<p>Please post your admission decisions as they arrive!</p>
<p>Pick one:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Decision: Waitlisted
Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT:
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2030 (CR 670, M 630, W 730)
ACT: 28
SAT II: 780 Bio, 800 US History, 740 Lit, 580 French 
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/92
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 AP US History, 5 Psych, 4 Bio, 3 Art (I didn’t send any scores though)
Senior Year Course Load: Culinary, AP Microeconomics, Legal Studies, AP Stat, AP American Gov, Theology IV, Physics Honors, AP Lit, College French II
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): art, school awards, nothing too major
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Track, Varsity Cross Country, art, NHS, volunteering (a little more than 100 hours), Youth Group, SADD
Job/Work Experience: bakery and own business
Volunteer/Community service: about 100 hrs (beach cleanups, church volunteer work, tutoring, mentoring stuff)
Summer Activities: Vacation Bible School volunteer, painting, business, classes over the summer, writing
Essays: really great (best friend thought I bought them)
Teacher Recommendation: no idea (confidential) but I’d think they were probably great
Counselor Rec: also no idea
Additional Rec: none
Interview: none
Other
State (if domestic applicant): the one Flo Rida’s named after
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: private
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Gender: well, it is an all girl’s school so…
Income Bracket: about 80K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: essays, grades, scores (maybe)
Weaknesses: supplement (didn’t take it as seriously as I should have), Extracurriculars???
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: well, I love to write and my sat writing section was the best so that helped reflect it (and I’ve also taken a couple college classes); I’m pretty well-rounded (I like just about every subject at least a little bit)
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Stetson, Spring Hill, Washington and Jefferson, Hanover College; Deferred: Harvard; Waiting on about nine other schools.
General Comments: to those of you who didn’t hear what they wanted: trust me, I’ve been there (and still currently am) and you’re awesome and you’ll find the place you’re meant to be at; to those accepted: congrats; to the kids who are looking at these stats and preparing for the not too distant future: your application will be different from everybody else…if you really want to attend go for it…and don’t second guess yourselves because you never know. OMG I’m just really excited that I got accepted though-celebrating with ice cream and sprinkles for dinner!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (Likely)</p>
<p>Objective:
ACT: 34
SAT II: 750 (Lit) 650 (Math 2)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5~3.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (5), Spanish Lang. (4), World History (5), US History (4), Composition (5), Physics (3), US Government, Comparative Government, Environmental Science
Senior Year Course Load: 1st Semester (Note: All classes honors unless otherwise specified) Japanese III, APES, AP Gov (Dual Semester Course), Contemporary US History, Philosophy in Literature, Academic Decathlon 2nd Semester: Creative Writing, Japanese III, APES, AP Gov, Senior Experience (Novel Editing), Academic Decathlon
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Does 2nd Place Acadec nationals count?
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academic Decathlon (11th - 12th grade), MUN (10th & 11th grade), Volleyball (4 years school, 6 years Club), Tung Soo Do [green belt]
Job/Work Experience: Babysitting
Volunteer/Community service: Daycare volunteer, various school things
Summer Activities: Volleyball camps/club/school, Community College Course (Cultural Anthro)
Essays: My teacher liked my Common App but I am a fairly good writer so I assume good?
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see
Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A (For posterity REMEMBER THE DEADLINE)
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
School Type: Public Magnet, Large (2000+)
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Female duhzzuh. Wait I shouldn’t say that, since trans males and such.
Income Bracket: Middle middle class, but single parent income (Let’s say more than the 60,000 ivy free ride, but less than 100,000)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: National Award (Acadec. Go Join.), NaNoWriMo winner, essays (I assume), strong ACT scores (SAT was pretty bad)
Weaknesses: SAT, Grades (I have had a 3.5 since freshman year since I have gotten As in everything but Cs in math. Always. So it balances out)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Maybe because I had something different that they thought I could offer. Acadec isn’t super common, and NaNoWriMo isn’t well known in general either, not that it’s a legitimate activity (but if you do it put it down!). Also I have an athletics/academics balance.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted everywhere so far; Tulane (Paul Tulane Scholarship), University of Alabama, Clark University (Worcester), Marquette Waiting on: Yale, Vassar, Williams, Macalester aka all of my really hard schools</p>
<p>General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got in! And good luck to everyone who got a possibly! For those who didn’t get what they wanted, remember that college is what you make of it and this one school isn’t going to make or break you. Only you can do that. Also for those future people don’t freak out about the stats, in a good or bad way. Each person is just that: a person. Wellesley as well as most of the competitive schools spend a lot of time looking at the you who got put down on paper so make sure that your Common App reflects as much of you as possible, no matter how weird, silly, or trivial it may seem. It might just be what gets you in! I’m buying myself Crumbs cupcakes to celebrate, and those of you in NYC/Chicago/LA/Have a cupcake store near you should too! It helps mend broken hearts and celebrate full ones!</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Likely**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ list]
[ <em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[ *] ACT (breakdown): 28C, 26R, 30E, 21S, 33M, 10E.
