Wellesley Class of 2017 EE decisions thread

lynnekeshet
Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:53:59 +0000

Decision: Accepted (likely)
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR 800 W 740 M (2340)

SAT II: 800 us history 800 lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro, AP Psych, AP lang, APUSH (all 5s)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Spanish, Biotech, AP lit, AP Econ (macro/micro), one semester civics, one semester dance
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None! I won/placed in some very random local/school writing related contests

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Youth Commission (Chair), Junior State of America (president for a few years), and a bunch of leading/planning church events, Youth Advisory Council to a city department, writer on a local teen blog
Job/Work Experience: Paid intern at a museum (currently), two summer political internships
Volunteer/Community service: My extracurriculars are community related, but nothing really.
Summer Activities: internships as mentioned before
Essays: Common app was very good–I’m a writer, and I was pretty happy with it. My Why Wwellesley was decent, I think–I wrote about the importance of community and warmth.
Teacher Recommendation: one teacher likes me, the other loves me.
Counselor Rec: Huge public school, but my counselor knows me and wants me to go to an ivy, so i think it was good.
Additional Rec: From the mayor’s office, related to my city work
Interview: A little formal, but I think it went well–I love interviews.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public, urban, large
Ethnicity: White
Gender: female
Income Bracket: divorced parents! gets confusing
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Disabled? Does that count?
Reflection
Strengths: SAT, extracurriculars
Weaknesses: My grades aren’t great–I got a C in calc, for example.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Straight As in everything but math (and 9th grade science), and my extracurriculars made it clear that I was focused on politics and writing, so I think they brushed aside the bad math grades. I think overall I conveyed that I had drive and skill in the area I’ll probably end up.

Also got into Smith with early write and STRIDE, Cornell (ILR), Northeastern (with bad financial aid), Lewis and Clark (bad fin. aid)

Waiting for: Scripps, Pomona, Vassar, Reed, and Harvard (girl can dream)

I have no idea where I’ll end up! Depends largely on cost.