OFFICIAL Wellesley Early Evaluation Decisions Thread

<p>I figured we should separate the actual decisions from all our conversations :) The name is self-explanatory. And in case anyone feels called to do this...</p>

<p>Instructions: Copy and paste the below form. Fill it out, and removed all spaces within brackets [ ].</p>

<p>Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!</p>

<p>Thanks @starbucksbarista! I can’t wait until 2 PM (I’m in Nor Cal here!). And remember that for the Early Evaluations decisions, “Likely” is like accepted, “Possible” is like waitlisted, and “Unlikely” is like “Rejected”. Good luck everyone!!! I’m so nervous and excited ahh it’s like christmas came early.</p>

<p>Likely! YAYYYYY!</p>

<p>I’ll post my stats later. In a gist, 2170 SAT, 3.95 UW, Asian.</p>

<p>Likely woohoo! feel free to stalk my posts if you want to find my stats :P</p>

<p>But I’ll copy StarbucksBarista and add: 2360, 3.88, White.</p>

<p>Decision: Likely</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (one sitting) 800 R, 760 M, 700 W
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: U.S. History 800, Literature 730
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School only provides weighted; 4.34
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/225
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Lit & Comp (5), Lang & Comp (5), U.S. History (5), Euro (5), Computer Science (4), Physics (lawlz)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:
AP Gov - at regular high school
Arabic 1000/1010 - at Western Michigan University
History and Cinema (HIST 3015) - WMU
Writing Creative Nonfiction (ENGL 3700) - WMU
AP Calc AB - at magnet school for math/science
AP Statistics - magnet school
Honors Geology - magnet school
Honors Astronomy - magnet school
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction, various local things</p>

<p>[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Gay Straight Alliance 9-12 (11-12, executive board)
National Honors Society 11-12 (Communications Officer/Secretary)
Four poems published in * The Laureate*, the undergraduate literary magazine sponsored by Lee Honors College of WMU 11-12
Community Literary Awards Judge 5-11
Research essay grader for Academically Talented Youth Program 9-12
Math League
Computer Science Team
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
Internship with Michigan Citizen Action, a progressive political lobby/nonprofit 10-12
Janitorial work with a landscape architecture firm 11-12
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
Volunteer field staffer for One Kalamazoo, a campaign to pass a local queer rights ordinance. I trained volunteers, ran canvasses, helped recruit volunteers, and was a ‘poll captain’ on election day (10)
Helped organize local Walk for Choice (11)
[</em>] Summer Activities:
Internship mentioned above, travel to northern half of the lower peninsula of MI (mostly to read and ■■■■■ used bookstores), travel to MA for college tours, trip to NYC with my school’s PeaceJam to tour the United Nations and meet with the ambassador from Egypt. I also went to Europe with People to People summer after 9th grade, where we had a homestay in Austria and visited a concentration camp
[<em>] Essays:
Pretty good, I hope. I wrote about my experiences as someone who is half Jewish, half German when I visited the camp, and how this has complicated my worldview. The essay made my counselor and several friends laugh and cry at the same time, which is probably a good sign. My supplement essay wasn’t amazing, but was okay. I talked about wanting to use the arts (particularly poetry) as tools for social justice, and how much I liked that Wellesley emphasized graduating engineers, writers, and historians instead of women engineers, women writers, and women historians (etc.). I could have been more specific about the school, though.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation:
Great.
[li] Counselor Rec:[/li]Pretty good, fairly personal (shockingly, going to three schools at once can make one’s schedule sort of a mess! Thus, I know my counselor pretty well)</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
[</em>] School Type: Urban public (1500 kids total), competitive magnet (60 kids in my class, had to take an exam and maintain a certain GPA to get in), local university
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: was 100k/year, then my dad was laid off, then my mom was laid off, looking at 60k next year at best
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m super duper queer and look like Rachel Maddow? Can that count?</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Solid test scores (ACT not great, but I took it on a not-so-great day and figured my SAT would make up for it), unique background (future English major/published poet who also competed in engineering/cs competitions from a math/science magnet school), essays.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Some of my ECs are sort of generic, my leadership experience isn’t immediately obvious, just another queer English major hopeful.
[li] Why you think you are likely to be admitted: Academically rigorous courseload, strong scores, good essays, cool things like that? Also, geographic diversity. Most kids from the midwest go to Michigan or Wash U @ St. Louis.[/li][/ul]General Comments: going to be so weird to head to class at 6:30 and not be able to tell anyone (they’ve all assumed that I’m a junior at WMU and I’d feel weird telling them I was in high school still, especially since I’ve been dual enrolled since spring '10).</p>

<p>Congrats to everyone else who got a likely, good luck for everyone who got a maybe/unlikely!</p>

<p>likely
seems everyone’s SAT score is higher than mine… humm… :)</p>

<p>but i have a question. what exactly do they mean by this:</p>

<p>“Our offer of admission to Wellesley will be based upon your continued success and performance in your courses at the same high level of achievement you have already demonstrated.”</p>

