Wellesley Class of 2017 EE decisions thread

kendrickgirl
Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:28:41 +0000

Possible

SAT I (breakdown): 2120
SAT II: 650 World History, 650 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank.
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 AP World, 5 AP US History, 5 AP English lit
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs (Art History, Psych, Calculus AB, English, Gov)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Creative writing award, quality of life award given from school, 3rd place Science Olympiad Regional Anatomy, Placed meritorious in WAC Science Fair
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Gay-Straight Alliance (President), Science Olympiad, Model Congress, School literary magazine (Editor in chief)
Job/Work Experience: Internship at online fashion company
Volunteer/Community service: Local LGBT center, a bunch of LGBT volunteer groups, local LGBT homeless shelter
Summer Activities: Researched over the summer at Columbia University, working
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see one from my calc teacher but the other one called me a “role model for other women” from my AP World teacher.
Counselor Rec: Good.
Interview: Pretty good. My interviewer said I was going to get in and that she was excited to see me at Wellesley because I’m pretty enthusiastic.
Other: I guess I’m kinda a minority. Lol. I’m Muslim and gay. I was published in a bunch of gay blogs and featured in magazines.
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100,000-200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Kinda of a URM because Yale and other schools invited me to see their diversity/cultural centers, etc.
Reflection: Hopin’ for the best.
Strengths: Lots of good extra-curriculars, unique essays that showed my personality
Weaknesses: Courseload, SAT II scores
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to SUNY Buffalo