Another Chance Thread!? Yes another one! ED

Colleges and Universities A-Z Washington University in St. Louis
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<p>Asian (Indian)
Louisiana resident
Rank: 13/261 (top 5%)
GPA (W): 4.6
GPA (UW): 3.74 (due to a low sophomore year GPA)
PSAT- 213 (I live in LA so I qualified, ha...)
ACT: 34 (Reading-35, English- 36, Math- 34, Science- 31)
SAT: 2080 (retaking) (CR-690, math-680, writing-710)
SAT II: US History-720 (taking lit, math II, and chem, hopefully 730+ in all of them)
AP scores: Psychology 5; English Lang. 5; Chemistry 4; Calc AB 4; Statistics 4; Calc BC 3; French Lang 3;</p>

<p>Extracurriculars
LYO (Louisiana Youth Orchestra)- I play viola
Indian societies, etc.- Just helped out in temples and performed some dances and things
Potpourri (literary magazine)- 3 years; got 5 works published (school wide magazine; chooses from 100s of submissions)
Mu Alpha Theta- 4 years; active participant
Beta- 2 years; 70+ hours through Beta
Science- 4 years; historian
MPT- "Medical Professionals of Tomorrow" student-made club; 2 years- historian and vice-president
NHS- National Honor Society (1 year, only seniors are invited) Executive Board- President's committee</p>

<p>Honors/Awards
National Merit Semi-finalist
AP Scholar with distinction
A bunch random of Mu Alpha Theta awards, nothing special
2nd, 3rd place Science Fair (state level)
Intel Award for Science Fair</p>

<p>300-ish volunteer hours (I volunteer a lot!)
Did research/lab work for a project in Biology in sophomore year
Employed at LSU Plant Stress Lab 10hrs/week over summer
Volunteered at LSU Plant Stress Lab 10hrs/week</p>

<p>Recs: should be good
Essay: I write pretty well.</p>

<p>Yes I know, I'm a rather weak applicant. But I truly love WUSTL and would give anything to get in. I've researched the school pretty well and found that it is a perfect fit for me. I'm applying Early Decision. Please give me your honest opinion! Thank you.</p>

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<p>Don’t bother retaking the SAT; just use the 34 ACT.
Applying ED, I think you’ve got a very solid shot.
Good luck.</p>

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<p>1) your rank matters far more than your gpa. You’re top 5%, so that’s more than fine.
2) I’m going to repeat WCAS’s note- the 34 ACT is more than enough. You don’t have to retake the 2080. </p>

<p>(Side note, we had similar stats- low psat but got nmf since louisiana is a low cut off; I had a 2070 SAT, and I had a 34 ACT. I didn’t even send in any SAT scores. Just left it at my ACT).</p>