Wellesley 2022 Applicants Results Thread

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[asize=7][acolor=#FFA500]Decision: Waitlist[/color][/size]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 34
SAT II: 730 Biology, 770 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.12 W, 3.8ishUW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/a
AP (place score in parenthesis):
AP Euro (3), AP Chinese (4), AP Lang (5), AP Spanish (5), AP Bio (5), AP Calc AB (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Micro, AP Lit, AP Psych, AP 2d Art
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A, some small county awards

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Art Club (president 3 years), Key Club VP (1 year)
Job/Work Experience: about 150 Hours of Community Service
Volunteer/Community service: School Freshman advisor (120 hours of service), Various Key Club things
Summer Activities: Girls Who Code, Internship at University of Washington @ St. Louis for Biotech
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8, wrote on writing short stories and overcoming criticism
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 9/10, Art Teacher who knew me really really well
Teacher Rec #2: 8, Biology teacher who I had for two years straight
Counselor Rec: 7, Wasn’t super close to him
Additional Rec:
Interview: 8, A little awkward, Kinda stuttered on my “Why Wellesley” question

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Comp Sci
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: High
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing really

Reflection

Strengths: I really liked my essays, and my recommendations. I like to think I’m a pretty charismatic person
Weaknesses: Stats weren’t the best, weak when it comes to math
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not enough Hooks/ I have no history of comp sci experience whatsoever
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UW, UCSC, UCSB. Waitlist: UCSD Rejected: Calpoly

General Comments:

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Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 1280
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB ( score is probably going to be mediocre
Senior Year Course Load:
ToK HL History HL Lang& Lit HL French
SL Math SL Physics SL Music
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nope.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars:

Executive Student Council Secretary
Chess Club Founder & President
Human Rights Club
Tri-M Music Honor Society
Creative Writing Club

Job/Work Experience:
Worked at a U.S Embassy for a whole summer

Volunteer/Community service: Sri Lanka Service Trip/Human Rights Cl
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9-10

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: English teacher, 8-10 rating
Teacher Rec #2: Physics 7-8 rating
Counselor Rec: ?
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Philosophy or Physics–(undecided)
State (if domestic applicant): N/A
Country (if international applicant): overseas…but I am a U.S Citizen
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 60-70 k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

URM?

Reflection

Frankly, I was overjoyed when I read my decision; I thought I’d be rejected. My objectives suck! Yet, I still managed to be waitlisted…how curious.
Strengths: Essays. For me, writing is a way of life and thus I am able to use words to my advantage. My common app essay blew everyone who read it away–my mom always knew I was a decent writer, but when she read it, she nearly teared and said: “my baby’s going to be a writer.”
Also
My English Teacher loves me and is very impressed with my writing, philosophical ideas, etc.
My physics teacher supervises STUCO and probably talked about my growth into a confident woman ( I have social anxiety disorder).
Weaknesses: GPA

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: read below.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments:

Demonstrate a spike. My spike was by far my writing and my ability to speak to my audience. However, the spike alone is never enough. Don’t let your weaknesses drag you down severely; they shouldn’t be so blatant. No one is perfect, but, paradoxically, balance in tandem with a focused specialty or expertise is what most likely grants your acceptance at a highly selective institution.

My grades suck(ed), but then again I let myself go and stopped studying due to several personal/mental issues. Don’t do what I did, be resilient. But at the end of the day, let whatever happens become a learning experience.

(I’m happy nonetheless)

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[asize=7]Decision: Accepted[/size]
I have no clue if I did this right but we’ll see…

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1570 (Math 800, English 770)
ACT (breakdown): Did not take
SAT II: Latin 780, Spanish 760, did not send Math 2 (750)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98, weighted 4.83 (out of 5)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not do this
AP (place score in parenthesis): Have never taken an AP before Senior year (School does mainly Honors classes)
IB (place score in parenthesis): School does not have this
Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, Honors Race Class and Gender, AP English Lang, AP Calc AB, Honors Latin 5, French 2
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Hm idk if any of these apply, I won the Silver medal in the National Spanish Exam, and I’ve earned Maxima Cum Laude twice and Summa Cum Laude once on National Latin Exam

