Acceptance + Merit Scholarship Chances for Biology Major (RD)?

Colleges and Universities A-Z George Washington University
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4.02 GPA (top 50 private hs in CA, upper quartile according to school profile)
32 ACT – I plan on sending this

Sister attended and graduated (c/o 2016) from Elliott on a 15k scholarship

Main EC is dance–– dancing for a professional company that does local outreach and national performances, I teach ballet to underserved parts of the community, rehearsal assistant for the school, attended many summer programs (ABT New York, Joffrey, Ballet Austin, Hubbard Street), some on scholarship, usually ~20 hrs/week
Long history of environment-based volunteer work–– also did a summer study abroad in Costa Rica, summer intern at BLM
Volunteer for community hospital’s PT center

Recs: one from my AP stats teacher who encouraged me to do the county math comp where I placed in the top 10, the other from my APUSH teacher. I think they were probably decent. Not a particularly talkative or involved student at my school.

My profile and status as a sibling of an alum makes me confident in getting in, but I was wondering if I stood a chance in getting a scholarship as a bio major and about the Women’s Leadership program. I don’t know all that much about the school, and will need to do some research as I complete my RD app, but my sister absolutely loved GWU and I think I would too.

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I don’t think your choice in a major will impact whether or not you receive a scholarship. Do you know if your sister’s scholarship was merit based or not? Regardless, your stats are very good and I agree that you will most definitely get in. I’d assume that you’d also receive at least just as much financial aid as your sister.

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Family income bracket is too high (something like 300k) to receive aid. Sister’s scholarship was merit. She was commended in National Merit for her year, which I guess helped. She was also much more involved in the school community, while I do a lot outside of school. Thanks for the response.

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Ok, then I think it’s not safe to assume you receiving as much as your sister. I think it’s very difficult to predict merit aid awards from outside the committee, so I don’t try to speculate.