Wellesley EE Class of 2015 Decision Thread

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<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>General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>

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<p>post one of these three without the spaces:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Likely[ /b][ /color][ /size] OR
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Possible[ /b][ /color][ /size] OR
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Unlikely[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>Decision: Likely</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (math-780, cr-740, writing-760)
ACT:
SAT II: chem-680, math-710
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): our school doesn’t tell us
AP (place score in parenthesis): 11th:English Comp-3, 10th: European History-3 (not very good i know :/)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Chemistry, AP Psychology, AP Government/Economics, AP Calculus AB, Yearbook
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, HOBY ambassador from my school, Reflections Contest (3rd place on district level)
Subjective: divorced parents, indian, really interested in education and leadership? not much of an advantage haha</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ASB student council (4 years-Freshman President, Sophomore Rep, ASB Publicity/Historian, and ASB Treasurer…VERY dedicated), Cheerleading (3 years: 1 year competitive, 2 years school), Yearbook (1 year-Business Manager), Piano, Art
Job/Work Experience: tutoring (3 years-math, Spanish, and piano)
Volunteer/Community service: Girl Scouts (4 years-Leadership/Career Awards, Summer Camp Counselor), Reading Partners tutor (1 year), Assisteens (1 year)
Summer Activities: Teaching English in Ecuador, Girl Scout Camp Counselor, ASB, Cheerleading</p>

<p>Essays: I thought they were good. I really tried to portray my interest in making education better around the world. I also tried to show my leadership skills, love for children, and love for Wellesley :)…I talked about when I was a Girl Scout Summer Camp Counselor for my main essay (a little over 500 words). For my supplement, I talked about myself and how Wellesley would fit me/what I would contribute to Wellesley (about 3/4 page 1.5 spaced)
Teacher Recommendation: I couldn’t see them :confused:
Counselor Rec: I think it was good! But again, I couldn’t see it
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: It went well! We were both interested in similar things (she was a cheerleader and was on student council too!)</p>

<p>Other State (if domestic applicant): Born and raised in California :slight_smile:
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, about 375 people in each grade
Ethnicity: Asian Indian
Gender: Female haha
Income Bracket: high middle class?
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): look at “subjective”</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Took hard classes, SAT score, leadership, interest in a certain topic
Weaknesses: Didn’t get straight A’s, didn’t do much that was state/nationally recognized
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Pretty strong grades/SAT and leadership/ec’s, great counselor rec, my “why wellesley” essay
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: this is the first place i’ve found out from :)</p>

<p>General Comments: Good Luck to everyone! I am so excited! Wellesley is one of my top choices!</p>

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<p>POSSIBLE</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 720 W 800 W 780 M 12 Essay
ACT:
SAT II: 800 Math 2C, 770 US History, 720 Biology
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Rank is unweighted: 57/811
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Spanish, AP Biology, AP Chemistry (4); AP Euro, APUSH, AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, AP Calc AB Subscore (all 5s) Currently taking: AP Statistics, Economics, Psychology, Literature
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Beg.Drama, AP Psych, AP Lit, AP Econ, Government, AP Stats, Tennis/Track
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, tons of MUN awards and piano awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA: Region(spanning six states) officer as the Region Secretary, Section (2000 members) Vice President, Chapter President; Model UN: Secretary-General (12), VP (11), Secretary (10); Youth Philantropy Worldwide: Co-founder./Co-President (10-12), raised alottt of $$ for two overseas foundations, Tennis (we’re our division quarterfinalists); Varsity (12), JV (9-11); Track: Varsity (11-12), JV (9-10); Insurance Research Internship at a University, spent a lot of my summer/spring undertaking this project; other minor ECs (Stock Exchange Club, piano)
Job/Work Experience: Private Piano/Math tutor
Volunteer/Community service: St.Jude’s Medical Center, Community service via my organizations
Summer Activities: traveling, an Engineering Program, internship, FBLA Summit event,
Essays: I thought they were pretty good…Why Wellesley may have been a bit general
Teacher Recommendation: Waived
Counselor Rec: Waived
Additional Rec: Three additional recs–didn’t read but probably amazing
Interview: She was really nice and really loved Wellesley–I thought I showed myself well
Other
State (if domestic applicant): prefer not to say
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: very competitive public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: hmmm…I don’t know…you guess
Income Bracket: 100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none…I have antihooks
Reflection
Strengths: ECs, pretty decent SAT scores
Weaknesses: GPA? Essays?<br>
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No clue…I was a bit surprised about this…but I’ll just wait until late March. I still love Wellesley!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>

