Wellesley Chance Me!

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Hello,

I was wondering if anyone could chance me for Wellesley College? I am currently a junior by the way! I would be applying ED.

High School GPA UW: 3.75 (School does not provide weighted GPA or rank) - I had really bad freshman year grades that pulled my GPA down, but I have a legitimate reason why they were bad
My school does not offer AP/IB/Honors except for honors math (which I have taken every year), and my schedule is one of the most challenging offered because I take all of my major classes and 2 language courses

ACT: 32

SAT Subject Tests:
750 Bio E
700 Math 2
Taking AP exams at end of this year

EC:
JV Squash for 3 years - (school does not have varsity) and have two school awards for squash
JV Volleyball for 3 years - have one school award for volleyball
Model UN Conference 2016 - had to stop for financial reasons
70 hours of community service
3 internships at Hopkins (both in labs and at the Bloomberg School of Public Health)
I speak 4 languages (including English) - and tutor two of them to kids
Head of the Mental Health Awareness club at my school - I planned a huge Mental Health Awareness week for my school where we had a lot of speakers and will become an annual thing
I write for the Odyssey and another online magazine - and I will be interning at a local magazine over the summer
Studied piano at Johns Hopkins Peabody Conservatory for 10 years
Debate Club for 1 year - I have won a couple awards at the debate tournaments

Also…
I am applying for NIH program this summer and will be working at another lab at Hopkins. I do not have any family members who attended Wellesley but a good family friend did. And minority wise: I am not a racial minority but I am apart of a very small religion and my parents were asylees.

What do my chances look like for ED? Is there anything specific I could do to bring them up? In general, I really love Wellesley and I would be planning on doing pre-med.

Thanks!

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You have a strong profile and interesting background. For Wellesley, JHU, and any other schools, make sure to edit yourself. One year of MUN and debate doesn’t say anything helpful; depth not breadth. Hopefully your GC explains the 9th grade GPA. Interview either on campus or with an alum and be prepared.

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Thanks! My freshman year bad GPA was because my parents had a bad divorce. That is great advice about the ECs, do you think there is anything I can do this year to help show the depth of who I am? Would it be helpful to volunteer at a hospital or add another medical internship? I want to show my focus on languages, and I am actually going to do an internship this summer in Paris because I speak fluent French.

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I don’t think you necessarily need to add anything to give your ECs depth, but if you have time and can keep up a perfect GPA this semester and into senior year, go ahead. Some might advise retaking standardized testing in the hopes of higher scores to deflect from the GPA- I’m neutral on that too. Wellesley’s application offers many chances to talk about your ECs/interests/goals. Spend time perfecting your essay responses. Good luck!