I am currently a freshmen attending a top 100 LAC near home, but I have grown unsatisfied with the experience here. I want to be surrounded by peers who have a high desire for learning, and push me to think differently and think more. The classes here are intellectually stimulating, but the student body is severely lacking in rigor. I also am not a fan of the fact that the overwhelming majority of the students come from my state; I would like some diversity in that regard.
I came to school here because of the attractive financial package and the ability to my sport at the college level. However, college sports was not as crucial to my college experience as I thought it would be, and fortunately I am in a position in which my parents can pay full price for most schools (they also support my decision to transfer if that is what I choose to do).
Stats:
SAT: 2080 (700 M, 660 CR, 720 W)
ACT: 30 (33E, 33M, 30R, 27S)
SAT II, Math II: 770
SAT II, Chemistry: 770
One of my regrets in the application process coming out of high school was that I only took each test once in the spring of my junior year (2015). I will be taking the ACT again and am aiming for 32-33 at the very least; I believe I have come a long way academically in the last two years and will study over winter break as well.
High school unweighted GPA: 4.0
High school weighted GPA: 7.2/6.0 (we had a weird scale)
Class rank: 4/500
AP Scores:
Psych, Human, Calc BC, AB Subscore - 5
Chem, Lit, Lang, Physics 1, Macro - 4
Major: Computer Science
College Grades at the moment (18 credits):
Freshmen Seminar: A+
Bio I: A
CS I: A+
Electronics: A
Misc. class called Effective Thinking: A
I will be taking 18 credits in the spring as well.
Other activities:
- 1 of the credits I am taking next semester is an independent study/ research in theoretical computer science that I am doing with a professor.
- Varsity Sport: 15+ hours/week in most months of the year
- Volunteer tutoring: 3 hours/week, middle schoolers are bussed to our school and we mentor them, helping them with homework and doing enrichment activities together. I really enjoy this as we are assigned to a kid so that we are able to build a relationship with them over the course of the semester, and my kid is very outgoing.
- ACM club: 2 hours/week
- I worked over the summer and had high school EC’s but do not think they are necessary to mention for this post
What might be my chances of being admitted to Wesleyan? I will only submit my SAT II’s if my test scores do not improve.
Thank you for reading and any feedback is much appreciated!