They’ve been test optional since 2014, so I’d be surprised if they change course. And considering the 37% is for admitted students, not applicants, they don’t seem to have any concerns about admitting students without scores.
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I wonder why they don’t say the number of ED apps they received. Does this seem like a lower or higher number of acceptances for ED1&2 or the same as usual? I guess that’s impossible really to know without knowing how many people applied!
I wondered the same thing. Seems as if the Argus editors failed to ask a basic question, “What are the ED1 numbers?”
Agreed that the Argus seems to have missed a few things in this article.
But based on notification to school counselors in the ED1 round saying ~300 were admitted (source: a friend whose kid was admitted ED1) and the QuestBridge numbers Wes announced in early December (~50, I believe), it seems like the total number of early admits was ~485.
Last year was 465 (Class Profile, Admission & Aid - Wesleyan University), and 2026 was 473 (The Wesleyan Argus | University Admits 473 Students into Class of 2026 Before Regular Decision).
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So I guess that means the acceptance rate could’ve been higher or could’ve been the same and there were more applicants, as they suggest.
I assume that this year’s ED acceptance rate is low relative to recent years. The admissions dean told the Argus that this year’s ED applicant pool was the largest ever, and 485 is basically in line with prior years.
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