Wellesley Class of 2017 EE decisions thread

stephtastic
Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:40:20 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2030 (CR 670, M 630, W 730)
ACT: 28
SAT II: 780 Bio, 800 US History, 740 Lit, 580 French
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/92
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 AP US History, 5 Psych, 4 Bio, 3 Art (I didn’t send any scores though)
Senior Year Course Load: Culinary, AP Microeconomics, Legal Studies, AP Stat, AP American Gov, Theology IV, Physics Honors, AP Lit, College French II
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): art, school awards, nothing too major
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Track, Varsity Cross Country, art, NHS, volunteering (a little more than 100 hours), Youth Group, SADD
Job/Work Experience: bakery and own business
Volunteer/Community service: about 100 hrs (beach cleanups, church volunteer work, tutoring, mentoring stuff)
Summer Activities: Vacation Bible School volunteer, painting, business, classes over the summer, writing
Essays: really great (best friend thought I bought them)
Teacher Recommendation: no idea (confidential) but I’d think they were probably great
Counselor Rec: also no idea
Additional Rec: none
Interview: none
Other
State (if domestic applicant): the one Flo Rida’s named after
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: private
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Gender: well, it is an all girl’s school so…
Income Bracket: about 80K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: essays, grades, scores (maybe)
Weaknesses: supplement (didn’t take it as seriously as I should have), Extracurriculars???
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: well, I love to write and my sat writing section was the best so that helped reflect it (and I’ve also taken a couple college classes); I’m pretty well-rounded (I like just about every subject at least a little bit)
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Stetson, Spring Hill, Washington and Jefferson, Hanover College; Deferred: Harvard; Waiting on about nine other schools.
General Comments: to those of you who didn’t hear what they wanted: trust me, I’ve been there (and still currently am) and you’re awesome and you’ll find the place you’re meant to be at; to those accepted: congrats; to the kids who are looking at these stats and preparing for the not too distant future: your application will be different from everybody else…if you really want to attend go for it…and don’t second guess yourselves because you never know. OMG I’m just really excited that I got accepted though-celebrating with ice cream and sprinkles for dinner!