<p>My son is a Junior in HS and recently received his SAT II scores. He received a 700 in Math 1 and 740 in Chemistry. Since Wesleyan (as most schools) does not publish the average scores for SAT IIs, I was wondering if his Math score is low for Welsyan standards? For those of you who have been admitted to Wesleyan, can you give me a rough idea of your SAT II scores? Also, how much weight does Wesleyan put on these scores?</p>
<p>I realize that SAT II scores are only a portion of the whole admissions process but any info. would be helpful. Thanks!</p>
<p>Those are fine scores that I'll bet are right in the sweet spot for Wes. As you suggest, though, they have little meaning in isolation from the rest of the application. Your son should concentrate on building a strong overall app that has his SATs, transcript and essay all working together to explain why he'd be a great member of the class of 2012.</p>
<p>I also think that Wesleyan puts alot of thought into "fit". Correspondence from the school upon my D's admission mentioned how she is a great fit for the school. Her alum interviewer emphasized that D was a perfect fit for Wesleyan and said as much(I believe) in his evaluation. </p>
<p>So, if your kid is seriously considering Wesleyan he/she should go there at least twice one time for an overnight. Go to classes. But my D made her final decision at WesFest when she met so many interesting and fantastic kids.</p>
<p>I think that a winning Wes application shows not just the basics of a superlative GPA, SATs and class rank but also significant community service, strong interest in the arts(D is a playwriter),and some form of social activism for the betterment of the human condition. I think that if you parse what Wesleyan's philosophy is the "typical" Wes student is very bright,intellectually eclectic, globally and politically aware and simply very cool dudes. Some varsity atheletics to round out the person as not being just cerebral helps.</p>
<p>By the way I think next year will be even tougher than this year for admissions. The admissions rate for class of 2011 was 26% and the year before was 28%. Remember they only look at the top two SAT II scores so if your child does better on another SAT II the 700 won't be considered although College Board sends all results. However those test scores you sited are quite good.</p>
<p>Good luck to you and your child thru the horrors of senior year. Try your best to prevent procrastination on the essays but forget about them being done over this summer. Choose some good safety schools your kid would like to attend as you never know what can happen.</p>
<p>We are all thrilled in our family that my D is going to be a member Wes class 0f 2011, especially my D.</p>
<p>If you have any questions I feel duty bound from all the help CC parents gave us over the last two years to reach out to other future Wes applicants and their parents.</p>
<p>A note: I got into Wes (last year) with basically no community service and no strong activist activities (though I was a member of my high school's GSA). I did show interest in the arts though, it's true: lots of dancing, dabbling in theater and a number of photo classes. </p>
<p>Anyway, I do agree that Wes does care a lot about fit (definitely have your son do an overnight if possible. So much fun, and the best way to figure out if Wes is the place for him). It's just that fit doesn't have to mean activist hippiness!</p>
<p>I think those scores are reasonable. I got in and had similar SAT scores. I'm going to go ahead and disagree with the conventional wisdom that Wesleyan doesn't care about scores and cares more about "fit"...</p>
<p>Like a lot of similar colleges, Wesleyan gets a boatload more applications than it really knows what to do with. All they see are grades, scores and a (let's be honest) extremely formulaic essay. I think they actually weight grades and scores very heavily and just assume the other things will fall into place if those are good. I've been involving in the process of "accepting" people for competitive positions before and it's vastly more guesswork and applications than I think a lot of people realize. I can only imagine what it's like with 10 applications for every 1 seat in the class.</p>
<p>Your son's scores are good by any standards. If he's going into a major that is in the sciences or in mathematics, I would suggest that he take the SAT Math Level 2 Subject Test. The Level 2 Subject Test contains much of the material that he will encounter at Wesleyan and shows his application of Precalculus (or a higher mathematics course.) </p>
<p>As for my scores, I scored in the 90th-percentile rank for Math Level 2 and in the 94th-percentile rank for Chemistry.</p>