international applicant):
[]School Type: mediocre public
[]Ethnicity: Golden Oreo, Twinkie, aka white and Asian
[]Income Bracket: I’m not looking forward to Wellesley’s fin aid package. I’ll get some, but’ll be lucky if they give more than 30k. But also, this isn’t important because Wellesley is need blind for Americans.
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope
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Reflection

[ul]
[]Strengths: Oh yeah I won the Wellesley Book Award does this matter? GPA, ACT, geographic diversity
[]Weaknesses: So I got a semester C last year and have had a slight downward trend in 9-11 (I have straight As now, and took 7 AP classes in 11th because I’m stupid). Not the most favorable of races,
[]Why you think you received a likely: probably geographic diversity. Also I’m pretty smart, so that doesn’t hurt.
[]Where else you have applied and/or have been accepted/rejected: Accepted: UMD College Park (Banneker/Key), Alabama (NMF scholarship), Vanderbilt (early write thing via MOSAIC invite). Deferred Yale SCEA. No rejections yet, but I did get rejected from Alabama UFE (I made semi-finalist), and Washington and Lee’s Johnson Scholarship. I applied to a bunch more super-reaches so it wouldn’t be surprising if this were my last acceptance.
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General comments/advice/hindsight: This is certainly nice. I did apply to Wellesley on a whim (it was free ok?) and did it a lot in part so that I’d get some type of decision from any college before late March because waiting sucks. I totally forgot that I was getting a decision until a four days ago when I was browsing this forum and realized “oh yeah, that’s a thing,” so luckily, I didn’t get a lot of that waiting-for-decision stress. (The days leading up to March 27 are going to be brutal.) Unless financial aid turns out to be phenomenal, which it probably won’t, I don’t think Wellesley will be in my future. I’m happy, though.

TakeABreath · February 25, 2014, 3:46am

Prediction: LIKELY

Objective

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 Superscored (800 CR, 750 M, 760 W)
[]ACT (breakdown): Didn’t take
[]SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math II (800) Physics (770)
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 30 out of about 650
[]AP (place score in parentheses): 5 on Chem, Calc BC, Comp Sci, English Lang, USH, 4 on Physics B
[]IB (place score in parentheses): Not in IB, but take all IB level courses at school
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Lit, AP Econ/Gov, Multivariable Calc and Linear Algebra, AP Bio, IB Film, IB Computer Science
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): FBLA National Finalist in Cyber Security[/li][/ul]

Subjective

[ul]
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): FRC (Captain and Media Director), Chinese Club (Secretary, President) and a bunch of other stuff I did for a year and quit
[]Job/Work Experience: Summer internship doing chemistry research
[]Volunteer/Community Service: None outside of what I do with FRC
[]Summer Activities: None
[]Essays: Common App one was cringe worthy imo, Why Wellesley was a bit if a rant on STEM biases against women and is in retrospect also cringe worthy, but I guess the admissions committee liked it.
[]Teacher Recommendations: I was told that they were good, but I waived my rights.
[]Counselor Rec: Decent. I’m from a large school and thus the counselors rarely know students.
[]Additional Rec: Research mentor.
[li]Interview: Didn’t have one.[/li][/ul]

Other

[ul]
[]State (if domestic applicant): CA
[]School Type: Public Magnet
[]Ethnicity: Asian American
[]Income Bracket: $100k+
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None :([/li][/ul]

