Can I get in?!?

Colleges & Universities Wesleyan University
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<p>Gender: Male
Race: Caucasion
Location: Suburbs near NYC
HS GPA: 3.85
3 AP Classes Taken. 5 in biology (junior) 5 in World History (sophmore) and 4 in Statistics (junior)
Many Advanced classes taken, including all sciences and maths throughout HS.
Four Years of Language (Italian, due to family heritage).</p>

<p>2120 Sat Score (660 CR, 740 M, 720 W)
31 ACT Score
SATII’s: 680 (biology taken freshman year) and 750 World History</p>

<p>ECs
Three Years of Soccer (Freshman, JV, Varsity)
One Year of Track (Varsity)
Piano Lessons
Guitar Lessons
Volunteer work for a charity organization for the blind.
Summer Job for two summers
Internship as a journalist for a local website</p>

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<p>Yes, you can get in. But you might not. Apply. Kick ass on the essay and blow them away in your interview. You have a decent chance, but you have no hook, at least not that you mentioned. Are you a recruited athlete? A first gen college student? Take care of a crazy aunt or something? Like, if you developed and launched that website you write for, that would be a hook.</p>

<p>NY and NJ are heavily represented at Wes. As are caucasians. And soccer players. And guitar players…</p>

<p>You get the point. I think you should apply. You are well qualified and you have as good a chance as anyone. Just don’t invest your self worth in their decision.</p>

<p>Wow, that sounded mean. I didn’t mean it that way. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Would ED help alot??</p>

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<p>let me give you an advice about this site:</p>

<p>one) if you don’t apply you have no chance</p>

<p>two) you have the scores</p>

<p>three) don’t waste your time trying to get “chances” in CC in order to make urself feel better, cause</p>

<p>four) people give you unrealistic chances in either direction</p>

<p>five) people are people and college process is not 100% so its not fair</p>

<p>six) if you have those grades you already know where you stand</p>

<p>seven) have confidence and if you didn’t get in say “screw them anyways, I got into a better college”</p>

<p>eight) in order for the ^^^ to be true please apply to some other colleges</p>

<p>nine) give a big smile and don’t WORRY</p>

<p>blue.</p>

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<p>Would ED help? Yes. How much? It really kind of depends on the year they are having… that’s a crappy answer, but it is the best I can give you.</p>

<p>Also, everything that Bluepurple says is true - to a point. In order to really chance yourself (because no one can really do that for you), you need to think like an admissions officer.</p>

<p>Admissions folks are people. And people want to be wanted. Ed makes a binding commitment that proves you want to attend. That helps your chances, no doubt. </p>

<p>They also want to admit interesting, intriguing people who will add to the tapestry of the community they are trying to build. So you really need to look at the general tenor of the campus. Is it preppy? Hippie? Crunchy? Jocks? Partiers? Are the students politically apathetic or activist? </p>

<p>Once you have a good feeling for the school, take a look at yourself. Will you add something to this community? Note that not everyone will fit the general profile that you construct from your observations, but I can virtually guarantee that those who don’t have some substantial hook in their background that made them of unique interest to the school in some other way. Wes, for example, might be full of crunchy hippie political activists, but if you have the grades and you’re a recruited athlete or a published author or you own a patent for a better mouse trap, they will definately find a place for you, whether you know the difference between a Blue Dog and a Libertarian or not.</p>

<p>If you are among the many, many qualified applicants who fit the general profile they are looking for, have the grades, the scores, wrote a thoughtful, engaging essay and impressed them in the interview, and if you showed geniune interest in attending by coming to campus and conversing with the administrative staff, then you will be among the 3500 or so applicants they will pare down to about 2000 admission selections.</p>

<p>In other words, your chances approximate a coin flip.</p>

<p>So, what do you do? In my case, I played the odds. My chances were the same coin flip as yours, so I applied to 10 different colleges, all of which offered an outstanding education and an environment I could call home for four years. And I didn’t wind up at Wes, and that’s fine, because where I did wind up is awesome.</p>

<p>So follow blue’s advice. Don’t stress on it. You’ll wind up going someplace awesome. Maybe Wes, maybe somewhere else. But it will be awesome and you’ll have the experience of your life. Enjoy it.</p>