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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wesleyan requires that one recommendation is from STEM teacher [/quote]

The wording on their site is “you are encouraged.” So not required.

“You are encouraged to submit one from a humanities, social sciences, or foreign language teacher and one from a math or science teacher”[/quote]

So let’s get this straight.  You’re suggesting that a student with no strong stem classes, no test scores, and no recommendation from a stem teacher even though it is “encouraged” has more than a snowball’s chance in hell at getting into one of the most selective liberal arts colleges in the country?

Ok.

Don’t quit your day job. [/quote]

Amen. People on this board think the only tough SLAC admits are WASP. Keep thinking you can breeze in to Wes during RD TO with a bunch of Bs or weak rigor as compared to what is offered at your school. [/quote]

This isn't true. It's not that strong an applicant pool in ED. Wes's ED acceptance rate is around 40% and they fill more than half the class in that round. The kids I know who were admitted are great kids but they are not ultra strong applicants. RD is a different story.[/quote]

Umm, we’ll just have to agree to disagree. Wes, like most D3 schools, locks in their athletes in ED, which may account for your annecdata. No one is saying Wes is Princeton, but it is a hard admits for the vast majority of kids. You can take this perspective to the “which schools are really elite” thread. [/quote]

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