<p>Does anyone know some of the stats of people who received any of the full ride scholarships? I read through the site's information, but I'm basically just completely clueless as to what it takes. People tell me I should get whatever I want pretty easy, but I'm pretty sure there are more smart people applying than those people think.<br>
Just so you know where I'm at, my ACT score was 35, I'm number two in my class with a 4.0 unweighted, I'm in three varsity sports, and I'm an editor of the newspaper and a member of the executive board of the largest and most active student council in Wisconsin along with a few other extracurriculars. I was thinking of applying for one of the scholarships offered for English, Spanish, or econ.
Thanks for any help you could give.</p>
<p>Collegekidsmom, why are you so bitter about WashU? Your son didn't apply to WashU. Why do you visit WashU board and only offer negative, uninformed opinion? Got another hobby.</p>
<p>well i had the same test scores as you, lower gpa, resident of an underrepresented state like you, two varsity sports, and a lot of biomedical research, 400 hours of volunteering, and national and local math awards but did not get an interview for a single scholarship i applied for. Stats really don't say anything, I think it really depends on just what they're looking for at that time.</p>
<p>D got academic scholarship. She will be freshman next school year. Her Act was 34, SAT 780/800, GPA 4.0 unweighted, lots of commumity activity related to computer, which will be her major. She had a great essays and lots and lots of enthusism. She visited twice and showed lots of interst in the school. Hope this helps... Keep up the good work</p>
<p>Umm, I would definitly let the waitlist conspiracy scare you. I got into WashU, Rice, and GT, and was rejected from MIT. My friend, who is MUCH more well-rounded and involved than I with equal academics, got into GT, Princeton, MIT, Duke, Dartmouth, Cornell, and got waitlisted at WashU.</p>
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Being a housewife gives you lots of free time.</p>
<p>Collegekidsmom, don’t be that way, you don’t know Evan, he could be the kid that Wash U like. All the Wash U kids are very bright and they have rich lives to make together a nice community, Evan could be one of them. If I were Evan’s mom, I would feel very offended with your remarks.</p>
<p>To Evan: You appear to be a very bright boy and are doing the right thing by starting your research of scholarship opportunities now. I'd advise you to read the CC threads for WashU and make your own decision.</p>
<p>To Cressmom: Evan's mom is likely a very bright women, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. I'm sure she'll guide Evan to use his time and resources wisely in the next year. </p>
<p>To the multiple people who responded that I'm bitter: I'm mildly curious as to why you feel that I'm bitter. I gave my opinion. You are free to give yours. Why the attacks on me? </p>
<p>To Johnny: Your join date 8/2004, 570 postings. I see how you spend all of your time. Maybe you're not the best person to advise me on how to spend mine.</p>
<p>Evan will have his chance at Wash U if he decided to apply there, no one can predict about his chances unless he has very low grades, awful SAT and no extracurricular activities.<br>
Wash U is everything about fitting, because they look for a well-rounded student body and geographically diverse. It’s very hard to narrow down a list of more than 22,000 great kids to fill only 1350 available spots, not everybody would be satisfied with the outcome of this work.</p>
<p>Herein lies the key difference: I posted/am posting here because I lived through the college application experience and regularly used/use College Confidential.</p>
<p>I am not living vicariously through someone else, posting irrelevant remarks on college message boards irrelevant not only to myself, but to the person of whom I'm living vicariously through. </p>
<p>I'm not saying there's anything wrong being concerned with the well-being of your son. I'm saying there's something strange--perhaps immature--in the manner you go about it.</p>
<p>Johnny, First, I've been through the college application experience myself and with 3 of my children. What is your experience again? Oh yes, you're a college kid. Obviously you use CC much more than I. You win that one hands down.</p>
<p>Since my postings are irrelevant - why don't you just quit reading and responding to them. Also, you don't seem to be living at all. Just logging onto CC and verbally attacking people. You haven't added anything to the discussion of this thread. Where's your opinion???? Let's see you give an opinion and open yourself up to these harassing comments.</p>
<p>The opinion that I gave was mine. It has nothing to do with my son. The fact that you keep bring one of my children into this is creepy and makes me wonder about your stalker tendencies.</p>
<p>How about you just ignore my irrelevant, strange and immature(you know my age too?? really creepy) comments.</p>
The opinion that I gave was mine. It has nothing to do with my son. The fact that you keep bring one of my children into this is creepy and makes me wonder about your stalker tendencies.</p>
<p>How about you just ignore my irrelevant, strange and immature(you know my age too?? really creepy) comments.
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<p>Hahhahhahhahhaha. This part deserves a good laugh. </p>
<p>Can you clarify how me mentioning your son would make you wonder about my "stalker tendencies?"</p>
<p>Am I arguing against a middle-schooler or a grown woman? I forget; in one case her actions would be immature, in another just a case of preteen melodrama ("OMG, are you stalker?"). </p>
<p>But you're right: I should stop responding to you. I'm not adding anything meaningful to the thread (much like you), so let me do my part:</p>
<p>Evan, I think you clearly have a very good chance of getting in. </p>
<p>If you apply for the scholarships, you'll have to write essays and probably participate in interviews. This alone should show your interest and boost your chances of getting at the very least one of the unnamed scholarships they handout to students. Your ACT puts you in the top 25% of students (34-36). I had a 34, and I know a few students with 35s/higher equivalent ACTs. Having stats that high isn't really that spectacular here, around one in four students have similar stats. Your differentiation lies in your ECs, as you probably already know. I personally didn't win one of the official scholarships, but I got a partial one that covered roughly 90% of tuition (based on merit and financial need). </p>
<p>So at the very least, if you show the interest, you should get one of the hefty scholarships they hand out when they send out financial aid decisions....but you have a pretty decent shot at getting one of the official scholarships as well.</p>
<p>Evan - I do know a bit about the "named" scholarships at WashU. Your stats certainly place you in the running. Just remember all of the people in the pool will have great stats. What will set you apart are leadership in your ECs, a pasion pertaining to the scholarships, your essays and your recomendations.</p>
<p>I would look at the list of scholarships on the WashU site. (link below) Apply for every scholarship that you feel you have any shot at. Not only will that increase your chances for a scholarship, it will also increase your chances for the admissions process.</p>
<p>Also make sure that your GC nominates you for the Danforth. It is not on the website and it is only by nomination. The applications will reuire you to put in some time, but the rewards can be very nice. You have a good shot and you have nothing to lose.</p>
<p>my child is accepted by Harvard, Stanford, Caltech and Duke, but waitlisted by Wash U. Perhaps, wash u has become too unique to assemble its class of 1350 out of 4000 or so accepted. Wash U is a good school, we all admit. But one has to admit the reality too that wash u is not better than Harvard or Stanford yet.</p>