Wellesley Class of 2017 EE decisions thread

uniquely
Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:08:56 +0000

Unlikely’d
SAT I (breakdown): 730 CR, 680 M, 750 W (2160)
ACT: nope
SAT II: 740 US History, 740 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/428 (not quite sure, people keep dropping out)
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), Calc BC (5), AP Euro (5), AP Lang (4), AP Physics (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Econ, AP Civics, AP Bio +concurrent enrollment @ community college
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Writing awards? Mostly local+1 national
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Teen Library Council, Book Club (Secretary/Treasurer), Online blogger for a reading website
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Local library, Sister Cities
Summer Activities: Taking care of the dog? It’s complicated.
Essays: Commonapp was about Diversity, mostly culture-based. Why Wellesley was probably weak…I think I just wasn’t enthusiastic about it anymore.
Teacher Recommendation: Good? Who knows. I loved my APUSH teacher and my AP Civics Teacher…
Counselor Rec: I kept having problems with my transcript so I was in there a lot…but our school is huge and public soo…
Additional Rec:
Interview: I didn’t really connect to her. We had really different majors and interests.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, low performing
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Duh
Income Bracket: 100k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Are Asians even URM anymore…
Reflection
Strengths: Passion/Focus! I’m definitely interested in reading/writing/English
Weaknesses: Why Wellesley was lackluster. I found that I just couldn’t find anything that I really connected with. SAT score, too many college courses taken concurrently, lack of leadership
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Fit? I figured out sort of late that I couldn’t see myself there but applied anyways because it was free. Also, I have a lot of college classes on my HS transcript (to graduate and b/c it’s expensive to send CC transcripts)
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Smith w/ early write, safety schools with merit

Hoping this helps someone out…Fit and interest are both pretty important to colleges, so Why ____? essays are crucial to showing how great you would fit in at the college. Find specific classes and professors and connect them to your own interests.