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Track and XC runner all years of HS, founder of school’s first literature mag
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Work at my local farm the past two summers
Summer Activities: ^ Local farm mainly, also some volunteering at a community library
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 10, My Latin teacher, known her since I was a freshman, she was SO thorough
Teacher Rec #2: This could be anything from a 3 to a 10, very unpredictable teacher
Counselor Rec: Barely know my counselor
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Classics/Linguistics
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: SAT score, GPA, loved my common app essay
Weaknesses: Honestly I didn’t think my Why Wellesley essay was all that great. I did Early Evaluation, and I only ended up doing it after not getting into my top choice ED, so I was kinda in no state to be writing essays.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: To be honest, I’m unsure. I did visit several times (although it’s basically in my backyard), and they might take that into account.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted UMass Amherst, Smith (with STRIDE scholarship), Colby (with Presidential scholarship), Wellesley. Waitlisted at Bowdoin

General Comments: You never know. It’s such an impersonal thing these days, do not feel bad ANY of you who got an unwanted decision. You are amazing, strong, fighting women and will do great things. Just applying to Wellesley at all proves that.

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Guess I’ll add my stats here?
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): low, did not send
ACT (breakdown): 30 (9 writing)

SAT II: low, did not send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A, weighted is ~4.3
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not do this
AP (place score in parenthesis):APES (4) I’m taking AP English Lit, AP Spanish Lang, AB Calc, and AP Physics C: Mech (w/o taking physics prior)
IB (place score in parenthesis): School does not have this
Senior Year Course Load: All the APs I am currently taking, plus Concert Band (CP) and another elective class
Major Awards: None

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Race & Ethnicities Club (co-founder) 12
-GSA 9,10,11,12
-Model UN 11, 12
-Book Club 11
-not an EC but I’m a member of the concert band @ my school
Job/Work Experience:
-Lifeguard
-Unpaid Internship @ BU
Volunteer/Community service: Some but not a lot. I’ve volunteered at the local giving tree, also I do community service w/the concert band @ my school
Summer Activities: I work, that’s pretty much it.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 8, My math teacher, I have always struggled in math but dedicated my life to Precalculus last year (one of the hardest courses at my school) which my teacher was aware of. I showed an upward trend in that class too. She is someone who values self-improvement over grades (mine were lackluster) so that was useful for me.
Teacher Rec #2: 9.5, English teacher/GSA advisor. I’ve known her since freshman year, she really likes me as a person. I was one of the only people in her class that was passionate about the material. I didn’t do well on the final project but she said it wouldn’t affect my rec so…yeah.
Counselor Rec: 5, My counselor likes me but we’re not super close.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: Off Campus over Skype, it did not go well.

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: CS
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 140k both parents??
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Woman of color interested in STEM

Reflection

Strengths: ACT score was pretty good, CA essay was strong: I wrote about my experience about my mostly white high school and how that prompted me to create my club. The essay was well written according to my english teacher so…wooo…
Weaknesses: So many. I have a low GPA (around a B+/A- avg), not a lot of community service opportunities or leadership roles.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Wellesley is centered around community service, which I did not have an abundance of. Low GPA, and bad interview.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted UMass Amherst (Honors + CS), Colorado College, RIT, UMaine, Northeastern & WPI. Still waiting on Smith and have my fingers crossed!!

General Comments: I’ve been very lucky in the college process. @ prospective students apply to reach schools, EA if possible. I wanted to apply to Wellesley but didn’t at first bc I thought I wouldn’t get in, and missed the EA deadline. Don’t be me.

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Right forgot to mention I was waitsted

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1400, 720 reading, 680 math (I don’t remember what I got on the writing, sorry)
ACT (breakdown): NA
SAT II: NA
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top ten percent (my school ranks on the decile system)
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP French (5), AP Spanish (5), AP World (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load: I’m a dual-enrolled student and take half of my classes, Macroeconomics, Humanities in the US, Environmental Science, and Anthropology of Globalization, at the local college. At my high school I take AP Gov, AP Lit, Journalism, and Culinary.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None. My school doesn’t really participate in national awards and I haven’t really done anything award-winning. I’m an AP Scholar if that helps.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Ballet (14 years and was a principal dancer in a local company), Human Rights Commission (2 years, committee leader), Commission on the Status of Women (1 year), Interact Club (4 years, VP as a junior), QSA (1 year, treasurer)
Job/Work Experience: Internship at local paper
Volunteer/Community service: I volunteer very frequently at a local art gallery (2 years) and do a lot of tutoring in Spanish (4 years).
Summer Activities: NSLI-Y Arabic Summer (language learning program), Middlebury Monterey Language Academy (two summers in the Spanish Academy and one in the French Academy), and Ballet
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I didn’t really like how my Common App essay turned out. It wasn’t very descriptive and did more telling than showing. Right before I checked my portal, I reread my supplements and couldn’t believe how poorly they were written (at least for my standards), but I really liked what I wrote because it was personal to me and my experiences and how I would be affected by a Wellesley education. All of my essays did tie my common theme together though, which I did like.
I really don’t know if I can rate my own essays accurately, but I guess I would give the Common App one a 6 or 7, and the Wellesley ones maybe a 7 or 8.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Okay these are all super subjective because I have only read my recommendations and didn’t really have anything to compare.

