<p>My matriculation into Wes depends heavily on what other colleges accept me and when I visit them. I got to visit only 3 of the 10 colleges before I applied (Wes being one). Since 7 of the colleges are NESCAC Liberal Arts Colleges (with another being a midwest LAC), I'll be in for a difficult decision.</p>
<p>Congrats to all you RDers from an EDer! Hope to see you guys at Wes in fall! Great job!</p>
<p>Decision: (Rejected, Accepted, Waitlisted)
SAT CR: 710
SAT Math: 720
SAT Writing: 730
SAT Total: 2160
SAT II: Lit (720) History (690) Math (660?)
ACT: N/A
AP/IB taken/scores: History (3) Criminal Justice (A) Pre-Calc (A)... Currently in AP English and Taking College Calculus
GPA weighted:
GPA unweighted: 3.9
Rank or % estimate: top 5%
Essays: (Feelings on Common App) I got an email from Wes saying they enjoyed it.
Teacher Recs: First: Amazing Second: Good
Counselor Rec: probably great (small school)
Interview: No
Hook (if any):
State or Country:
School Type: Parochial
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Female
Legacy: No
Recruited Athlete & Sport: No
Important ECs: A LOT of volunteering, President of two clubs, Vice President of Another, CTY, etc.
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: The letter shocked me because I had no clue it would come so early. It was also sandwiched between two other acceptances so needless to say, it was a good day.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!!
SAT CR: 710
SAT Math: 800
SAT Writing: 800
SAT Total: 2310
SAT II: math IIc (800) US History (730)
ACT: N/A
AP/IB taken/scores: US History (5) AB Calculus (5) AP Psych, AP stats, Ap Enviro (currently in)
GPA weighted:
GPA unweighted: 3.8
Rank or % estimate: N/A
Essays: (Feelings on Common App) Funny, well written essay about a show I was in
Teacher Recs: 2 outstanding form science and english and one supplementary from an acting teacher who knows me really well as a leader and actor.
Counselor Rec: probably great (small school)
Interview: Yes, with a senior at Wesleyan
Hook (if any):
State or Country: DC
School Type: Small Private School
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Legacy: No
Recruited Athlete & Sport: No
Important ECs: Theater (leader, actor, director) musician: singer, pianist, guitarist, leader in a cappella group, philosophy club, a lot of community service at food kitchens and teaching children, work experience, theater intensive summer programs
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Wesleyan is an unbelievable school. I have some friends there and they love it in every way. All the students are incredibly smart, interesting, and well rounded.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!
SAT CR: 720
SAT Math: 710
SAT Writing: 660
SAT Total: 2090
SAT II Literature: 680
SAT II Biology - E: 710
SAT II Korean with Listening: 800
ACT: 30
AP/IB taken/scores: AP US History: 3
AP Literature: 3
AP Calculus: 5
GPA weighted: n/a
GPA unweighted: 4.0
Rank or % estimate: n/a
Essays: (Feelings on Common App) I liked my essay, but kinda boring for people not into classical music. lol
Teacher Recs: no idea
well I think my English teachers was great, idk about bio
Counselor Rec: no idea
Interview: no
Hook (if any): I really dont think I have any.
State or Country: IL (non-Chicago)
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Legacy: none
Recruited Athlete & Sport: no
Important ECs: Cello (but nothing spectacular), Editor of my literary magazine, the usual
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Just shows that scores arent everything! Congrats to everyone else and good luck to class of 2010!!!</p>
<p>GOT THE ACCEPTANCE PACKET TODAY!!!
amazing fin aid, too</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!!!
SAT CR: 730
SAT Math: 800
SAT Writing: 800
SAT Total: 2330
SAT II: French 760, US History 770
ACT:
AP/IB taken/scores: APUSH 5, French Lang 4, English Lang+Comp 5
GPA weighted:
GPA unweighted: 3.89
Rank or % estimate: school doesn't release rank but somewhere in the top 5%
Essays: (Feelings on Common App) my essay was about fingerpainting.
Teacher Recs: one from history teacher, one from math teacher. only read one and it was pretty good
Counselor Rec: she loves me
Interview: kinda awkward since it was my first ever interview, but it didn't go badly
Hook (if any):
State or Country: MA
School Type: suburban public ~925 students, sends some grads to top schools. sends a lot of people to Wesleyan for some reason.
Ethnicity: white/did not specify
Gender: male
Legacy: nope
Recruited Athlete & Sport: nope
Important ECs: president of gay-straight alliance,
Other Factors: my friend's dad used to work for the president's office as a speechwriter and I think he gave a few tips to admissions on a few potential admits, I forget how it works though
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: yay congrats to everyone else who got in!! Wes is pretty much my top choice and I wasn't even expecting the letter so it was a pretty awesome surprise. there's only one certain school in providence that I'd give the edge too, and I did get a big scholarship to another school. but right now it's looking good for Wes next fall. </p>
<p>also financial aid info wasn't available because we haven't been able to send our tax forms yet. so that's really what me being able to go hinges on.</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone!! (And advance congratulations to anyone who posts in the future, haha)</p>
<p>oops I forgot to finish writing my ECs. I was also co-chair of my city's youth commission, jazz band, academic team, and produced a radio show.</p>
<p>no letter today, looks like I'll have to wait a while longer, ah well</p>
<p>You look at the SAT & GPA numbers of the acceptees so far and have to conclude it appears that Wesleyan is moving early to try to lock in kids who may well be accepted at the top Ivies in a couple weeks. It's a good strategy, but will it work.</p>
<p>Only those acceptees know for sure.</p>
<p>For that reason, though, applicants not in that elite category shouldn't draw any adverse conclusions from not having heard yet, IMO.</p>
<p>If you are deferred (QuestBridge), is it possible for you get an early admission letter/early write? I just want to know so I stop running to the mailbox everyday.</p>
<p>OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG. I GOT IN!!!!!!!!!!!!! </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>SAT: I got a 1910 (muahaha) I didn't even submit the score and I didn't take the SATII either</p>
<p>ACT: 29
AP/IB taken/scores: AP Human (4), AP Psychology (5), AP Lang (4), AP Physics B, APUSH, AP Calc AB, AP Euro, AP Bio, AP Govt. AP Macro, AP Spanish, AP Lit
GPA weighted:4.6465
GPA unweighted:3.7416
Rank or % estimate: now, 19/627; 26/627 when applied
Essays: (Feelings on Common App) I think they were pretty good
Teacher Recs: pretty good
Counselor Rec: meh, she's only known me for one year
Interview: none
Hook (if any): dunno...
