<p>Oops scratch what I wrote about 12 other colleges to choose from. I meant to say 7. Teehee</p>
<p>I got in! I applied EE and got a 'possible' letter, so I'm extremely excited about getting in. Not to mention, my financial aide is ridiculous. Even better than Smith's, which was pretty awesome too.</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone who got in and I wish everyone the best of luck. :)</p>
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<p>For the Laughing Machine, I think I'd say Wellesley over UC Davis only because if you're considering graduate school, a Wellesley undergraduate education MIGHT hold more weight. But then again, you'll probably do ridiculously well at either one, so I don't know.</p>
<p>In my personal opinion, I think the East Coast is more cultured than the West Coast. California is amazing, but hailing from Nevada, I'd say that the West Coast is just so separate from each other whereas... if you live in the East Coast, there's a lot of traveling between Mass., New York, New Hampshire, etc. More chances to meet different people and experience new things. </p>
<p>But that's my opinion and you know your own preferences far better than I do. :)</p>
<p>Rejected after deferral ED. All well, i got waitlisted at Harvard and into Vassar, Amherst,Swarthmore,Bryn Mawr, Mt Holyoke and Haverford. Still, Wellesley was my number one choice! Congrats ladies!</p>
<p>I still haven't heard back...and I'm in NJ. T_T</p>
<p>I got pretty much no FA... like 5k in loans. it'll be really hard for me to go.</p>
<p>Congrats to all! Anyone interested in posting stats to aid us future applicants? It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!</p>
<p>ACCEPTED! I wasn't expecting to get in at all, but it couldn't have come at a better time- I was just waitlisted at George Washington and rejected at Georgetown. I think I'll be sending in my deposit to Wellesley, and then I'll wait and see if I get into George Washington.
I got good financial aid. It was actually less than my EFC.</p>
<p>stats
ACT 34
SAT 2020 (only took it once) 710 cr 710 m 600 w
class rank about 8/90-something
semester as an exchange student in France
essays- GREAT commonapp essay, i don't remember the other one
recommendations- one GREAT one, one that i may or may not have sent (i forget!) from my french teacher- it was decent. not great. she hates me.</p>
<p>accepted.</p>
<p>ACT --29
SAT-- 2010 740cr 710 w 670 m
class rank -- we don't rank, but i'm in the top ten or fifteen percent of a super competitive public residential school
exchange in mexico, student parliament, soccer, blah blah ec's
essays-- pretty sweet i'd say
recs-- one decent one, one awesome but flowery one, and i too had one i may or may not have sent, from my spanish teacher
interview-- really good, i adore my interviewer. we both fed off of each other's wellesley love.</p>
<p>Accepted:</p>
<p>SAT: 2170 (W:680, V: 760, M: 730)
GPA: weighted 4.03ish
Rank: ambiguous. Either 1/399 or 62?/399, depending on how you look at it.
ECs: not many, but very strong
Essays: Common App one good, Wellesley essay mediocre/bad
Recs: dunno</p>
<p>Accepted:</p>
<p>ACT - 34
GPA - 91% average at my high school, 3.5GPA at a local university where I'm taking classes
Rank - Top 2%
ECs - A couple volunteering positions, no leadership ones
Essays - Common App, okay; Wellesley, okay. I'm not a great writer but I put in a lot of effort for my essays
Recs - 1 amazing (it almost made me cry), 1 really good, 1 okay
Interview - Good, but short. She basically told me she was going to write a great review because that's what they were required to do. Very friendly though.</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=#228B22][ b]Decision: <em>Rejected</em>_______[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:1890 (reading 800,writing 630, math 460)
[ *] SAT IIs: Bio 680, Lit 800 US History 700
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] GPA: 3.68
[ *] Rank: 9/549
[ *] Other stats: President of NHS, Mock Trial, AP Club, French Club,Band,Orchestra,Captain of Flagline, Serve on Mayors Youth Commission which works closely with Mayor to start programs for the advancement of youth in our city, Concert Master of Orchestra, All-District/Region/State violinist and cellist, Tennis Captain (varsity all four years)Varsity Badminton and Soccer, Speech and Debate VP and State finalist two years in a row, internship with Attorney general of State, Superior Violinist at State, Choir, Dance, Lead in plays and principal violinist, Youth Ambassador to Middle East for AFS ECT
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Great, my strong point
[ *] Teacher Recs: Really good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good, guy worships me
[ *] Hook (if any): URM, Violin, speak three languages, essays
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: US
[ *] School Type: Hmm we send kids to top schools every year so i guess competitive
[ *] Ethnicity: African American
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] Intended Major: International Relations
[ *] major strength/weakness: SAT math scores and GPA
Also got into Bryn Mawr, Wesleyan,MT Holyoke, Vassar, Swarthmore, Haverford, Amherst and Sarah Lawrence.Was Waitlisted at Harvard! but so okay with that
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>
<p>I don’t know what to say honestly. Excellent interview, great essays ect. I guess my math just wasn’t up to par. Not gonna lie, i was floored and upset by this. However, all you fabulous ladies will do wonderful at Wellesley and i wish you all the best!</p>
<p>Accepted! </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2130 (670 M, 720 CR, 740W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 690 Math I, 710 World History, 740 English Lit, 800 US History
[<em>] GPA: 98.1
[</em>] Rank: 1/183
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: good, I wrote about outdoors experiences etc.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: excellent (my AP Lang and APUSH teachers)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good
[<em>] Hook (if any): not really. I sent in a music CD? Don’t think that counts.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MA
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Major strength/weakness: strengths–GPA/class rank, EC’s like managing newspaper ed; weakness–my demographic has got to be one of the most common ones ever in college admissions
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: no idea. What did they see in me?
