<p>My D got possible. But accepted today.</p>
<p>D’s deposit has been paid - yay for Wellesley Class of 2016!!!</p>
Posted on the wrong status, sorry!
Is Unlikely an indirect NO?Or is there still some chance?
[color=green]Decision: Accepted[color]
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (800 CR, 720 M (lol), 780 W), one-sitting
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800’s in latin and math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s in calc, french, psych, lit, and studio art.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Two grad-level math courses (taken outside of high school), AP chem, Robotics, Math Modeling, Latin VI, Ancient Greek, Senior English, American Gov (taken within high school).
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Mostly standard stuff (AP scholar, NMF) and National Latin Exam gold medals.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math research, mostly. Aside from that, head of a couple clubs, founder of the school philosophy review and debate team, creative writing w/ some publications, varsity soccer.
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring?
[] Summer Activities: Math research in group theory and computational geometry (2015). Learning to code montecarlo physics simulations (2014).
[] Essays: I thought my common app one was great: passionate, informational, and personality-capturing. My “Why Wellesley” essay, on the other hand, was markedly uncreative and academic… an admitted last-minute effort. Maybe a 6/10.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Chemistry/physics teacher and longtime English teacher (both probably excellent).
[] Counselor Rec: Great, she seemed excited about it.
[] Additional Rec: Math research mentor; I’m assuming it was good but not sensational.
[] Interview: Went well but was brief (~30 minutes).
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: F (not totally a trivial question! Wellesley’s been challenging the gender binary these days).
[] Income Bracket: ~ 100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[] Strengths: Literary and math publications pending, graduate and collegiate level coursework in my field of choice, fairly accomplished extracurricular paths, classics/math combo is a bit niche.
[] Weaknesses: Math SAT score, not many major awards, “Why Wellesley” essay.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’ll echo everyone else in asserting that demonstrating passion is key. I guess mine was able to come through in my application.
[/ul]General Comments: Good luck to everyone!! Hope to see you all in April.
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Likely[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[ *] ACT: 35R, 34W, 30S, 29M, 32C, 34W+E, 11 Essay
[ *] SAT II: 720 Math 1
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.05 UW (4.09 after 1st semester)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not Ranked but top 5%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 APUSH
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: generously difficult/full schedule
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): leadership in many clubs (multiple school publications, Model UN, debate, quiz bowl, cultural/language clubs, student government…)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: founder of a small internet-based business
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: ~500 hours
[ *] Summer Activities: Classes, Internship, Work, Service
[ *] Essays: Common App 9/10 , Wellesley Sup 7/10
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: 9/10 , 8.5/10
[ *] Counselor Rec: 9/10
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: 9/10
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: White (multi-ethnic home)
[ *] Gender: Female (duh 
)
[ *] Income Bracket: ~80k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope.
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Grades, Common App, Leadership, INTEREST
[ *] Weaknesses: Scores (didn’t bother to retest because I didn’t want to feed the horrid standardized testing industry) also didn’t study for ACT of SAT2… oops? guess not though 
I’m lucky! I didn’t want my time to be wasted on prepping for the ACT and so I didn’t. I think my activities mattered more to my app overall
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: INTEREST, personality, unique story
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]
What I have learned is that this is all so CRAZY. Do not let a college decision affect how you view yourself as a person or a student. What matters most is your drive and passion. Sometimes a school sees how you fit, sometimes not. Sometimes it seems really random. But, if you work hard, it WILL pay off (maybe not in the way you expect). I don’t know how much this really actually helps, but I tried
Fingers crossed that likely turns into an acceptance!
If so, see you guys at Spring Open Campus!
Best of luck to all of you guys!
Decision: Likely
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): NA
ACT: 33
SAT II: Math II (780), Literature (720)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
AP (place score in parenthesis): Didn’t send in
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Gov/AP Econ, AP Calculus BC, Biology, IPRYL (mentoring program thru YMCA), Robotics and Pre-Engineering, Programming (Intro to Programming)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, TEAMS 1st Place in Alabama, 1st Place in Alabama Statewide Mathematics, Davis Scholar Finalist, AP Scholar with Honors
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of Robotics team, Mu Alpha Theta officer, Young Democrats Club organizer, Varsity Soccer, Piano, Guitar, Ukulele
Volunteer/Community service: Founder of a charity that benefits local senior citizens, president of Stand Up to Cancer Club, mentor of a second grader at a local elementary school
Essays: my supplement was decent but my Personal Statement was REALLY informative of who I was, talked about my gender identity crisis caused by being the only girl in all my STEM classes
Teacher Recommendation: good
Counselor Rec: good
Additional Rec: president of the local United Way wrote it
Interview: nope
Other
State (if domestic applicant): AL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: white
Gender: F
Income Bracket: >100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none really, I’m the dependent of a senior citizen
Reflection
Strengths: essays and extracurriculars
Weaknesses: ACT score could be better, GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my desire to be a voice for young woman entering the STEM field got their attention.