Teacher Rec #1: My AP World teacher wrote this for me and I really liked the letter. I would give it maybe an 8 or 9.
Teacher Rec #2: I asked my computer science teacher, who I’ve had for three years, but I didn’t read the letter.
Counselor Rec: I liked what my counselor wrote for me. We have a pretty good relationship and she knows a lot about my personal life and who I am, so that’s good. I would give it a 9.
Additional Rec: NA
Interview: I connected with my interviewer pretty well I guess. We had similar interests and mutual connections, so we were able to talk a lot about that.

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: International Relations
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: small public school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 500,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: Really passionate and informative essays that I think really conveyed my personality. I think my interview helped, too. My ECs demonstrated my interest in all the things I hope to pursue in college.
Weaknesses: test scores, GPA, lack of awards, crappy essays
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I painted a really good picture of the type of student that I am and the type of person who I would be at Wellesley. It was a very cohesive and connected application, and I’m really passionate about the things I do, and I think that showed through my application.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Syracuse (accepted), and I’m still waiting on some more schools.

General Comments:

I’ve always been interested in reading the results threads of the colleges I’m interested in, so I hope this helps future applicants. I’m elated to be part of the class of 2022. I can’t wait to meet everyone at SOC! :slight_smile:

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Decision: Accepted

SAT I (breakdown): 1540 (760 Reading, 740 Math)
ACT (breakdown): didn’t take
SAT II: 740 Biology E, 720 Literature

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Weighted GPA: 5.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 20%

AP (place score in parenthesis): 11 Total – AP Scholar with Distinction – Biology (4), World History (3), APUSH (4), Chemistry (3), English Language (5), Comparative Government (3), currently taking Government, Macroeconomics, English Literature, Art History, and Environmental Science
Senior Year Course Load: see above, + honors statistics and newspaper
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I probably have around 15 major journalism/photojournalism awards including several “All-Floridas” and “Best-of-the-Bests,” one second place SIPA award. One “Premio de plata” from the National Spanish Examination. Second in the state in FBLA business communication – qualified for nationals.
QuestBridge National College Match finalist (didn’t rank Wellesley though).

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Quill & Scroll Honor Society (president), National English Honor Society (vice-President), Girl Up (vice-President), Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper for two consecutive years
Job/Work Experience: Worked at a horseback riding facility, in retail for a year, now I work as a server
Volunteer/Community service: 340 hours, volunteered for Heartland Hospice Services
Summer Activities: Barnard YWLI, Duke TIP, working, freelanced at a local paper
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Applied through QuestBridge, I worked pretty hard on all those essays (probably close to 20 in total). 9/10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 9/10 I have an especially great relationship with both my recommenders

Teacher Rec #1: probably discussed how I manage to still do well in school despite unfortunate home/personal circumstances
Teacher Rec #2: I think this letter focused more on my journalism and how it ties into my activism/intellect
Counselor Rec: Probably pretty OK too
Additional Rec: no
Interview: no

Applied for Financial Aid?: YES.
Intended Major: English/Women’s and Gender Studies/Philosophy
State (if domestic applicant): FL
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: nb
Income Bracket: <20K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): low-income, mixed heritage, QB NCM Finalist, met a representative at the QB NCAC and had an amazing conversation with her that continued in our email correspondence

Strengths: essays and supplements, character, test scores
Weaknesses: grades… my home life is a mess + I work 30 hours a week, I definitely can’t afford to be a straight-A student, though I definitely would be if the circumstances were different…
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my intellect, personality, and work ethic really shone through my essays and recommendations, hitting it off with an admissions counselor I met may have also helped

General Comments: I likely won’t be able to afford to go.

