<p>Where else did you apply? And what's the deciding factor to attend Wellesley this fall?</p>
<p>I applied to Penn, Brown, Dartmouth, UM Ann Arbor, UIUC, UNC, Columbia, Amherst and Williams.</p>
<p>The deciding factor right now? Well, I just got rejected to two of my top choices and I'm pretty much expecting another rejection from my other top choice so.... by process of elimination, Wellesley will be the only remaining top choice.</p>
<p>I had four... </p>
<p>And, they have awesome english classes :)</p>
<p>I got waitlisted to Upenn & Barnard; and accepted to Cornell, Macalester and Wellesey. It'll be between Cornell or Wellesley.... hard decision. They are so different, but I applied to them both.</p>
<p>Accepted- Wellesley, Williams, Cornell, Syracuse, BU
Waitlisted- BC and Yale
Rejected- Tufts
Pending- Amherst, UChicago</p>
<p>As of now Wellesley is my favorite! Deciding factor would be how much I like Williams when I visit during Open House. I don't think I will remain on BC's waitlist and I highly doubt that I will get off Yale's waitlist. </p>
<p>The all-girls thing is of some concern... anddd Wellesley's library was less than impressive and libraries are like super, extra, impt to me! But otherwise its pretty much everything I looked for in a college.</p>
<p>Accepted- Wellesley, Bryn Mawr, Smith, Mt. Holyoke, Colby, UCB, UCLA, Grinnell, Scripps
Waitlisted- Haverford, Harvard
Rejected- Tufts, Vassar
Pending- Swarthmore (deferred ed2), Bowdoin, Stanford, Middlebury</p>
<p>My deciding factor will be visiting at Open Campus. I already know I love the Boston area (I went to Harvard SSP '04). My parents are leaning towards Mt. Holyoke since I got a 15k leadership award there (no fin aid at W). I'm still pretty interested in Scripps- just for the nice weather. But really- I think visiting is one of the most definite factors for me.</p>
<p>Accepted-Wellesley, Smith, Mt Holyoke
Rejected-Yale
Pending-Stanford (don't care)
Yale rejected me, so it's Wellesley for me! They gave me a more than generous fin aid package, and the more I think about it, the more it makes sense to go there. Just hung up my gorgeous poster and refrigerator magnet!</p>
<p>accept:wellesley,smith, sarah lawrence.
waitlist:brown, amherst, bowdoin.
reject:yale.
waiting for:middlebury.</p>
<p>it'll probably be wellesley since it offered the largest finaid package.i might consider smith as well. i'm also hoping for amherst but i don't think i'll make it from the waitlist.</p>
<p>Wellesley's libraries are pretty good: you've only seen Clapp/Knapp (do you see Knapp on tours still?) and maybe got a glimpse down into the sci-lib when you walked into the Science Center. There are actually 5 libraries on campus: Clapp, the Science Library, the Music Library , the Art library (both in Jewett), and the Astronomy Library (which is in the observatory). I guess the collections don't date back to John Harvard's book collection, but there is still some pretty good stuff when you start to visit Special Collections and Conservation- we have one of the first editions of Sidereus Nuncius, where Galileo presents his discovery of the moons of Jupiter. They let me touch it! Since the bookstore has moved out of the library to the LCW, they've been remodelling and it's going to be pretty cool so I've heard.<br>
What is lacking is the recreational reading section- it's just okay (though the room is really cute), but I here I have time to read about one or two pleasure books a semester (as opposed to over 50 books a year that I read in High School). If there is a for-fun book that the library doesn't have, there is an independant bookstore in the ville (which means I can't get the really trashy Star Wars books I love- they manage to attract lots of big name authors to booksignings though- I met Allison Weir there), Barnes and Noble in Natick, and the Wellesley Free Library which is a 20 minute walk from campus and pretty awesome as far as public libraries go.</p>
<p>I agree with WendyMouse about the libraries. I worked in the SciLib all four years, and I spent a fair amount of time in Special Collections, as well. All together, the libraries contain 1.4 million volumes, which is pretty good for a school of 2,300 students. (As a comparison, the university I'm at, now, has more than ten times the number of students but less than four times the number of volumes in the library, not including periodicals.) </p>
<p>If you can't find what you need, there's always ILL, Virtual Catalog, the Boston Library Consortium (you need special permission, generally from a reference librarian), the MinuteMan library system, and the Wellesley Free Library. Also, it generally isn't a big deal to spend some time in other college/university libraries (except Harvard). You won't always be able to check things out, but most schools are pretty good about letting you use their materials in-library.</p>
<p>Rejected: Columbia, GU... pshh... i didn't like them either
Accepted: Rice, UChicago (University Honors Scholarship), Tufts, Williams, GWU, JHU (Hobson Trust Scholarship), Wellesley (really, really generous grants) :)
97% sure I'm goin' to Wellesley!!! YAY!! The deciding factor for me: while all of the schools I have been accepted to have great academics, Wellesley has the community, the spirit of leadership, and women who REALLY make a difference (just LOOK at the alumni list)</p>
<p>accepted: wellesley, carleton, university of puget sound, bowdoin, colby, kenyon, macalester
No waitlists or rejections, phew!
