Chance at Scholarship?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Washington University in St. Louis
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<p>Current stats:</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 4.0</p>

<p>Class Rank: 1 (Planning to stay here, drop to 2 at most)</p>

<p>All Gifted (Honors) and AP except for required courses</p>

<p>AP Courses:
-World History (5)
-Computer Science A (5)
-American History
-Computer Science AB
-English Language
-Chemistry<br>
-Calculus BC -Planning to take 6 more senior year
(Bio,Literature,Euro, Physics, Gov+Economics, Psych)
Planning to score 5s on majority, 4s on a few</p>

<p>SAT: 2330
Reading: 800
Math: 800
Writing: 730, w/ 12 Essay</p>

<p>ACT: 33 (retaking next saturday)
English: 35
Math: 36
Reading: 34
Science 28</p>

<p>SAT IIs (the 3 i plan on submitting at least):
Math II - 800
US History - 790
Chemistry - 760</p>

<p>Perfect scores on state standardized tests (lol)</p>

<p>Volunteering:
Very skimpy...will only have prolly 80 hours
I have to babysit 2 siblings(6+7) every day, so not much free time</p>

<p>Sports:
Karate (This year and next)
JV Lacrosse (Starting Goalie)
Varsity Lacrosse next year</p>

<p>Summer:
Attending the Young Scholar's Program at FSU this summer for 6 weeks, Selective(only 40 people get in) Math, Science, Research, Computer Sci</p>

<p>ECs</p>

<p>Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society) 9-11, numerous awards including 1st
places at regional and state levels, Historian this year, Secretary Next Year
National Honor Society (11)
French Honor Society (10-11)
French Club (10-11)
Asian Cultural Club (9-11) Treasurer this year
Essence (School's Literary magazine staff) (11)
Computer Science Club (11) VP Next Year
Biology and Medicine Club (11) Treasurer this year</p>

<p>Published a Poem in 3 National/International Poetry Anthologies, and one CD Collection
Published a poem in 2006 version of Celebration Florida</p>

<p>Oh and I'm Chinese btw (grrr Affirmative Action)</p>

<p>Soooo what's my chances at a scholarship? And how can I "show enough interest" so that I don't get waitlisted in the first place? </p>

<p>I plan on visiting Wash U (prolly my only visit before decisions roll around), but what else can I do?</p>

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<p>make sure you interview while you're there, and let them know it's your first choice.</p>

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<p>i don't know which (if any) of the honorary scholarships you're considering, but i'd definitely recommend applying for the nemerov as well</p>

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<p>thanks, what's so special about the nemerov?</p>

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<p>WashU can be very generous to kids it really wants. Just remember the scholarship/Scholars programs at WashU are very competetive - every scholarship applicant will have top stats, ECs, community service & recomendations. So you have to stand out from that group. That being said, there are ways of doing this.</p>

<p>Most of the WashU scholarships are listed on their website. <a href="http://admissions.wustl.edu/admissions/ua.nsf/3rd%20Level%20Pages_Scholarships_scholarships.htm?OpenPage&charset=iso-8859-1%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://admissions.wustl.edu/admissions/ua.nsf/3rd%20Level%20Pages_Scholarships_scholarships.htm?OpenPage&charset=iso-8859-1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Either use the above link or look on the website. There is one Scholars program not listed - Danforth Scholars. The students GC must nominate the student for this - it can be either a 1/2 or full tuition scholarship. Nominations are due early fall of senior year & GC can get forms from admissions office. All of these scholarships require a separate appliction and most involve a Scholars Interview Weekend in March - that semi finalists are invited to attend all expenses paid.</p>

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<p>it would be great for you, since you published those poems</p>

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<p>k thnx ill check it out. tho it was really one poem, in several different books xD</p>

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<p>the nemerov, to respond to the question about what's so special about it, is one of (or the only, i'm not exactly sure) the scholarships which has an academic program attached. It's a small monetary scholarship but if you get it, you get to participate in these amazing writing seminars from your freshman year on.</p>