<p>I’ve made similar posts several times before. :)</p>
<p>“Why would they reject a 2300 (assuming good grades) when it’s above their 75%? Their yield is only 44%.”</p>
<p>Wellesley’s a little unique in the fact that it takes a lot of things into consideration other than SAT scores and GPA. While many schools claim to focus on non-academic areas… Strong academics generally determine acceptance or rejection. </p>
<p>Basically, Wellesley would accept an applicant with a 2000 SAT and 3.7 GPA who was president of several clubs in high school, highly involved in the community, passionate about world affairs, and a generally dynamic woman, over an applicant with a 2400 SAT and 4.0 GPA who didn’t really do much outside of the academic realm. (That may be a little exaggerated of course, but you get the idea.)</p>
<p>This is great news for students (like me!) who have fairly strong academic credentials but generally define themselves outside of the classroom. It’s not great news for students who were banking solely on their academic achievement to gain admission into college. While there are plenty of equally fantastic schools that would gladly accept the latter student, Wellesley just has a different agenda, I guess. </p>
<p>With that said, there are exceptions to that rule… Quite a few high scoring students are admitted. When you add ethnicity and geography into the mix, you get a pretty unpredictable outcome. </p>
<p>As far as social life goes, I think everyone else covered it pretty accurately.</p>