Class of 2016 Regular Decision Results!

xxEMMABEE
Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:36:34 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (740 CR, 790 W, 790 M)
[] ACT: Didn’t send, but was 34
[] SAT II: 740 Chem, 770 Math II, 780 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/550
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych (5), English Lang (5), US History (5), Calc AB (5), Calc BC (5), Chem (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP European History, AP Statistics, AP French, AP Biology, Honors Physics, Honors Forensic Science
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National French Contest top 10 placement in grades 9, 10, and 11. Otherwise, none-- some local/state things for piano, some school awards, but nothing of true merit
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Club tennis 9-11, varsity tennis 10-11, French Club (treasurer junior year, president senior year), NHS, National French Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta (vice-president senior year), 10 years of piano with various local and state competitions.
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked at an ice cream store for approx. 15 hours/week from spring of junior year to winter of senior year
[] Volunteer/Community service: About 25 hours a year at YMCA and other random places, nothing special.
[] Summer Activities: Tennis, work.
[] Essays: I thought it was pretty good, and so did those who read it-- it was about how much I love mowing lawns, despite how atypical that is for a teenage girl, and how even though I’m not creative, mowing gives me a chance for some weirdly pure self-expression.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see it, but I imagine it was pretty positive. Teacher (US History) and I weren’t exceptionally close, but I did well in his class and we got along well.
[] Counselor Rec: I had never met my counselor before she wrote the rec, so I have no idea. She just did it based off of my resume.
[] Additional Rec: From my calculus teacher, didn’t see but it was probably pretty strong.
[] Interview: none.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No.
[] Intended Major: Undecided
[] State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
[] School Type: Large, fairly competitive suburban public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: >$200,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essay, stats
[] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I honestly have no idea… it looks like many people far more qualified than I were waitlisted. Geography may have played a part for me, I guess?[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to all who were admitted, and to those waitlisted/rejected as well… everyone seems to be very intelligent and talented and I’m sure you’ll have plenty of chances for happiness and success wherever you end up. I don’t think I’m going to attend Wes-- I’ve gone back and forth between wanting to go to a liberal arts school and somewhere bigger and the scale has been tipping in the latter direction as of late. Duke and William & Mary are my top two, so hopefully they work out. I still think Wesleyan is a really cool place, though, and definitely haven’t ruled it out completely.