General Comments: So happy
didn’t see this thread so posted in a different one whoopee
**Decision: Possible **
Objective:
- [] SAT I (breakdown): did not report
[] ACT (breakdown):
36 English
36 Math
35 Reading
36 Science
writing 11
composite 36
[] SAT II: 770 physics, 800 math II
[] Unweighted GPA: 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: weighting is weird at my school but I’d say like around 4.3; most rigorous courseload
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank, but I know I’m top 9% because of UC application
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): these were the ones I reported.
Chinese, Music Theory (self-studied), AP Physics C Mech, Environmental Science (self-studied), French, Physics 1 (5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load:
AP Calc BC
AP Econ
AP English Lit
AP Psych
AP Physics C
TA for AP Physics 1
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): qualified for AIME, qualified for Math Prize at MIT, National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, Scholastic Gold and Silver keys
also nominated to apply for US Presidential Scholars whatever whatever but it doesn’t matter
Subjective:
- [] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): student at local conservatory’s pre-college music program (9-12), performed on NPR with chamber music group (11), member of local youth orchestra affiliated with an internationally renowned symphony orchestra (11-12), member of other local chamber orchestra (also soloed with them. 9), former principal [insert instrument] and section leader of school string orchestra and chamber orchestra (9-11), founder/president of Campus Cursive (moreloveletters.com) at my high school (10-12), freshman orientation leader (10-11), founder of a local music and community service club (12), participant of local chamber music program (12), published in some online magazines (11), many music awards for solo and chamber music (9-12)
[] Job/Work Experience: Chinese translator for local nonprofit (10-11)
[] Volunteer/Community service: intern at local nonprofit organization (10-11), volunteer music teacher for underprivileged schoolchildren at elementary school (10)
[] Summer Activities: prestigious music festival (11-12), tour to Europe with youth orchestra (covered by local and foreign press; 11-12), teacher assistant for music camp for elementary schoolers in my school district (10), summer chamber music workshop for youth orchestra (9), tour to Pacific Northwest with youth orchestra (10) and was invited to tour in Italy with the same orchestra but could not go due to horrible and untimely stomach illness (10)
[] Essays: common app essay talked about my experiences with Campus Cursive and letter writing…pretty good. I had a lot of people look over it.
Wellesley 100 talked about Honor Code and Wellesley-Brandeis Orchestra…could have been better
[] Teacher Recommendation: physics teacher…knows me really well. I’m her TA right now
english teacher…we’re best friends!!! woohoo
[] Counselor Rec: counselor knows me very well since we talk a lot. probably good; my rec probably stands out compared to recs for everyone else at my school, since my school is big and not a lot of people talk to their counselors
[] Additional Rec: private music teacher. I saw this one, and she did a good job
[] Interview: went well. really casual
[] Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.): submitted music portfolio and music resume
Other
- [] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: >200,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): girl in STEM if that counts. otherwise none. music hook is possible but unlikely
Reflection
- [] Strengths: GPA and test scores
[] Weaknesses: HAHA ESSAYS. maybe recs. AP scores!!
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m not that interesting so that’s chill. there are better people suited to Wellesley than me.