<p>i dont remember seeing them requiring any transcript from the spring semester (maybe i just have a false memory?); then how will they know my grades? i know i sound like a slacker (haha, i actually am), but i bet this is what most of the girls got “likely” have on mind. can anyone who has gone thru similar path before answer it? thank you.</p>

<p>Decision: Likely!</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (670 M, 740 CR, 740 W)
[</em>] ACT: -
[<em>] SAT II: 650 US Hist, 700 Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93 UW 4.67 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/314
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography, AP US History (4), taking Calculus AB and English Lit now
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP English Lit, Honors Physics, Honors Gov’t and Honors Econ, Poli Sci 201
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (President), Mu Alpha Theta (secretary), FBLA, National Honor Society, National French Honor Society
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship for school library
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering at local home for troubled kids
[</em>] Essays: Common App essay was on my love of reading and the power of books, Wellesley supplement was about being raised by an alumna and the benefit of a women’s college
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both of the teachers I got to write recs love me!
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Eh, she barely knows me.
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: It went really well!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): SC
[</em>] School Type: large, rural and public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Obviously female.
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays, recs, maybe academics
[li] Weaknesses: SAT II scores[/li][/ul]General Comments: I pretty much cried out of happiness.</p>

<p>from what I’ve googled, it seems like likely = “don’t kill anyone and don’t get expelled, otherwise, you’re in”</p>

<p>haha, then i guess i will try not to.</p>

<p>that’s probably for the best. I’ve heard that murder is generally frowned upon at institutions of higher education/everywhere.</p>

<p>Possible. I’m too lazy to post my full stats right now, but I had a 2120 SAT and a 3.8/4.3 GPA with good EC’s.</p>

<p>Congrats to everyone who got a likely though!</p>

<p>All schools want to see your final transcript, and admissions (not just likely evaluations) can be rescinded, though not lightly, and a few are each year. Don’t know about Wellesley in particular.</p>

<p>Although I didn’t get a likely, I’ll post my stats later to show a little more accurate sample.</p>

<p>I’m kinda disappointed. Oh well</p>

<p>Possible</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (CR: 800, Math: 780, Writing: 780)
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: US History 800:, Bio-E: 750, Math II: 730
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7-ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio - 5, Calc AB -3, English Lang - 5, English Lit - 4, Euro - 5, APUSH - 5, Physics - 3
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Taking 4 APs, 1 Honors, 1 Standard (it’s harder than all of my APs though). I also took two college classes last semester.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A, unless you count National Merit Semi-Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate, quiz bowl, Youth in Government, math team
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Working with inner-city kids - 150 hours, tutoring - 100 hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: Governor’s School for the Humanities
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were good. You never know
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I think they were great, but I can’t be certain
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Average, I guess
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Tennessee
[</em>] School Type: Public, 1000 kids
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: 200k+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nada
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GREAT test scores, rigorous schedule. Personally, I liked my essay too.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lots of B’s, downward trend.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My GPA/downward trend.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>

<p>Decision: Likely</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 670 CR, 720 W, 780 M (2170 total)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Math2, 730 Math1, 630MBio
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/285
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calculus (5), AP Biology (4), AP Microeconomics (5), AP Macroeconomics (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP French, AP Statistics, AP Government, Humanities Honors, Leadership
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Wendy’s High School Heisman State Finalist, Washington State Goalkeeper (2 years), Outstanding Junior of the Year, etc
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Soccer (Captain, MVP, Starting Goalkeeper), Associated Student Body (ASB Secretary -12th, ASB Senator – 9th, 10th, 11th, Prom Princess, Homecoming Princess), Science Technology Engineering Math (S.T.E.M.) Club (Co-President, Co-Founder), H.E.L.P. Peer Tutoring Program (Founder, President), National Honor Society, Future Business Leaders of America (2 1st Place Awards and 3 3rd Place Awards), Club Soccer (Nationally Ranked Team), Kick (Drill) Team, Mathletes (Math Club)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Barista at Starbucks, Swim Instructor/Lifeguard at Pool
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Vision House Volunteering (Camp Counselor, Tutor), Library Volunteer (Study Zone Tutor), World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine (raised over $5400), Church Ministry (Children’s Ministry Helper, Worship Team Female Vocalist, Youth Group Student Leader)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Working full time, volunteering, lots of soccer, taking care of my siblings
[</em>] Essays: Personal Statement was about struggle of moving from my mom’s to my dad’s and change of emphasis from achievement to integrity (8), Why Wellesley (9)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I don’t know but I’m assuming its good?
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I gave her a lot of information about my activities so I’m assuming this one is good as well.
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: Fantastic! (9)
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Washington
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public (sends top students to state flagship and occasionally out of state)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: $100,000-120,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Being Asian isn’t really a hook anymore?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: GPA, Essays, Extracurricular activities
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT score
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I put a lot of heart and passion into my essays, extracurricualr activities and leadership was strong, GPA and class rigor were as challenging as possible
[/ul]General Comments: I’M SO EXCITED! I’ve been obsessed with Wellesley for forever and I feel like my hard work and obsession has finally paid off!</p>

