<p>Hi- So I finished my Freshman year at RISD, and realized that I might not want to be an artist after all. Can someone please give my chances for getting into Wellesley for the Spring Semester?</p>
<p>High School
GPA- 3.8
SATs- 650 Math, 710 Writing, 800 Verbal
SAT IIs- 790 Literature, 740 U.S. History
E.C.s-
Piano Teachers Society of America
Carnegie Hall solo and duet performances- 2002, 2003, 2004 2005
Cecilian Music Club of Freehold
Cecilian Club Awards Competition- 1998
Young Peoples Music Program
21st Annual Piano Recital Winner- 2003
New Jersey Music Teachers Association
Honors in the Annual Piano Audition- 2003
High Honors in the Annual Piano Audition- 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005
Third place in the Young Musicians Competition for Piano- 2004
Honorable Mention in the Young Musicians Competition for Piano- 2005
President of the Literary Arts Society/ Creative Writing club
Volunteering at the Local Nursing Center
Skills/ VICA silver medallist in the Quizbowl Competition 2006
John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
Probability and Game Theory Course
School of Visual Arts Pre-College
Cartooning and Illustration Program
Chinese Culture Introduction at Local Library</p>
<p>College
GPA- 3.51 (3.7 for Academic Classes only)
E.C.s-
A Cappella asst. Music Director
Internal Events Coordinator- Asian Association
Volunteering with the recycling program</p>
<p>I want to major in International Relations- do I have a chance? Thank you in advance!</p>
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I will be a prospective transfer applicant too, for sophomore standing!</p>
<p>I honestly do not have much insight. I've known a few transfers, but they never talked about their grades at their other school. I definitely think you have a chance. You would have been a good candidate in high school, and your college GPA is still good--the median GPA at Wellesley is supposed to be a 3.33, so you would be above average, although again, I don't really know what the standard is for transfer applicants. I can tell you (I don't know if this is repeating info you already know, but..) that 212 students applied for transfer admission for Fall 2007 and 32 were accepted (eek!). I'm sorry I can't offer you much more insight.</p>
<p>Hola. I'm a rising sophomore at Wellesley. Honestly, your stats look very good. I think Wellesley is really interested in students who show a lot of interest in a certain subject and really excel in it. This differs from non-liberal arts colleges that want you to be equally accomplished in everything without sticking out in any single subject. </p>
<p>Your SATs and GPA are great. I had high scores in critical reading and writing, but had a low one in math and they still found me promising enough. </p>
<p>Wellesley has a ton of political science/econ/ IR majors and the school is extremely strong in all of the above. Since there is no international relations department per se, you must choose an inter-departmental major such as IR-econ, IR-polisci, or IR-history. All three options are pretty challenging. </p>
<p>Since you're coming from RISD, you might try a strategic approach to your transfer application. Wellesley doesn't have many studio art majors, so it's hungry for applicants who would like to join the department. My roommate had pretty mediocre credentials but is a great artist, so she was accepted. I say you should state that you'd like to major in art in order to increase your changes of acceptance. Once you're accepted, you can declare a major in IR. On the other hand, if a lot of people are applying to transfer into IR, your chances might go down.</p>
<p>Good luck with everything. I recommend that you visit Wellesley and maybe even stay a night. Also, brace yourself for the crazy workload and grade deflation policy!</p>
<p>diagram,</p>
<p>I had limited exposure to transfer applicants when I worked as a student in the admission office, but I do know that the acceptance rate was much lower than that of traditional undergraduate admissions. Also, I know that much more weight is put on your college grades, recommendations, and activities than anything you did in high school. I'm pretty sure that the board looks to see that transfer applicants took a broad range of liberal arts courses at their institution, similar to what is offered at Wellesley. I'm not sure how big of a role that has in admission decisions, but something to consider. Best bet would be to call the admission office and ask to speak with one of the counselors, preferably the one that coordinates transfer applicants.</p>
<p>good luck!</p>
<p>hey, diagram,</p>
<p>I checked the college board website and found the transfer acceptance rate of wellesley, which is 32/212(15.1%). it's quite low but still hopeful.</p>
<p>Jacinth_ambrose, your post is deft. correct. I talked to an AO of another LAC about the transfer process and she told me to take a broad range of liberal arts couses and not to take the professional courses(cuz current I'm in a business school, I asked if I should not take those professional ones). She didnt say much about how it weighted in the whole process, but just for the transfer credit standing. :)</p>