<p>General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>

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<p>@owleyes I feel your pain. Very impressive stats there makes me wonder.</p>

<p>BTW what does it mean by “waived” on some of your categories? Thanks.</p>

<p>Good luck to all the possibles and congrats to the likelys. For the unlikelys, perservere in your quests these things happen for a reason.</p>

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<p>Thank you Bossf51! I’m definitely a bit sad right now. Hopefully it’ll get better. Waived was a check I made on the common application teacher recommendation form promising that I wouldn’t read what my teachers had wrote. Thus, I can’t read anything they said and can’t judge it on the CC form.</p>

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<p>Oh I see. </p>

<p>Hang in there something good is coming for you! I’m sure of it.</p>

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<p>I just realized my grammar usage in my previous post was hideous. I apologize!</p>

<p>Thank you Bossf51!</p>

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<p>Here’s a format. Remove the spaces, etc.</p>

<p>[size=+2][color=green]**Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[size=+2][color=orange]**Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[size=+2][color=red]**Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[size=+1]School applied to:[ /size]</p>

<p>**Objective:[ /b][list]
[ *] 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.):</p>

<p>[ /list]**Subjective:[ /b][list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:</p>

<p>[ /list]**Other[ /b][list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>[ /list]**Reflection[ /b][list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>

<p>[ /list]**General Comments:[ /b]</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Likely[ /b][ /color][ /size] OR</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (math-670, cr-800, writing-730)
ACT:
SAT II: Latin (800), Biology-E (800), Literature (780)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t tell me
AP (place score in parenthesis): 10th: European History-5; 11th: English Lit-5, Calculus AB-4, Biology-5, US Government-5; Will take French and Geography this year
Senior Year Course Load: AP Geography, Physics, Java, French V, 500-level Latin at University & University Old English (both taken dual enrollment at UW-Madison)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist…nothing else
Subjective: Internet school student, sort of strange school background (I’ve home-schooled, virtual schooled, etc)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A TON of theater. I’ve directed 10 productions, work half time and volunteer full time at a children’s theater, have been in 30 plays during high school, have acted professionally, started a theater company that wrote a play, am on the board for local theater groups, etc. It’s what I like to do. I also am in two choirs and take voice lessons.
Job/Work Experience: I’ve gotten paid to direct and do costumes a few times
Volunteer/Community service: Started outreach program for the Shakespeare group I work with, and do a bunch of miscellaneous theater-related volunteer activities.
Summer Activities: More theater productions, theater camp, theater theater theater</p>

<p>Essays: I thought they were really good, of course, but my parents both liked them too and helped me edit them and they are both professional writers.
Teacher Recommendation: Probably good
Counselor Rec: I think good. She’s new and we have a close relationship.
Interview: Didn’t have one</p>

<p>Other State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Small public charter, internet school (was home-schooled for a while)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female. Yep.
Income Bracket: 70,000-ish
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not really</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: PASSION for one thing, funky background?, good grades/scores
Weaknesses: Weaker math score (though close to Wellesley’s mean), weaker math grades
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Pretty strong all around, I suppose, for their applicant pool.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UW Madison a bit ago.</p>

<p>:) My town is crazy right now, what with our governor and the unions having an epic struggle and everyone I know sleeping in the capital, but this made me feel content.</p>

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<p>Decision: Likely</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2140 (690 Math, 720 Writing, 730 Reading)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 770 U.S History, 700 Literature
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Err…my school does it out of 4.3, so not sure.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Doesn’t rank.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S History (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Chem, AP European History, AP Calc AB, Honors Spanish V, Honors Psych, Intern Seminar (research with head of history department).
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I got a Brown Book Award, and I made it to the second round of the Amazon.com Breakthrough Novel Award. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Novel Writing, Literary Magazine (Editor-in-Chief), Newspaper (Features Editor), Karate (Black belt), Piano lessons for nine years, and other stuff…
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:Three years as camp counselor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at my local library
[</em>] Summer Activities: Um, three years as camp counselor.
[<em>] Essays: My common app one was about how my obsessive love of Harry Potter has changed my life/perspective/etc. My Wellesley one was in essence a page and a half of me spewing my love for Wellesley.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good, I think? I didn’t read them, but one of them invited me to do independent research for his classes at the beginning of the year, and the other was one of my favorite teachers.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Really good, I think (didn’t read). My guidance counselor loves me.
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Went really well. My interviewer was really nice, and our discussion was quite interesting. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):MA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: sorta-smallish public (about 200 in my year)
[</em>] Ethnicity:caucasian
[<em>] Gender:err…female? :slight_smile:
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]**Reflection[ /b][ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My essays, and the fact that I knew so much/put so much effort into showing that it was my top choice. I did the Discover Wellesley weekend, an additional tour, the online chat, and an interview. Also, I’ve published two novels independently, which I think was the best piece of my app.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores (They’re good, but not out of this world or anything), my Freshman/junior year math grade (let’s just say I’m not a prospective math major).
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted into Brandeis, rejected from Yale EA.</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Gah, I’m so super excited!</p>

