Wesleyan Class of 2015 ED Results

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<p>Please copy and paste the code below and fill in the appropriate information. Choose your decision and delete the other two. i.e. If accepted, delete the "Decision: Deferred" and "Rejected" lines. No need to take out the spaces.</p>

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Decision: Accepted
Decision: Deferred
Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
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Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays:
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:
[</em>] Counselor Rec:
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:
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Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:
[</em>] Ethnicity:
[<em>] Gender:
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:
[<em>] Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred:
[li] Where else were you accepted/deferred:[/ul][/li]General Comments:

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<p>Post it up people…I want to see if I have a shot at getting in lol</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): M- 770 W- 730 R- 730 (took them twice)
SAT II: Math- 800 US History- 740 Chem- 690
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 92.7 out of 100
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5) English Language (5) US history (4) Currently taking literature, Calc AB, US Gov and Comp Gov</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Directed a few shows, writer for school newspaper, costumes for theater, art classes
Job/Work Experience: Waitress at a vegan cafe
Summer Activities: Art programs, job
Essays: wrote about walking around my neighborhood
Teacher Recommendation: One that was probably very good from my chem teacher and an okay one from a history teacher
Counselor Rec: great
Interview: Senior interview went fine; I thought it was a little short</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): New York
School Type: public, specialized
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): my sister goes there. does that count?</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: course load, extracurriculars
Weaknesses: lack of anything very unique
Why you think you were accepted/deferred: I showed a lot of interest and have taken quite a few APs and maintained a good average. My extracurriculars are pretty consistent.</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED ACCEPTED ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 730 CR, 600 M, 760 W = 2090</li>
<li>ACT: N/A</li>
<li>SAT II: 790 US, 720 Chem, 660 lit</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unofficially top 10%</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5) US (5) Chem (5) Eng Lang (5)</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis): Spanish, Calculus</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: Honors Physics, AP French, Precalc, AP Lit, AP Gov, Orchestra, Marketing, Indep Study in English</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Gettysburg Book Award for History (11th grade) (lol) 1st place speaker @ Varsity Debate States in CT, 2nd place Team at same tourney, various other debate awards</li>
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<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate team member, Environmental Club leader, Jewish youth movement leader, creator of Ultimate Frisbee league at school, various others</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: various things. volunteer at firehouse, gone to rallies, nothing outstanding</li>
<li>Summer Activities: progressive labor zionist jew camp. every year since 2002.</li>
<li>Essays: wrote about The Jersey Shore (tv show) and how it’s affected my life</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: Both were immaculate. One from English teacher I’m doing indep. study with, one from math teacher who liked me</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: No reason to believe that it wasn’t good.</li>
<li>Additional Rec: N/A</li>
<li>Interview: Went well. Nothing too exciting to report. </li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): CT</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant):</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Income Bracket: Middle class</li>
<li><p>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Progressive Labor Zionist, Debate?</p></li>
<li><p>Strengths: Good Grades, unique ECs, very well written teacher recs and essay.</p></li>
<li><p>Weaknesses: SAT I scores. The 600 on math is not a typo. </p></li>
<li><p>Why you think you were accepted/deferred: Because my strengths outweighed my weaknesses. And my essay</p></li>
<li><p>Where else were you accepted/deferred: Applied ED. But would have probably applied to Bowdoin, Midd, Kenyon, and others</p></li>
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<p>I’m going to post this for my son because I know these posts, overall, really do help find kids find a school where their stats might be a fit. So here we go, but I’m leaving out some in-depth details for S’ privacy.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 760 M 740 CR 690 W
ACT: None
SAT II: 790 Chem 760 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3,55/ over 4.0 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): took 2; a 4 and a 3
IB (place score in parenthesis): Full IB student
Senior Year Course Load: Full IB
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): In depth-multi year EC with leadership; additonal strong ECs
Job/Work Experience: Part-time job
Volunteer/Community service: some
Summer Activities: 2 summer programs away from home; 1 overseas and 1 at a college
Essays: Extremely good common app essay that told who he really was.
Teacher Recommendation: 1 exceptionally good; other good
Counselor Rec: Probably not much help…new counselor
Additional Rec:
Interview: Oddly, he thought his interview here was one of the weakest ones he did…I think he was just really nervous because he wanted to attend here so much!
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Not northeast
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Cauc
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Not disclosing
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: Test scores, passion in ECs, IB program
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred: See strengths
Where else were you accepted/deferred: S accepted Bard IDP. All other applications withdrawn.
General Comments: Congrats to everyone accepted! Hugs to those deferred or rejected. My S is so so thrilled. Once finals are over I’ll see if I can get him to come over here and say hello.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted<3</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): M- 710 R- 700 W- 700 (only took once)
ACT: 34
SAT II: Math 2- 740 World History- 800 Chem- 720
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 92.7 out of 100
Rank: School does not calculate. Top 10% probably.
