Wesleyan ED Fall Admission 2022 Discussion

[Mwfan1921]

Did you hear this from an admissions officer, or did a coach tell you? Not that it matters really, just curious. Were all 25 deferred?

@JIz

My son just got into Wesleyan ED as a recruited athlete. But the coach was always very clear that he would do “all he could” to help him get in and that it was “very likely” he would get admitted, but the coach was always clear that he could not guarantee it and that it still mattered whether he wrote a good essay and had good recommendations and that it was ultimately up to the admissions committee. We wanted the peace of mind of a guarantee, but my understanding is that this is as certain as you can get at a NESCAC school.

IF it’s true that 25 out of 70 or so recruited athletes (70 being a best guesstimate) who were fully supported with a slot and had positive pre-reads were not accepted at Wesleyan this year during the ED round, that would be FAR outside the norms of what is happening at other selective D3 schools, including the most selective NESCACs.