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<p>Decision: Possible</p>

<p>School applied to: Wellesley College</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1890 total with Math: 660 Writing: 620 Critical Reading: 610
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: US History: 640 Math 2: 600
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.8 or 3.9? Maybe? My school doesn’t use the 4.0 system… =
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A (school doesn’t do rank)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Didn’t send! But I’ve taken AP U.S. History and AP Government
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A (school doesn’t have IB classes)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng, AP Calc AB, AP Chem, Spanish 7 (jumped a level, I’ve been skipping levels since I began taking Spanish in the 9th grade…), Film
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Poetry Out Loud 3rd place in school, Kenyon book award, national honor society, posse semi-finalist, high honors, random school awards</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Junior State of America (random position, 10-12 grades), Anime Club (co-founder, 11-12), Japanese lessons (10-11), Varsity Softball Player (10 - 12), Club Volleyball (10-12), Senior Trip/Prom Committee (10-12), and sewing (9 - 12).
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Teen Job at a local non-profit (10-12 grades)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: internship at a State Senator office (12), camp counselor at a local Art Day camp (9-10), Community service in Guatemala with school (11),
[</em>] Summer Activities: Teen job (mentioned above), internship, camp counselor
[<em>] Essays: I guess they were good… My essay was unique! =)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I was told they were good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I think it was good!
[</em>] Additional Rec: I sent an extra rec from my supervisor at my job and I read it and it was good! =)
[li] Interview: Not the best but not terrible</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Charter, small!
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female (durrrr)
[</em>] Income Bracket: 80 K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None =[</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Extracurriculars?
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, SAT, SAT II (haha everything else besides my ECs XD )
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know I thought I was going to get an unlikely!
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was accepted to Agnes Scott College and I haven’t heard from anywhere else yet.</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: I was happy to get this =) I was honestly expecting a not likely… My SAT scores are low, I’m white, I’m not a first generation, I’m from MA… So woot! =D There is still hope!</p>

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<p>“Possible”</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 730 W 690 R 670 M [2090]
ACT:
SAT II: 730 US hist, 680 Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): i don’t know… my weighted is 4.73/5.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language and Composition 5, US History 4
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP French, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Literature, AP Psychology, (College) World History, Independent Study Latin (AP Curric.)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ?
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A ton… literally, leadership positions, awards, clubs, horse riding, international travel in 22+ countries
Job/Work Experience: Cashier 11th grade
Volunteer/Community service: A lot. Therapeutic horse riding center, American Red Cross, EMT, etc
Summer Activities: Travel, work. Lived in Morocco and studied Arabic, did conservation work in the Galapagos, and traveled to northern india.
Essays: Great!
Teacher Recommendation: Fabulous.
Counselor Rec: I didn’t read it.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: Yep.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Connecticut
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 30k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: Travel, languages, recommendations, i visited twice and expressed interest.
Weaknesses: I’m a white girl from Connecticut?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Brandeis, Tulane ($80k Merit), Allegheny ($70k Merit), and Fordham
Deferred to the University of Chicago and Georgetown</p>

