**Official Wesleyan RD Decisions 2014**

<p>Decision:ACCEPTED</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT: 2250 (800 CR, 650 M, 800 W)
-SAT IIs:800 USH, 740 World History, 730 Lit
-GPA: 100.98
-Rank: 3/396
-Other Stats: AP World History (5), AP USH (5), AP English Lang (5), AP Bio (5)
SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: I wrote my Common App essay about fashion and how it inspires me
-Teacher Recs: I didn’t get to read any of them, but I’m guessing they were good
-Counselor Rec: I didn’t get to read that either, but she likes me a lot
-Hook (if any): </p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country:NY
-School Type:Non-competitive, midsized, boring public high school
-Ethnicity:South Asian
-Gender:M
-Major Strength/Weakness:ORM
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted:Oh god, I don’t know, but I’m so excited and so happy aha</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars: Newspaper (Editor in Chief), National Honor Society, Drama Club, Academic Team, Tutoring
-Comments: Congratulations everyone! I was so excited when I got my early write, I’m so thrilled that I got in! I really wasn’t expecting it, but geez, I’m really happy!</p>

<p>Decision:REJECTED</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT: 690 CR/ 600 M / 710 W
-SAT IIs: 650 French with Listening, 730 US History
-ACT
-GPA 3.5
-Rank: School doesn’t rank,
-Other stats:</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: excellent
-Teacher Recs: excellent, good, good
-Counselor Rec: very good
-Hook (if any): upward trend, URM (aa male), legacy</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: NJ
-School Type: competitive private
-Ethnicity: African American
-Gender: Male
-Major Strength/Weakness: strength: Extracurriculars, SAT scores, Essay/ weakness: GPA
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: GPA - upward trend</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars: Tech Editor of school newspaper, started fund for orphanage in africa, 4 years varsity/club fencing, peer mentor, member and soloist for school band and men’s acapella choir, city harvest volunteer
-Comments: I’m really not that surprised…</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT 750 M / 660 CR / 710 W
-SAT IIs: 760 Chem / 730 Lit / 730 Math I
-ACT 35
-GPA 4.47 W
-Rank: 3 / 247
-Other stats:</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: Very true to myself, but also subject to having the reader absolutely hate them due to subject matter.
-Teacher Recs: One bad, one really good
-Counselor Rec: Decent, I imagine</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: Texas
-School Type: Public
-Ethnicity: White
-Gender: Female
-Major Strength/Weakness: Applied early! I don’t know. I really liked my essays.
-Why you think you were accepted: I applied early and I’m from Texas? I can’t imagine I’m that amazing.
-Going to attend?: Most probably not.</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars: Choir, Handbell Choir, UIL Math & Science, Swimming, NHS</p>

<p>@SkeeteRX8</p>

<p>im REALLY EXTREMELY SURPRISED that you did NOT get in!!
Im so sorry too!</p>

<p>how can that be?! On Wes’s Common Data Set they put diversity as a HUGE Factor…
i know lots of ppl with low stats that got in…cause of their ethnicity…</p>

<p>this depresses me …cause im not white and i have really bad senior year grades compared to the rest of my transript…your rejection might hint my rescindment? T__T
I really wanna go to Wes tho…T^T</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT: CR 730, M 700, W 690 = 2120
-SAT IIs: Chem 710, Lit 700, US His 700
-ACT: N/A
-GPA: 3.7 unweighted (4.0 weighted)
-Rank: No rank but ~top 5-10%
-Other stats:
APs: Chem (3), US His (3), Eng III (5)</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: Wrote it about tea. Pretty abstract in concept, but it came together well.
-Teacher Recs: Saw one, very strong
-Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it
-Hook (if any): None</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: RI
-School Type: Good Catholic
-Ethnicity: White
-Gender: F
-Major Strength/Weakness: Essays/APs
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Essays
-Going to attend?: Possibly</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars:
Church Youth Group - Teen SOYO (Syrian Orthodox Youth Organization) (President, VP, Treasurer, 5 years)
Dance (14 years)
Theater (6 years)
Chorus/Accapella (4 years)
Art through RISD classes
Model Legislature (2 years)
Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor (3 years)
Volunteer/Community service:
NEMO (New England Ministry Outreach) (5 years)
RI Democratic Party Volunteer (1 summer)
Habitat for Humanity (multiple trips)
RI Food Bank (multiple visits over 4 years)
Future trip to Jamaica Mustard Seed Communities (This spring break! Only a couple weeks!)
-Comments:
Visiting in 2 days :slight_smile: It wasn’t at the top of my list when I applies, but I’m taking it more seriously now. We’ll see after I visit!</p>

<p>Decision: REJECTED</p>

<p>Copy & Paste:</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT: 2280; CR 800, WR 750, M 730
-SAT IIs: Math 1 780, Math 2 700, US History 710, Lit 790
-ACT n/a
-GPA not calculated
-Rank: not calculated
-Other stats: </p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: i wrote my common app essay about wanting to go to hogwarts
-Teacher Recs: 3, 2 good, one idk about
-Counselor Rec: very good probably
-Hook (if any): none</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: new york
-School Type: competitive private school (everyone else who applied ed got in :()
-Ethnicity: white
-Gender: female
-Major Strength/Weakness: my grades weren’t perfect, i didn’t have all advanced courses (according to my college counselor)
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: the above reason. i also had a bit of an incident with the overnight. i didn’t confirm it and so they had no one to host me, and after crying a little, the girl made me another appointment. too bad my mom had arranged an overnight at another college, her alma mater, and so i had to cancel. and i dont think my mom even called, even tho she said she would (as i was too much of a coward). long story short, i made a fool of myself.
-Going to attend?: maybe ill fake an acceptance letter. jokes jokes</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars: theater, community service
-Comments:oh well</p>

<p>Decision: WAITLISTED</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT: (best score) CR-680, WR-770, M-700
-SAT IIs: Chem-670, Bio-700, Math II-770
-ACT: 33
-GPA: 3.99 UW
-Rank: 6?
-Other stats:</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: How my name Kristin is actually pronounced Christine and how I’m like my name [it makes A LOT more sense on paper…haha]
-Teacher Recs: Good, both teachers knew me really well
-Counselor Rec: Good. I think.
-Hook (if any): Don’t really have fun. I’ve been editor-in-chief of my school newspaper for 2 years</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: WA
-School Type: Public
-Ethnicity: Chinese
-Gender: Female
-Major Strength/Weakness: The test scores were a definite weakness. All over the place. I only technically sent my ACT scores officially so I don’t know if that affected me…
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I think I’m much more interesting in person than on paper. My app was pretty good, but not amazing.
-Going to attend?: Maybe. If I get off the waitlist?</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars: Editor-in-chief of school newspaper, president of youth group, selected for summer internship at PNNL, part of the school theater department
-Comments: I was quite surprised to get waitlisted…in a good way. I had no idea if I was getting in or not.</p>