Chance me for WashU

Colleges and Universities A-Z Washington University in St. Louis
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Hi CC, I recently applied ED to WashU as a finance/organization and strategic management major in the Olin business school. I’m extremely nervous and I would like to hear what some other people think about my chances of admission, thanks!
Scores:
SAT R&W: 750
SAT math: 790
AP human geo: 4
APUSH: 4

Grades:
5.6364/4 weighted GPA
3.99/4 uw (1 B+ for one semester of freshman year)
class rank: 2/276
AP classes taken or taking: AP human geo, AP calc AB, AP chem, APUSH, AP psychology, AP java (computer science), AP literature, AP calc BC
Honors/dual credit classes taken or taking: geometry, freshman literature, American literature, British literature, precalc, speech, anatomy, economics, German (all four years)
CEO class- competitive class to get into, every morning before school meet with students from different schools to visit businesses and then we make a class business and then eventually an individual business with real money

Essays:
common app- wrote about the impact reading has had on my life, I consider it very well written with lots of imagery and emotional appeals
supplement- wrote about my CEO personal business and how most of my profit will go back to my community and tied into volunteering

ECs:
4 year varsity softball starter
4 year varsity cheerleader
class president in 9,11,12
student council rep in 10
National honor society member
treasurer of mayor’s youth council
Superintendents roundtable
tutor 8th graders in algebra
volunteer at local pet shelter

Job:
cashier during junior and senior year with 10ish hours a week

Letters of rec:

  1. math teacher that has had me for precalc and both years of calc, he really really likes me and knows me very well
  2. history teacher for 9, 10 and 1, maybe not as strong as other but should still be very strong

Demographics:
white female from the Midwest, non-first gen college student, parents make around 80k, very middle class

Demonstrated interest:
2 visits (one admissions tour and one business day)
Went to the presentation at my school
Applying ED
Have called/emailed about a few admissions questions
Applied and was admitted to the olin future women in business weekend in November

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Low reach-but that’s because any school with a ~16% acceptance rate will be a reach for anyone. Although your chances are decent since apart from the AP scores, everything else looks good and you are applying ED, which is the ultimate form of interest.

Just curious though, you have listed a lot of AP classes taken or in progress, but have only 2 scores. Did you not take some AP tests?

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I took one AP class sophomore year (human geo) and 3 junior year (calc AB, chem and APUSH). I didn’t take calc AB exam because it is also dual credit through my local community college so I didn’t see the need but I plan on taking the BC exam this year since I realized most of the colleges I want to go to don’t accept transfer dual credit credits. I am taking psych, lit, gov (forgot to include that one), calc BC and computer science this year and I plan on taking the exam for most to all of those. Thanks so much for the response!