Oops my sat is a 2140 not 2014
Waitlisted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): M:690 W: 720 R:790
SAT II: Biology: 700 Lit:800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9-something
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Aps, all around 4s.:
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Volunteer/Community service: (Youth Chair) of our local chapter of a major international organization. Created a youth program that supplied 20,000+ dollars in work over 8 weeks that was repeated next week. 2 Varsity sports, (captain) in one. Chosen as a representative of the school in a number of events. (President) of school language club. Etc. None of them got me in, so it doesn’t matter that much.
Summer Activities: Language programs and international travel.
Essays: Got a lot of feedback on it, everyone said it was really good.
Teacher Recommendation: Very nice, I’m sure. These people knew me extremely well.
Counselor Rec: Excellent.
Interview: It was fun and we got along.
Other
American
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income bracket: Upper-middle class.
I have a very strange background that is either a hook or a major minus depending on who is reading my app. That probably did it. That or my AP scores weren’t good enough.
Waitlisted. 
I probably should’ve shown more interest. I didn’t apply for EE.
Accepted!! For those of us who weren’t home before 5, does anybody have any ideas/guesses about when fin aid packages will be (re)released?
@Quijote: Nope. I keep refreshing the portal, though, in hopes it will soon be there. Congratulations on your acceptance!
@Helimom
same, me too! I guess I can safely assume by the evening tonight (hopefully), so I’ll be checking throughout the day… :o
I can’t recreate my d’s stats accurately enough to post in detail (Summary: ACT 33, unadjusted GPA about 3.8 or 3.9, IB program, lots of ECs) but reading those of the folks who were waitlisted makes me impressed with all of you and also in awe of the solomonic divining challenge that the admissions officers face. My daughter is the beneficiary of some good fortune, the origin of which we will never be certain. And I’m sure all of you are headed to great college experiences.
LoL I just think it’s funny that the website says that the financial aid info won’t be available until sometime today because of “current high volume usage”. I suspect the high volume today is being caused by those of us trying over and over again to see it, and once we can see it, the volume usage will go down. 
I thought it might be helpful to future applicants to know how the likely / possible / unlikely letters that were sent out for EE matched up with the decisions. I know some of you already noted that in your posts.
D got a likely letter and was accepted. 
My girl got a likely letter and was accepted.
Our D chose not to do EE and was accepted. Our heads are still reeling to be honest - especially looking at the stats here and the very impressive pool of applicants! Good luck to all no matter where you end up!
FA Letters are up - I am a little surprised by ours - not in a good way!
Got a possible letter and was accepted! Could not be happier right now!!!
On our FA letter, our cost (not including loan and work) came in slightly higher than our FAFSA EFC, which did surprise me a little. The loan and work bring it down below our FAFSA EFC, but I consider those to be ways to pay our costs, so I don’t count them when looking at our net price.
Got a likely letter and got in-i was frantically checking my phone last night minutes before we were supposed to start the overture for the musical! Fa was better than expected but not great. We’ve been getting 0 need-based aid lately so it was a nice surprise, even if co is still like 35000. Is anyone else thinking about turning down wellesley just because of affordability?
What do the costs look like for sophomore-senior year? Does the COA rise? Does the FA packet quoted freshman year decrease in intervening years?
FA is not looking too good…but honestly it’s one of the best I’m going to get. I’m going to appeal based on certain personal circumstances (that I did mention in the CSS, but worth another shot…)
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Reading: 780, Math: 770, Writing: 800. Total: 2350 (in one sitting)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: Chemistry: 770, Math II: 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 14th
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English Lang.:4, AP Chemistry: 4
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: SUPA (AP) Economics, Honors Physics, AP Literature, AP Calculus BC, French 5, AP Public Policy
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholarship Finalist
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Year-round Club Swimming, Varsity Swimming (team captain), piano, National Honor Society (President)
Job/Work Experience: taught kids how to swim
Volunteer/Community service: research
Summer Activities: volunteering, shadowing doctors
Essays: pretty good, honest reflection of me.
Teacher Recommendation: good, I trust.
Counselor Rec: good
Additional Rec: Swim coach
Interview: Didn’t have one
Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: extracurriculars
Weaknesses: eh, grades. School rank’s not the greatest
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I did have a wide variety of extracurriculars and did stuff that reflected on the career path I wanted to take.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments:
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): did not submit
ACT: 31 composite
SAT II: did not submit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/524
AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish (5), Biology (3), Physics (2), European History (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Psychology, Statistics, English, Economics, Government, Spanish Literature
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Societies ( 3 of them), secretary of one of them.
Job/Work Experience: One internship
Volunteer/Community service: 300 hours at local hospital
Summer Activities: Community College classes
Essays: 9/10 It was great and very personal!
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
Additional Rec:
Interview: Nope
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female of course!
Income Bracket: < 30K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first-gen, Questbridge finalist
Reflection
Strengths: class rank, essays
Weaknesses: ACT, AP scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essay was very well developed and very personal!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, SDSU, CSULB, Cal Poly SLO, Scripps Waitlisted: Bowdoin, Williams Rejected: Pomona, Claremont Mckenna
General Comments: Congratulations to all who were accepted! Wellesley is a great place!
My daughter was accepted. 34 ACT, 710 Sat2 lit, Sat 2 math 1 750, gpa 4.4 weighted. AP scores 4s and 5s . Great recommendations. Vp student council, president model un, president antibullying club, student ambassador, peer leader. Last year did serious fundraising raising over 14,000$ for families with terminally Ill children, this year organized week long bullying awareness campaign at her high school , tons of community service 200 plus hours just this year alone . Senior year courseload all APs. Supplemental Essay about female empowerment Hook:none.
I would like to say as a parent, it all seems so random…students with excellent credentials getting waitlisted or rejected…doesn’t make sense to me…Thank God this is my last child going through this…the college admissions process really needs to be reformed,
I Will be thrilled when this week and next week are over as will my daughter