also my AP scores are flat out terrible but I didn’t know they mattered THAT much
[] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Deferred Columbia ED, UChicago EA
Accepted Berkeley early admission (top 2% of applicants. waiting on Regents), UMich LSA and SMTD (probably double degree here)
waiting on others
General Comments: so cool! I love Wellesley
I’m going to send a letter of interest in and go cry now
someone decipher my possible letter thanks
also pls chance for Ivies and my homeboy MIT thanks friends
life is hard
Decision: Likely
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR:800, M: 800, W: 780 - 2380 total (2nd sitting)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: Math 2: 800, Lit: 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87 (probably lower now 
)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unreported
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Government (4), USH (4), Stat (4), BC Calc (5), Macroeconomics (5), Micro (4), Lit (5), Enviro (4), World History (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): didn’t submit
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB Math HL, IB English HL, IB History HL, AP Comp Sci, AP Physics C, IB TOK (1st semester), Lit as Film (2nd semester)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): piano competitions (national, regional, etc.), National AP Scholar, National Merit Semifinalist (now Finalist), U.S. Prez Scholar candidate, Scholastic Art & Writing 3 Silver Keys
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Quizbowl (Logistics Director), Rocketry (VP), National History Club (Officer of Outreach), NHS, Math Honor Society, National Science Honor Society, Piano (12 years)
[] Job/Work Experience: teach piano privately
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tacy Foundation (music charity), Red Cross (music), local Dep. of Environmental Protection, TA at local elementary summer school program
[] Summer Activities: volunteer at Gastroenterology Dep. at local military hospital w/ Red Cross
[] Essays: Personal statement was about learning how to study music so as to not make massive memory flubs during performances (9), Wellesley essays (9)
[] Teacher Recommendation: probably good, from history (2 years) + chem (3 years) teachers
[] Counselor Rec: met a few times, probably fine
[] Additional Rec: Tacy Foundation founder whom I work with, very nice (10)
[] Interview: didn’t have one
[] Supplementary material: Music portfolio, art portfolio
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public, but I’m in IB
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: ~$200,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): playing piano for a really long time and being competitive
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: extracurriculars, SAT, volunteering, essays (i’m pretty proud of them)
[] Weaknesses: actual AP scores, GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: lots of piano, rigorous courses, I think I was a good fit for Media Arts and Sciences and they thought so too? [/li]I got deferred Brown ED, accepted UNC Chapel Hill, GTech, UMich, UMD so far, still waiting on more.
[/ul]General Comments: good luck everyone! y’all got this
[ color=green][ b]Decision: Likely[ /b][ /color]
SAT I: Composite was 1490 (new sat)
ACT:33
SAT II: Not great, I took APUSH and got a 650 (i think?)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7.
Weighted GPA: 4.2
AP: AP World:4, AP Lang: 5, APUSH: 5, AP Physics 1: 4
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ, AP Gov, AP Stat, AP Lit, Contemporary issues, Show choir, independent study, Spanish 1 (theres a story there)
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Debate (founding member and captain of school team) Forming the team and battling a private school dominated activity was a foudational experience of high school career. Wrote my common app essay about this.
Mock Trial
Co-president and legislative correspondent for Pedestrian Safety Advocacy group
Treasurer of NHS
Mu Alpha Theta
Treasurer of Concert Choir
Member of multiple government boards on traffic mobility
Job/Work Experience: Interned on Mayoral campaign for first female mayor of Nashville, worked on state house campaign, work for LifeWay Christian company, currently work for Jets pizza
Volunteer/Community service: As part of the advocacy group, I participate in a bunch of service activities revolving around improving pedestrian safety the accessibility of transportation. Additionally, I volunteered for a children’s’ theater company during my freshman and sophomore years, getting 200+ hours in there
Summer Activities: Debate Camp or working on a campaign
Essays: Common app- I think was pretty good. Was about my experience with debate and my maturing understanding of leadership, legacy, and success. I think I stood out in my supplemental essay because it was fairly specific, and I was very passionate. Revolved around the “Wellesley debates” and the Wellesley Center for Women (Which has published some journals that have been influential in my life)
Teacher Recommendation: AP Lang teacher- Probably very good! I am very close with her. I doubt my Pre-Cal rec was as good, but I’m sure it was still positive!
Counselor Rec: Probably fine?
Additional Rec: I think this helped me out! Written by the office of the first female mayor of Nashville
Interview: Went fairly well, although I could have done better
State: TN
School Type: Public Magnet- ranked top in TN
Ethnicity:White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Right at $100,000
Strengths- I think my essays, extra rec, and debate work helped me out.
Weaknesses- test scores aren’t great and GPA could be way better
I’m so excited!!! Wellesley is my top choice and I didn’t expect to get a likely.
