Chance Me for WashU (ED1 and Full-Pay)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Basic info:
asian male, california, both parents went to college, private religious school
high income – will pay full price

Academics:

  • competitive high school with 400 ish students (does not rank but at least top 10%)
    3.86 UW, 4.33W
  • taken max AP/honors every year but school limits pretty heavily (2 freshman, 3 sophomore, 4 junior)
  • Honors/AP: freshman - alg2,english, sophomore - precalc,english, chem (self-studied for ap test - 4), junior - englishlitAP, bioAP, calcbcAP,spanish 3H
  • Additional classes on top of school limit taken through outside online high school and community college(not factored into hs gpa above): APCSP, AP Physics 1, CC Psychology, CC Human Biology, CC Statistics
  • Advanced senior courseload includes APCSA, AP Psych, AP Phys C Mech and EM, Multi Calc
  • SAT: 1550 superscore (750 EBRW, 800 Math), highest test = 1540
  • SATIIs: Math 2 (800), Chem (780)

EC’s:

  • VEX Robotics (9-12)
    win various local and state tournaments and awards
    attend CA state championships every year
    qualified for worlds junior year but didnt go bc of COVID
  • 3rd degree black belt in Taekwondo, working towards my (4th) master degree (since i was 6 y.o. - 12th grade)
    instructor - lead classes individually including color belt classes and black belt classes closer to my own level
  • School Guide (11-12)
    act as guide to prospective freshman (basically just take them along with me during school day)
  • Teacher assistant for Spanish (11)
    mainly grading assignments and papers for teacher and occasionally helping out students
  • Volunteer at local hospital (11-12)
    will have ~150 hours by senior year
    just simple work around hospital as well as interaction with patients
  • Volunteer at soccer camp for kids with autism (10)
    pretty self-explanatory
  • work at seasonal hot chocolate shop (9)
    simple tasks like being a cashier, making drinks, and administrative work
  • tutoring club at school (11-12)
    tutor in math, science, english, and spanish
  • UCSD Research program (12 Summer)
    conduct two research projects related to neuroscience
  • Research with professor from UCSD on a joint project with IBM AI on aging and the gut microbiome

I understand that it is difficult to 100% accurately chance someone but I would just like a general idea if WashU would be a feasible school for me based off of just the academics and ECs I gave. I think it might be important to keep in mind that I would be applying ED1 and would be full pay (which I think matters since WashU is need aware)

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I also forgot to mention that I would be applying for the computational biology/genetics major.

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Wash U is very sensitive to scores and grades. You seem to be doing quite well, so I think you have a good shot. Being full pay also helps. Next year due to corona, I think many of the colleges will be strapped for cash.

So I say that you have a decent chance.

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Of course, being Asian is maybe one of the biggest antihooks that exist (I’m there with you, man, it sucks for college admissions). But that aside, I think you have a real shot with WashU. Like sgopal2 said, they are very stat heavy, which should not be an issue for you. Qualifying for world VEX is awesome - make sure to put that, as colleges will understand cancellations due to COVID.

Okay, kind of an unrelated note: I’m about to take the SAT Chem test in a few months, and I’m way stressed. Any tips? Much appreciated.

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@emmahuang I used the Barrons book to study the material and then just did a ton of tests from cracksat. I believe if you look on reddit you can find some past sat chem tests also.