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<p>**Decision: Likely **</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR (710); M (710); W (680)
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT II: Biology (720); Literature (680)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96/4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/300
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Did not indicate on application
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: University Microbiology, Calculus (through EPGY), Physics X, AP Literature, Psychology/Sociology, and Senior Project (mandatory independent study class)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2nd Place Team Award @ Intel ISEF 2010; Prudential Spirit of Community Distinguished Finalist 2010; Other various awards @ a district and state level for science fair (2009 & 2010)</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Significant Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Fair; A student driven civic action group I created (rather not name); Key Club (~700+ hours of service to school and community - chairperson and facilitator of a few major events that had measurable success); School Community Council (Secretary); Student Government (chairperson of various school wide events)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: primarily through Key Club (as mentioned above)
[</em>] Summer Activities: Volunteer at local astronomy center (Freshman summer); Housing students from Sumoto Japan for a cultural exchange (Freshman and Sophomore summer); EPGY Summer Institute (Junior summer)
[<em>] Essays: Common App Short - about the civic action group I started; Common App Long - a very light essay about myself…I pretty much tell them quirky, memorable things about myself they wouldn’t read about anywhere else on my app; Wellesley Supp - about how I want to develop and grow as a leader in college, and how a women’s college is the perfect setting. I also mentioned my dual interests in liberal arts/a balanced education and science research, and how Wellesley’s dual degree program with MIT and their partnership with Olin College, give me the best of both.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: AP Literature teacher (strangely, not the best writer…new to the job); Microbiology Professor (also my science fair mentor)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Standard
[</em>] Additional Rec: Key Club Advisor
[li] Interview: None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Hawaii
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Mixed - Japanese, Korean, Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Rather not indicate
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Diversity (in coming from a quaint town in Hawaii, NOT from Honolulu/a major prep school…not that there’s anything wrong with that, though)</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Science Fair; Service; Essays - although my writing isn’t very strong, my personal statement was very personable, positive, and quirky; my Wellesley supp. was very honest and head on…my essay managed to convince ME that Wellesley is probably the best school for me, even though it’s not my top choice…
[</em>] Weaknesses: English LOR; Course Load; Test Scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Likely, and because of the strengths I mentioned
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Didn’t apply EA anywhere…still waiting on all my other schools</p>

<p>[/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Likely</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: n/a
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): idk about unweighted, weighted 4.5/5.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/400something
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History 3, U.S. History 4, Environ Sci 4, English Lang 4, Psych 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Economics, AP Gov’t, AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, AP Euro Hist, AP Spanish, AP Physics, and other random classes
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): not that I’m aware of…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A lot (too much?)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Yes
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Yes, and unique imo
[</em>] Summer Activities: Small internship/job
[<em>] Essays: I liked my Common App a lot, supplement was decent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should’ve been pretty good
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:
[<em>] Gender: …
[</em>] Income Bracket: Low-mid range
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none that I’m aware of</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, heavy course load, essays (?)
[</em>] Weaknesses: Scattered ECs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Ecstatic! Hope this helps others in the future (…sorry I was kind of vague though, I’m paranoid).</p>

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<p>Also, congrats to everyone who received good news today! This college application process has been crazy, and I’m sure we’ve all put a lot of time and effort into it. Because of this, I’m positive that things will work out for the best for everyone (even those who didn’t receive the news they wanted to hear today) - we’ll end up at the school that is right for us. </p>

<p>Owleyes - Congrats on the likely from Yale, that’s amazing!</p>

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<p>Decision: Likely</p>

<p>b]Objective:**[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR, 700 M, 760 WR, 2230
[</em>] ACT: -
[<em>] SAT II: 700 World History, 770 Bio-E
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World (5), APUSH (5), Bio (5), Lang/Comp (5), Chem (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): -
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Lit, AP French, AP Environ, AP Calc AB, AP Gov, Orchestra
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): -</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): science research, volleyball, girl scouts etc
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: work at library
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: hosp, youth court
[</em>] Summer Activities: volunteer at hosp, work at library
[<em>] Essays: pretty good i guess
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: AP bio teacher, APUSH teacher, and sci research teacher
[<em>] Counselor Rec: idk, only had her for a few months
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: great</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): -
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: other
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: -
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, 1st gen</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]**Reflection[ /b][list]
[<em>] Strengths: high scores, big in science
[</em>] Weaknesses: none
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: see strengths
[</em>] Where else were you accepted: so far, just suny binghamton</p>

<p>not surprised i got a likely</p>

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<p>@owleyes, i’m extremely surprised/shocked that you didn’t get a likely…</p>

