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Colleges and Universities A-Z Washington University in St. Louis
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<p>Asian American Male in NY
-Low income family - Dad is retired and Mom is doing a commission job. About $15,000 annual income
-First generation
-English as second language</p>

<p>Overall GPA:91/100 Did bad freshman year, but doing A LOT better since then. If you take out the freshman grades I would probably have a 93 or 94</p>

<p>AP's and Honors:3 Honors classes and 1 AP so far - next year I will be taking 3 AP's
Also, I am in a Math Intel Class which is for a nationally reknowned competition.</p>

<p>AP Statistics - 5</p>

<p>Class Size/School:Not sure about class size, but it is over 650. I am at a very competitive school (Bronx HS of Science) Top 20 high schools in the nation.
I am top 35%</p>

<p>SAT/ACT Superscore M: 750 R: 650 W: 550 Composite Score: 1950 - Retaking in the Fall - realistically aiming for 2050.
SAT II scores: Math IIc - 780, Taking Biology in the Fall.</p>

<p>EC's: -80 hours of volunteer service at a local clinic aiming to aid low income Asian Americans
- over 200 hours of volunteer service at Hospital for Special Surgery (ranked 2 for orthopedics according to USnews)
-Math Team for 2 years - Junior year, I could not join due to scheduling difficulties but I did make the cut for the team - definitely taking it next year
-Cross Country and Outdoor Track for Junior Year</p>

<p>Honors/Awards: - Arista Honor Society
- 2nd place in a local writing competition on grandparents
- Humanitarian Award from Church</p>

<p>Recs/Essays: - My Recs and Essays are going to be awesome. </p>

<p>thanksss</p>

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<p>first of all, WashU only reads your common app essay.<br>
Your EC’s look a little weak, but your SAT scores are definitely your weakest area. Your GPA seems average and the first generation helps, i’m not sure about low-income due to the economic climate but it could show you conquered adversity. Still, that doesn’t alleviate what your SAT scores do to your application. Your class rigor also seems slightly below average, especially since you say you go to a top high school, then I would expect that you take more APs, or at least more challenging APs than stats.</p>

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<p>I agree with the above. You don’t really have anything that sets you apart. But you seem to be a good writer, judging from your prize in that writing competition, so if you make your essay superb enough, you probably have a shot.</p>

<p>Now how do I get my cookie?</p>

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<p>Hmm. Well senior year I’m going to take AP Calc AB, AP Micro/Macroeconomics (one class), AP Bio and a Multivariable class. Would that help with the “rigor”?</p>

<p>Thank you so much you two. =)</p>

<p>and for the cookie if you want you can give me an address. =P <em>stalks</em> jk</p>