<ul>
<li>SAT: 760 Reading / 750 Math / 730 Writing</li>
<li>SAT II: 720 Math 1C / 680 US History</li>
<li>GPA: unsure</li>
<li>Rank: school doesn’t rank</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: they were good i think</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Didn’t read</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, but i barely knew the lady so it couldnt have been very good.</li>
<li>Supplementary Material: none</li>
<li>Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none</li>
</ul>
<p>Personal</p>
<ul>
<li>Location: NY</li>
<li>High School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: asian</li>
<li>Gender: female</li>
<li>Applied for Financial Aid: no</li>
</ul>
<p>Other</p>
<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars: Varsity Soccer, Varsity Basketball</li>
<li>Awards: National Merit Commendation</li>
<li>Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: WAHOO!</li>
</ul>
<p>the only merit aid given is the freeman scholarship- to international students… I’ve never heard of wes giving merit aid… as EMM1 said, is there an explicit reference to “merit”?</p>
<p>My S got accepted. I’ll post his stats for him. SAT 1:2310, first and only sitting
Sat 2:800 math, 780 chem, 730 Bio
GPA 3.54 (UW), 3.90 (W)
Lots of APs with 5s on all.
Great leadership ECs, varsity sports, a few awards
Good essays,
Probably excellent recs (didn’t read)
One of the top public HS in CA
Reasons I think he got in: Male from CA, visited the school, high SATs (clearly underachieved based on lowish GPA)
He was waitlisted at Tufts, Northwestern, and Vanderbilt. Admitted to several UCs and Brandeis, but prefers Wesleyan at the present. I have been poring over the website trying to bond with my son’s future home.</p>
<p>2280 SAT (800 V, 720 M, 760 W)
SAT 2: 790 Lit, 760 US History
GPA: 3.7 UW, 4.05 W (I underachieved, but took 8 APs in all)
Really good essay
Great great recs (my college counselor, who was my english teacher last year, adores me and helped me to become a much better writer)
I’m a white male from Florida so that might be a weakness.</p>
<p>4 years of water polo, 10 years of piano, 3 years of jazz band where I play lead piano, abroad summer programs in Thailand, Vietnam, India, and China (where I took intensive Mandarin). I also have been very into photography. Also have several writing awards from my school and National Merit Finalist. Also, volunteered at a Best Buddies Camp for specially abled youth past two summers. </p>
<p>Oh, and I had a wonderful (I thought!) interview with an alumni from Wes.
Oh well, was my top choice =(. If theres anything I can do to improve my chances…</p>
<p>^^^0-o. Wow. I would definitely tell them to keep your name on the waitlist. Not that I have any special insight. It’s just that if Wes is waitlisting guys w/ stats like yours, they must be having an amazing year.</p>
<p>I’d hate to say it, but it’s really not that big of a surprise, millerw16…</p>
<p>Wesleyan apparently had over 8,000 applicants this year, according to a person I know who does work that’s closely associated with Admissions. That definitely leaves you in a somewhat unfair position, although the same thing happens at schools like Wesleyan, including Cornell. If you’re very adamant about going here, send a letter to Admissions expressing your interest, and send them your third quarter grades, especially if they’re high. Wesleyan is an incredibly competitive school, and you should never get too confident when applying to colleges like Wes. Wesleyan looks at SAT scores, sure, and they’re pretty damn important (because if your scores are subpar, which aren’t below average for any school, you most definitely won’t get in), but Admissions also looks at the whole package-- from your GPA to your high school courses to your personal statement. It’s all about fit.</p>
<p>Well, SATs are not my problem…it would be my GPA…but I am pretty sure i would be a good fit for the college.</p>
<p>I will send them a letter etc. but the problem is that my 3rd quarter grades are not wonderful. Who knew that I had to keep trying in high school after the first semester? No one told me of the dangers of waitlisting. I will make my case, have college counselor make case (she cried about the whole thing), and well…we’ll see =/.</p>
<p>two people I know had the same thing happen to them. really good stats and ECs and waitlisted everywhere except they each got into one state school. i think more schools are going to go into the waitlist this year. you will probably get good news- but I would definitely let Wes admissions know it is your first choice and that you want to remain on the waitlist.</p>
<p>^^^think about it, Tsenguun. Were it not for the c/s aspect of it (there’s no question that Cornell has a great engineering department), I almost think you would be better off at Wesleyan. Cornell’s a really easy place in which to get lost, particularly if you are at all geeky. Not saying that you are.</p>
<p>as a ballpark, I’ve heard over 8,000 applications were received. in recet years wesleyan has admitted just over 2,000. that puts the acceptance rate around 25%…</p>