| Location: | Midwest |
| Setting: | Large Town Setting |
| Type: | Private |
| Affiliation: | Undenominational |
| Size: | Medium (2,000 to 5,000 Undergrad) |
| Mascot: | Thunder |
Wheaton’s mission statement expresses the stable and enduring identity of the College - our reason for existence and our role in society and the church. All the purposes, goals, and activities of the College are guided by this mission.
Wheaton College exists to help build the church and improve society worldwide by promoting the development of whole and effective Christians through excellence in programs of Christian higher education.
This mission expresses our commitment to do all things - "For Christ and His Kingdom."
Wheaton College is a private Evangelical Protestant, coeducational, liberal arts college in Wheaton, Illinois, a suburb west of Chicago in the United States.
Wheaton College is listed in Loren Pope's Colleges That Change Lives.
Wheaton College was founded in 1860. Its predecessor, the Illinois Institute, had been founded in late 1853 by Wesleyan Methodists as a college and preparatory school. Wheaton's first president, Jonathan Blanchard, was a former president of Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois and a staunch abolitionist with ties to Oberlin College. Blanchard separated the college from any denominational support and was responsible for its new name, given in honor of trustee and benefactor Warren L. Wheaton.
A dogged reformer, Blanchard began his public campaign for abolitionism with the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1836, at the age of twenty-five. Later in his life, after the Civil War, he began a sustained campaign against Freemasonry. This culminated in a national presidential campaign on the anti-Masonic American Party ticket in 1884.
Blanchard consistently lobbied for universal co-education and was a strong proponent of reform through strong public education. At this time, Wheaton was the only school in Illinois with a college-level women's program.
In 1882, Charles A. Blanchard succeeded his father as president of the college.
In the fall of 1925, J. Oliver Buswell, an outspoken Presbyterian, delivered a series of lectures at Wheaton College. Shortly thereafter, President Charles Blanchard died, and Buswell was called to be the third president of Wheaton. Upon his installation in April 1926, he became the nation's youngest college president at age 31. Buswell's tenure was characterized by expanding enrollment (from approximately 400 in 1925 to 1,100 in 1940), a building program, strong academic development, and a boom in the institution's reputation. It was also known for growing divisiveness over faculty scholarship and personality clashes. In 1940 this tension led to the sacking of Buswell for being, as two historians of the college put it, "too argumentative in temperament and too intellectual in his approach to Christianity." By the late 1940s, Wheaton was emerging as a fortress of neo-evangelicalism.
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| Percent of Students International: | 2% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 79% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | Yes |
| Member of: | NAA, NCAA |
| Sports Include: |
Football (College Conference of Illinois and Wisc) Basketball (College Conference of Illinois and Wisc) Baseball (College Conference of Illinois and Wisc) Track (College Conference of Illinois and Wisc) |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | Expenses | ||
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 21,100 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 4,078 | 19% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 2,094 | 16% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 7,834 | 64% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 4,519 | 47% | |
Any Aid: |
73% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 51% (Highly Selective) |
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| % of Students Submitting SAT Scores: | 76% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Verbal: 630, Math: 620 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Verbal: 730, Math: 710 |
| Application Fee: | $ 50.00 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Not Required |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Required |
| High School GPA: | Required |
| High School Rank: | Recommended |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Required |
| TOEFL: | Required |
| Test Scores: | Required |
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If so, would you mind telling me how difficult it was for you to get in? For example, what G.P.A. from high school did you have and what were your SAT and PSAT scores? Thank you very much!
13 months ago
Best Answer
Well, there are two Wheaton Colleges in the U.S., so I am not sure whether you are asking about the one in Illinois, or if you're asking about the one in Massachusetts.
Wheaton College in Illinois:
Percent applicants admitted: 56%
SAT Critical Reading: 610 - 760
SAT Math: 610 - 700
SAT Writing: 590 - 700
57% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
24% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
14% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
4% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24
1% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99
Wheaton College in Massachussets:
Percent applicants admitted: 41%
SAT Critical Reading: 600 - 680
SAT Math: 580 - 670
29% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
25% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
16% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
15% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24
14% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99
1% had h.s. GPA between 2.0 and 2.49
Good luck! I'm sure you'll do fine. : )
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