<p>hate to exhaust this topic but i’m certainly not the first to.</p>
<p>With mid-1200 SAT’s is it extremely unlikely to be admitted RD? What would compensate, and to what level? How does Wes view SAT’s in general? </p>
<p>congrats to EDers by the way.</p>
<p>Officially, they claim SATs are secondary to gpa and degree of difficulty of course work. Between you and me, it would be nice if you were a Physics major, from the deep South, or had a varsity letter in two sports.</p>
<p>What about a film concentration? Do you think the “bar” is any lower for these applicants? It’s strong at Wes, I hear.</p>
<p>Film makers have a small window of opportunity; the facilities have just been expanded and will probably take a couple of years before enrollment reaches full capacity. Just be aware that the arts right now are extremely strong at Wesleyan. Between the comedy improv and the a capella groups and the home-grown bands, it often feels like every other person at Wesleyan is auditioning for something. Recently, some of the more outspoken among them led protests around threats to the free-form music radio format that has existed for many years at WESU–and were able to mobilize a couple of hundred students around an issue that few had paid any attention to before the fuss. So, in answer to your question, I would say the bar is actually higher for arts applicants because you have to rock just in order to keep up around here.
But, maybe a tiny edge exists (for the moment) if you’re a film major.</p>
<p>rxb, i was just accepted ED as a film major…here are my stats which arent that special so you might feel better…also, i think you can have an impact on the film dept. if you send a video supplement, which i did with 3 of my most recent projects on DV and 16mm. The admissions officers never look at it, it is immediately sent to a film professor who reviews it on a 0-9 scale and makes comments. so if you have good work to present, then by all means, let them see it. i think it can help push you over the edge if u are borderline.</p>
<p>SAT I: 1400 (680M, 720) SAT II: 680(US History) 690(Literature) and they never waited to see my Writing scores b/c i took them in December.
GPA: 3.45 UW, 3.68W (5 APs, received 4s on English and US History Junior Year)
Extracurriculars/Sports/Whatnot: Yearbook Editor, Cross Country Captian, Varsity Track, Student Council VP, Art Club VP, Attended college-credit film summer classes at Vassar(A/A-), plus a lot of crazy film and music **** I have done completely independent…</p>
<p>i am confident that my extracurriculars played a big role in my acceptance. since my GPA was a little low and my SATS were average.</p>