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[a][asize=7][acolor=Green]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]**

SAT I (breakdown): 1500 (740M/760E)
ACT (breakdown): 34
SAT II: 720 USH, 760M1
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/600ish
AP (place score in parenthesis): HumanGeo(5), Psych(5), CompGov(5), WorldHist(4), EngLang(5), Seminar(5), Physics1(4), USHist(5), EuroHist(5), Macro + USGov(didn’t take exams)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Micro, English IV, Anatomy, French for DELF B2
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar with honor & distinction

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): feminist club(founder&president), french club, debate club, NHS, Rho Kappa
Job/Work Experience: worked at my dance studio, tutor
Volunteer/Community service: Teen Court juror/attorney, tutored french children in english
Summer Activities: Summer@Brown 2 week program in gender studies, dance training and competitions
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: apush teacher 10/10 very close
Teacher Rec #2: ap seminar teacher 10/10 did very strong research papers in his class
Counselor Rec: 9/10 pretty close with, she believed in me
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: very strong, it was the morning i was leaving to go abroad in france, the interviewer and i clickef

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major:international relations/political science
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant): spent semester in abroad
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: F
Income Bracket: <80k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a

Reflection

Strengths: grades, test scores, time abroad, strong interest in politics and social justice
Weaknesses: not much work experience
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: strong academics, passionate about social justice
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
accepted to mcgill, GW, NYU, AUP
General Comments: Got almost full ride of aid, probably attending

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1540 (780 writing/760 math)
ACT (breakdown): none
SAT II: 700 US History, 730 Literature, 750 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (4) AP Physics (4) AP US History (5) AB calc (5) AP English language (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, BC calc, AP stats, AP English Lit, Advanced Psychology, Advanced Musical Theater
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar with distinction, National Merit Commended student

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Comptetitive improv team for five years, have done theater at school and at community theaters for 8+ years (student leadership boards and directing as well), senior mentor to freshman at school, school tour ambassador, writing/math center tutor, School soccer for 4 years, Class VP for 2 years
Job/Work Experience: Babysitter and have worked at summer camps for 6 years
Volunteer/Community service: not much- most of my community service is from working in the writing and math center at my school
Summer Activities: Theater, theater, and more theater
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common app essay:9- It was about how my four year old self influenced my current self, and how what I did and how I behaved then translates to my interests and personality now. My college counselor and another college rep who read it really liked it and said it made me seem really friendly and like a nice person they would want on campus
Why Wellesley Essay: 8?
I wrote about all the traditions on campus and why I like those traditions/how they are similar to the sense of community at my school now, and also about the student-faculty debates in conjunction with my desire to be a politician
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 9- from my AP English teacher who I had my junior year as well, I think she talked about how I am pretty energetic and not afraid to be wrong in the classroom (take a lot of risks and not afraid to contribute)
Teacher Rec #2: (8) my 11th grade Physics teacher- I got an A in the class and got along with the teacher really well but physics wasn’t really my thing, but she’s known me a long time and my college counselor encouraged me to ask her since she writes amazing rec letters
Counselor Rec: (10) my college counselor is my mom’s best friend who works at my school and she has known me forever and I think she also put quotes from my drama teacher for the past four years in her letter. She knows me super well and likes me a lot and only has about 20 students so spent a long time on each rec letter
Additional Rec: none
Interview: it went pretty well- the woman who interviewed me was older but she was nice and we had the same name haha (8)

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Political Science/ Possibly Econ
State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Small Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100,000-120,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: SAT score, Extracurricular commitment to theater (TONS of hours and time commitment), my common app essay and counseler rec
Weaknesses: I’m the most typical white girl ever (nothing super interesting/no hooks), not taking science/language my senior year
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think that I just seemed like a pretty nice and chill person. My application made me seem super friendly and so I think they just thought I’d be a nice person to have around? My test scores and stuff are pretty good but I think that just being a nice person and having that come across helped a lot
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: planned to apply to Kenyon, Georgetown, Cornell, Smith, UNC Chapel Hill, and Colgate but was accepted ED so I didn’t apply to those schools!

General Comments: can’t wait to meet you all at Wellesley!

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@filipiyes which country are you from?

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