Any Chance at Wesleyan? (Looking for Computer Science)

beckerboy1225
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:08:10 +0000

Hey guys, I was considering applying here. Some of my friends attended Wesleyan and say they could not have imagined themselves going anywhere else. What do you think my chances are?

I am a hispanic male from New York.

GPA: 3.4 unweighted.
-My highschool is one of the most vigorous in the nation, in the top 100 for most prestigious public and private high schools (I go to a public school). So grade inflation is completely non existent, I can’t stress this enough. Our valedictorian (out of 1500 students) has a 3.9 My school doesn’t rank students, but I would guess top 25% if I had to.

SAT: 2050 - 650 R - 800 M - 600 W

SAT 2: Math 1: 720 - US History: 770 - Biology: 690

ACT: 31 Composite

I have taken 4 APs during my high school career:
AP Comp Sci AB
AP European History
AP American History
AP Biology

Extra Curriculars:
-National Hispanic Scholar Award (Honorable Mention)
-Assistant teacher in my school’s intro to computer science class. I am currently the only student in my school (and district) to be doing a teaching role like this.
-Varsity Football
-Various overseas voulenteer works. ~100 hours

I also have very strong recommendations, especially from my computer science teacher. Who recieved two masters from Carnegie Mellon. He basically feels i am one of the most ambitious students he has ever come accross (at least in the field of computer science)