Waitlisted! Huh, interesting result! This is the most selective college I’ve heard back from so far, besides Williams (where I was rejected).
Waitlisted! Got waitlisted at williams as well. Not horrible, I guess?
Same for me! Waitlisted at Williams and Wellesley 
Not sure whether to be happy or sad…
Waitlisted 
I don’t know how to feel right now
waitlisted so many people got waitlisted this year? (or it’s just this forum, somehow?) honestly I’m a bit pleased with it, I was flat out rejected from much less competitive schools. still accepting the place and hoping for the best, but maybe the best will end up being somewhere else… 
@NotAMathlete AND ANYONE ELSE WHO WAS REJECTED OR WAITLISTED
Ok, let me tell you a story. A series of stories, actually. I have been rejected from so many things over the past two years. National Honors Society. A prestigious music scholarship that would have made any school possible. A senior-freshmen mentorship program. Executive board for Theatre. The Improv group at our school. A writing contest I had worked hours for. A concerto competition I knocked out of the park…and lost to a tuba player. I started to cry nearly every night thinking I had no worth and I would never succeed and blah blah blah.
Now, I’m not going to say that the rejections didn’t sting. But ultimately, I survived. FAILURE WAS NOT FATAL. Failing so often gave me the guts to email professors at colleges to help me with a research thesis, to which some said no, but many said YES! Failure gave me the guts to say “screw NHS, if I want to tutor people, I’m going to help them learn”. Failure gave me the guts to apply to the few schools I loved, not just a large amount of ones I was ok with. Failure has made me bold and audacious in my pursuits. In short, failure has made me better. It’s not something I wanted to hear last year as I was sobbing over my rejections, but it’s what I now look back on and say, “yup. that’s something that did it.”
I encourage you, if they send a physical letter, to keep your Wellesley waitlist/rejection and put it in a folder somewhere. When you go off to college and do great things, look back on it in 5 or so years, and you’ll think back and say, “I may not be a Wellesley woman, but thanks to them, I’m an even more powerful woman. Me.”
Hi everyone - I noticed a lot of you are wait listed, so I want to offer some words of encouragement.
I was wait listed as well, and am now a sophomore at Wellesley. I am pretty sure I was wait listed because of my not so stellar SAT/ACT scores.
So I encourage you all to look at your application and find the weakest point and the strongest point, if you don’t already know them. And then, in the next few months work hard to show Wellesley that you’re overcoming your weakness and work to play up your strength.
But only put the time and effort in if you REALLY want to go to Wellesley. At this point, your dedication to the school is what is going to get you in. Write a letter to admissions about why you really want to attend, and dig deep - the best time is now when the emotion is raw. Submit an updated transcript, send them assignments you are really proud of, meet up with alumna, go for an interview if you didn’t already …
BEST of luck to all of you and remember you’ll end up where you need to be. “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and both ended up in the same place” ~ Robert Frost (probably).
Feel free to message me if you need more advise.
OH MY GOD I GOT ACCEPTED AFTER GETTING A POSSIBLE I DIDNT THINK THIS WAS POSSIBLE
Accepted!
Had a mini panic attack when I realized that Wellesley required subject test scores if you were only submitting the SAT (I didn’t take any subject tests). Somehow I still got in!
I am an international applicant from Poland. I got accepted after being “possible”. I am the best embodiment of American Dream you have ever seen. My test scores were mediocre (2050 on SAT I and 710 and 650 on SAT II), but my grades and great passion that I showed in my essays let me in! At the same time, I was waitlisted at Trinity which shows how weird admission process might be. Congratulations to you all!
got wait listed. I just got into Trinity, so I guess I shouldn’t feel too bad about myself? anyways, congrats!
Hey guys, it’s me again. If you were rejected today, I just want you to know that - as hard as it is to accept - your admissions decision is not a reflection of you. My rejection ripped me apart. I really put a piece of myself into my essays, and this made my decision feel painfully personal. But, I need you to know that it is not your fault.
Many of you may think you were rejected because your grades were not good enough. Or because your test scores were not high enough. Or because you were not passionate enough. I want you all to know that you, you are enough.
My single sitting SAT is a 2210. My GPA is within range. This week, I received three national awards for my writing. I did all of this, despite having a learning disability, and not receiving any accommodations, both in school and on standardized exams. I worked so very, very hard, just like you all have.
I prayed until my head hurt. I prayed that it would be enough. I prayed that I would be enough - and when I was rejected, I took my decision as a confirmation of my shortcomings.
But here’s the thing, a school does not make you great. An acceptance is not validation. We may not be Wellesley students, but Wellesley student, and “greatness,” are not mutually exclusive. Life is too short to not chase your dreams, and too long for regret. Do not let this one setback hold you down - as cheesy as that might sound.
As of right now, I’ve come to terms with my rejection. I am eating an orange sherbert, while furiously typing an email to Cornell admissions, and in this moment, I feel like I will be “ok.” And you know what? All of you will be “ok” too.
Again, I am so, so sorry. My heart hurts for and with you all. Do not hesitate to message me!
@cheerleader16 Congrats! Well they call it “possible” for a reason. :^)) (I should take my dad remarks and scoot haha)
I recently realized I repeatedly pronounced “Wellesley” wrong in my interview lol
Daughter was accepted! Wellesley was her reach school; she honestly did not expect to be accepted after being deferred for ED so she is floating a few inches off the floor.
Her dad and I need to start accepting that she’s soon going to be a l-o-n-g way from home (Hawai’i).
Got accepted after being deferred and I couldn’t be happier!! I really think it was my passion and dedication in both my essays and my LOCI. I really poured out how much I wanted to go and I think that helped. I also had a 4.5 last semester that went on my Midyear report which I hear is the main reason you get deferred (as in they want to see your Midyear before accepting you), and I had their average ACT score (31). Forget your stats, just show passion!! See you all next fall, and good luck to those waitlisted!
@NotAMathlete I am so extremely proud of you right now! Thank you for sharing!! My D was wait listed but Wellesley was a reach school for her. She was accepted to American University’s School of International Service-Global Scholars Program but received no merit/aid. Loyola University-Chicago came through with a $100,000 scholarship so we are very happy. With that being said, remember…“it’s not how you start out in life…it’s how you finish!” Each and every young lady reading this is obviously the cream of the crop. Stay strong and strive to be at the top of your class wherever you choose to attend. Earn every internship opportunity. Never shy away from an opportunity to lead, learn and support another women in her endeavors.
Congrats to everyone who received offers of admission! Nice story on the Wellesley website:
Has anyone received their financial aid?
Not me. I believe last year the aid came out around 1.