Are my chances of getting into UWash over? Can someone please reveal their stats?

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!