Wellesley in particular

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I just visited Wellesley and BU and I fell in love with Wellesley. It's so unlike what I want but I felt so compatible.</p>

<p>I'm a junior from the suburbs of NYC at an all girls catholic private school. I'm white, Catholic and my school is pretty prestigious. I love how this is going...
Anyway. I had some trouble Freshman year (i was really apathetic), but I've brought up my grades tremdously since then.</p>

<p>My school doesn't do class rank. It's out of a 5.0 scale, and they said that they can't convert it to a 4.0 scale because it "isn't right". Freshman year I had no honors and 3.345. Sophmore year I had 2 honors and a 3.757. Junior year I have all honors but 1 (couldn't take the 1 AP offered because I didn't take it in Soph year) and I have an 4.654. Next year I am taking AP English, AP Spanish & AP Physics. Freshman year is VERY low (almost a B+) but colleges don't really focus on it, right? I know NYU doesn't.</p>

<p>Extra cirriculars. I've been doing Soup Kitchen & Social Action since I was a freshman. I started the newspaper in Sophmore year and I'm going to be one of the Editors next year. I run Spring Track since Sophmore year and Cross Country since Junior year. I'm a Peer Minister and I tutor Chemistry and Physics since Junior year. I went to Parsons School of Design Pre-College in Sophmore Year and I'm going to Stanford U Newspaper thing this summer. I work during the year at Weight Watchers (I lost 55lbs over sophmore year) and over the summer at a cell phone distributor.</p>

<p>I am getting very good reccomendations from my Chemistry teacher and my Art History teacher, as well as my Guidance Counseler. I plan on majoring in Art History. I'm an "athletic scholar", I know I'll be in the NHS and I'm hoping to get a scholarship from this Italian society in my neighbotrhood.</p>

<p>I got a 630 on the Chemistry SATII last year. This year, I'm taking Math I & Lit (hoping to get 680+). I got a 1750 on the PSAT (1440 first time around when I was in the apathetic stage), but I've been studying a lot and hoping to get a 1900-2100+ on the SAT in April. I'm taking the ACT next September.</p>

<p>I'm really, really scared I won't get in. I'm hoping they'll see that I've matured and turned my life around and whatnot.</p>

<p>Schools I'm appliyng to:
Wellesley (ED)
NYU
BU
USF
Fordham</p>

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<p>You have got to get higher SATS. Wellesley E-d acceptance is pretty high, so you have a chance.</p>

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<p>Wellesley is a definite reach at the moment. NYU would also be tough with your current stats.
Keep in mind, your performance in school is extremely important. Your first two years appear to be subpar. Regardless if your school ranks or not, you should have an idea if you are in the top decile which is where you will need to be for Wellesley and NYU.</p>

<p>Keep on inverstigating schools that fit your needs. Good luck!</p>

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<p>I need to bring up my SATs to a 1350+ and maintain my GPA this year and try to bring it up and take the hardest classes I can next year (which I am). I talked to one of the admissions people there and she said that it's okay, as long as I try my hardest now I shouldn't have anything to worry about. Plus, 5 girls applied from my school last year and 4 got in with similar to my soph + junior combined GPA's than mine.</p>

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<p>bump.........!</p>

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<p>bump???????</p>