[ *] ACT superscore (breakdown): 26R, 30E, 27S, 33M, 10E
[ *] SAT II: 730 Chemistry, 630 Math Level I
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.7 (93.02 average)
[ *] Weighted GPA:
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 21/241
[ *] AP (place score in parentheses): 3 Chemistry (self-study)
[ *] IB (place score in parentheses):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov’t, AP Calc AB, Spanish 4, Psychology, Sociology, AP English Lit, Robotics.
[ *] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list] [ b]Subjective:[ list] QuestBridge National Finalist is the only significant one.
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Science Technology Entry Program (Science Bowl Captain 12, Student Ambassador 12), Robotics Club (President 11,12), FIRST robotics (Student Rep 11, 12), Science Club (President 11,12), Marching Band (Treasurer 11), Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (President 12), Masterminds
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Just babysitting :3
[ *] Summer Programs: E2@MIT, CURIE Academy at Cornell
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:[/list] [ b]Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):**[ list]
[ *] Essays (Include Subjects):[ list]
[ *] Common App Main: Wrote about my mother going blind my freshman year, and how it led me to want to pursue computational biology ~8.5
[ *] EC Short Answer: Wrote about STEP. ~7
[ *] Why Wellesley: Wrote about the community and learning environment, and connected it to my EC’s/personal interests. ~7
[ *] Other:[/list][ *] Teacher Recommendation #1: Physics Teacher. Pretty Good!!
[ *] Teacher Recommendation #2: USH Teacher. Also pretty good :’)
[ ] Counselor Rec: didn’t read, but i know it wasn’t generic; she knows me really well 
[ ] Additional Rec: N/A
[ ] Interview: Went pretty great! She seemed impressed 
Although I did have this awkward moment afterwards that I just never want to talk about again. </em>
[ ] Art Supplement:[/list] [ b]Other[ list]
[ *] Date Submitted App: 1/1
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NY (Upstate though)
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic (Puerto Rican)
[ *] Gender: lol female, obviously
[ ] Income Bracket: <30K
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list] [ b]Reflection[ list] URM, female in science? QuestBridge
[ ] Strengths: my common app I think was pretty good… + subjective stuff like recs and activities.
[ ] Weaknesses: Numbers in general.
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I thought I’d get a possible! I really don’t know. o.o
[ ] What would you have done differently?:[/list][/list][ b]Other Factors:
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
I was so happy! Literally yelled and cried! haha. GO WELLESLEY! <3</p>
<p>darn formatting -_- ah well</p>
<p>Possibly!
SAT I (breakdown): 2260 M 750/R 760/W 750
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 750 Lit 760 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.786
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (2 xD) Calc AB (5) World Hist (4) Chinese (5) Psych (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Bio, AP Micro+Macro Econ, AP Art History, AP Comp Gov
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Psychology Club (President) 11,12
Animal Welfare Club (President) 11,12
Autism Awareness Club (Historian) 11,12
Chamber Orchestra 9,10,11,12
XC (Top 20) 9,10,11
Track 9,10
Cheer 11
Peer Tutoring 11
Job/Work Experience: Target Cashier 11,12
Volunteer/Community service: FEAT Autism program
National Honor Society
Over 150 hours
Essays: I can’t honestly say whether or not they were amazing…but for my Why Wellesley I honestly just put what I thought why Wellesley would make me into a better person and a better student. I had fun writing my Common App essay! I wrote about my mother singing opera in the supermarket ;D
Teacher Recommendation: I got one from my Calc teacher who had me for fmy reshman and junior year. We’re pretty close and I’ve clearly demonstrated my work ethic in his class. I also got one from my Psych teacher who is also the adviser for the club I’m the president of.
Counselor Rec: It’s the standard “fill out this form and I’ll write one for you” kinda thing since my class is so ginormous.
