Wesleyan Class of 2015 ED Results

Patrick2015
Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:02:31 +0000

I’ll post my stats, since I see no other rejected applicants in this thread yet. I hope this is helpful for other students applying EDII/RD.

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

* SAT I (breakdown):Writing: 750 Math: 420 Reading: 740

ACT: N/A

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A

AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World (4) AP Gov (4) AP Lang & Comp (5)

Senior Year Course Load: First quarter grades in ()


AP US History (A)
Math of Finance (A-)
AP Economics (A)
We the People (props if you’re familiar/on a team!) (A+)
Psychology (A+)
Spanish V (A-)
AP Lit (A)

Subjective:

* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):


Cello (8 years, private instruction, member of a competitive youth orchestra)
Model UN (Founder & President)
GSTA (President, speaker at statewide GSA conferences & faculty meetings)
WTP team captain
Young Writers Project (unpaid intern, published writer)
State college young writers conference

* Job/Work Experience:


Swim Instructor (3 years)
Lifeguard (3 years)
Ski Instructor (3 years)
Private cello teacher (1 year)

* Volunteer/Community service:


Work with the local queer advocacy center;
Organized a fundraiser for a heart transplant patient in 2004 that grew into a series of yearly benefit concerts for different causes.

* Essay: Very, very strong. I had it reviewed by many peers, teachers, and a few current students. Many people suggested I try to get it published. I don’t mean to brag by saying this, I’m just very strong in writing and sought to showcase this in my essay.

Teacher Recommendation: I submitted 4.


1 History: A literally wonderful, personal, and glowing recommendation, I read it.
1 History: A teacher have I been close to since freshman year-- very strong rec.
1 English: AP & freshman honors teacher that I am close to-- very strong rec.
1 Science: Biology & Chem teacher-- a good, solid rec.

* Interview: My interview went extremely well. It was fun, informative, and the senior who conducted it had a lot in common with me. He told me I was, in terms of character, very much was Wes was looking for.


Other

* State (if domestic applicant): VT

School Type: Public, top school in state

Ethnicity: White

Gender: Good question.

Income Bracket: less than 80,000

Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): transgendered (essay topic), divorced parents, I dunno.


Reflection

* Strengths: Definitely my essay. Also SAT W & CR, straight A’s on transcript (except math), extracurricular leadership/work experience, recommendations, interview.

Weaknesses: SAT math score, consistently low B’s in math, possibly my state/region.


General Comments:

My only big weakness was math. I tested for a learning disability, but it was minimal enough that I didn’t think it necessary to submit those files. I still don’t think that would have drastically changed my decision. I have a minor calculations deficit, but have always been able to work hard and get Bs. I took the SAT twice and my math score remained the same. Blarg.

My rejection was kind of devastating. I really had my heart set on Wes for… two years… and I had to wonder if there was something else besides math standing my way. If all math was removed from my app, my gpa would be much higher, I’d have all A’s, my scores very high, etc… I felt like my motivation and curiosity was made very clear and that math was a clearly difficult subject for me.

Also I basically had “WESLEYAN!!!” written all over my application. :P

But who knows. To those of you applying, don’t be anxious! Quite a bit of this is hit or miss and everyone has a shot. And if you don’t make it in, you’ll feel like crap for a while and then find (or rediscover) an interest in other schools. I still (really really) wish I could go to Wes, but I’ve been accepted to a few other schools and have a vested interest in several more. Things work out.

Sorry about this essay here…

There’s two cents from the only visible EDI reject thus far. Good luck to everyone else!