Wesleyan '10 RD - chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Wesleyan University
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<p>(x-posted in several forums)</p>

<p>white, jewish female from charleston, south carolina
academic magnet public high school, 94 kids in the class
my mom is a self-employed attorney who doesn't make much $, my dad makes 100g + a year as a scientist, BUT i am the oldest of 4 kids, so we're not exactly rolling in the dough.
(not sure if you needed to know that stuff, but figured it couldn't hurt.)</p>

<p>gpa = 4.54 weighted, n/a unweighted
class rank = n/a (bc my school is a magnet school and very competitive and challenging, our ranks/unweighted gpas aren't put on our transcripts)</p>

<p>sat = 700 m, 750 w (740 mc 10 e), 800 cr</p>

<p>sat 2's = 750 us history, 720 lit, 620 math i (taking math was a mistake, since cu only requires 2 sat 2's - will this low score hurt me?)</p>

<p>ap's = world history 5, english language 5, psychology 5, us history 4
senior ap's = gov/eco (semester courses), english literature, statistics, environmental science, french (will graduate with 10 ap's of 18 offered)</p>

<p>extracurrix -
journalism = school paper 10-12 (political coeditor 11), writer for major local paper's weekly teen section 11-12, had one article published on a website
jewish involvement = attended young judaea camps every summer for 7 years, went on a yj israel program for 6 weeks this summer, copresident of synagogue youth groupp 10-12, member of school's jewish awareness club 10-12 (pretty much a joke but whatevs)
political activism= volunteering w/ several local/national democratic party campaigns 10-12, member of school's young democrats 10-12 (president 12)
volunteer activities = teacher's aide at synagogue's sunday school 8-12, aide at local music day camp for 3 weeks this summer (200+ recorded community service hours in total)
random = member of school's academic team 10-12 (cocaptain 12), voice lessons 11, guitar lessons 11-12, drama club member 10-11, junior intermezzo club member 12
academic honors = a-b honor roll 9, 10, 12, all a's honor roll 11, attended barnard pcp summer in new york city for 5 weeks before junior year, national honor society member 11-12, ap scholar with honor (so far), national merit scholarship semifinalist (so far)</p>

<p>if you read all this you are truly amazing - comments? criticisms?</p>

<p>thank you ever so much</p>

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<p>SATs and grades are definitely good and in Wesleyan range... extracurriculars look impressive... We have a really really nice Jewish community here, so that's wonderful... I think you have a good shot :D What do you think your essay is going to be about?</p>

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<p>agree with madjoy.</p>

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<p>It's worth noting that being from the south will get you a little 'extra' attention from the admissions office. They're always looking to improve geographical representation from areas outside the northeast (and have done so actively in recent years).</p>

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<p>thanks for the replies..madjoy, i was planning on writing my essay about a six week trip to israel that i went on this summer with young judaea (a national jewish youth organization) and its impact on me. but i'm starting to think that may not reveal enough about me? what did you/your classmates write yours on?</p>

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<p>It might be cool to have an essay about one of your more unique activities... like about what the teen section of the newspaper does for your town and what you consequently do for it, or what your intention was in joining the political campaigns and whether that worked out or not. Or just some random anecdote from your life that seems poignant and important to you; I wrote about how my dad and I sometimes didn't get along because we had very different life philosophies, but this one time when we kind of bonded over good music. But your current essay sounds good too, and if you didn't change it, I think you'd still be fine :D</p>