any chance at all....?

Colleges & Universities Wellesley College
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<p>Hey sorry…just wondering if i even had chance. Should i even bother to be applying here, or any other ivy league for that matter.</p>

<p>oh, and i dont know if this matters, but i already was accepted into University of Edinburgh, the #5 school in the UK</p>

<p>Want to major in international relations or archaeology</p>

<p>Quantitative data:</p>

<p>New SAT: 750 Critical Reading, 740 Writing, 710 Math
SAT subject tests: 770 Math IIC, 750 US History, 710 Chemistry
AP: English Language/Composition – 5; Chemistry – 5; US History – 5
GPA: 3.96 unweighted (out of 4.0)
Class Rank: 5 out of about 360. (Top 2%)</p>

<p>I am taking 4 APs as a senior: English lit/comp, Biology, US Gov’t, and Calculus AB.</p>

<p>I have taken 7 APs and 10 honors. Our school only offers 8 APs. (couldn’t take AP Econ because of scheduling conflict)</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:</p>

<p>Newspaper, our school paper is a Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Medalist

  • Staff Writer (2 years)
    Cross Country
  • Junior Varsity (3 years, no fourth because of scheduling conflict)
    Track and Field
  • Varsity (4 years), high jump, have earned letter
    Kung Fu
  • yellow belt, (one year)
    Key Club
  • Member (4 years)
  • Newsletter Editor/Board member
    Speech and Debate
  • member, (2 years)
    Model United Nations
    -president (1 year)
  • member (2 years)
    Empath club, visiting the elderly
  • 4 years
    Also participated in a school tradition in which junior girls see off the graduating class
    Scholarship Committee
  • member, 1 year
    Choir
  • member, 1 year (due to scheduling conflict)
    Piano
  • 11 years (Certificate of Merit, Level 8)
    Student-Athelete Mentor program
  • 1 year
    Off campus club helping disabled kids
  • co founder, 1 year
    Project Tsunami Relief:
  • volunteer</p>

<p>Volunteer Work: Totaling around 350 hours

  • volunteer with disabled children, 2-3 a week, 3 years
  • volunteer at American Red Cross, 7 hours daily in summer & 4-5 hours weekly during school year, 1 year
  • Volunteer through key club
  • Tutor kids in special education
  • Volunteer at special Olympics</p>

<p>Work experience:
None, except for the odd tutoring or babysitting gig.</p>

<p>Awards/Honors:

  • National merit Commended
  • Columbia University Book Award
  • California Scholarship Federation Member – 4 semesters
  • Quill and Scroll (Journalism) Honor Society member
  • United States Achievement Academy
  • Who’s who among American high school students
  • Varsity letter, track and field
  • Certificate of merit, piano, level 1-8
  • College board national Hispanic recognition program scholar
  • College board ap scholar
  • National honor roll
  • Perfect attendance (3 years so far)
  • School’s top GPA award
  • School’s sports-scholar award</p>

<p>Summer:</p>

<p>Lived abroad in Naples, Italy with a host family.</p>

<p>Essays: One is about my abusive/alcoholic father and his influence on me (i.e. why im a feminist, indepedence, etc.). The other is about trip to Italy/how being multi-ethnic (Chinese, white, Mexican) has made me love international relations.</p>

<p>Recommendations: Very good. All written by people who like/know me very much/well.</p>

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<p>I’m a prospective student. So, my opinions have little value in the admissions office. You’re really interesting, REALLY. I personally think that you should shorten your extracurric’s to those that matter to you. There’s a few things you just picked up or dropped after a year. Don’t let them know those, maybe? And then your list of awards are impressive. If you need to cut anything, cut the Who’s who one (because I think that’s a joke). Please don’t take anything too personally. Good luck and way to go getting into Edinburgh!!! (Crossing my fingers as well with Wellesley.)</p>

<p>Also, I’m writing about my study abroad too. I know it’s a really common topic – do you know how I can make it stand out? Advice since you’re done?</p>

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<p>Thanks for your comment and don’t worry, I didn’t take anything too personally. Actually, i really appreciate your honesty. </p>

<p>I think the best way to make a study abroad essay stand out is to be really specific and give the reader a feel of actually being in that country. use a lot of anecdotes and descriptions that are specific to whatever country you went to. Also find some way to weave in you study abroad experience to how it changed you. I hope that helps. Good luck!</p>

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<p>booksarebetter – how do you weave in “the impact” without sounding cliche-ic or artificial? Tricky…</p>

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<p>just remember to make it flow. and don’t laundry list. maybe focus on one or two specific things that it had an impact on. hope that helps</p>

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<p>Wellesley is not even going to look at your pathetic self.</p>

<p>–Stephanie</p>

<p>(Just some teasing. I’m her friend!)</p>

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<p>I agree with maintainyourvelocity</p>

<p>batman batman batman
wellesley applicants must think im nuts</p>

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<p>yes, yes i do.</p>