<p>Accepted!</p>
<p>3.6 GPA uw
29 ACT
2 recs
1 year of track
6 Ap’s
33% rank</p>
<p>Definitely feel like I got in by the skin of my teeth</p>
<p>Same here lordjubs!</p>
<p>I don’t see any denials. So I’ll be the first. Received yesterday!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected from CLS
ACT: 26
uwGPA: 3.1 (4.0<3.6<3.0< 3.5 projected this semester)
Class rank: top 40% Public school class 270</p>
<p>Classes: 2 AP courses and honors classes.
EC: Violin 7+yrs, Model United Nations Founder/President 3yrs, MUN Conference organizer, Forensics 2yrs, Science Olympiad, Cross country, Tennis 4 yrs and as manager, DECA 2years, volunteer hours 320+ hrs, youth Environmental group, greenpeace, amnesty international, many leadership camps and commerce camps over the summer, youth activist in government policies.</p>
<p>Studied overseas for 2 yrs of HS
Well prep essays and No rec. letter.
Non-resident Asian </p>
<p>I know my ACT scores and GPA suck. Those are the primary factors of admission. The EC’s don’t matter much. My friend got in at 27 and was accepted in a month. I applied in Nov and received their decision Mid Jan. Good luck, people! Do better than me :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted! Possible majors Physics or Engineering</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT:2310 Highest Combined, breakdown 790M, 780CR, 740W
SAT IIs: 790Chem, 770MathII
GPA: UW 3.5, W 4.23
Rank: school doesn’t rank
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: well written but not particularly exciting
Teacher Recs:good
Counselor Rec:good
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country:MA
School Type: Competetive Public
Ethnicity:W
Gender:M
Other Factors:Winner of 2 State Science Olympiad medals, member of school Science Team</p>
<p>Comments–I liked Wisconsin when I visited last year. Don’t know if I want to go to such a huge school, but the science and engineering programs are excellent. And it’s a great value, even for OOS. (Have you seen what Carnegie Mellon charges? Insane!)</p>
<p>Accepted
International Student
4.0 unweighted GPA
SAT: 2040
Full International Baccalaureate Diploma student
Variety of different extracurrics, including secretary of the Tri-M music honors society, exec leader of Global Issues Network club, orchestra, jazz band, volunteering at hospital, teaching English, etc
Fairly good essays
Hopefully great rec letters? Hahaha</p>
<p>I’m a U.S. citizen btw, just living overseas because of my dad’s job</p>
<p>Do colleges look highly upon students with international experience?</p>
<p>Accepted
Out of State
Act:29
GPA: 4.3
Class rank: Top ten percent (our school doesn’t tell us more than that)
Varsity Paddling
Varsity Soccer
Robotics (several awards won in this)
Math team
Tutoring
Band
Library volunteer
Full IB diploma student
taking double maths and sciences
So for me I think it was mostly academics.</p>
<p>Congratulations! A weighted gpa unless you had all A+'s. Just for curiosity’s sake do you know your unweighted gpa?</p>
<p>Accepted
International student
1950 SAT
720 SAT Bio
IB Diploma student
Private international school, and we don’t rank
I have no idea about my rec letters cos I wasnt allowed to see them
A lot of community and service activities
play basketball, volleyball and soccer</p>
<p>Accepted
Missouri
3.7ish UW GPA (3.96 W)
2200 SAT
Class Rank: 15%
Lots of extracurricular, some volunteer
Good essays/recs</p>
<p>accepted! TODAY</p>
<p>International
3.76 weighted
SAT1: 2050, 2140: Combined: 2250
sat2: ush 700, math 2c:780
General Engineering Major
Varsity Football 4 years
No volunteer service
good essay
recs: dont know, got recs from teachers that only knew me for 1 year because I moved</p>
<p>Im just so happy right now</p>
<p>For my son, accepted a few weeks ago – UW is his first choice and he is almost certainly going there. </p>
<p>3.5 unweighted, 4.2 weighted
top 20%, urban high school which sends students to Ivies etc.
29 ACT (30 superscore)
IB certificates, not full diploma
OOS</p>
<p>Varsity sports, award winner in both debate and in creative writing
assume good recs</p>
<p>classic late bloomer, stumbled early on then came into his own in 11th grade, with dramatic upward trend.</p>