CHANCE ME WASHU ED1

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GPA: 4.66 out of 4.5
ACT: 31
AP Scores: US History (3), Psychology (5), Language and Composition (4), and Biology (4)
Senior Year Course:

  • AP Calculus
    -AP Physics
    -AP Literature and Composition
    -AP European History
    -Lab Assistant
    -Yearbook
  • Leadership: Student Government Association (Chaplain 11th, Recording Secretary 12th), Make-A-Wish Club (Vice President 10th, President for 11th and 12th), Girls State Delegate, Environmental Club (President 10th, Secretary 11th), Senior Girl Seminar (Founder 12th), Jackson Student Council (Founding Member 10th, Treasurer 11th)

-Extracurricular: Yearbook (Editor 11th and 12th), Teen Court (Executive Board Member 12th), Spanish Study Abroad (Costa Rica 11th), Governor’s School for the Sciences and Engineering (11th), Junior Rotarian (12th), Theater Productions (9th-12th), New Student Ambassador (11th)

-Volunteer Work: Symphony Ambassador (9th-12th), Hospital Volunteer (9th-10th), Stage Manager (10th-12th)

-Awards: Rachel Carson Book Award (11th), National Honor Society (10th-12th), English National Honor Society (10th-12th), Spanish National Honor Society (10th-12th), Mu Alpha Theta (11th-12th), Science National Honor Society (11th-12th), International Thespian Society (9th-12th), Social Studies Honor Society (11th-12th), AP Scholar with Honor

-Athletics: Varsity Track (State Runner, Captain 11th-12th), Varsity Cheerleading (Captain 11th), Varsity Cross Country (Captain 11th-12th)

Work Experience: Steady Babysitter (10th-12th)

Recommendation Letters:

  • Counselor Rec: Know her very well, known as her “second child”, probably a 10/10
  • Biology Teacher Rec: My bio teacher may be my best friend, had her all four year, took AP Bio, am now her lab assistant 10/10
  • Physics Teacher Rec: Very close, student government advisor, teacher now, 9/10

Ethnicity: Native American, White
Gender: Female
Income: Under 75,000
State: TN
Major: Philosophy, Psychology, Neuroscience
Minor: Environmental Studies

Essays: Common App- really happy with it, wrote about my parent’s struggle with addiction and what I learned from it
Supplemental- wrote about Nanotechnology

Demonstrated Interest:

  • Visited campus twice on own money
    -Flown out by WashU for their fly out program
  • On campus interview
  • Know my admissions counselor
  • Had an amazing alumni interview
  • Applied ED1
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strong applicant with only 1 strike against you- the ACT score. wouldn’t be enough to scare me away from applying ED, but I think would maybe keep you out if you were applying RD. But as an ED1 applicant I like your chances. There is just so much competition for WashU these days and a lot of the kids are high-stat performers.

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If the OP has a tribal number/documentation of Native American ancestry, chances should be good even with the 31 ACT.

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If I recall correctly, there is a kid in my son’s current WashU class who has similar demographics to the OP (Caucasian/Native American), but the OP has higher test scores. Son’s classmate had ~1290 on new SAT.

As I mentioned above, any proof of Native American ancestry will help with admissions.

Dartmouth is another school that should be on the radar as well as it has a mandate to take high achieving students with Native American ancestry.