***Official Wellesley College 2018 EE Predictions***

quidditchcat
Thu, 27 Feb 2014 01:47:33 +0000

Prediction: UNLIKELY

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (M 700, CR 780, W 800)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Chem (710), Math II (740)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.475
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
APs (Scores): Biology (3), Statistics (3), AB Calculus (4)
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Economics, AP Chemistry, Biotechnology, English Honors, Calc III at community college
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Semifinalist?

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Independent science research, science olympiad club, illustration club (treasurer, founding member), trivia club (historian), cello, creative writing, volunteering
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community Service: summer science camp junior counselor, animal shelter, nonprofit for the blind, President’s Award for Volunteer Service Silver Award
Summer Activities: Senior: Travel to Japan, Carleton SCSI; Junior: completed science project, recovered from illness; Sophomore: completed science project, studied for SAT (obviously didn’t tell people at college about SAT); Freshman: babysitting my brother b/c of family issues
Essays: I spent a fair amount of time on my CA essay. I think it was one of the better essays I wrote. My Wellesley supplement was about my research interests and how Wellesley has the right mix of resources yet has the small/empowering community that I feel suits me. I guess it was a kind of bland topic.
Teacher Recommendations: Not sure. Did not read them.
Counselor Rec: Seemed to be attentive to details
Additional Rec: None
Interview: Went pretty well. We were able to talk for about 1.5 hours without awkward pauses.

Other:
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: competitive suburban public high school
Ethnicity: Asian (Japanese)
Income Bracket: middle class for where I live, which is about ~130k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflection:
Strengths: I really don’t think I have any strengths. Maybe my interview?
Weaknesses: GPA, SAT scores, GPA, AP scores, GPA, lack of major awards, GPA, uninteresting extracurriculars, GPA, senior course load, GPA, boring topics for essays, GPA. Yeah, so basically GPA was abominable.
Why you think you received a likely/possible/unlikely prediction: For all my weaknesses
Where else you have applied and/or have been accepted/rejected: Accepted to Baylor, Agnes Scott, Indiana University, University of Pittsburgh, DePauw University, UC Riverside, WPI, UM Twin Cities, CU Boulder; Wait-listed at University of Rochester; waiting on 13 other schools.

General comments/advice/hindsight: I’m disappointed with my result, but I also feel that it was expected. My GPA sucks. Since I’m unlikely for acceptance, I doubt any advice I could possibly give would help.