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<p>Decision: Likely</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): did not submit
[</em>] ACT: 34 (36 english 34 math 32 reading 32 science 35 writing)
[<em>] SAT II: did not submit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not officially rank but counselor said I’m in top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB this year
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB math SL (6) IB spanish SL (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB english HL, IB history HL, IB chem HL, IB art history SL, AP calc AB, Theory of Knowledge first semester, Play Production
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major, a couple little things within school</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years in my school’s play production group, school musicals, student run opinion magazine (editor), outside theatre stuff, small for fun clubs, hosting exchange students
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Bussing at a local italian restaurant
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Not a ton - working at community theatres
[</em>] Summer Activities: school delegate to the IB World Student Conference, summer theatre every year
[<em>] Essays: Common app was AWESOME, I wrote about playing Ultimate Ninja with kids from all over the world at the IB conference. Why Wellesley was very good, I wrote about being a nerd
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: TOK and Art History - read one, it was excellent, and the other teacher loves me so hopefully that one was good too!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Dunno…she seems to like me!
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: It went very well! I interviewed with an alum, a grad student at the University of Washington, and we really bonded and talked for almost 2 hours</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Washington
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Suburban public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: middle middle middle middle middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nada, I don’t think my parents dropping out of college makes me first gen…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ACT, essays, recs, interview
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs, lack of leadership
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m a strong applicant and Wellesley is a genuinely good fit for me. I think the admissions team saw that :slight_smile:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Bard, Lewis&Clark, and Oregon State. Still waiting on Brown, Swat, Vassar, Barnard, Smith, and Whitman!</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: So frikkin excited. I don’t really have a “top” choice cuz it all depends on FA but I love love love Wellesley!!! :smiley: :smiley: :D</p>

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<p>Decision: Likely</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 Math 800 Writing 750 CR
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Lit 800 Math II 750 Molecular Bio 740 World History 710 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.69 Weighted (yeah.)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 30%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), English Language (5), U.S. Gov (5), U.S. History (4, self-studied), World History (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish Lang, AP Music Theory, AP Latin: Vergil, AP Microeconomics/Human Geography (one course), AP Calc AB, AP Physics: C, AP English Lit (Online)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing too serious! Distinguished AP Scholar, National Merit Commended (NJ cutoff is brutal!), National Latin Exam Gold X3, Silver X1, National Spanish Exam Bronze, ABRSM Grade 6 Piano (couple years ago, never followed through to 8), ABRSM Grade 5 Music Theory, some others I forget! Mostly for scoring high on tests!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Too many. President of 3 Clubs, Founder of 2, 3 other major leadership positions, lots of tutoring especially! It really is too long of a list to delineate fully
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: McDonald’s for 3.5 years, Tutoring for 2
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hours at local hospital, various other events
[</em>] Summer Activities: LeadAmerica '08, Traveling (2 months in china, tibet & everest) '09, Girls State '10 and Calc I and Intro to Formal Logic at a local community college '10
[<em>] Essays: The reason why I got the letter. PM me for these.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Never saw! Presumably good!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see, probably on the generic side
[</em>] Additional Rec: Calc I teacher from summer session, it was rather good!
[li] Interview: Never had</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: XX
[</em>] Income Bracket: 120,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Haha</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, SATs, other test scores, course load (taking the most APs at a 2000-student school!), leadership (a lot!), just generally staying busy
[</em>] Weaknesses: awful grades! Freshman and sophomore years were unfortunately spent doing reprehensible things, as opposed to focusing on studying. But also I have this weird thing against boring homework. In all honesty, school is just really awfully boring for me (hence the full AP load!), and I have not been a great student for it.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I let my intellectuality shine through in my essays, especially since my gpa doesn’t do so great of a job! Let me be a case-in-point that an essay can fix anything lacking or nonexistent in such an application.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Rutgers! Have not heard back from anywhere else</p>

<p>[/ul]**General Comments: ** Cool! Hahah</p>

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<p>Possible :/</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 33, (34 Superscore) [Eng: 35, Math: 32, Reading 34, Science 33, Essay: 10]
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.80
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 52/553
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang (4) Physics B (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Math Honors Society, English Lit AP, Calc BC AP, Bio AP, Jazz Band
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Just Junior Lifeguard of the year for my city.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Water Polo (3 years varsity, 1 year jv), Cross Country (4 years varsity), Swim (3 years varsity), Track (1 year varsity), Piano (10 years), Jazz Band (3 years)
Job/Work Experience: Worked as a bookkeeper for about 6 months.
Volunteer/Community service: Random sporadic things for the aquatics program and summer camps.
Summer Activities: 5 years of junior lifeguards (6th grade to 10th), Advanced Jazz Seminar at local city colleges (11), Econ and Political Science at local city college (12)
Essays: I think my Wellesley supp was awful. In fact, I think that’s why I was possibled.
Teacher Recommendation: 1 was great other i didnt see
Counselor Rec: didnt see
Additional Rec: great
Interview: didn’t have
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, Big
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 70000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No
Reflection
Strengths: Rigor of course, recs.
Weaknesses: Essay, rank
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essay/not having an interview
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Hartwick (accepted) U San Francisco (Accepted)</p>