Hi! Would anyone be kind enough to reveal their stats of how you got into the University of Washington please? (APs, GPA, extracurriculars, test scores) I just want to get a feel for what type of students UWash usually looks for because I got kicked out of English Honors my freshmen year, and need some examples of how to redeem myself. Also how many APs should I take to get in, because I feel like I am doomed over this one class. Thanks so much for your help!
I had uwGPA 4.0, SAT 1460 (Math 670 Reading 790), I’ve taken seven AP classes, three of them are current classes so I reported four scores: three fives and one four. I don’t have a lot of extracurriculars but I do have 1800+ hours of volunteer work and worked at a Pediatric Therapy clinic.
Got accepted as pre-sciences with an intended major in Biology: uwGPA 3.61, ACT 29, 6 APs, XC & TF for first two years, then went on to cycling and became a state champion my junior year. NHS member, worked retail/internships every summer, have a photojournalism job & current retail position in my senior year.
Would you mind revealing when you took those AP classes, and which ones you took, please?
Sure!
Sophomore Year - AP World History
Junior Year - AP Biology, AP Psychology, and AP English Language and Composition
Senior Year - AP English Literature and Composition, AP Chemistry, and AP US Government
I took the exams for all the courses I took in my Sophomore and Junior years but am not going to be taking the AP Chemistry exam this year.
I wouldn’t stress too much about one class; in the end, admissions at UW is very holistic. I’m an out-of-state student currently on the waitlist at UW Seattle (which is basically a rejection, since no one ever gets off the waitlist lol). My unweighted GPA was ~3.825, weighted is just above a 4.0 (Freshman year: 3.5, Soph:3.8, Junior: 4.4, Senior:4.4). I took 7 AP classes (Sophomore: US History. Junior: Seminar, Eng Language, and World History. Senior: Research, Psychology, and English Lit). My ACT was a 29 and my SAT was a 1300. No subject tests.
I would definitely try and focus on your EC’s – they’re worth a LOT. Definitely start early, unless you’re already an upperclassman. My more impressive ECs were in my junior and senior year, so there was a pretty big imbalance. For example: I had a job teaching Hebrew for 3 years, interned at a small museum, started an Art Club, was an officer for my school’s MUN team, and was in a summer program at Yale. The latter four were EXCLUSIVE to my junior and senior years. :’))) Your essay is pretty important, too.
So, all in all, don’t worry about one class! Keep in mind that academics don’t account for everything, although I still highly encourage that you keep pursuing those higher level classes so you don’t end up waitlisted like me :’)). Good luck!