<p>Congratulations to everyone who got in! I'm starting this thread for future applicants because I know it helped me and others. So...</p>
<p>pick one:
decision: Accepted
decision: Waitlisted
decision: Rejected</p>
<p>objective:[ul]
[<em>] sat i (breakdown):
[</em>] act:
[<em>] sat ii (if submitted):
[</em>] unweighted gpa (out of 4.0):
[<em>] rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] ap (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] ib (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] senior year course load:
[li] major awards (usamo, intel etc.):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>[ b]subjective:**[ul]
[<em>] extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[</em>] job/work experience:
[<em>] volunteer/community service:
[</em>] essays:
[<em>] teacher recommendation:
[</em>] counselor rec:
[<em>] additional rec:
[</em>] interview:[/ul]</p>
<p>other[ul]
[<em>] applied for financial aid?:
[</em>] intended major:
[<em>] state (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] country (if international applicant):
[<em>] school type:
[</em>] ethnicity:
[<em>] gender:
[</em>] income bracket:
[li] hooks (urm, first generation college, research, etc.):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>reflection[ul]
[<em>] strengths:
[</em>] weaknesses:
[li] why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>general comments:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2070, M 670 CR 700 W 700
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): 33
[<em>] SAT II (place score in parentheses): Lit 700, Math II 690
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parentheses): No AP offered
[<em>] IB (place score in parentheses): IB HL Math, IB HL Physics, IB HL English, IB HL History, IB SL Spanish, IB SL Art, IB SL TOK
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: same as above
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Scholastic Art and Writing Award, Discus Award, National Latin Exam Gold Medal, National Spanish Exam Silver Medal
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): National Honor Society (president), Latin Club (president), Art Club (Executive Board Member), Literary Magazine (editor), Key Club (secretary), piano for 8 years passed ABRSM grade 7 exam
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: tutoring
[</em>] Volunteer/Community Service: tutor at homeless shelter, founder of my own piano teaching program at same homeless shelter, work together with same homeless shelter through NHS, volunteer pianist at hospital, 700+ hrs
[<em>] Summer Activities: worked as cancer research intern at a lab for 2 years
[</em>] Essays: wrote about my background and how hard both my family and I have worked to get where we are today, supplemental essay was about my piano teaching program
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: didn’t read, I got one from my math teacher and my history teacher, who left the school who supposedly has a reputation for writing recs that get students into college; they were probably alright but who knows
[</em>] Counselor Rec: only knew my counselor for about 3 months, I spent a lot of time with her and she understood my background so it was probably alright
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: talked a lot about my extracurriculars, I didn’t think it went all that well, I didn’t know how to answer one of her questions
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: small charter
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: QB range
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen, being Asian probably slightly helps at Wes
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: extracurriculars, low income first gen
[<em>] Weaknesses: interview, not standing out much
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: ED definitely helps and there was nothing flagrantly wrong with my application; my situation with this school was that I applied ED, called to rescind my application and then called again the next day to unrescind, and it turns out that they didn’t unrescind so I had to call again on the Monday that decisions were supposed to be released. Admissions were awfully nice about the whole thing, so I’m grateful that they agreed to still take a look at my app.
[li] Where else you are applying or have already applied: ED1! applied to a safety and a match but haven’t heard back from either yet[/li][/ul]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:
What I’ve learned from the whole college mess is that if you truly love a school, go for it! Don’t worry if you’ve been told that it’s a reach or that a school isn’t prestigious enough. In the end, it’s YOU who will be going to college, not anyone else who’s giving you that advice, and if you believe Wes is the place for you, then by all means, apply :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t Send
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: Math II 780
[</em>] Unweighted/Weighted GPA (out of 100): 93.4/95.36
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Music Theory (5), AP English Language (5), AP Calc AB (3), APUSH (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Calc BC, Government/Economics Honors, Film Literature, Music History, Senior Jazz, New Music Ensemble, Health, Gym
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): [/li]AP Scholar with Honor (National)
National Young Maestro Composition Winner (National)
American Protege Honorable Mention (Piano) (International)
A & F Dr. J Award (School)
Honor Roll (9-12)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Juilliard Pre-College (2013-2014) - Composition Major
Manhattan School of Music Pre-College (2012-2013) - Piano Major + Film Scoring Minor
NYYS Making Score (2011-2012) - Full Scholarship Composition Student
Film Composer - Scored over 10 short films with credits on IMDB, Vimeo, and Youtube (Incredibly professional films one of which I’m submitting as a film supplement)
Classical Composer - Many pieces created and performed including my musicians of the NY Philharmonic , Attaca String Quartet, Puff Wind Quintet, and Loadbang through NYYS and other programs
Classical Pianist - Over 50 Recitals including at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Steinway Hall, and many venues around NYC
Website/Blogger - Website devoted to reviewing movies, music, composition which has gathered a following of over 425 people
Recording Engineer/Producer - Produced and Mixed/ Mastered 2 Albums for New Music Ensemble (a rock/indie class at my high school)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship for a documentary filmmaker 2 summers in a row
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at the NY Philharmonic teaching younger kids composition/music theory
[</em>] Summer Activities: The internship with the filmmaker
[<em>] Essays: Humorous essay with a lesson, put a lot of time into it
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read either
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read but very close relationship
[</em>] Additional Rec: Didn’t read but it was from the filmmaker who loves me
[li] Interview: Amazing</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public Performing Arts
[</em>] Ethnicity: W
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper Middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not really a hook but I spoke to the chair of the music department before I applied who really wanted me to come to Wes.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Extracurriculars, Essays, probably my film-scoring
[</em>] Weaknesses: No fourth year of foreign language, ACT was average
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I was a good fit for the school
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: EDI!</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
The college process sucks but if you really love a school, go for it! And apply ED!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul][<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2220, 720 math, 730 cr, 770 writing
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 760 lit, 750 math ii, 700 spanish
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): calc ab (5), english lang (5), spanish lang (5), euro (3), physics b (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Spanish V, AP Chem, AP Calc BC, AP British Lit, Advanced Theatre, Senior Seminar (required course)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A national gold medal and American Voices medal from Scholastic Art & Writing, and I won a national playwriting competition and got a $2500 scholarship[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): competitive equestrian, editor-in-chief of literary magazine, poetry-out-loud contestant, Make-a-Wish club, contributor for an online magazine
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: summer camp counselor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: I do a lot of volunteering with my barn.
