<p>To those of you who got in, congratulations!</p>
<p>Is Wellesley your absolute first choice? Are all of you certain that you will go to wellesley even if you get into other schools on your list?</p>
<p>I just want to know about what # of applicants will be admitted from the waitlist this year..</p>
<p>again, congrats to you guys :)</p>
<p>Wellesley is not my first choice. It's a wonderful school, but if I get into Harvard, Yale, or Amherst I'll go to one of them. But I'm just one person, and Wellesley admits according to the number they expect to matriculate. Don't fret, though, there's always the option of being admitted from the waitlist.</p>
<p>Hm, Wellesely isn't my first choice, but then again, I have three schools TIED as my first choice.. so I'm going to have a lot of trouble deciding between them. And I might still go Wellesley if other schools don't give me enough money/reject/waitlist me, so I dunno! Ask me next week.</p>
<p>I agree with above poster... getting off a waitlist is hard because schools already admit more than they can handle because they know that a certain % of the people will go to other scools. but you still have a shot!</p>
<p>wellesley is my first choice but not my parents. so ... there will be compromise in the next week once all the decisions come out. </p>
<p>good luck everyone!</p>
<p>I really don't have a first choice. I'm so fickle with colleges, it's insane. If I manage to get accepted into all my colleges- it'd come down to four schools, of which Wellesley is amongst... but, we'll see how it works out. :)</p>
<p>I got into Wellesley, but its like my 5th choice. So I'd only attend in a worst-case admissions scenario</p>
<p>What a nice attitude.</p>
<p>lol penguin
.. werd!</p>
<p>Wellesley's actually my favorite school, so I'm quite relieved to have already been admitted. Money's the only issue now.</p>
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<p>_< I really really really want to go to Wellesley! Only thing that doesn't make Wellesley my absolute #1 is that 1) its biology program isn't very strong and 2) expensive! I don't know how much $$ to expect from them!</p>
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<p>Aaaaaaaaah, I'm so nervous!</p>
<p>Syneria, Wellesley's Department of Biological Sciences is very good.</p>
<p>O_O Really? My counselor has been telling me otherwise! He kept emphasizing to me that Wellesley had a very weak biology program when I was telling him what schools I was applying to.
I just loved Wellesley so much that I applied even if it wouldn't be good for what I plan to go into.</p>
<p>Coquettish,</p>
<p>If RD follows the same format as ED, the admission packet you receive will tell you what Wellesley is offering in financial aid, and will break it down in terms of grants, loans, and work study.</p>
<p>2010, I sure hope the financial aid package is good! I might be getting it today.</p>
<p>syneria, I am actually going into Biology and Neuroscience, and I have heard from many outside sources that Wellesley's programs in these fields are excellent and well-funded. I wonder where your guidance counselor received his information. Regardless, I urge you to peruse the Biological Sciences website. There, you can see many of the research projects that students have carried out. They are impressive in my eyes, and I have been conducting scientific research on the university level since 9th grade.</p>
<p>Syneria: the bio department at Wellesley is quite good, especially because there are great opportunities for students to get involved in research. There's funding and fantastic professors, and it's -all- for undergraduates. No worrying about whether a grad student is going to snatch up the juiciest options or if there are too many people interested for you to have even a slim chance. If you want to do something, there will almost always be a way to make it happen.</p>
<p>Moreover, the entire school has such strong academics that you won't ever feel as though you're in the only decent department on campus. You'll have options and choices, even if you end up deciding that bio isn't really want you want to pursue.</p>
<p>I've found that listening to high school guidance counselors is not such a good idea. Don't get me wrong, I love my counselor because she's actually competent and quite kind :) But, apparently, I'm one in a million at my school. I think most of the counselors at my school just rec. the students go to a junior college for two years and then transfer to a state school... and I'm talking about the top 20 students here.</p>
<p>The head of the guidance department gave this whole speech the other day about how the seniors at this point in time should've already sent in their acceptances of admission because if we didn't, our place in the class of 2010 at whatever school we got accepted to would be given away to someone else. ......??</p>
<p>I can't wait to get out of here. :)</p>
<p>I've managed to eliminate three schools, but now I'm intensely conflicted between UChicago, Wellesley, and Brandeis. The yearly 45K+ expense for the two former schools intimidates me, especially when compared to Brandeis' substantial discount. At the same time, I'm hopelessly devoted to UChicago's intellectual obsessions and Wellesley's warm scholasticism....</p>
<p>Same! The guidance counselors at our school are only educated about Virginia state schools. They have never heard of anything out-of-state except for the big Ivies. PROVINCIAL, in my opinion.</p>
<p>Re: accepting admission</p>
<p>Go by the deadlines the schools give you (which I'm sure you already know, but maybe it's reassuring to hear someone else affirm that you're not going to have the admission offer withdrawn if you don't reply immediately).</p>
<p>Heck, my college counselor seems to know that only one school exists. The community college down the road.</p>