Decision: Possible
Objective:
•SAT I (breakdown): did not report
•ACT (breakdown):
33 English
28 Math
35 Reading
30 Science
writing 10
composite 32
•Unweighted GPA: 3.9
•Weighted GPA: weighting is weird at my school but I’d say like around 4.1; most rigorous courseload
•Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/66
•AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (3), AP Global (4), AP Lit (taking Now) P.S. There are only four AP classes at my school
•IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
•Senior Year Course Load:
Photography 101
College Macroeconomics
AP English Lit
College Academic Writing
College Microeconomics
Physics
•Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I was most improved in chorus (10), Chorus Leader (11), Area All-State Choir (11,12)
Subjective: •Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NYS Envirothon Team Member (10-12), Drama Club Member (9, 12), Yearbook (Treasurer and Editor 10 and 11 respectively), Alto in Chorus (9-12), Clarinet 2 in Band (9-12), Violin 1 in Orchestra (9-12), NYSSMA Soloist in Voice (10-12), All-County Chorus General (9-12), All-County Chorus Select (10-12), Area All-State Chorus (11, 12), Community Theater (9, 10), Youth Group Student Leader (9-12), YES! Leads Students against drugs and alcohol (11, 12 Secretary), Class Officer (10-12 Secretary), Soccer (9), Tennis (12), Marching Band (9-12), Pep Band (11, 12), Commencement Band (10), Prom Committee (11)
•Job/Work Experience: McDonald’s (12)
•Volunteer/Community service: Theater Concessions Worker (9-11), Church Nursery Worker (9-12)
•Summer Activities: Student At Cornell University Summer International Debate Camp (10), Summer Camps (9, 10, 11, 12), Camp CIT (Councilor in Training)(12), Domestic Missions Trips (9 and 12)
•Essays: common app essay talked about my experience rock climbing and how it taught me to approach issues methodically with a calm, thoughtful mind. You can see all of my essays for all of my colleges on my AdmitSee profile (RachelJoy1999). https://www.■■■■■■■■■■■■/profile-detail/84661
Wellesley 100 talked about The Little Drummer Boy and Nancy Drew…could have been better. I waited until the night Early Evaluation was due to do them. For the little drummer boy, I wrote about how my mother loves music, but was poor when she was younger, so she couldn’t learn piano. She worked really hard to make sure my sisters and I had access to that and that’s what generations off Wellesley women have been doing for women everywhere. I wrote about wanting to be that for someone else someday. For Nancy Drew, I just wrote about how she inspired me to look beyond the surface, think intuitively, and pay attention to the details.
•Teacher Recommendation: AP Global History…knows me really well. I once taught his class, I help grade papers with him, and I was class officer while he was class advisor.
English teacher…was my soccer coach, had me for two years, and was class advisor while I was a class officer. It was really good!!! woohoo
•Counselor Rec: counselor knows me very well since we talk a lot. She is also my Macro and Microeconomics teacher, so I asked her to include that prospective in my letter. It’s probably not AMAZING because we’ve had our moments when we disagreed, but it’s probably decent.
•Additional Rec: n/a
•Interview: Went REALLY WELL. It’s probably the best interview I’ve ever done.
•Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.): n/a
Other
•Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
•State (if domestic applicant): NY
•School Type: Public
•Ethnicity: Caucasian as they get folks
•Gender: Female
•Income Bracket: $85,000 ish for the year I filed
•Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I didn’t really have one at all. I’m white and from rural America, so I’m a dime-a-dozen. I wrote my essay about something I loved (rockclimbing) which is an experience most can’t describe and I wrote in the present first person, so it felt like the reader was the one climbing. So, I guess my hook was my writing. In my interview, I tried to spin a “behind the scenes leader” for myself; I said that as the Secretary of my class, I’m actually the one organizing things and talking to potential venues etc. so I think I showed that I was trying to make a difference. Also, I’m as far from first-generation as you could get. My mother’s currently working on her PHD at SUNY Binghamton, my father has his bachelor’s from Cornell University, my older sisters (twins!) both got their bachelors, and one of them got her masters. I think Wellesley’s decision on me really shows that they may be willing to take the average Josephine who just has a lot to contribute in life experience.
Reflection
•Strengths: My Common App Essay was AMAZING. I’m a really good writer and I spent my time on it. I actually ended up tutoring most of my grade on how to write an effective college app essay. (We live in rural upstate NY where there is little access to resources)
•Weaknesses: AP Scores, GPA (I took Calc and didn’t take the AP because I was sure to fail), possibly the supplemental essays weren’t as polished as my common app essay.
•Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I honestly think that I’m pretty average when you look at my scores for Wellesley and my GPA kinda lagged my junior year. I think I didn’t get a straight up “Probably not” because I visited twice, my college mentor went to Wellesley, I interviewed SUPER well, and I think I did a good job of showing that Wellesley is where I want to be. I will be in Boston in April and am planning to appeal in person if I get waitlisted. If I get in, I’ll just visit again.
•Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to Niagara University RD, Allegheny College EA, Fordham University EA, Suffolk University EA, Nazareth College EA, SUNY Binghamton RD
All of these I knew I was going to get in to. I applied to 17 schools and have been accepted at 6. I am waiting on the other 10, so I haven’t been denied yet. The other 10 are Grinnell, Colby, Carleton, Hamilton, Cornell, Brown, Boston College, Kenyon, SUNY Geneseo, Williams, and (of course) Wellesley. My top choices are probably Wellesley, Kenyon, Williams, and Brown. If I had to choose today, I would go to Nazareth because they gave me the most financial aid.
General Comments:
I love Wellesley and, if they accept me, I am 90% sure I’ll accept (I still have to go somewhere affordable). I’m kinda regretting not being ED for Wellesley. 
life is hard.
Decision: Likely
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[] ACT: 35 Composite, 35 English, 35 Reading, 34 Math, 36 Science
[] SAT II: 800 U.S. History, 780 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): About a 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No official rank, but my counselor has told me I’m one of the top in a class of 170.
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History (5), English Language (5), Biology (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Not offered at my school
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP French, AP English Lit, AP U.S. Gov
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, National Merit Commended Scholar, French Honor Society Secretary, National Honor Society Parliamentarian, NJ Girls State Delegate
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Research Club (Founder), New Jersey Girls State (Delegate), Yearbook (Editor), Student Council Executive Board (Historian), NJ Regional Science Bowl (Team Captain), Club Volleyball (Setter), Varsity Volleyball
[] Job/Work Experience: Math tutor, volleyball coach to middle school girls
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteer, and volunteer at a kids’ STEM camp over the summer, volunteer at elementary school STEM nights around town.
[] Summer Activities: Girls State was over the summer, and I spent three weeks at Rutgers University last summer doing microbiology research with the WSSP program at the Waksman Institute.
[] Essays: I loved my Common App essay! I wrote about my grandmother, who died of Alzheimer’s Disease earlier this year. I never had a chance to get to know her, but I recently discovered her masters thesis (which was done at Wellesley! Class of 1951). I talked about getting to know her after her death through her scientific writing and how that love has inspired me to one day pursue research in the field of inherited diseases.
My Wellesley 100 was pretty good. I did #1 and #13, the faculty and “the way in which we have your back”.
[] Teacher Recommendation: From my AP U.S. History teacher, who I really like and now have as a AP U.S. Gov teacher, and from my AP English Lang and Lit teacher. I’m pretty close with both, and I think they were good.
[] Counselor Rec: This one is anyone’s guess. My guidance counselor handed in her two weeks notice and then wrote her letter, so I have no idea what it looks like or if it was any good at all.
[] Additional Rec: The advisor of my Science Research Club and who got me involved with my research program wrote a rec letter for me too. I’m really close with her, so I think it was good.
[] Interview: I really liked my interviewer, and I think she liked me too! It was fun, and she talked about going to MIT to party and returning to Wellesley as an alumna.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[] School Type: Small public, not that competitive, but well ranked
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Female, haha
[] Income Bracket: I have no idea, my parents won’t really tell me, but I am applying for financial aid.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I have published research! It’s the sequence of a gene from duckweed plant Landoltia punctata. It can be found on the NCBI database, where all known DNA sequences are catalogued. This research is what I spent three weeks at Rutgers for last summer. I loved it so much and it definitely helped me in my applications.
I’m a legacy too! My grandmother, the one I wrote about in my common app essay, graduated in 1951.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Extracurriculars, Scores, and my writing! I was really proud of my CA essay and my Wellesley 100.
[] Weaknesses: One of my weaknesses may have been applying as a Biological Sciences major with a 4 on the AP exam and a B+ in the class, but I’ve done well in all my other science classes so maybe it didn’t hurt me. My counselor rec letter was probably iffy too.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I had a lot going in my favor, including my research, legacy status, scores and GPA, and diverse extracurriculars.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
I could not be happier than I am with this Likely. I really hope to be at Wellesley this fall, assuming financial aid goes the way I hope. Good luck to everyone at the end of March!