[<em>] Summer Activities: just horse stuff; I never did any summer programs or classes or anything
[</em>] Essays (rating 1-10, details): Worked really hard on it. I tried to show my voice and make it funny. I think it was ok?
[<em>] Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):[list]
[li] Teacher Rec #1: don’t know[/li][</em>] Teacher Rec #2: he let me read it-- I could tell that he put a lot of time into it and really believed in my potential as a writer.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: don’t know
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A [/ul][<em>] Interview: I actually don’t think it went very well! I accidentally said I was annoying and I forgot all the questions I was going to ask my interviewer.[/list]
Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Nevada
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: very small (~80 students) private
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: didn’t need to apply for FA
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope![/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: test scores, GPA, commitment to writing
[</em>] Weaknesses: not the most rigorous courseload, never did much with my summers
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my writing awards and equestrian stuff were what really made me stand out.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]
General Comments: I cannot even express my excitement :). Wes is my dream school!</p>
<p>congrats to everyone!</p>
<p>pick one:
decision: Accepted</p>
<p>objective:
sat i (breakdown): 2090 (700CR 660M 720W (10 essay))
act: umm I got a 29 but it was right after I found out what I got on my SAT and I didn’t care anymore so I put in random answers for the last two sections… I didn’t send the score
sat ii (if submitted): (plus or minus 20 points. I don’t have them memorized) 740 BioM, 670 Literature. haha I got a 580 on my US History one and sent it but I guess they just ignored it lolllll
unweighted gpa (out of 4.0): 4.0
rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/200ish
ap (place score in parenthesis): didn’t send the scores, but I took all the APs my school offers
ib (place score in parenthesis): nope
senior year course load: LITERALLY EVERYTHING OMG. All the AP’s and then an elective Human Anatomy and Physiology class for the year.
major awards (usamo, intel etc.): haaahaahaaaaaa. (I got some of those “you get an award for being good at stuff” awards though)</p>
<p>[ b]subjective:**
extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (won a bunch of state competition stuff but didn’t feel like paying to go to nationals), NHS (secretary), a bunch of band stuff (section leader, first clarinet, concertmaster, blahblahblah), violin (first year doin it), alto sax
job/work experience: I’ve been working at my family business since the beginning of time
volunteer/community service: volunteered at some animal shelters and did projects and stuff through NHS and FBLA but probably only like 150ish hours total since I work all the time
essays: pretty decent. About personal growth, independence, and being resourceful and whatnot
teacher recommendation: SO NICE OMG. I didn’t realize my teachers like me so much ;’)
counselor rec: Not sure, but I’m one of the only students that checks in to guidance and makes sure they aren’t messing up my stuff so she probably likes me for that… Possibly good rec?
additional rec: nope
interview: pretty decent. </p>
<p>other
applied for financial aid?: ja. And they gave me a lot omg.
intended major: Neuroscience&Behaviour and Biochemistry
state (if domestic applicant): PA
country (if international applicant):
school type: small public
ethnicity: white
gender: F
income bracket: 30,000- 60,000
hooks (urm, first generation college, research, etc.): first gen, awesome haircut</p>
<p>reflection
strengths: probably my GPA, work experience, recs, and difficult schedule (like APs and 3 sciences senior year and music)
weaknesses: test scores?, being too fabulous
why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly I’m pretty surprised that I got accepted; my application isn’t really significant in any way, except that I can sew dirndls and make lederhosen. I don’t know if I would have gotten in RD, BUT OMG I AM SO HAPPY I GOT IN. I loved the place as soon as I got there. </p>