Chance me WashU ED 1 2023

Colleges and Universities A-Z Washington University in St. Louis
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Indian student applying for financial aid
applying to school of engineering
SAT 1500 (710 EBRW, 790 Math)
SAT II 800 Math 2, 800 Chemistry
GPA 4.0/4.0
Class Rank: Top 5%
Academics: 10/10, go to a very competitive high school where I’m among the top 2 in academics
Courses: Very rigorous

ECs: 1. Captain of school’s stem team and won 30 national stem olympiads
2. founded my school’s space camp where I prepare students for international space design competitions
3. event head of my school’s annual stem competition; I organized the budget, logistics, inivitations and more than 800 people from India participated
4. founded india’s first high school science magazine
5. taught at a school that was about to be closed for the underprivileged and raised more than $1300 to renovate it, hire teachers and improve school conditions
6. interned at a renewable energy firm and conducted research on solar power irrigation and nanotechnology
7. organized fund-raisers for breast cancer patients and special children; raised more than $1500
8. conducted aeronautical and mechanical engineering workshops for 100+ students in my school
9. founded math camp at my school where I prepared students for the math categories at stem competitions
10. Initiated khan academy translation campaign where we translated khan academy videos into hindi for schools where the teaching language is hindi rather than english
11. interned at India’s most widely read newspaper and edited articles that were distributed globally and also organized the newspaper’s annual spelling bee competition

Awards and Honors:
2nd Prize International Space Setttlement Design Competition
Won best STEM team at India’s largest STEM olympiad
Won best STEM team at India’s largest Math olympiad
2nd Prize at India’s largest environment olympiad
best cambridge o level result in my school
principal’s honor roll

Essay: 9.5/10
Supplement: 9/10
Counselor Rec: 10/10 , she gave me rating top 5%
Math Teacher Rec: 10/10, he gave me rating top 1%
Physics Teacher Rec: 9/10, he gave me rating top 1%
Other Rec: Got it from my employer at the renewable energy firm 9/10

2

SAT is on the low side, but ok chances given that you are applying ED.

3

what do you mean on the low side? their 50th percentile is 1470 to 1570…

4

and WashU says they will use SAT subject tests if they strengthen my application, surely the 1600 SAT 2 will strengthen the “low” 1500?

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1500 is not a low GPA, but the fact that you’re an international student applying for financial aid might make WashU a reach, as the school likes/prefers full pay students.

6

Meant that 1500 is not a low SAT score.

7

1500 is not a low SAT in general, in fact it’s 99th percentile, but last year the range for accepted students was 1500-1570. 1470 to 1570 was the range for enrolled students, so for admitted students you would be on the cusp of the bottom 25 percent. As I said before ED will help, and I think you have a decent chance with your SAT IIs.

8

“last year the range for accepted students was 1500-1570.” where’d you find this info

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It’s post #748 in http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/washington-university-st-louis/2039835-class-of-2022-rd-discussion-thread-p50.html There used to be a profile for admitted students before they updated it for enrolled students in June. The ACT range was also 33-35 for admitted students.

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Class of 2022 profile of enrolled students:

https://admissions.wustl.edu/apply_site/Pages/profile.aspx