<p>D is likely :). Stats posted in the morning</p>

<p>Decision: Likely</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2250 (CR 730, M 750, W 770)
[</em>] SAT II: Math II 720, Chem 740, Spanish 700
[<em>] Unweighted GPA: 3.8
[</em>] Rank: Top 15%
[<em>] AP: Chem (5), Lang (5), US (5), Spanish Lang (4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Calc AB, AP Spanish Literature, Physics Honors, Honors English</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Yearbook (EIC), Relay for Life (Committee, Luminarias & Marketing), Orchestra (Section Leader), NHS, Viola (8 years, Regions, ABRSM Grade 8, Chamber Groups, Volunteering), Piano (13 years, Random Awards, Groups, Volunteering, Teaching)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I teach beginner piano. Camp counselor, summer stuff.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Relay for Life, Nursing Home, Library, Musical Volunteerism; around 250 hours.
[</em>] Essays: Decent. I’m pretty proud of my “Why Wellesley” Essay.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Decent. I doubt they were great.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Eh.
[<em>] Additional Rec: Good!
[</em>] Interview: Well you see, my interview coordinator never contacted me back, but I badgered the admissions office relentlessly. I guess that got me brownie points!</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State: JERSEY
[</em>] School Type: Public, 500 per class. 2nd (?) in SAT scores in the state.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Well… HAHA
[<em>] Income Bracket: 200k+
[</em>] Hooks: Nah</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores, GPA, Asian
[li] Why you think blah: I really showed that I wanted to go. My essay was heart wrenching (Okay it wasn’t, but it was actually pretty persuasive) and I showed the admissions office my interest when my coordinator went MIA.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Good luck to those who did not get a likely. Keep believing! You never know what may happen :)</p>

<p>Decision: Possible</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 29 Composite
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.833
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 22/639
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Didn’t send, but AP Eng (5), AP World History (4), and US History (3)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:
AP English IV
AP Statistics
Academic Decathalon H/American Music History H
AP Government/AP Economics
AP Psychology/Office Aide
AP Environmental Science
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Most Improved Choir Member
Academic Excellence x2
AP Scholar</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Mother and brother caretaker
Text roleplayer (Forum Moderator/Creator)
School literary magazine (Editor-in-Chief)
Creative writer
AcDec District and Regionals participant
Diversity Quiz Bowl alternate
Diversity Conference school representative
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Library Aide
[</em>] Summer Activities: none
[<em>] Essays:
For the personal statement, I wrote about how a play of mine was picked to be directed and acted by the Theatre III and IV students. I went on how it solidified confidence in myself as a writer, how it geared me to want a career in writing, and how it also has allowed me to be receptive to criticism.
For the short Common Application essay, I discussed how I didn’t consider myself maternal—READ: Never having kids!—but I ended up taking care of my mother and brother.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation:
I know that my recommendation from my AP English III, also my AcDec coach, is awesome. I’ve never even seen it, but I trust he did a spectacular job. I expect my Gov/Eco recommendation to be average.
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
As for my counselor, she actually went around and asked teachers about me, so I think hers was a bit more informative about me.
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[<em>] Interview: I did not request one.
[/ul]Other [ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Filipino
[<em>] Income Bracket: $30000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
I think what helped me the most was my personal statement.
[</em>] Weaknesses:
As for my extra-curriculars, I’m convinced they are the main weakness of my application. I don’t have much love for clubs at the high school level and I had limited transportation. I also rushed my supplement essay.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]My placement was probably due to my weaknesses mainly.
[/ul]General Comments:
I am kind of sad that I didn’t get a likely, but I’m definitely not devastated. I got into my first choice (Smith) the day before this decision came out and I’m still riding that high. Also, for any prospective students reading this, don’t be afraid to apply!</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Likely[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): CR 800 M 800 WT 680 (2280, superscored)
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] SAT II: Math II 800, Lit 700
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): Year 1–1st semester 36/42, 2nd semester 38/42
Year 2–1st semester (mid-year report) 41/42
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: History HL, Econ HL, Chinese A2 HL, Math SL, Englsih A1 SL,
Biology SL, Theory of Knowledge
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing “major”, just academic ones (head of year’s<br>
commendation), Golden Award for Community
Service
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MUN, Global Issues Group, school
magazine, piano, badminton, cross
country
[ *] Job/Work Experience: worked at a law firm
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours
[ *] Summer Activities: community service, leadership programs
[ *] Essays: Common App one was really good, supplement was okay
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: One was great, the other should be also great (didn’t read)
[ *] Counselor Rec: I trust my school’s counselor?
[ *] Additional Rec: N/A
[ *] Interview: N/A
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Hong Kong
[ *] School Type: international school
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: no idea which “bracket”, but high enough to not need any financial aid
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: huge upward trend in IB grades, SAT I, SAT II Math, Common App essay, teacher recs
[ *] Weaknesses: ecs (no formal leadership positions)
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: good IB grades and teacher recs, great common app essay (unique and really revealed something at the core of my personality)
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Really happy and excited! Congrats to all those who got a likely and good luck to the possibles! :)</p>

<p>^ sorry for the bad formatting. no idea what went wrong.</p>