Interview: It lasted for an hour and a half O_O I’m not sure what to think of it, but I think that it went relatively well.
State (if domestic applicant): WA
Country (if international applicant): 'MURIKA.
School Type: Public. Top in the state~
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Below 30,000 dollars
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None!
Reflection: I don’t think I could have done anything to improve my application! I’m perfectly content with Wellesley’s decision, and although it has been my dream school for a really long time… I’m okay with being a “possibly”. I think it’s just not the right school for me…it seems super duper intense and I really don’t want to be in the same environment as my ultra competitive hs for another 4 years.
Strengths: Test Scores
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I got a possibly because of my GPA. And because a lot of other highly statted girls from my hs also applied…
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Early write from Smith so far :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (Likely)</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): M 770, CR 740, W 750 (2260)
SAT II: Math II 800, Bio M 800, Lit 789
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 or 2/100
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Award for getting the highest score in a national exam at the end of Xth Grade
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council President, Varsity, Softball (Team Captain), Debating Team, Varsity Soccer and Hockey Teams
Job/Work Experience: Interned for 2 years a Finance Firm
Volunteer/Community service: Taught in a school for urban slum children
Summer Activities: (internship and teaching)
Essays: Okay, not great
Teacher Recommendation: Great
Counselor Rec: Great
Additional Rec: Great
Interview: Very informal, went well
Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): India
School Type: Private
Ethnicity:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: Test scores and leadership
Weaknesses: essays
Why you think you were accepted: test scores and extracurriculars
Where else were you accepted:just Wellesley so far</p>
<p>Possible</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2120
SAT II: 650 World History, 650 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank.<br>
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 AP World, 5 AP US History, 5 AP English lit
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs (Art History, Psych, Calculus AB, English, Gov)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Creative writing award, quality of life award given from school, 3rd place Science Olympiad Regional Anatomy, Placed meritorious in WAC Science Fair
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Gay-Straight Alliance (President), Science Olympiad, Model Congress, School literary magazine (Editor in chief)
Job/Work Experience: Internship at online fashion company
Volunteer/Community service: Local LGBT center, a bunch of LGBT volunteer groups, local LGBT homeless shelter
Summer Activities: Researched over the summer at Columbia University, working
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see one from my calc teacher but the other one called me a “role model for other women” from my AP World teacher.
Counselor Rec: Good.
Interview: Pretty good. My interviewer said I was going to get in and that she was excited to see me at Wellesley because I’m pretty enthusiastic.
Other: I guess I’m kinda a minority. Lol. I’m Muslim and gay. I was published in a bunch of gay blogs and featured in magazines.
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100,000-200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Kinda of a URM because Yale and other schools invited me to see their diversity/cultural centers, etc.<br>
Reflection: Hopin’ for the best.
Strengths: Lots of good extra-curriculars, unique essays that showed my personality
Weaknesses: Courseload, SAT II scores
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to SUNY Buffalo</p>
<p>Decision: Likely</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (800 CR, 780 W, 630 M)
ACT: 33
SAT II: 740 Literature, 680 US History (didn’t send that one in)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Ummm… I really don’t know. My school’s GPA system is out of 4.5, so 4.2/4.5… I think that’s like a 3.8 but I’m not sure
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%, exact rank unknown
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang 5
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP US Gov/Pol, AP Spanish Lang, AP English Lit, AP Studio Art, Honors Calc and Stats, Astronomy
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Letter of Commendation, NSPA National Journalism Honor Roll
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School newspaper (co-editor-in-chief), stage crew (stage manager), church youth group, columnist for town newspaper, student docent at local art museum, debate team during grades 9 and 10, lots of art classes (I submitted an arts supplement). I also did an independent study my junior year in art history since my school doesn’t offer a course, but I didn’t really know where to put that on my resume…
Job/Work Experience: Assistant to a local artist during grade 12
Volunteer/Community service: NHS tutoring, summer service trips with church youth group, volunteering at local retirement home twice a month
Summer Activities: Mostly art classes at my local studio. The summer between freshman and soph years I took a journalism workshop with the Yale Daily News for a week. And then the mission trips. In 2011 I went to Bridgeport, CT, to help at our sister parish, and then last year we went to DC.
Essays: Pretty good. My common app one was about my favorite sportswriter and how his writing influenced my photography. My Why Wellesley one was really specific and talked about things from El Table to the Dead Serious improv troupe, so I think it showed I researched the school.