Reflection

[ul]
[]Strengths: Ridiculous hours dedicated to and passion for FRC, Test scores, Courseload, Recs.
[]Weaknesses: Essays, lack of volunteer work, pretty bad junior year grades.
[]Why you think you received a likely/possible/unlikely prediction: I really don’t know and am super grateful for the result.
[]Where else you have applied and/or have been accepted/rejected: Accepted to UCR. Waiting on 15 other schools (I went crazy on applying to safeties because I was afraid everyone would reject me LOL)
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General comments/advice/hindsight: Honestly, there were a lot of reasons why I’m not a perfect student, and had the committee focused on that, I wouldn’t have gotten in. However, I’m really glad that schools don’t just look for perfect grades, perfect scores, perfection. I think you just have to give your best shot at being human and genuine, and remember that if they don’t accept you, it’s more of a reflection of what culture they’re trying to create rather than your own abilities. :)

venturalize · February 25, 2014, 4:26am

They would never reject an applicant who received a “likely,” right? The way they phrase it in the letter doesn’t really offer a lot of comfort.

txhandan · February 25, 2014, 4:46am

^^ When we talked to an official from Wellesley, we were told very rarely they reject a Likely, unless some dramatic changes.

pennyballoon · February 25, 2014, 5:56am

I got a likely! I am ecstatic right now, I can’t even contain it. I will post stats later because I’ve got work to do right now, but I’m really excited! And also yay! If you got a possible or unlikely, keep your head up-- college is what you make it, and no matter where you go you will be happy and successful. There are so many great colleges and universities out there, Wellesley is just one of thousands. I hope everybody is having a great day! :D

ionu123 · February 25, 2014, 7:29pm

Choose One:
Prediction: LIKELY

Objective

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2390 (790CR)
[]ACT (breakdown): -
[]SAT II (place score in parentheses): Three 800s
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): -
[]AP (place score in parentheses): Three 5s
[]IB (place score in parentheses): -
[]Senior Year Course Load: Econ, Political Science, History, English, Multivariable Calc, Physics, etc.
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Semi-finalist, USXXO Finalist, published research papers, NMF, some music awards[/li][/ul]

Subjective

[ul]
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Music group section leader, Coach of science competition teams, President of tutoring club, Head of volunteering committee, research lab
[]Job/Work Experience: Lab Internship
[]Volunteer/Community Service: 400+ hours
[]Summer Activities: summer camp mentor, research lab project
[]Essays: Common App- 8/10, Why Wellesley- 5/10
[]Teacher Recommendations: No idea
[]Counselor Rec: No idea
[]Additional Rec: None
[li]Interview: None[/li][/ul]

Other

[ul]
[]State (if domestic applicant): -
[]Country (if international applicant): -
[]School Type: -
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Income Bracket: 200K+
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): ORM anti-hook
[/ul]

Reflection

[ul]
[]Strengths: Awards, Stats
[]Weaknesses: Why Wellesley essay- I found 3-4 typos after submission b/c I was rushing to make the EE deadline…oops
[]Why you think you received a likely/possible/unlikely prediction: No idea tbh
[]Where else you have applied and/or have been accepted/rejected: State school (honors program), Brown (likely letter). Waiting on a few more schools!
[/ul]

*General comments/advice/hindsight: Congrats to all the EE LLs and good luck to all other applicants! *

pennyballoon · February 25, 2014, 9:10pm

Choose One:
Prediction: LIKELY

Objective

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): did not take
[]ACT (breakdown):31 overall—36 reading, 34 english, 28 math, 27 science, 10 essay
[]SAT II (place score in parentheses): did not take
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):21/568
[]AP (place score in parentheses): English Language (5), U.S. History (4), Biology (3)
[]IB (place score in parentheses): this is not available at my school
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP US Gov/AP Microecon, AP Chem, Advanced Performance Mixed Show Choir, AP Calc AB, AP Lit, Academic Decathlon
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Varsity Letter in Choir, AP Scholar Award, 2nd place National Spanish Exam two years in a row, All State Jazz Choir 2nd Chair, Regional Choir 25th Chair[/li][/ul]

