Chance me ? Washu ED 1

emailed,called campus visited and interviewed at washu
Gpa: 3.5
Act: 34
Classes: AP, IB, Honors
IB psychology: 6
NHS
Rec’s: 10/10
Major: Psychology
Extra curriculars:
Tennis(9-12): State champion doubles, team state champion, district winner (11) other good success in tennis

Speech: 7th place state , team state champion and runner up, 2nd place districts

Math: state team champion in PRobe 1

Acadec: State champion in interview and music, regional 3rd place winner

NOAH: intern at health clinic for 40 hrs a week, helped find relations and help sexually transmitted diseases

Mayors Youth advisory Council: president of youth board in advising directly with the mayor , attend city meetings

Quiz Bowl: national invite to national quiz bowl , state quarterfinalist

Essays should be a big factor to stand out. You are clearly quite a good student. Put immense focus on the essays and I doubt you will get anything worse than a deferral.

The GPA will be low for WashU. The majority of applicants will be close to 4.0 UW. ACT is in range.

The demonstrated interest/ED might help. My son was accepted ED for Class of 2021 with a low UW (3.67) GPA so there might be a possibility with a 3.5/high ACT score.

Are you recruitable for tennis, even though WashU is Division 3 and does not have athletic scholarships?

My essays are going to be quite unique and I have showed plenty of demonstrated interest but i recognize the weakness of my gpa

I don’t want to play college tennis but did receive recruitment

what are helpful things i can do to further my chances

So far the demonstrated interest does help.

Is your school a grade deflator or is there an explanation that a counselor could include?

Check Naviance or whatever system your school uses to track admissions/acceptances and see how your stats stack up against previously accepted students.

I have had severe disease and had to miss weeks of school regularly because of surgeries

How would I ask my counselor to add this ?

thank you for the feedback

Medical reasons are a mitigating circumstance and your counselor should include them in a LoR.

thank you so much i never thought i would find so much help on this site, i really appreciate it