[li] Going to attend?: I would love to!! It’s my first choice of all the schools I’ve been accepted to, but I have major issues with the financial aid package they gave me (or lack thereof). It was pretty bad, so hopefully if I appeal it I’ll get some more. [/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>Wow, I’m so thankful I got in, I don’t understand how I made it and sonjanicky and other people who were waitlisted/rejected didn’t. I’m really not all that interesting…Nevertheless, I love Wellesley and I’m so so so thrilled I got in! Good luck everyone else, wherever you end up next year… :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 700 (CR), 700 (W), 660 (M)
[</em>] SAT II: 700 (Literature), 660 (Math Level 1), 630 (Spanish), 630 (Biology E)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[</em>] Rank : 36/694
[<em>] AP : English Language (3), English Literature, Statistics, Spanish Language
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Full schedule, difficult classes
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Council of Teachers of English Promising Young Writer Winner [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Editor in Chief of high school newspaper (12), Opinions Editor (11), Staff Reporter (10), Best Buddies club member (10,11,12), National Honor Society member (11,12), Varsity swim & dive (9,10,11,12), piano lessons since age 5, competitive swimming for 11 years
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Guest writer for state newspaper
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Teen Lifeline (10,11,12), Best Buddies Arizona Junior Board Member (12)
[</em>] Summer Activities: People to People China, AAJA JCamp, Cronkite Summer Journalism Institute, AIPA Summer Journalism Workshop
[<em>] Essays: Great…love to write
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Wonderful- have known teachers for a long time
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Don’t know how this was, assumed good
[</em>] Additional Rec: Journalism teacher so awesome! I’ve had her all 4 years.
[li] Interview:Alum went to my high school! 
[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State: AZ
[</em>] School Type: Large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Mixed race
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing really[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Showed a lot of interest. Wellesley was my #1.</p>
<p>I finally heard back from Wellesley and I’m ACCEPTED!!! :D</p>
<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 780 Critical Reading, 690 Math, 730 Writing (Total: 2200)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 Biology-M, 710 Mathematics Level 2
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs: 5 AP Biology, 5 AP Psychology
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 4.09 weighted (I have no idea what my unweighted is…probably around 3.8)
[<em>] Rank: School Does Not Rank
[</em>] Awards listed on application: National Merit Commended, NHS, FHS <–not really an award, but I put it down as such. 
[li] Other stats: Uh…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Environmental Club (founder, officer), Marching Band, Habitat for Humanity, misc. volunteer work
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Er…I had none.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): experience riding the school bus in middle school…I think it was mediocre, but I did have my english teacher read it over.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: My AP Biology teacher and AP Psychology teacher (I was pretty much the favorite student of both teachers)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good, she’s my adviser for a Senior-Freshman program I’m in.
[</em>] Applied on: ???..before Early Evaluation deadline.
[li] Hook (if any): I have no idea.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New Jersey
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public school, pretty good, there’s always students who are accepted to the Ivies.
[li] Ethnicity: Chinese-American[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I was a “possible” for Early Evaluation, so I was extremely surprised to find out I was accepted! I was almost sure I would be waitlisted, considering I really felt like I didn’t have any hooks…Anyway, congratulations to everyone who got in and good luck to the waitlisted people!</p>