Subjective

[ul]
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
Lots and lots of choir—madrigal/jazz/show choir after school (section leader), choir council for three years (historian, then vice president for two years), Opera Club (founder and president), Red Cross Club (secretary).
[]Job/Work Experience: Three years as an office assistant as a law firm
[]Volunteer/Community Service: Three summers of full time volunteering at a water quality lab, Various projects with the Red Cross
[]Summer Activities: Volunteering at a water quality lab, travelling
[]Essays: I loved my essays. I spent weeks working on them, and I had four different people help me edit and work on them.
[]Teacher Recommendations: my AP Bio teacher, AP English teacher. They were definitely good if not great, I have great relationships with both of those teachers.
[]Counselor Rec: She doesn’t know me well, my high school is pretty big, but I made sure to communicate with her a lot about where I was applying and what I needed, what my goals were, and I made sure to thank her often and update her on anything interesting I was doing so that she had something to write about.
[]Additional Rec: My Red Cross Club director
[li]Interview: I interviewed with a student at Wellesley on campus and it went very well, we got along great. [/li][/ul]

Other

[ul]
[]State (if domestic applicant): Arizona
[]Country (if international applicant):
[]School Type: Large Public high school
[]Ethnicity: I am as white as they come
[]Income Bracket: ~$100,000
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I have two great aunts who went to Wellesley, and I visited twice despite how far away I live
[/ul]

Reflection

[ul]
[]Strengths: My essays, and my recommendations
[]Weaknesses: My ACT score
[]Why you think you received a likely/possible/unlikely prediction: I put everything I had into this application, and I feel like I’m a unique applicant—no one from my high school has ever applied. 
[]Where else you have applied and/or have been accepted/rejected:
[/ul]

General comments/advice/hindsight:
I just tried to make myself seem like the real person that I am. I worked very hard to let go of the “make myself look like the perfect applicant” thing, and it was tough, but I got there and it was worth it.

cutiedida · February 25, 2014, 9:58pm

Choose One:
Prediction: LIKELY

Objective

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[]ACT (breakdown): 35 (36R, 34M, 33S, 34E, 10 Essay)
[]SAT II (place score in parentheses): 740 BioM, 710 Lit
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
[]AP (place score in parentheses): School does not offer APs
[]IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[]Senior Year Course Load: Online AP Chemistry, English, History, French, Stats, Calc
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A[/li][/ul]

Subjective

[ul]
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Peer tutor, Book Club Head, Athletics at a high level
[]Job/Work Experience: Intern in a Biology research lab at local university
[]Volunteer/Community Service: N/A
[]Summer Activities: MIT WTP
[]Essays: My essay for Wellesley was my best one!
[]Teacher Recommendations: Awesome (so they say…)
[]Counselor Rec: I have no idea
[]Additional Rec: One from my MIT counselor, one from my coach. I assume they were both great
[li]Interview: We talked for four hours![/li][/ul]

Other

[ul]
[]State (if domestic applicant): NY
[]Country (if international applicant): USA
[]School Type: Tiny “alternative” private, most kids don’t go to college because they go into artistic professions
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Income Bracket: Top 1%
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]

Reflection

[ul]
[]Strengths: Huge upward trend (last two years 95%+ average), strong test scores, great recommendations, great essay, my interviewer and I were like two peas in a pod
[]Weaknesses: Relatively low GPA, no volunteer experience, limited opportunities at school for advanced classes or clubs
[]Why you think you received a likely/possible/unlikely prediction: I want to major in Physics, maybe do engineering, I guess I came across pretty well!
[]Where else you have applied and/or have been accepted/rejected: I’m still waiting for everywhere else!
[/ul]

General comments/advice/hindsight: I’m honestly in shock. I was dead-set that it would be a possible. I have reloaded the page maybe ten times.

bunnywins · February 25, 2014, 11:07pm

Prediction: LIKELY

Objective

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (800 R, 790 W, 770 M)
[]ACT (breakdown): n/a
[]SAT II (place score in parentheses): 740 Literature, 740 Math II
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
[]AP (place score in parentheses): all 5s (Macro, Micro, English Lit, Calc BC)
[]IB (place score in parentheses): all at end of senior year
[]Senior Year Course Load: full IB courseload (4 at HL) and AP Chinese, AP Environmental Science
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar w/ Honor, NC Governor’s School[/li][/ul]

