<p>Hehe, yeah, I never thought that starting a thread asking about my acceptance chances would lead me to meet and learn a lot about two really interesting & friendly people who are also applying to Wellesley and are very much like myself in a number of ways -- but I'm glad it did! :)</p>
<p>Oh wow, that sounds like it was a bit of a hassle just getting to the campus! And this is going to sound almost a little too coincidental, but I too am a total pack rat. Whenever I go somewhere I always pack my suitcase 'till I can't fit anything else in it and end up using only about half of everything I've packed when I actually get there. lol, you should see my purse, it's always BULGING with all the things I've packed in there. I'm like a Boy Scout (except for, uh, the fact that I'm a girl lol), I'm always prepared, no matter where I go. Need tissues? Eye drops? Breath mints? Right here in my bulging pink purse! hehe. And same with the email thing mea -- back when Hotmail only gave you 2 MB I was always around 97% and kept on having people complain that the emails they'd send me would bounce back 'cause my inbox would be too full, heh heh. I, too, got a fabulous little GMail account to solve all my problems! And thank goodness Hotmail upped its storage space to 100 MB. And it's not just in email that I'm like this ~ I have the tendency to want to save everything, even cute little notes I get from friends and sometimes things like nearly empty lotion bottles or old ear phones that don't work anymore -- I feel almost guilty throwing them away!</p>
<p>Oh wow allure, the Dean of Admissions called your counselor? That's so awesome! The thing is, my counselor isn't the most social/friendly person out there, so I never see her and thus rarely get to even talk to her, seeing as with my busy schedule I don't usually have time to drop by her office to talk (which would be hard to do anyway, since, like I said, she's not exactly the most affable person out there.) So if there was a call from Wellesley, I haven't heard at all. Plus the whole long-distance/other-side-of-the-country thing kind of sucks. ^^</p>
<p>I really should learn Chinese sometime. I applied under International Relations at most of the schools I've applied to (including Wellesley). Since central Asia is developing so rapidly at this point, there's a good chance China will be one of the major powerhouses of the future, so it couldn't hurt to know the language. ^^ Plus, if I ever go back there to visit relatives on my own, it'd be nice to at least be able to give a taxi driver directions, or something of the sort. By the way, what did you two apply under [for majors at Wellesley]?</p>
<p>allure - wow! <em>awed</em> well, i'll bet you're phenomenal. I didnt' go for EE, I'm just straight RD. </p>
<p>titania - yes, do learn chinese! Then you and allure and I can be even more weirdly similar :p.
Majors: Biology and pre-Med, I think. I had a hard time choosing, but the choice came down to two of bio, premed, biochem and neuroscience.</p>
<p>LOL mea, but wait a sec. Just am i that phenomenal? Because in my previous post i totally botched the spelling. :eek: Ooooopsies! </p>
<p>And quite soon, Wellesley won't be thinking I'm phenomenal anymore. Wait till the midyear report rolls in. Then I'll be roadkill. Okay, maybe not completely, but I will have some eyesores on my transcript, namely calculus. But... whatever. I'm never going to need to use derivatives in life again. And I won't use dy/dx to find the rate of change of the radius of a mothball to see how long it takes the mothball to evaporate into nothingness. I'd be all scientific and snazzy and pull out a stopwatch. Besides, all the math I need, I basically learned already. I can pay bills and count change (handy for working at McDonald's ;)) so I have no further use for stupid numbers. :p Okay, enough with my hate-filled tangent. (Eww, why did I employ yet another mathematical term? Hmm. That is unknown.)</p>
<p>My counselor messed up my recs a little bit. She lost my recommendation from my history teacher, said that he'd never written it, and suggested I get a rec from my chem teacher. Which I did. But now she found the original history rec, and since I already have Chem handy, she decided to just spam all my colleges with those. So that makes 5 recs in total: spanish, art, history, chem, and the counselor recommendation. I just hope colleges won't be like, "Oh what an insecure applicant trying to pad everything but the thicker the file the thicker the applicant okay let's waitlist this girl."</p>
<p>Majors: English & visual arts. Didn't submit a portfolio though, since they wanted it by Dec. 15 for EE. So I was like, well, there's no possible way I can take slides that quickly. But I like neuro too. So there's another thing to add to our growing list of uncanny similarities!
I'm a pack rat when I go traveling, but I never take my bag with me when i'm in school or something. I think the last time I used it was over the summer.</p>
<p>mea --sorry about harvard. i was rejected too. obviously my phenomenalism wasn't enough for the two ivies i applied to, but whatever. DIE COLUMBIA WAITLIST DIE. yes, that's my bitterness. i know i'll get over it as soon as i make up my mind as to wear i'm going. grr, i've been running the gamut of emotions on columbia, though.</p>
<p>at first i was thrilled that it wasn't another flat-out rejection. then i was offended at not being good enough for the official class of '09. then i was depressed since i figured i wouldn't get in anyway. then i was frustrated since i'll have to wait until july 1. and repeat the vicious cycle.</p>
<p>yay, allure's back! Congrats on Columbia - i know it sounds odd to be congrats-ed on a waitlist, but it means you were qualified. Your phenomenalism may just bring you a very pleasant surprise on july 1. Good luck good luck.</p>
<p>I'm dealing .... so awesomely. I've been incredibly lucky and now I'm not quite sure where I'm going. Following H's rejection, I was accepted by Yale, UC Berkeley (with Regents and Chancellor's scholarship), and Stanford. Incredible! I never thought this would happen.</p>
<p>Between all of these tho, Northwestern HPME is offering me a guarantee at a great med school. </p>
<p>That is incredible! I find the Yale/Harvard disparity kind of strange. Some girl I know who currently attends Yale was waitlisted at Columbia. And Stanford and Berkeley are top-notch... I'm so proud of you!</p>
<p>I got into Swarthmore and Amherst as well... so that complicates matters.</p>
<p>Wellesley gave me close to a full-ride, though (yes, I am DIRT POOR).</p>
<p>Thanks for the congrats... yeah, I've been congratulated on the waitlist, but I'm still internally in turmoil and SEETHING. My emotions still haven't stablized yet.</p>
<p>:o! Well, forget Columbia! There are so, so many kids I know who would give their right arms to go to Swarthmore or Amherst - or Wellesley, esp with a full-ride - yes, over Columbia. Man...you pulled off some neat stuff there! Let me know what you decide.</p>
<p>Titania has ditchered us. What do we think of that, allure?</p>
<p>Well, Wellesley was an almost-full ride. I have to take out 1,600 in loans there. For Swat I'd have to take out 2,625 in loans. And today Amherst is offering me everything in grants, amounting to 44K, so that eliminates loans.</p>
<p>Holy frickety cow, I just swept liberal arts central :eek:... I feel much better after being snubbed by a quarter of the Ivy League. </p>
<p>I have met many who would give up all four of their limbs for Swat/Amherst/Wellesley. And our valedictorian was just waitlisted at Amherst. I just now have really tough decisions to make --I'm visiting all the colleges again over spring break (forget stupid stupid Columbia).</p>
<p>All are strong in English, but I also want an art department that's all about <em>me</em> basically, the opportunity to dabble in neuro, to continue with Chinese and Spanish and maybe pick up on another language. The city location I was originally CONVINCED I couldn't live without, but now I'm being more open-minded. See what money does to you? ha.</p>