Chance me for Wellesley through QuestBridge?

Massmomm
Thu, 02 Oct 2014 20:20:13 +0000

You probably know that no one on CC is really qualified to chance you unless there happens to be an admissions committee member from Wellesley here, but I’ll give it a shot, based on what I know. And what I know–or rather who I know–is the interesting and accomplished Wellesley students who are my daughter’s friends. We live near the school, so she brings a lot of people home on the holidays. We had 6 of them over Easter alone.

Wellesley is a reach for you because of your SAT, but I think your GPA is in the range they look for. And your depth in music will definitely help, as will your Questbridge status. You should definitely–and I cannot stress this enough–definitely do a music supplement in addition to the Wellesley supplement. They really do listen to/look at the arts supplements and this might be just the thing to push you over the edge. So have someone record you playing your instrument and send in the clip.

You should also write a killer essay, working in some of the details of your childhood, if you can do so without sounding self-pitying. Financial hardship is a common story, but it doesn’t have to sound boring. You want to come across as a victor, not a victim and I think you can do this. Do retake that SAT, studying the areas you can actually study–math and vocab come to mind. Getting your score over 2000 would help, but don’t give up if you can’t!