<p>It was very straight-forward... I expected it to be more beating the bush a little bit but she asked very cut-and-dry questions. What do you like to do? What subjects do you excel in? If you could go back in time and redo high school, what would you do differently? I'm trying to remember more but sorta failing... basically, come really prepared to discuss academics and extra-curriculars (as I'm sure you could have figured).</p>
<p>Ok-well, that sounds like pretty much what I was expecting, so great! Thanks!</p>
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<p>The science center does not look pretty on the outside, and some even say that it sticks out like a sore thumb among the beautiful Wellesley bulidings, but too bad you did not see the interior of the science building! The facility is top-notch. YouTube has a video containing nice shots of Wellesley campus (too bad we aren't allowed to post links), and it shows some of the science facilities.</p>
<p>The science center is an acquired taste. At the risk of sounding snooty, as the daughter of an architect, I think it is a good building, but not everyone shares that opinion. I would disagree fairly strenuously that it sticks out on campus--I actually think that it fits into its setting quite well.</p>
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<p>I like to say that it looks like Hogwarts. :)</p>
<p>Meh, devoted Harry Potter fan though I am, I disagree on that account. It's nice to say it looks like Hogwarts but I really don't think it's nearly as gothic. Hogwarts has no brick buildings.</p>
<p>Lake is a check though!</p>
<p>"Ohh-whedongirl I hope you get in! How was the interview? Nerve racking or more calm? Ek-I can't wait to see the campus!"</p>
<p>thanks! the interview was totally fine (i think... i hope. lol) it's more of a chat. what i recommend is researching some of the finer points of wellesley, stuff that grabs you or makes you want to come - like i'm interested in linguistics, studying abroad and bellydancing (w is the only college that i know of that has a bellydance society!) so we talked about that too.
i love the campus!!! it's gorgeous, green, and yeah - i definitely got a harry potter vibe. i don't know if your interview is done yet or not but good luck!</p>
<p>It is next Thursday. I had an interview for a different college today-and feel a little more prepared for Wellesley-so all is good! I can't wait to see everything! :p</p>
<p>How did it go KK?</p>
<p>I have my Wellesley interview on August 7. I'm so excited!!!!!</p>
<p>Good luck, LaMariposa! Will it be your first time visiting the campus?</p>
<p>Thanks a lot! No, I've been once before...I think I might have fallen in love with the campus first, and then after the tour and everything I started realizing how awesome the whole school is!</p>
<p>OMG-so I just got back from Boston and OMG! I love Wellesley!! I already loved it before my campus tour and interview-but now I'm sooooo excited! I had so much fun at my interview! We laughed and talked about everything-and afterward I was scared that it all went wrong because I had so much fun! I can't wait to apply ED! The town is cute and has a million hair salons! I'm taking my parents to see everything in Sept. I can't wait!!</p>
<p>It went great!!! I loved my interview-it was just so.....fun!</p>
<p>Yay I'm glad your interview went well KK18! So... have you started your application yet? haha :P</p>
<p>Hehe-yes! Well-my "Why Wellesley" essay at least! I am a little worried about applying ED and not having admissions seeing my full potential with not too much of grades showing up in November. Could I have my teachers write letters on my behalf of what they see from me so far and what they expect? Do you think tha would be ok? Have you stared your app. yet? Hehe.</p>
<p>I've started the common app, but since the Wellesley supplement isn't out yet I figured I'd just wait to do the Why W essay.</p>
<p>I think when you apply ED most colleges expect not to get most of your senior year grades, so they'll just take a look at your courseload and previous transcripts. I don't really think additional letters would be necessary (but if you want to send them it wouldn't matter) because your teacher and counselor recs would talk about your work ethic and such.</p>
<p>UGH i have a dilemma of my own -- my mom doesn't want me to apply ED because, as she puts it, Wellesley is "a waste of my potential". ????. She thinks that an all girls school isn't good because it isn't like the real world, and that I should EA/ED at like Stanford or Penn instead. My whole family is concerned about the prestige of the school I go to.</p>
<p>My mom thinks that I'm only applying ED to W because I'm sure I'll get in (which I'm NOT, not at all) and that I just want to breeze through the rest of senior year knowing that I've got into college.</p>
<p>Any tips for how I can get her to change her mind? We tend to squabble a lot, so any time the subject comes up we end up having a shouting match :S</p>
<p>Also, if I cave in and don't apply ED to Wellesley, will it hurt/lower my chances of getting in RD? thanks :)</p>
<h1>4 Liberal Arts College is pretty good for prestige hounds. Also, try to dredge up that Wall Street Journal report that shows grad school placement. Wellesley does really well on that too. Famous alums might also help (if your parents don't like Hillary Clinton, you could try Madeline Albright--even people who went "Blech, Hillary Clinton" seemed impressed by Albright). You could try to tell your mother that no school is like the "real world" and that you think Wellesley offers you a really special opportunity that you won't be able to have at any other time.</h1>
<p>ED does have a pretty high acceptance rate, so I do think it would boost your chances, but I don't think that if you got rejected RD, you would have been accepted ED or anything like that. It might make the difference for people who got waitlisted--ie, if they could have gone back and retroactively applied ED, they may have been accepted. But of course, no one knows, so that's all just speculation. But, if you really really want to apply ED, I would encourage you to do so, because I wouldn't want you to have regrets later.</p>
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#3 according to Forbes Magazine. Forbes also placed us in the top ten schools for networking---that was an international rating for colleges, universities, grad schools, everything. </p>
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Famous alums might also help (if your parents don't like Hillary Clinton, you could try Madeline Albright--even people who went "Blech, Hillary Clinton" seemed impressed by Albright).
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Even if they don't like Clinton, I'm sure they can also appreciate that regardless of her political views, the most powerful woman in America went to Wellesley. Diane Sawyer's also good--everyone likes her. Nora Ephron----When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle--awww.</p>
<p>ED definitely relieves a lot of the stress of the application. Then again, I applied ED elsewhere and got rejected. I'm kind of glad I was rejected because it gave me a chance to explore my options and really think about what I was looking for in a school. In my school 90% of students applied ED, so it became some freakish competition. I recommend you apply ED only if you're 100% sure about Wellesley.</p>
<p>I didn't interview, applied RD and sent in my application two days late and they still took me, so the process may be more forgiving than you think.</p>