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see, but probably very strong. I am very close with both teachers.
Counselor Rec: Again, didn’t see, but my counselor mangaed to get to know me fairly well in my big school, so I guess good.
Additional Rec: none
Interview: Went great! My alumnae interviewer was so nice, and told me I’d do well wherever I went.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CT
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Elite public, ~1800
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 100K-120K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: Recs/essays/interview, decent test scores (I never quite knew how schools would interpret that 630 in the SAT math… I hate math :P)
Weaknesses: Course rigor until senior year, relatively few ECs (the school newspaper is the only one I did for all four years)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really don’t know! So many people here who got possibled have way better stats! I guess I showed dedication to my two main extracurricular interests (art, which I listed as a possible major, and journalism), and my essays/recs/interview made up the rest!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Smith (early write) and Ithaca; still waiting from Vassar, Mount Holyoke, Skidmore, and Clark. But Wellesley is definitely tied for tops with Smith. So happy! Good luck to everyone else; you all seem like amazing people, and I wish you success wherever you end up.</p>
<p>Decision: Likely</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Writing: 750 Math: 790 Reading: 740
ACT: 35
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.75
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Statistics (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, Chinese, Language and Media, Constitutional Law
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing much, really. NHS.</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Environmental Field Studies Group (leader-thing), Art Magazine, Robotics Team, Young Adult Galley Group (vice president)
Job/Work Experience: Worked with a scientist on saving local threatened species, job in a local bookshop
Volunteer/Community service: Daycare Center, feeding turtles at my school, Chinese school, Rehearsal pianist for school musical, local organic food center garden thing
Summer Activities: Taekwondo, piano, some camps, flute, sailing
Essays: They were okay - not fabulous, but not too bad either
Teacher Recommendation: Don’t know
Counselor Rec: Don’t know
Interview: None</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
School Type: Public school, ~1500
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: …female.
Income Bracket: 80,000-100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): My parents are divorced; does that count?</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: I work really hard? I make friends well, and I help the community around me improve.
Weaknesses: I’m kind of antisocial, so in a new environment I often just make a couple of friends and then distance myself. I don’t really do any sports, and my grades are just good - not the best. I am not that smart…
Why you think you were likely-ified: I actually have no idea. There are so many people more qualified than me who were given possible letters on their EE…
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred to Dartmouth ED, and the rest I’m still waiting for!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):2070 (710 CR, 700 M, 660 W)
ACT: 27 ( didn’t send. and this is why people should give both the SAT and ACT a try!)
SAT II: 720 lit, 700 chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Comp(5),Chem(4),Gov(3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP Calc AB, AP Biology, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, Writing Center, Film, Psychology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): lacrosse, film club, red cross club, theater
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Free trade store (15+), science center (15+)
Summer Activities: film camp, science center volunteer work
Essays: I think my essays were pretty strong. My common app essay had a more serious tone and my Why Wellesley essay was much lighter and I think that they complemented each other well.
Teacher Recommendation: Good, I assume
Counselor Rec: I go to a big school so probably generic
Additional Rec: none
Interview: none
Other
State (if domestic applicant): MI
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 70,000- 100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM and Legacy (mother)
Reflection
Strengths: Essays, course load
Weaknesses: test scores and a lack of leadership positions.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, having both URM and legacy status definitely had to help me out somewhere. I also think the upward trend in my GPA was good since my GPA isn’t that high. I read over my essays a few days ago and I liked them still. I feel like since I’m a URM legacy, Wellesley was really more looking for a reason not to accept me. I can’t say if anything in my application really stood out positively above the rest (I hope so) but I’m pretty sure that nothing stood out negatively.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I haven’t heard back from anywhere else yet.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (Likely)</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT: 30
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20/370 or something like that
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Taking tests in May
Senior Year Course Load: IB History HL, IB Chem SL, IB French SL, IB English HL, IB Math SL, IB Business & Management HL, Theory of Knowledge
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): just school and local awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity tennis (Captain senior year), Key Club, NHS, Track
Job/Work Experience: intern/contributing writer for multiple pop culture/fashion websites
Volunteer/Community service: Special Olympics Tennis (coach), Obama Campaign Fellow, assistant teacher/volunteer for underprivileged children, etc
Summer Activities: volunteering, writing
Essays: I really loved my common app essay and I got good feedback on it & I also liked my Why Wellesley (it was very specific)
Teacher Recommendation: assumed they were good, but I didn’t read them
Counselor Rec: good
Additional Rec:
Interview: missed the deadline lol
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large public with the IB program
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, some people consider me a 1st gen college student, others don’t
Reflection
Strengths: Rigorous course load & I feel like my essays were what really made me stand out
Weaknesses: my numbers are good, but not super high or anything like that
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, I think my essays stood out the most!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Ohio State, waiting on 8 other schools</p>
<p>General comments: If you get a chance to apply for a travel grant to Discover Wellesley Weekend, do it! You have to apply (not that intense, kind of like a mini college app) and if you get a travel grant, they will fly you out to Wellesley and pay for the flight! That’s where I realized just how much I like the school.</p>
<p>Unlikely’d
SAT I (breakdown): 730 CR, 680 M, 750 W (2160)
ACT: nope
SAT II: 740 US History, 740 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/428 (not quite sure, people keep dropping out)
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), Calc BC (5), AP Euro (5), AP Lang (4), AP Physics (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Econ, AP Civics, AP Bio +concurrent enrollment @ community college
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Writing awards? Mostly local+1 national
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Teen Library Council, Book Club (Secretary/Treasurer), Online blogger for a reading website
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Local library, Sister Cities
Summer Activities: Taking care of the dog? It’s complicated.
