Urgent Question for John Wesley

johnwesley
Mon, 03 Apr 2006 23:54:22 +0000

I believe mj is in the middle of her first year (`09)
And, yes, I would go with her suggestion: send them a virtual copy of what you just posted (of course, now that 500 people have read it, get ready for copycats) AND follow up with another letter after you’ve visited the place. If there is a single aspect of the Wesleyan admissions process that resembles the all too symbolic “lottery” approach of HYP and other schools, it is the waitlist; Wesleyan will have ninety percent of the class pretty much in place and will be looking to shore up “weak spots”: a URM here and there (okay, we’ve covered that in other threads), athletes who didn’t quite earn a coach’s tip during the first go-round, might get off the waitlist with one; and don’t forget about all the budding physicists, biophysicists, chemists and biochemists (am I leaving out anyone?) to help fill those NSF funded laboratories that place Wesleyan at the very top of all nationally recognized LACs.

Frankly, I think your best shot would be if another woman just like you (someone interested ethnomusicology or musical performance) suffers a brain seizure and chooses to go on to Berkeley, or Cornell or some much bigger university for prestige reasons – which, of course, happens every year and is the principal reason so many hidden treasures like yourself wind up taking their places at matriculation dinner (yeah, it’s a little like Hogwart’s – but, without the talking hat thingie.) So, good luck. To all of you!