Isn’t early admit just their version of a likely letter? I don’t think there’s any conspiracy here. There are just certain applicants that they really, really want and those people get notified early. It is what it is.
@victorose5 email telling you the portal was updated
Early writes are usually just for kids that fulfill an institutional need. They could be academic standouts, or just kids who provide diversity of some kind… geographic, ethnic etc. Often, it’s both!
I bugs me a tiny bit that schools do this, but I understand that some kids are more “desirable” than others and usually for something that is beyond their control like where their parents live or their ethnicity. If it’s for something they worked hard for like athletic or academic prowess, kudos to them!
Life’s too short to harbor bitterness against seemingly unfair circumstances.
@mamaxtres actually I applied for need based and I was accepted early, wesleyan actually gave me a beautiful financial package, wesleyan doesn’t discriminate against needs based students
Do you think it’s possible for a student who did not submit any standardized test scores to be admitted? Even though Wesleyan is test optional, it appears as if they prefer when applicants submit at least some form of testing. I’m a first generation applicant and a female interested in computer science, if that helps at all.
Wes will certainly admit applicants who didn’t submit standardized test scores. Two additional NESCAC colleges, Bates and Bowdoin, have been doing so for decades.
Of interest:http://www.bates.edu/news/2005/10/01/sat-study/
@mamaxtres Hold on a sec. Wesleyan is far from the only school to send early writes, and it has nothing to do with the need-blind status of the school nor with the ability to pay.
Williams, Swarthmore, etc, are other schools that send early writes. And Williams, Swarthmore, and the like are need blind 100%. Almost every top LAC sends these early admission notices, and they are definitively for applicants the school has at the top of their list - Wes did this back when it was need blind and continues to do so now.
If early writes are based on financial need in any way, it has nothing to do with the financial aid status of the school. The point of an early write is to woo an applicant before that applicant has heard from any other school. That is all. Hearing later still allows one to compare financial aid offers, etc.
@smartalic34 Thank you for the clarification. While I don’t like the concept of early writes, I suppose I get it. This is a competitive business after all.
For those speaking of early writes, I was accepted with significant financial aid and as a non-diverse female. My biggest pull was likely my academics.
@CrewDad Thank you for your input! I was initially concerned because I watched a google hangout hosted by a director of admission at Wesleyan and she stated that a student’s score profile is viewed in comparison to all other applicants. I was afraid that my lack of a score profile would hinder my ability to show that I am academically prepared for Wesleyan. Hopefully they follow in the footsteps of Bates and Bowdoin!
Does anyone have an idea when we’ll be hearing back??
I believe it’s online by the 27th.
@NJCornellMom Out of curiosity, where did you hear that from?
@lavalamp97, Good question. It’s on my spreadsheet. Not sure. My dates are usually there for some reason and tend to be accurate, but I do admit that I’m starting to lose my mind by now. Maybe someone else can confirm. Ah. Found it. I am sane after all. Mostly:
http://www.wesleyan.edu/admission/applying/requirements.html
@NJCornellMom Thank you!
Just a couple days away guys!!
I’m so nervous! I really hope I am admitted because Wesleyan is my first choice. I was recently wait listed at Franklin & Marshall so I am not sure how good my prospects at Wesleyan are looking. 
Though I had very high stats, so maybe it was a case of Tufts Syndrome!
what day should we know?
@victorose5 This Friday (March 27th) 
Historically, do we have an idea of what time of the day we’ll know? :