Stats:
4.56 W GPA
35 ACT (35, 35, 35, 33) , ACT Writing: 10
11 APS (5 Junior Year, 6 Senior Year)
Junior Year Aps: AP Comp Sci Principles, AP US Gov, AP Lang, APUSH, AP Physics 1
Senior Year Aps (Course Load is All APs): AP French, AP Comparative Gov., AP Calc AB, AP Lit, AP Seminar, AP Euro
Rec Letters: 8-10/10
EC/School Activities:
Varsity Tennis (8th-12th) 16hrs/wk during the Spring
Club Tennis 8hrs/wk during the rest of the year
Co-Founder/Co-President of Young Dems Club (12)
Co-President of Operation Smile Club (11, 12)
Volunteer at Camp for Kids with Disabilities (90 hrs over 2 summers)
Science Fair 9th and 10th (2nd at School Fair and Participant in Regional Fair in 9th,1st at School Fair, 3rd at Regional Fair in 10th)
Amnesty International Club Secretary/Member (10, 11, 12)
French Club Photographer/Member (11, 12)
ALA Girls’ State Delegate
NHS Tutor
Honors:
National Merit Commended Scholar
Top 10%
First Academic Honors
AP Scholar with Distinction
National Honors Society Member
Demographics: Indian Female from Florida
Planned Major: Political Science
Thank you!
GPA/ACT are in range and you are applying ED1 so chances are good. Roughly 1/3 of ED1 candidates are accepted and you seem like a strong candidate for Political Science. Asian applying for non-STEM should have good chances.
I assume your AP scores are good, although you didn’t list them.
I got a 5 on APUSH, AP US Gov, and AP US Gov.
4 on AP Lang and a 3 on AP Physics 1. Not submitting physics score but am submitting all others
I meant 5 on AP CSP as well, accidentally put AP US Gov twice
5 will get you credit for the Introductory USH class at WashU. Very useful if you want to do a major/minor in History.
The 5 in US Government may allow you to waive an undergraduate class contingent in getting a passing grade in an upper division PoliSci class.
Try to get a 5 on your AP Literature test. You will get retroactive credit if you pass the required writing class with a C or better.
It looks like my crystal ball/tea leaves were right on. Congratulations on the ED1 acceptance.
A lot of PoliSci majors will take classes in the History department and since my son’s other major is History, I am somewhat familiar with the course offerings. There are a bunch of classes crosslisted between History and PoliSci.
Thank you so much! Maybe I’ll meet your son next year.
A couple of interesting history classes that Political Science majors take are History of the Gulf War and History of the Global War on Terrorism.
My son took the first one last semester and said the majority of the students were PoliSci majors. He’s enrolled in the latter class this coming semester.
If it’s offered, another interesting class that History and PoliSci majors take is a writing intensive class on the modern military history of Africa (with an emphasis on the conflicts in Rwanda and Congo). Lots of discussions on the warlords and the battles to control natural resources.
If you are considering a History minor (or another major in History), the 5 in APUSH will be good enough for you to take an upper division History class. The WashU undergraduate history advisor told my son to take an upper division History class for juniors instead of an Introductory History class when he was a freshman, since he got 5s in APUSH and Euro.