chance for WashU please, RD

Colleges & Universities A-Z Washington University in St. Louis
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<p>I will try to keep it short.</p>

<p>International student, asian (not china/india/korea), not applying aid.
School: Taking A-lvls. GPA is converted from my normal tests grades by school counsellor. 4.89 out of 5.00 weighted. Rank is top 2%
SAT & AP: CR 770 M 800 W 690; Math II 800 Chem 800 Phy 800; Cal BC 4 Chem 5 PhyB 5</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>ICHO 2009, silver medal. Ranked about 60th in the world
China western math olympiad, bronze medal (same prestige as China Girls Math Olympiad) (top 8 math students of the country were selected to go)
Qualifier for national math team (failed to make it it IMO though)
Some national science olympiad medals</p>

<p>Research of solid-state semiconductor in a national research institute</p>

<p>School band, bass section leader, gold in a national competition.
100 hrs of community service</p>

<p>Misc: essays are looking good. recs are looking even better (one of the teacher is my chem teacher, who coached me for the ICHO)</p>

<p>Plea: Pls chance for washu Rd as well as the university scholars program in medicine. </p>

<p>Really appreciate your help. Thank u very much</p>

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<p>3 days to break 100 views?</p>

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<p>As a highly qualified RD applicant you are in kind of a tough spot. Your numbers are so strong, WU will assume that you are applying to other high-level schools (Ivies) and that maybe WU is your safety school. WU does not like being used as a safety school, so it is possible you may be waitlisted. The BEST way to show you are serious is to apply ED, then you are in for sure. Also, you would be a strong Univ Sch candidate at that point.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>^thank you so much for your reply Poskashflo. I am aware of the same issue too. I’m still discussing this with my counsellor to re-structure my package though.</p>