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Comparative Government, AP Government, AP U.S. History, AP Chemistry, and Post-AP Psychology.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5) Psychology (5) Computer Science A (4) </p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): student run musical, judaic studies classes, improv club, economics competition, creative writing.
Job/Work Experience: work at a medical office
Summer Activities: teen tour focusing on social and political activism, internships
Essays: wrote about dying my hair as a means of self expression
Teacher Recommendation: Great. APUSH Teacher and AP Computer Science Teacher, both loved me and I did well in the class.
Counselor Rec: Good
Interview: Fantastic. My interviewer actually recommended me to the dean of admissions. </p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): New York
School Type: public, specialized
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not very many girls take computer science.</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Grades have improved a lot since freshman year, ACT Score, Recs, Essay.
Weaknesses: Being a white jewish girl from the tri-state area.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred: Interviewer, Teacher Recs, and Essay.
Where else were you accepted/deferred: I got into Tulane, and cancelled all the others once I received my wesleyan decision.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): M- 660, 690, 770 R- 600,650, 700 W- 580,620, 710 <— respective scores.
ACT: 26, 29, 31
SAT II: Math 2- 770 US History-750 Physics- 740 Math 1 - 710
Unweighted GPA: 3.5?
Weighted GPA: 3.8
Rank: Top 15%?
Senior Year Course Load: stats, comparative, bc calc, environmental, acting, college writing, religious studies.
Major Awards: nationals for extemporaneous speaking nfl?
AP (place score in parenthesis): micro 5, macro 5, us history 5, physics 3.</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): congressional debate (president), forensics speaking, bowl, track and field, cross-country.
Job/Work Experience: did internship at barclays.
Summer Activities: internships, went to chicago for undergrad classes.
Essays: Umm…
Teacher Recommendation: macro teacher and pre-calc teacher.
Counselor Rec: Good
Interview: Fantastic. n/a
Other
State (if domestic applicant): IL
School Type: private, parochial
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 30,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation
Reflection
Strengths: Freshmen year i had a 3.2 unweighted (3.5 weighted). Skyrocketed to 3.8 weighted (4.0 weighted) and, in my senior year, i had a 3.9 unweighted (4.3 weighted).
Weaknesses: Freshman year
Why you think you were accepted/deferred: A vice-president from Barclays who recruits at Wesleyan wrote me a rec because he found out i knew stuff about cdses, cdos, and other financial “instruments.”
Where else were you accepted/deferred: Chicago is a thumbs up. deciding between the two.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): CR: 780 M:720 W:740
ACT:
SAT II: English Lit:760 U.S History:790
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 98.6/100 weighted (don’t know anything else)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13 top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): European Hist. (5) U.S (5) Gov. (5) French Lit. (5) English Lit. (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: combined junior and senior year, so pretty tough
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): play french horn in brass ensemble and musicals, varsity tennis, MUN, political campaigning, regional science fairs, research assistant for graduate student on her biology thesis
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: counselor at art camp for under privileged kids +150 hours of other stuff
Summer Activities:
Essays: nice, honest
Teacher Recommendation: I’m guessing they were very enthusiastic
Counselor Rec: probably pretty generic
Additional Rec:
Interview: fun interview. We got into a long discussion over what should and shouldn’t be considered art
Other
State (if domestic applicant): New York (upstate)
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public. sends 60% of students to the local community college
Ethnicity: W
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Just enough to get no financial aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy. Finished school a year early to spend an extra senior year abroad.
Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred:
Where else were you accepted/deferred:
General Comments: Yay! Wasn’t actually that stressful of an experience. I have a couple friends who were really upset when they were deferred from Columbia and they were really obsessing over the admissions process. It feels good to get in.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 720 R, 800 M, 760 W (80MC/8essay) - 2280
ACT: none
SAT II: Bio M 790, Chem 750, Math II 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): none
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, BC Calculus, AP Physics, AP European History, AP 3D Studio Art, independent study Spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit semifinalist, NCTE writer’s award
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): HELP Animals Club (creative director), Shakespeare Club (president and senior director), National Art Honor Society (vice president), Alternative School (graduation chair, charity head), 10 years classical piano
Job/Work Experience: teaching piano, tutoring math, writing, history, biology, and spanish; interned at a photography studio and worked as a gallery manager in an art museum
Volunteer/Community service: volunteering with Midnight Run, local animal shelters, and teaching at at local homeless shelter
Summer Activities: performing arts camp, classical music festivals, lots of traveling and time visiting family
Essays: wrote about my persistent nature overcoming challenges - talked about a bad horsebackriding accident, some tough times in math, and going alone to perform in a classical music festival.
Teacher Recommendation: I wasn’t allowed to read them, but one teacher (english) is famous for writing great recs, and the other (math) knows me really well because he’s my mentor
Counselor Rec: again, not allowed to read it, but I assume it was good
Additional Rec: none
Interview: went wonderfully; we really got along, talked for 2 hours, and I even called her after I got in.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: caucasian, 5th generation American
Gender: female
Income Bracket: upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): my dad went to Wesleyan, and I’m a girl interested in studying mathematics
Reflection
Strengths: great grades, hard worker, very passionate
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred:
Where else were you accepted/deferred:
General Comments: I’m still in shock. I have my acceptance letter on my fridge, and sometimes I just stand there rereading it and I’m happy all over again. I just can’t wait to go to Wesleyan!!</p>