State or Country: IL
School Type: public
Ethnicity: middle eastern/asian mutt
Gender:female
Legacy: none
Recruited Athlete & Sport:
Important ECs:
- Student Council VP
- President of Presidents' Forum (club of all the other student presidents in the school)
- Founder, Co-President of Schoolwide Charity Committee
Other Factors: I think someone who went to my hs is an adcom and one of the teachers who wrote me a rec went there, too. lol
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: I think I got in because of connections, but still, I think it shows that test scores ARE NOT everything</p>
<p>weeeeeeeeeeee.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted! OR</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 2190 (750 CR, 680 M, 760 W, 12 E, 70 G), took it only once
SAT IIs: 750 French, 750 Lit, 730 World History (self-studied)
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.2 weighted, 3.7 unweighted
Rank: don’t know
ACT: 35 (35 E, 32 M, 36 R, 35 S, 35 W), took it only once as well‡I sent my SAT and ACT scores to all my colleges
APs (including this year's): none last year, I’m taking Stats and Chem this year
IBs (including this year's: 6 on SL Math last year, 4 on SL Chem last year, am taking History HL, English HL, French HL, and Human Geography SL exams this year
Senior Year Courseload: 4 IB classes, 2 AP classes, advanced jazz band
Number of Apps from Your School: don’t know. at least 5
Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, NHS, Academic All-State athlete, Mayor’s 100 Teens, Summa cum Laude and gold medal-National Latin Exam, straight A’s 10th-12th grade, Academic Letter</p>
<p>ECs listed on app: tennis, Youth Symphony, soccer, two clubs, bass player in several local bands and at my church, TONS of community service in assorted capacities, I read a lot
Work Experience- Assistant tennis pro at the club near my house
Essays: Common App essay was pretty good, but might have been a little long and rambling. Supplement essay was
Teacher Recs: don’t know, I never saw them, but I guess they must have been great!
Counselor Rec: don’t know; I go to a huge school and the counselor doesn’t really know me.</p>
<p>State or Country: Colorado
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): gigantic public behemoth in Colorado (10-12), went to a small private school in the northeast in 9th grade (I made mostly B’s there, which is what pulled my GPA down)‡my dad was transferred to Colorado after my 9th grade year
Ethnicity: white, but I have a pretty good tan!
Gender: I’m a man!
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I'm a white, suburban male. I have none…</p>
<p>General Comments: Congrats to everyone who's in!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!!!</p>
<p>User Name: aethernaut
Gender: F
Location: Las Vegas, NV
College Class Year: 2013
High School: Private
High School Type: sends many grads to top schools</p>
<p>Academics:</p>
<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.90
GPA - Weighted: 4.52
Class Size: 65</p>
<p>Scores:</p>
<p>SAT I Math: 670
SAT I Critical Reading: 800
SAT I Writing: 800
SAT II Literature: 790
SAT II U.S. History: 750
SAT II French with Listening: 720</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:</p>
<p>Significant Extracurriculars:
- Very strong actor (3+ lead roles in 3 years of doing theatre)
- Senior Editor of school's literary magazine, staff member last year (mag's first year)
- Executive board member of school's microbank which has raised over 25k to date
Honors and Awards:
- NM Finalist
- National Hispanic Scholar
- Highest honors at Nevada Thespian Competition
- Academic awards in 5 different subjects (a big deal at my school), including in 3 APs</p>
<p>Here's what I don't quite get....early decisions for the applicants with the strongest credentials in an attempt to get them to commit and not go to a competing university/college. But every elite school is doing the same thing, making early decisions for prime beef. If all schools went back to April 1st for EVERBODY, it would be the same. Why not move up the decision for everybody by two weeks? In short, if all of the elite schools are giving early regular decisions, what's really being accomplished?</p>
<p>Because that would be fair...</p>
<p>And that's not how college admissions always work now, is it?</p>
<p>the point is to try to recruit the best students BEFORE other top colleges also give them acceptances. so no matter what the official date is, they will try to get a little heads up</p>
<p>I'm not sure if the data really suggests that that is what Wesleyan is doing. There seems to be an incredible range of applicants on here who have gotten in. My friend is at the top of his class with an sat score of 2300 and amazing EC's and he hasn't gotten a letter (neither have I and I have a 2220 and am #2 in the class), so I dont know, while there are some very strong applicants on here who will no doubt be accepted by ivy league schools, I'm not sure if that is true of everyone who has posted here, and seems to be true of other applicants who have not heard anything (such as my friend).</p>
<p>Are there any others who received an email complimenting his/her application but have not received an early admission letter?</p>