What are decisions based on?

Mwfan1921
Tue, 13 Sep 2022 21:59:21 +0000

cquin85:

In fact, one Wes rep and, curiously, a rep from another Little 3 suitor, separately indicated to us that Wes likes to see physics and a lot of math on the transcript.

IMO Wesleyan has been quite transparent that most admitted students have calc, BCP, and 4 years FL as they typically divulge that info each year. From Wesleyan’s Class of 2026 profile:

HS Preparation:

86% have taken calculus
82% have taken biology, chemistry and physics
78% have a fourth year (or equivalent) of one foreign language

https://www.wesleyan.edu/admission/apply/class-profile.html

I would expect that the vast majority of the students who didn’t have these courses had some type of admissions hook.

Several reports published this year show that calculus has become an unwritten requirement at many selective schools (not just Wesleyan). This practice causes students to escalate math instruction in 6/7/8th grades, some students might be targeting majors where stats would be more helpful to have in HS than calc, and implicitly requiring calc is also an access issue (many relatively poor HSs don’t offer calc).

Here is one recent report that has received a lot of press recently: https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61afa2b5ded66610900a0b97/6307f6ff7256799a5387633b_Just-Equations-2022-Report-Calc-the-Odds-Digital.pdf