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<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 760 CR 640 M 770 W

  • ACT:
  • SAT II: 800 Bio 760 US History 770 Lit
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/86
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 US History, 5 Bio, 5 Lang
  • IB (place score in parenthesis):
  • Senior Year Course Load:
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):CT Governor’s Scholar Award
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): president of interact, vp of peer educators, varsity cross country, crew indoor track, state student advisory council on education

  • Job/Work Experience: nada
  • Volunteer/Community service: extensive volunteering at local waterfowl conservancy, farmer’s market, Chris Murphy’s campaign
  • Summer Activities: volunteering, Summer@Brown neuroscience course, people to people student ambassador
  • Essays: pretty fab, wrote about writing
  • Teacher Recommendation: excellent
  • Counselor Rec: probs about standard
  • Additional Rec:my principal, she loves me!
  • Interview:very good (from my end anyway :slight_smile:
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): CT

  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type:public, tiny
  • Ethnicity:white as heck
  • Gender:female
  • Income Bracket:my parents are both teachers…
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):absolutely nothing…
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<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths:GPA, essays, interview, class rank

  • Weaknesses:SAT math, race/gender/location
  • Why you think you were accepted/deferred:
  • Where else were you accepted/deferred:
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<p>General Comments: good luck! try not to agonize too much!</p>

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<p>I’ll post my stats, since I see no other rejected applicants in this thread yet. I hope this is helpful for other students applying EDII/RD.</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown):Writing: 750 Math: 420 Reading: 740

  • ACT: N/A
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World (4) AP Gov (4) AP Lang & Comp (5)
  • Senior Year Course Load: First quarter grades in ()
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<p>AP US History (A)
Math of Finance (A-)
AP Economics (A)
We the People (props if you’re familiar/on a team!) (A+)
Psychology (A+)
Spanish V (A-)
AP Lit (A)</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
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<p>Cello (8 years, private instruction, member of a competitive youth orchestra)
Model UN (Founder & President)
GSTA (President, speaker at statewide GSA conferences & faculty meetings)
WTP team captain
Young Writers Project (unpaid intern, published writer)
State college young writers conference</p>

<pre><code>* Job/Work Experience:
</code></pre>

<p>Swim Instructor (3 years)
Lifeguard (3 years)
Ski Instructor (3 years)
Private cello teacher (1 year)</p>

<pre><code>* Volunteer/Community service:
</code></pre>

<p>Work with the local queer advocacy center;
Organized a fundraiser for a heart transplant patient in 2004 that grew into a series of yearly benefit concerts for different causes. </p>

<pre><code>* Essay: Very, very strong. I had it reviewed by many peers, teachers, and a few current students. Many people suggested I try to get it published. I don’t mean to brag by saying this, I’m just very strong in writing and sought to showcase this in my essay.

  • Teacher Recommendation: I submitted 4.
    </code></pre>

<p>1 History: A literally wonderful, personal, and glowing recommendation, I read it.
1 History: A teacher have I been close to since freshman year-- very strong rec.
1 English: AP & freshman honors teacher that I am close to-- very strong rec.
1 Science: Biology & Chem teacher-- a good, solid rec. </p>

<pre><code>* Interview: My interview went extremely well. It was fun, informative, and the senior who conducted it had a lot in common with me. He told me I was, in terms of character, very much was Wes was looking for.
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<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): VT

  • School Type: Public, top school in state
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: Good question.
  • Income Bracket: less than 80,000
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): transgendered (essay topic), divorced parents, I dunno.
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: Definitely my essay. Also SAT W & CR, straight A’s on transcript (except math), extracurricular leadership/work experience, recommendations, interview.

  • Weaknesses: SAT math score, consistently low B’s in math, possibly my state/region.
    </code></pre>

<p>General Comments:</p>

<p>My only big weakness was math. I tested for a learning disability, but it was minimal enough that I didn’t think it necessary to submit those files. I still don’t think that would have drastically changed my decision. I have a minor calculations deficit, but have always been able to work hard and get Bs. I took the SAT twice and my math score remained the same. Blarg. </p>

<p>My rejection was kind of devastating. I really had my heart set on Wes for… two years… and I had to wonder if there was something else besides math standing my way. If all math was removed from my app, my gpa would be much higher, I’d have all A’s, my scores very high, etc… I felt like my motivation and curiosity was made very clear and that math was a clearly difficult subject for me.</p>

<p>Also I basically had “WESLEYAN!!!” written all over my application. :P</p>

<p>But who knows. To those of you applying, don’t be anxious! Quite a bit of this is hit or miss and everyone has a shot. And if you don’t make it in, you’ll feel like crap for a while and then find (or rediscover) an interest in other schools. I still (really really) wish I could go to Wes, but I’ve been accepted to a few other schools and have a vested interest in several more. Things work out.</p>

<p>Sorry about this essay here…</p>

<p>There’s two cents from the only visible EDI reject thus far. Good luck to everyone else!</p>