You can use the following applications to apply to a number of schools, including Wellesley.

友好的提醒：免费申请Wellesley。

Common ApplicationCoalition ApplicationQuestBridge Application

Specify your decision plan.

开始申请后，您需要为您申请的每所学校选择一个决策计划。（查看我们的日期和截止日期页面以获取更多信息。）

Use your legal name throughout.

务必保持一致并使用您的法律姓名（如您在护照或其他法律文件上出现）所有申请材料。这可能听起来很明显，但它非常重要！如果您通过另一个名称进行，列出应用程序上的“首选名称”，那是我们与您联系时我们会使用的名称。

你需要写两篇论文：个人论文和更短的Wellesley的论文。看看我们application tipsfor advice on writing your essays.

The personal essay.

For your personal essay, you may choose from the prompts below or write on a topic of your choice. The essay should be 250 to 650 words.

目前普遍应用的文章提示

• Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.
• The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?
• 在你质疑或挑战信仰或想法时反思一段时间。是什么促使你的想法？结果是什么？
• Describe a problem you've solved or a problem you'd like to solve. It can be an intellectual challenge, a research query, an ethical dilemma—anything that is of personal importance, no matter the scale. Explain its significance to you and what steps you took or could be taken to identify a solution.
• Discuss an accomplishment, event, or realization that sparked a period of personal growth and a new understanding of yourself or others.
• Describe a topic, idea, or concept you find so engaging that it makes you lose all track of time. Why does it captivate you? What or who do you turn to when you want to learn more?
• Share an essay on any topic of your choice. It can be one you’ve already written, one that responds to a different prompt, or one of your own design.

Current Coalition Application essay prompts

• Tell a story from your life, describing an experience that either demonstrates your character or helped to shape it.
• Describe a time when you made a meaningful contribution to others in which the greater good was your focus. Discuss the challenges and rewards of making your contribution.
• Has there been a time when you’ve had a long-cherished or accepted belief challenged? How did you respond? How did the challenge affect your beliefs?
• What is the hardest part of being a teenager now? What’s the best part? What advice would you give a younger sibling or friend (assuming they would listen to you)?
• Submit an essay on a topic of your choice.

The Wellesley-specific essay

This required writing supplement asks you to respond to the following topic:

When choosing a college community, you are choosing a place where you believe that you can live, learn, and flourish. Generations of inspiring women have thrived in the Wellesley community, and we want to know what aspects of this community inspire you to consider Wellesley. We know that there are more than 100 reasons to choose Wellesley, but the “Wellesley 100” is a good place to start. VisitThe Wellesley 100and let us know, in two well-developed paragraphs, which two items most attract, inspire, or energize you and why. (Not-so-secret tip: The “why” matters to us.)

We require your transcripts, two teacher evaluations, and a School Report completed by your guidance counselor. These can be submitted online through the Common Application or Coalition Application. Once you have selected your high school, you can list and save the names of your counselor and two teachers in the “School Forms” section. Instructions will be emailed to them with information on how to submit the forms online or offline in print.

We will alert you if credentials are missing. It’s your responsibility to follow up on the status of missing credentials and to check with the Office of Admission to see if they have been received. Once we have received your application, you will be able to check the status of your credentials through your Wellesley Applicant Portal.

Teacher evaluations

Carefully consider which teachers you want to ask to fill out your evaluation. Have they gotten to know you personally? Have they seen you improve? Can they comment on your learning style?

一定要给你选择教师足够的时间to write your letter of recommendation. They are, after all, busy people with full lives.

School Report

Ask your school counselor to complete the School Report form (with your most recent grades) for the Common Application or Coalition Application. They should also include an official transcript and school profile.

If you’re applying for Early Decision, you will need to submit first-quarter or first-trimester grades for your final year of high school. When your midyear grades become available, you will need to ask your counselor to complete the midyear report form (also part of the online application).

Your school might require that you sign a release for your transcript. If that’s the case, make sure the release covers first quarter grades, midyear grades, and your final transcript so that these credentials aren’t delayed.

Wellesley has extended the one year suspension of its standardized testing requirement for first-year applicants given the fact that many high school students are still unable to sit for standardized tests due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This means that submission of SAT or ACT scores will be optional for first-year applicants applying to the College for entry in the fall of 2022. If an applicant wishes to have their standardized test scores considered as one component of their application, we will consider the scores in a nuanced and contextual way alongside all other application credentials. If applicants choose not to submit standardized test scores, we will evaluate their application in a nuanced and contextual way without scores. Our holistic, committee-based application review process gives us the flexibility to evaluate each applicant’s academic and extracurricular accomplishments within individual context.Standardized Testing FAQs.

ACTSAT

Wellesley requires that you submit the ACT or the SAT. (We do not require the optional SAT essay component or ACT Writing.)

Once you have submitted your application to Wellesley College, you will be able to self-report your SAT and/or ACT scores in the Self Reported Score form within your Applicant Portal. Required standardized test scores reported within the Common or Coalition Application test section will not fulfill the self-reported score requirement. If admitted and enrolled, applicants who self-reported their test scores must send verified test scores within two weeks.

If you face financial challenges in meeting Wellesley’s standardized testing requirements,contact usfor guidance. In some instances, we may be able to waive a standardized testing requirement due to financial hardship.

To learn more about when you should take your tests and score choice options, check out our常问问题.

If relevant to your application, you may submit these optional credentials.

Arts, music, or theatre portfolio

If you have a special talent in the arts, you might want to submit anarts portfolio.

我们的艺术，音乐和剧院研究部门将接受投资组合，录音或演示的电子提交。相应的部门将审查您的材料。

Wellesley College does not have a dance department and does not review creative writing materials. Please do NOT submit any dance and/or creative writing supplements as they will not be evaluated.

提交艺术组合：

• You must submit your portfolios, recordings, or presentations electronically through the Wellesley Applicant Portal. Wellesley does not accept art portfolios through the Common Application or Coalition Application. Please do not mail any materials to the Office of Admission. Submissions sent by mail will not be reviewed or returned.

• Follow theguidelines and instructionsas outlined by Wellesley’s art, music, and theatre studies departments.

• 请通过您的Wellesley申请人门户提交您的艺术组合。必须在申请截止日期一周内收到投资组合提交，以便我们的教师有足够的时间进行审查。

Athletic supplement

If you are interested in competing in varsity athletics at Wellesley (Division III), submit arecruiting formto the head coach of your sport.