It wouldn’t hurt to send a letter of interest to the admissions office – better to send it to the counselor for your region – but everyone in your position will probably do this. I think you want to follow up your letter of interest by regularly showing your counselor why they should accept you. In the next couple of months, you should email your counselor updates regarding any specific academic, EC or personal successes you achieve – i.e., placing in a science competition, having an article published, receiving a scholarship. If you don’t have the opportunity to do of those types of things in the near future, try to come up with something you can do to make yourself stand out – start a blog, write a letter to the editor of your local paper, fundraise for a local charity, become a volunteer, etc. Keep in touch with your counselor to show continued interest. I’ve heard that this strategy has worked for people here & friends who were waitlisted at other schools. Hope this helps. Good luck to you.
@UnhappyWendy Thanks for your reply! So do you think it is better for me to contact my regional counselor rather than the admissions office? (Btw I couldn’t really find who my regional counselor is… I just know that my school’s counselor and the dean of admissions & financial aid at wellesley (the one who signed the decision letter) have been pretty close since long time ago). Do you think it would be appropriate if I email her and show her my passion towards Wellesley?
Also, I haven’t really achieved specific academic, EC, or personal successes since the day I submitted my application, and I am not confident if I will do so in the future (although I may volunteer for the poor in other countries). I also agree that emailing the office (or maybe the dean?) regularly could make a good impression toward me, but wouldnt emailing the office (or the dean) regularly without impressive achievements that effective? Wouldn’t it rather bother them? haha sorry I have too much concern.
If you look at the admissions page of the Wellesley website, it lists admissions counselors by state/international. I would reach out to the appropriate person to re-iterate your interest and tell them that Wellesley remains your top choice (if that is the case).
I think it could be beneficial to stay in touch with the counselor, but do not think it would be wise to contact them unless you have something that adds interest to your application profile. IMO, a “possible” response means that admissions is interested in you, but needs to be convinced that you are a stronger candidate than the many other applicants in the possible pile, as well as all the regular decision applicants.
I do know people who got in after a “possible” EE decision. One friend thinks she got in because she contacted admissions after she won 2 awards and had some athletic achievements in the second half of senior year. I strongly suggest trying to do something in the upcoming months that is worthy or an admissions update. I realize that you can’t make an award happen, but anyone can publish a blog or start volunteering. If not, perhaps you could periodically send a well-written email with a question about a specific program of study that interests you (but make sure that the answer is not readily available on the website!)?
When I viewed the portal for the admission decision there was an option to reply, so I think that there’s a possibility for you to send your letter through that.
@ihihihi – my D got a possible which was expected. She has great stats (3.9 UW GPA, 33 ACT, APs, etc.) but 10 girls (!!) from her high achieving school applied and I think her ECs, while very good and focused, were not likely stand outs for this round. So, she sent her regional rep an email to say she is still very interested and also to talk more about one particular EC where she has done a lot, but it wasn’t really conveyed well on her CA. She also asked the teacher who runs the program to send in a letter of support to Wellesley and talk about her EC achievements (the teacher recently gave her a school commendation for her work). My D also talked about the college courses she is taking as we’re not sure her guidance counselor adequately discussed them in her midyear report.
You really do not have time to start new things now as they are currently looking at your applications. However, you should write an email to say you are still very interested and maybe talk about things that have happened since you applied. The regional rep did email my D back and was very sweet, but also said to have her teacher send in that letter ASAP.
Finally, while my D loves Wellesley, she applied to several fabulous, good fit schools, so even if this doesn’t work out I think she will land on her feet and be happy. I’m sure you will too!! Good luck!
@Dawnpaige thanks for your response! i still havent written the letter yet - do you think it would be late if i send it within this week? (at least by next monday?)
@ihihihi I think you can definitely still send it in, but the sooner the better, The regional rep specifically told my daughter to have her teacher send in her letter as soon as possible. Doesn’t hurt to still do it though! Good luck!
Hi! I just wanted to let you know my experience. I sent my letter into my admissions counselor and she emailed me back to explain that Wellesley does not have dedicated readers for states that stay the same every year. It would be best to send any additional materials to the applicant@wellesley.edu. Hope this helps!