Subjective

[ul]
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Quiz bowl president, choir (singing at Carnegie Hall this year), tutoring
[]Job/Work Experience: local government internship
[]Volunteer/Community Service: tutoring
[]Summer Activities: NC Governor’s School in English
[]Essays: good
[]Teacher Recommendations: both really strong
[]Counselor Rec: OK, pretty straightforward
[]Additional Rec: really strong
[li]Interview: interviewed at admissions office, went reaaaally well[/li][/ul]

Other

[ul]
[]State (if domestic applicant): NC
[]Country (if international applicant):
[]School Type: huge public
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Income Bracket: 200k+
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): studied abroad for entire year
[/ul]

Reflection

[ul]
[]Strengths: extracurriculars (especially Carnegie Hall) and experience as an exchange student
[]Weaknesses: so-so SAT II scores, being Asian
[]Why you think you received a likely/possible/unlikely prediction: I think my passion for the school really came across in both my essays and interview (it helped that it was with an admissions counselor rather than an alumnus). Good GPA, test scores, and great recommendations definitely helped a lot, too.
[]Where else you have applied and/or have been accepted/rejected: Deferred from Yale, still have to hear back from Brown, Harvard, Columbia, Princeton, Penn, and Duke
[/ul]

General comments/advice/hindsight:
I’m so excited! Wellesley is my first choice, so this made me incredibly happy.

zylchz · February 25, 2014, 11:50pm

Prediction: POSSIBLE

Objective

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (670W 730R 800M)
[]ACT (breakdown): N/A
[]SAT II (place score in parentheses): PHY(750) Math 2(800)
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.55 (4.26W)
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[]AP (place score in parentheses): Calc BC (5), CS (5), Chinese (5), Eng Lang (5)
[]IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, Robotics HNRS, LA HNRS, AP Physics C, AP German, Art
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No[/li][/ul]

Subjective

[ul]
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): XC 2 years, TKD lots of years, Adviser on school committee, Programming competitions
[]Job/Work Experience: Tutoring >2 yrs
[]Volunteer/Community Service: Librarian’s assistant, Relay for Life
[]Summer Activities: Didn’t put on app
[]Essays: Decent
[]Teacher Recommendations: Very good
[]Counselor Rec: Don’t know
[]Additional Rec: N/A
[li]Interview: N/A[/li][/ul]

Other

[ul]
[]State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[]Country (if international applicant):
[]School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Income Bracket: ~100-150k
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): no
[/ul]

Reflection

[ul]
[]Strengths: no idea
[]Weaknesses: GPA, ECs, Essays
[]Why you think you received a likely/possible/unlikely prediction: see weaknesses
[]Where else you have applied and/or have been accepted/rejected: Accepted: Rutgers, NJIT, Stony Brook, WPI
[/ul]

General comments/advice/hindsight: was hoping for a likely/unlikely so I wouldn’t need to wait another month but oh well
Seeing lots of likelys here. Congrats to you all and good luck to all the other people pushed to reg decision!

sophiadd · February 27, 2014, 12:55am

Likely

Objective
SAT I (breakdown): 2100
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
ACT: 35
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP latin, AP english (British and Irish), AP Calc BC, Honors Economics, Honors IR, Orchestra
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): varsity soccer, club soccer, varsity swimming, club swimming, orchestra, Model UN
Job/Work Experience: lifeguard
Volunteer/Community Service: teaching swim lessons, soup kitchen
Summer Activities: lifeguard
Essays: fine
Teacher Recommendations: idk havent read them
Counselor Rec: don’t know haven’t read it
Interview: none

Other
State (if domestic applicant): MA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Income Bracket: 250,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing really.

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