Wellesley Class of 2017 EE decisions thread

artandbaseball
Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:15:21 +0000

Decision: Likely

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (800 CR, 780 W, 630 M)
ACT: 33
SAT II: 740 Literature, 680 US History (didn’t send that one in)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Ummm… I really don’t know. My school’s GPA system is out of 4.5, so 4.2/4.5… I think that’s like a 3.8 but I’m not sure
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%, exact rank unknown
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang 5
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP US Gov/Pol, AP Spanish Lang, AP English Lit, AP Studio Art, Honors Calc and Stats, Astronomy
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Letter of Commendation, NSPA National Journalism Honor Roll
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School newspaper (co-editor-in-chief), stage crew (stage manager), church youth group, columnist for town newspaper, student docent at local art museum, debate team during grades 9 and 10, lots of art classes (I submitted an arts supplement). I also did an independent study my junior year in art history since my school doesn’t offer a course, but I didn’t really know where to put that on my resume…
Job/Work Experience: Assistant to a local artist during grade 12
Volunteer/Community service: NHS tutoring, summer service trips with church youth group, volunteering at local retirement home twice a month
Summer Activities: Mostly art classes at my local studio. The summer between freshman and soph years I took a journalism workshop with the Yale Daily News for a week. And then the mission trips. In 2011 I went to Bridgeport, CT, to help at our sister parish, and then last year we went to DC.
Essays: Pretty good. My common app one was about my favorite sportswriter and how his writing influenced my photography. My Why Wellesley one was really specific and talked about things from El Table to the Dead Serious improv troupe, so I think it showed I researched the school.
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see, but probably very strong. I am very close with both teachers.
Counselor Rec: Again, didn’t see, but my counselor mangaed to get to know me fairly well in my big school, so I guess good.
Additional Rec: none
Interview: Went great! My alumnae interviewer was so nice, and told me I’d do well wherever I went.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CT
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Elite public, ~1800
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 100K-120K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: Recs/essays/interview, decent test scores (I never quite knew how schools would interpret that 630 in the SAT math… I hate math :P)
Weaknesses: Course rigor until senior year, relatively few ECs (the school newspaper is the only one I did for all four years)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really don’t know! So many people here who got possibled have way better stats! I guess I showed dedication to my two main extracurricular interests (art, which I listed as a possible major, and journalism), and my essays/recs/interview made up the rest!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Smith (early write) and Ithaca; still waiting from Vassar, Mount Holyoke, Skidmore, and Clark. But Wellesley is definitely tied for tops with Smith. So happy! Good luck to everyone else; you all seem like amazing people, and I wish you success wherever you end up.