Wellesley is definitely up there, but overnight visits will probably decide where I'll end up next year. The alum network of Wellesley is one of the things I find really attractive about the college.</p>
<p>accepted: U of I, Macalester, Northwestern, Tufts, Cornell, Smith, Wellesley
rejected: berkeley</p>
<p>right now deciding between Cornell and Wellesley. any thoughts?!</p>
<p>Accepted: UC Berkeley (Spring admit :P), UCLA, UCSD, Tufts, Scripps, GWU
Waitlisted: Pitzer, JHU
Rejected (?): Georgetown (I haven't received their letter yet, I figure I'll call because it got lost in the mail).</p>
<p>I think it's going to be Wellesley because the financial aid was generous enough that it'll be more affordable than an UC without aid, plus I feel that I could benefit from a small LAC environment a lot better than I could from a larger, impersonal university. Visits and the size of the finaid package at Tufts could sway me, but I doubt it.</p>
<p>Accepted: Swat, Wesleyan, NYU, BU, Tufts, Bryn Mawr, oh and Wellesley (duh)
Waiting on: Pomona
Rejected: Stanford, Brown</p>
<p>I am deciding between Wellesley, Swat, and Tufts but I am really really conflicted. Everyday, I think of some new reason why one of those colleges is better. It's all on the Open House.</p>
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I'm having this problem too. I've been searching threads so much now, just to find views on the different schools... One day I think Wellesley is perfect, the next I'm unsure. I've tried looking at collegedirtdotcom, looking at people's myspaces, etc!</p>
<p>accepted: wellesley (obv), cornell, johns hopkins, carnegie mellon, boston university, brandeis
waitlist: tufts
rejected: nada! </p>
<p>I'm undecided between wellesley, cornell, and hopkins right now.. obviously very different schools, but all appealing to me in different ways. what do I do?? (aside from visiting)</p>
<p>Accepted: Wellesley, UCSD (with money), UCLA, UCI, Indiana University (with money)
Waitlisted: Harvard, Brown
Rejected: Yale
Pending: Amherst, Bowdoin</p>
<p>Deciding factor: money. Hands down. So far it's between UCSD and Indiana because of that, even though I'd like to attend an LAC.</p>
<p>Rejected: Harvard, Yale
Waitlisted: Washington U. St. Louis
Accepted: Wellesley, Emory, Vanderbilt, Boston College, Case Western, Tulane, U Miami, UFlorida, new college of Florida</p>
<p>Deciding Factor: $ basically narrows it down to Emory, Vanderbilt, Wellesley. I'm going to visit over spring break to decide, but i think it may be Wellesley because I want to get out of the South, just for a change. Also looking at strength of extracirricular stuff in the Performing arts and availability of public transportation.</p>
<p>Accepted: Wellesley, U Roch, Rutgers {I end up paying the least for Rutgers since I got merit and grants, I got merit and grant from URoch as well, but the Wellesley grant was so huge O<em>o so I end up paying just a couple thousands more than Rutgers -</em>_-;;}
Waitlisted: Amherst
Rejected: Cornell Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>Deciding factor: I only applied to 5 schools. I didn't really care about name or prestige...was just looking for a good liberal arts school. I was surprised I got waitlisted at Amherst since a lot of crap happened this year {reason for CAS rejection? perhaps} but I'm not going to put myself down on their list. Out of the 5, I wouldn't mind going to any of the three I got into, but Wellesley was my second choice, so ^o^ yay!</p>
<p>Hahaha..I'm so glad I only applied to 5, and only had to pay a couple of hundred dollars on app fees. Plus, if I had gotten accepted into one more school, I would have had a hard time deciding. I see girls here who've gotten into amazing schools and I can't imagine how hard it is to make a decision. So I'm really thankful I got into Wellesley and for how easy my decision is.</p>
<p>accepted: wellesley, smith, UCLA, Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, Boston University
Waitlisted: Brandeis, Wash U in St Louis
Rejected: Yale, Northwestern</p>
<p>Deciding factor: tough. i've always loved UCLA and berkeley and smith, but Wellesley is the cheapest by a LONG SHOT and my parents aren't wealthy at all, so they really want me to go there. but coming from a big public high school in LA, i'm not totally sure i can do the whole small, all womens, back east thing. i really want to go to ucla, but my family would be in debt for a long time and they REALLY don't want me to do that. they would probably try to make me live at home... :-/ But I'm visiting Wellesley soon- who knows, i may fall in love</p>