Essays: Commonapp was about Diversity, mostly culture-based. Why Wellesley was probably weak…I think I just wasn’t enthusiastic about it anymore.
Teacher Recommendation: Good? Who knows. I loved my APUSH teacher and my AP Civics Teacher…
Counselor Rec: I kept having problems with my transcript so I was in there a lot…but our school is huge and public soo…
Additional Rec:
Interview: I didn’t really connect to her. We had really different majors and interests.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, low performing
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Duh
Income Bracket: 100k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Are Asians even URM anymore…
Reflection
Strengths: Passion/Focus! I’m definitely interested in reading/writing/English
Weaknesses: Why Wellesley was lackluster. I found that I just couldn’t find anything that I really connected with. SAT score, too many college courses taken concurrently, lack of leadership
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Fit? I figured out sort of late that I couldn’t see myself there but applied anyways because it was free. Also, I have a lot of college classes on my HS transcript (to graduate and b/c it’s expensive to send CC transcripts)
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Smith w/ early write, safety schools with merit</p>
<p>Hoping this helps someone out…Fit and interest are both pretty important to colleges, so Why ____? essays are crucial to showing how great you would fit in at the college. Find specific classes and professors and connect them to your own interests.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (likely)
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR 800 W 740 M (2340)</p>
<p>SAT II: 800 us history 800 lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro, AP Psych, AP lang, APUSH (all 5s)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Spanish, Biotech, AP lit, AP Econ (macro/micro), one semester civics, one semester dance
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None! I won/placed in some very random local/school writing related contests</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Youth Commission (Chair), Junior State of America (president for a few years), and a bunch of leading/planning church events, Youth Advisory Council to a city department, writer on a local teen blog
Job/Work Experience: Paid intern at a museum (currently), two summer political internships
Volunteer/Community service: My extracurriculars are community related, but nothing really.
Summer Activities: internships as mentioned before
Essays: Common app was very good–I’m a writer, and I was pretty happy with it. My Why Wwellesley was decent, I think–I wrote about the importance of community and warmth.
Teacher Recommendation: one teacher likes me, the other loves me.
Counselor Rec: Huge public school, but my counselor knows me and wants me to go to an ivy, so i think it was good.
Additional Rec: From the mayor’s office, related to my city work
Interview: A little formal, but I think it went well–I love interviews.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public, urban, large
Ethnicity: White
Gender: female
Income Bracket: divorced parents! gets confusing
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Disabled? Does that count?
Reflection
Strengths: SAT, extracurriculars
Weaknesses: My grades aren’t great–I got a C in calc, for example.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Straight As in everything but math (and 9th grade science), and my extracurriculars made it clear that I was focused on politics and writing, so I think they brushed aside the bad math grades. I think overall I conveyed that I had drive and skill in the area I’ll probably end up. </p>
<p>Also got into Smith with early write and STRIDE, Cornell (ILR), Northeastern (with bad financial aid), Lewis and Clark (bad fin. aid)</p>
<p>Waiting for: Scripps, Pomona, Vassar, Reed, and Harvard (girl can dream)</p>
<p>I have no idea where I’ll end up! Depends largely on cost.</p>