Wellesley Class of 2017 EE decisions thread

EiraRheon
Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:08:24 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):2070 (710 CR, 700 M, 660 W)
ACT: 27 ( didn’t send. and this is why people should give both the SAT and ACT a try!)
SAT II: 720 lit, 700 chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Comp(5),Chem(4),Gov(3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP Calc AB, AP Biology, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, Writing Center, Film, Psychology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): lacrosse, film club, red cross club, theater
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Free trade store (15+), science center (15+)
Summer Activities: film camp, science center volunteer work
Essays: I think my essays were pretty strong. My common app essay had a more serious tone and my Why Wellesley essay was much lighter and I think that they complemented each other well.
Teacher Recommendation: Good, I assume
Counselor Rec: I go to a big school so probably generic
Additional Rec: none
Interview: none
Other
State (if domestic applicant): MI
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 70,000- 100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM and Legacy (mother)
Reflection
Strengths: Essays, course load
Weaknesses: test scores and a lack of leadership positions.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, having both URM and legacy status definitely had to help me out somewhere. I also think the upward trend in my GPA was good since my GPA isn’t that high. I read over my essays a few days ago and I liked them still. I feel like since I’m a URM legacy, Wellesley was really more looking for a reason not to accept me. I can’t say if anything in my application really stood out positively above the rest (I hope so) but I’m pretty sure that nothing stood out negatively.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I haven’t heard back from anywhere else yet.