I’m currently a senior in high school and I applied early Decision to wash u as an international student
SAT: 1470
SAT 2: Math 1 (730)
GPA: 4.21 Weighted
School: very hard school, only allowed to take 1 AP in sophomore year, no APs in 9th grade are allowed. All of our classes are honors, so we don’t have any regular classes right from 9th grade
10th: AP World History (5), Advanced Honors Chemistry, Advanced Honors Algebra 2
11th: AP Chem, AP Lang (5), APUSH (5), Advanced Honors Pre Calculus
12th: Advanced Honors Calculus, AP Stats, AP Lit, AP Environmental Science, AP Physics 1 (I had an A in all of my classes 12th grade except for APES)
EC’s
- Vice President of city’s Youth leadership council (very selective)
- organized a community panel on human trafficking with several prominent speakers (state attorney of Florida)
- facilitated and created several monthly leadership workshop for teens in the junior youth council
- selected as a speaker for the March for Our lives (15,000 people present)
- garnered over 150 community service hours - President of school service club
- organize multiple service events, such as a prom dress donation drive for a local homeless shelter - President of Students for Seniors
- visit a local retirement home every Monday to assist the residents with any problems
- started a weekly concert program for them - student writer for the activist express
- writer for national digital student led newspaper - member/ secretary of key club
- organized a donation drive for victims of Hurricane Matthew - member of the mayor’s youth corps
- precursor to youth leadership council (highly selective)
- garnered 100 community service hours
- volunteered at multiple city events
- selected to represent Tampa at Florida league of cities and National League of Cities conference - member of nhs
- Member of National Arts Honor society
- Vice President of Chemistry club
- started a school tutoring service for chemistry students
- member of National French Honor Society
Awards/ Honors
- AP Scholar with Honor
- Excellence in 11th Grade English (only 1 student receives this at my school)
- Lightning Community Heroes of Tomorrow award - $50,000 award, $25000 of which goes to support a project I started with a local nonprofit that works to support survivors of human trafficking. Now, with the $25,000, they can open a shelter house for the women they support. The other $25,000 is an educational scholarship.
Recs/ Essays
- Letter of rec from my AP land and AP chem teachers (hopefully 9/10)
- Personal Essay (very personal, I think maybe a 8/10)
- hooks: moved from Australia right before 9th grade after living there for 10 yrs, was born in India
: International Student (Wash U let me know once I applied that since I’m an Australia citizen, I’m considered an international student)
Info
- income bracket ~$200,000
- school type- private
- visited Wash U junior year and then last summer to attend their engineering info day
- Interview: I think it went ok, I kept in contact with him months after my interview, I keep replaying it though and I regret saying some things but i guess it’s ok
- Am in contact with the wash u rep for Florida, I met him when he visited my school and I spoke with him afterwards
Demographics
Indian, female