I love Wesleyan to DEATH but...

precocious
Sun, 02 Jul 2006 10:34:21 +0000

my gpa sucks and I can’t do anything about it now. :(… can only try to get excellent grades first semester/term senior year! can anyone give me my chances? =] average WEIGHTED gpa at my school accepted is a 4.0, btw - but we’ve had low as 3.8 accepted.

GPA: 3.7W [top 20-25%] – hardest courseload possible, 5 APs whereas most take 2-3.
SAT: 2200 [720v 760m 720w] – how will bumping this up to a 2300+ help me? i really didn’t study first time around…
ACT: taking in the fall perhaps.

SAT IIs:

chemistry 730

math iic 760
taking lit & bio in november. these scores were after retakes from HORRIBLE scores, lol. i studied a lot.

ECs (probably strongest of my application along w/ good SAT scores):

ART PORTFOLIO. this is my passion i’m loving wesleyan’s beautiful art studios and department, which is what attracted me there in the first place. i plan to send a portfolio fo all my works, several of which have won interstate awards, as well as winning yearly prizes from the school. i’ve also been constantly in many art shows/chosen for publication, works online, etc. i can get at least THREE amazing recs, as all my art teachers love me

COMMUNITY SERVICE. i probably do waaay more then the average applicant, lol. i have 500+ hours of work, ranging from tutoring needy kids without a good schooling system to volunteering at a local hospital, shadowing doctors, whatnot. i especially love working with children: one of the reasons i want to be a pediatrician! CC clubs i’ve been in are PALS (tutoring very bright kids who don’t have the teachers to help them - director), MOST (charity walks and founds), SLC (school relating funding), Red Cross Club (raising funds for victims, making stuff for war veterans), etc.

LITERARY MAG INTERNSHIP. does this count as community service? i did this for about two years, ran an entire magazine for middle school kids with my friend (professionally though, we had a supervisor). i did all the design work and layouting (more art related stuff to add to my art resume)

i have other little clubs, a few sports and music related things, academic teams and such, but i feel as those are my most important :] should i even bother with the other details?

how does my chance stand at wesleyan (i know it isn’t above 50% though…) and is there anything else even REMOTELY i can do to help my chances? i’ve visited the school, taken the tour & info session… also, i live in massachusetts, and i’m an asian female.