Chance me Please!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Washington University in St. Louis
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Right now I’m an incoming senior and I’m not sure where I should bother applying to college! Obviously I know this is just an estimate, but why not at least get an idea! Here we go…
OBJECTIVE:
SAT 1: N/A
SAT 2: N/A
ACT: C34 (E35, M34, R32, S33)
GPA: Unweighted: 3.88 Weighted: 4.22
Class Rank: N/A (school doesn’t do this)
Senior Course Load: AP Bio, AP English Lit, AP Spanish, AP Calc BC, Madrigal Choir (top choir in school)
Major Awards: Chosen to participate in selective exchange program with a school in Barcelona, Spain, 5 semester high honor roll student, won 4th place in solo competition at a show choir invitational.
AP Scores: 4 in Human Geo and World History, Waiting on English Lang and US History
Planning on taking SAT Subject Tests in the fall

SUBJECTIVE:
Extracurriculars: Show Choir (4 years- 1 year Crew, 2 years JV, 1 year Varsity)(Vocal Captain- 2 years), Vocal Choir (4 years, 3 Year Honors), NHS, Spanish NHS, Principal’s Advisory (chosen to give suggestions for school improvements), Church Choir (4 years), Voice Lessons (7 years), Piano Lessons (14 years), Part of “Buddy Program” that matches responsible seniors with incoming freshmen, involved in all fall plays and spring musicals (either pit orchestra, student director or cast member)
Job/Work Experience: Work at nearby Country as a Banquet Server (Set up, Serve Meals, Clean Up events such as Weddings and work functions etc.)(2 years/10-12hrs per week)
Volunteer Work: Have 75+ hrs of volunteer tutoring (2-3 hrs per week), volunteering at local hospital over the summer, participated in multiple walk/runs for diseases (Walk for Alzheimers, Relay for Life for Thyroid Cancer, Breast Cancer Run), volunteer at PADS for my church.
Summer Stuff: Visiting WashU over the summer to show interest, cast as a lead in school district wide musical

OTHER STUFF:
State: IL
School Type: Midsize, Public, Suburban (rated in top ten in state by USNews)
Ethnicity: WHITE
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100,000-150,000
Both my aunt and uncle are faculty at WASHU, so I might get an extra letter of rec from them

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Your stats are strong. Only visible weakness is the jumble of volunteer work. Perhaps over the summer stick with one volunteer organization and rack up hours as well as do the musical. If you don’t find time for more volunteering though don’t worry. MAKE SURE to leave yourself time to get started on your college essays.

And 5 semester high honor roll really is not a major award. You’ll be competing against people who have been on high honor roll every semester. Colleges will get your transcript, so it’s best to leave honor roll stuff off, unless you’ve literally been on it every semester IMO.

Are you applying ED?

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Thanks for the tips! I’m thinking of applying ED and have already started on my essays.

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Run the NPC and make sure your family can afford WUSTL. Otherwise, your grades are strong as is your ACT. Work on those essays. Good luck!

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What are your backup plans, if you are rejected ED at WUSTL?

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I think you have a really good shot of getting in, especially with the letters of rec from the faculty there

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Great chances at wash u. Not clear from your comments if you have a particular major or career goals in mind. Common theme on ECs would help. With a 3.88 UW GPA and rigor, you have good chances at a wide range of schools. My D just went through the admissions cycle, good but not great Naperville public school, 3.81 with similar rigor and a bit stronger ACT. She got admitted to 11 colleges and got great merit aid offers at 5 of them. It’s possible the better GPA trumps the ACT