Wellesley ED 2 Class of 2022

@EHalol Yes my financial aid checklist is gone and a big chunk of the website is removed.

I’m so nervous… Best of luck to all of you!! I’ll be continuously checking this forum until the results are released. :slight_smile:

Good luck guys!!!

in 35 minutes

i keep refreshing the portal page because im so paranoid ahhhhh

@potatoviolin haha im too scared to open the portal

nothing yet

hm…guess it comes out at 6 or later…

@potatoviolin Good luck!!!

@mancoeri you too!!! hope we both get good news :slight_smile:

@potatoviolin Yeah!!!

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted
Decision: Deferred
Decision: Rejected

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):
Intended major(s):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:

General Comments:

It is not outttttt

Accepted!!!

ACCEPTED!!! IM SO HAPPY IM CRYING

ACT: 34
SAT II: Math 2 790
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.64
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Stats (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics, English (hard level) etc.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Commended Scholar thing for PSAT

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Violin, lots of musical things (orchestra, ensembles, etc), coaching science olympiad teams, etc.
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Mostly from performances and orchestra
Summer Activities: Lots of music camps, went to John Hopkins CTY
Essays: I think I wrote my essay pretty well LOL
Teacher Recommendation: from two teachers I knew super well
Counselor Rec: Counselor really knew me well because I talked to him a lot
Additional Rec: From orchestra conductor
Interview: yes, at the campus

Other

State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
Intended major(s): Computer Science
School Type: Public, Suburban
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: …idk honestly
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none, really?

Reflection

Strengths: extracurriculars, essay
Weaknesses: grades
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: honestly, my essay. I lost so much sleep over it

Rejected :frowning:

Congrats to those accepted and best of luck with your other choices to those that weren’t!

Hey guys! Are there any early evaluation people waiting ?:relaxed:

Is anyone out there an international student who asked for huge financial aid and got into wellesley in ED1 and ED2?

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
ACT: 32
SAT II: math ii 800 physics 780 chinese 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): ap physics (5) ap lit and comp (3) explanation: I came to the US my freshman year so this is a challenging course for me. since I transferred 3 times, it’s really been difficult for me to take the courses I wish to take
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: ap physics ii, ap lang and comp, ap calc ab, ap gov
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): i started trace uganda club(an org under the UN) to raise money for the education of homeless children in Africa; I was an assistant teacher who taught innovative English Learning classes and bridge courses intended to help Chinese students adapt to US HS environ. I play both the violin and the piano as a part of this music-loving group, and I was honored to receive the Assistant Director of the year award. I taught kids in Peru and helped rebuild their community after a major flood. I also taught English to impoverished children in Jiande, China. I go back to China every summer to give speeches on my US experience. I offered high school application help to over 20 families via Skype for free(Co-founder of the US HS App program in China). Transfer lions club secretary; lion ambassador marketing coordinator, read to heal book club VP.

Job/Work Experience: interned at the college blueprint as their chief marketing person; Intern at BEST Inc. learning and designing websites;

Volunteer/Community service: see above
Summer Activities: MUN UCLA
Essays: good 9/10
Teacher Recommendation: one would prob be 9/10, the other 7/10
Counselor Rec: 7/10
Additional Rec: i had my music teacher write a rec, 8/10
Interview: alumna interview, i think it went really well since my freshman year english teacher knows her so there was an instant connection.

Other

State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): International relations
School Type: catholic private co-ed
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: female…
Income Bracket: idk not applying for financial aid tho
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: at this point i really dont know.
Weaknesses: not a high enough ACT is prob the reason
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: i honestly don’t know why I was rejected. COULD YOU GUYS OFFER YOUR COMMENTS?

General Comments: this is wellesley’s reason for rejection… “Admission to Wellesley will be especially competitive this year, given the large and very talented applicant pool. As many well prepared, talented, and hard-working applicants present strong records of achievement, admission to Wellesley is highly selective, and it will not be possible for us to offer admission to all students who could be successful here.”

Quantitatively, your stats indicate that you would be a competitive candidate. So the question is why a “rejection” instead of at least a “possible”?

The answer is probably in your essays and/or interview. Wellesley searches for students who would thrive and succeed in their unique environment. The admissions committee rejects many, many very high-performing applicants when it is not clear that Wellesley would be a good fit for the student.

The good news is that there are lots of great colleges and students tend to fall in love with the one they eventually select. By this time next year, you will likely have forgotten about Wellesley.

Good luck!