<p>Hi, I'm a transfer from a small LAC.
I'm thinking about transfering:
650v, 650m, 690Wr
4.0 GPA freshman year
And here's the whammy....
2.88 GPA high school. I went to a very hard boarding school that was all girls, associated with a women's college. Seriously. 100% college attendance and most first tier schools. </p>
<p>Any thoughts?</p>
<p>Why not call the transfer admissions office at Wellesley and ask? I’m sure they are familiar with your HS, and will be able to interpret your HS grades in context.</p>
<p>Congratulations on a 4.0 your freshman year in college! That is indeed a rare and wonderful thing!</p>
<p>I’m actually transferring out of Wellesley but if you have any specific questions, I’d love to answer them.</p>
<p>As for transfers, Wellesley is very accommodating regarding circumstance and context. The school really focuses on the essays and your story rather than numbers.</p>
<p>I called this afternoon and they said that they weigh college GPA higher than HS. I didn’t ask about my particular school.
I’ve been to a large state university and a small liberal arts college and my edge in (i think) is that I’ve come full circle and I know women’s education is where I belong. They offer such a wide variety of science courses!</p>
<p>ahah sofy, I’m transferring out of Wellesley too, where will you be this next year?? good to know I’m not alone!</p>
<p>jabberwocky66, I’m going to the university of chicago!</p>
<p>where are you off to? :)</p>
<p>Broadening my options: Any opinions about chances at other Women’s college? Mount Holyoke? Smith? …Barnard?
Well more specifically, does anyone know of any success stories transferring in, especially with financial aid?</p>
<p>sofy can i ask why you decided to transfer out of Wellesley?</p>
<p>sushisushi,</p>
<p>one big factor for me was that I was born/raised in a fairly large city and Wellesley is a solid 45 minutes - 1 hour from Wellesley when you take public transportation, probably 40 minutes by car. It was hard for me not to be able to go to museums, concerts, etc as easily. Also, during the election in fall, I felt really, really isolated from last minute rallies/phone banks.</p>
<p>another one was that I really encountered some annoying gender stereotypes which people seemed to embrace. some of my friends and I had problems with very rude, pretentious girls. also, joining clubs was hard because there was this existing social circle, all the same friends joined the same clubs so I already felt left out. also, my roommates were both bisexual and while I didn’t mind at all (I’m pretty liberal), it caused a lot of drama because everyone inter-dates so much.</p>
<p>personally, I felt no one was there because they WANTED to learn/LOVED to learn but for the grade.</p>
<p>that being said, my teachers were phenomenal and very dedicated, the campus is beautiful and there’s definitely a solid support system. their email system is also fabulous and I will miss that! ;)</p>
<p>oh and the course selection was good but sometimes it was very hard to incorporate all the classes I wanted to take, so I had to make sacrifices. I often had to choose between a science/art and a language. I wanted to go somewhere with a larger range of courses</p>
<p>sofy–I’m off to Brown; I’m glad it turned out well for you too : ) In the end, Wellesley ended up being too…Wellesley for me. Small single-sex liberal arts colleges are apparently not my style.</p>
<p>Loved my teachers, loved the Lake, definitely loved watching Community (the hilarity! the sadness now that I know they’re taking my e-mail away!) but I’m so happy to be leaving.</p>