<p>hi,everyone, I have some questions about Wellesley~:
1)If I ED wellesley, how much it would help? I tried to search the accept rate for early, but I only some # between 25~50%? I looked up on their website too, I couldn't find it(but I thinnk I saw it one time before),So anyone has the exactly # or advices for it? How benifit is ED Wellesley?
2) my stat is not THAT good,I mean SAT, my GPA is good.but EC I believe it's strong. I heard Wellesley cared about SAT a lot,is that true?</p>
<p>1) I EDed and got deferred, and then got in. I know a lot of people that applied ED, but most of them were overqualified anyway. I wouldn't worry about it too much- make sure Wellesley is somewhere where you would want to be no matter what.<br>
2)Don't focus on your numbers too much. SATs aren't as important as other things, like your essays. I didn't have the best SATs, but I still got in. You might want to work on your SAT IIs if you're that worried about your numbers.</p>
<p>Looking at your other posts it seems you are also interested in Yale EA, which as you mentioned is going to be rough since Harvard and Princeton dropped their early programs.</p>
<p>You're also interested in Econ and Business, and Wellesley has one of the best LAC Econ departments. Wellesley students also have a very good reputation among the i-bankers since they can adapt easily the crunch time atmosphere and long hours that ibankers put up with (sell their souls) for the six figure salary. You will not be alone in desiring this career path at Wellesley.</p>
<p>Wellesley's ED admit rate is pretty high, I think 50%, but the pool is excellent. I don't know the exact boost ED gives you, but it's good if you've made a final decision. I don't really understand why people are asking for help choosing between ED programs. You ED when there's no contest between schools. EA somewhere if you aren't sure and you want a boost, otherwise RD it and agonize in May.</p>
<p>WendyMouse: Thank you so much for checking my previous posts and knowing what I want! Yes, studying bussiness is my dream for a long long time!~ To be honest, I was pretty sure I would EA Yale before I visited Wellesley, which I fell in love with it. And its especial program with MIT attract my attention to, as you know, MIT has one of the best bussiness school in country. So that's why I changed my mind and think more about where I really wanted to go.And by the way, I kind of like small classes in LAC, and close relationship with each other.
I love Yale's EA plan, b/c it won't " blind" me to go there, but Wellesley does ED, but I still want to try more universities have better bussiness school,like UPenn, MIT. I do understand Wellesley has one of the best Econ department, but a lot of people also advice me to study more other than eco during undergraduate 4 yrs, like math, engineering.
Maybe you want to know then why Yale? I know Yale does not have good ranking on bussiness or engineering, but what I read and what I heard from Yale people is they put more and more attention on it, and I think it would have more area for me to "explore", and more chances. And I hope a good GPA on them and graduate from Yale will bring people easy way to those great bussiness companies. And try EA Yale, accept or defer or reject, I still have chance to try those top bussiness/engineering school as I said before. But also as I said, I don't have very strong SAT, so maybe the way will do some help is through EA plan.
That's what I am thinking, I have tell you all. Because I am so confused now, want to hear more of advices from people.
Thx!
Wellesleyjaun: Thx! I will do more research, and if I do find wellesley is my very first choice, I will apply no matter what. Yes, I won't worry about my number that much now, I will do my best and turn in what I have!</p>
<p>I would caution you to really think hard about Yale EA, especially since you do not seem to feel that you are a fantastic applicant. I applied Yale EA this past year, and I honestly kind of think it was a waste. Because of the "single-choice" aspect, I couldn't apply early anywhere else, the acceptance rate is pretty low still (20%), and by all accounts the pool is at least as strong, if not stronger, EA, which will only be intensified next year, when <em>everyone</em> (okay, not really, but you know what I mean) will apply there or Stanford SCEA. I had strong stats (but relatively weak extras), and I was deferred-->rejected. In my case, it didn't matter too much, because the only other schools on my list that offered non-restrictive early action were my safety and safe match schools, which I got into fine anyway, but looking at your interests, I would advise against it. For example, you could apply to MIT EA (even lower acceptance rate than Yale, but it's not binding) and any other school that you were interested in that offered EA, and then apply to Yale and Wellesley and any other school RD. </p>
<p>Also, I personally think business schools are hugely overrated, unless you are talking about Wharton or something. That's the great thing about Wellesley, for example--you could major in economics, and minor or double major or just explore any other subject you wanted, including math. There's no engineering at Wellesley, but engineering isn't particularly something that you dabble in while also working towards another major. It's something that you have to be pretty focused on. If you go to a dedicated business school, your studies outside business will be pretty limited. </p>
<p>Thirdly, I bit of pontificating from a slightly bleeding-heart idealist: I find the business discussions to be the hands-down most disheartening on this board. There are a lot of people here who will write about going to an Ivy or MIT for a prospective business professional as though those who don't end up unemployed and lying in the gutter. Sure, this is theory is present in all discussions about the Ivies, but for whatever reason, is more so present with business prospies. Will going to HYP or Wharton give you an up? Yeah, probably (although probably not as much as some on this website would have you believe). But don't become fixated with those options...shockingly, most people did not go to an Ivy, and yet that 99% of the population manages to get by in life.</p>