<p>I know there is a what's my chances thread, but UW acceptance seems so weird that I figured I would get better answers here</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Caucasian
Sex: male
Gpa: unweighted-3.66
Weighted- 4.15 to 4.25 (depending on if you are doing it UC style or not)
Sat: 1930
Act:28
Class rank 109 in 418
Total AP classes
Ap Lang
Apush
Ap lit
Ap gov pol
Ap calc
Ap physcology
Also took a Spanish college class
Scores:
Lang-4
Apush-4</p>
<p>EC
Captain of baseball team
High school track
National DECA competitor (finished top 40)
National FBLA champion (finished 1st)
10th grade- sophomore rep
11th- Spanish club president/ founder of a charity club
12th- senior class vp, vp of honors society, board of hiking club, political club president
Honors society for 3 years
150+ hours of community service
Student of month
Presidential academic achievement award
2 jobs </p>
<p>As you can see I have pretty decent academics with a lot of outside leadership and extra things, and I was wondering what are my chances? </p>
<p>I have heard horror stories with people having a 3.9 and taking all AP's and still getting rejected, so I was just nervous</p>
<p>You seem to have great ECs and that’s what you should be emphasize in your personal statement, which has become the most important part of an application. Everything depends on it. </p>
<p>Please try searching this forum a bit more – many forum participants described what Admissions usually look for and how you should write your personal statement.</p>
<p>I think you should work on putting together a personal narrative that ties all your accomplishments and goals together but that also makes it clear that you have a unique perspective, a background and experiences that set you apart and will make you a positive addition to a diverse (I don’t mean in terms of ethnicity) student body. Most people post here listing their stats and extracurriculars but nothing about their vision. I’d think about that, how your life up to this point fits into that vision and how your future, including your attendance at UW, will turn that vision into a reality.</p>
<p>A lot of schools go on and on about how they have a holistic admissions process but UW is one of the few places I’ve seen where it’s really true. While grades are super important for some <em>majors</em>, for getting into the school they put more emphasis on what unique perspectives you can bring to the campus. How have your experiences changed you as a person? What ways do you want to change the world? Also, a big part I didn’t see mentioned here is why you <em>need</em> to be at the UW to do these things. You can find the same majors at pretty much any other college so what makes you and UW a particularly good match? For me, there’s a professor at UW doing research on something that’s super interesting to me and I really want to work with them, so I put that in my application, listing them by name. You don’t have to already know specifics, but find some connection that you’d like to make and point it out. Good luck!</p>
<p>No possible way you are a “low match”… As long as you work hard on your personal statement you would be a great addition to the school. But like has been mentioned above, it’s a holistic review. Don’t just tell them your accomplishments, write about how those accomplishments have made you who you are. Diversity is also very important. If you have a special interest in Spanish write about that too.</p>