<p>I applied to WashU ED and getting a little anxious. My stats don't really meet those of a typical WashU student, but I'm hoping I still have some small chance.</p>
<p>Half white/half asian from a Connecticut public school
school is very competetive (ranked 8th best high school in CT) last year, 10% of the graduating class went to Ivy League Schools, and about a quarter to top 25 ranked schools
GPA: 3.7 (but my grades from first quarter this year are very good--if I maintain them through the semester, my cumulative GPA will go up to a 3.84)
AP Classes:
Junior Year
AP Calc AB (5)
AP Chem (5)
AP US (4)
Senior Year
AP Language and Comp.
AP Spanish
AP Statistics</p>
<p>Honors Classes:
Freshman Year
Honors Biology, Honors Algebra II, Accelerated English, Accelerated Spanish
Sophomore Year
Honors English, Honors Chemistry, Honors Precalculus, Honors Spanish
Junior Year
Honors American Literature, Honors Spanish
Senior Year
Honors Physics</p>
<p>Test Scores:
SAT I
Math: 770
CR: 720
Writing: 780
SAT II
Math 2: 740
Biology-M: 710
Chemistry: 780
ACT
33</p>
<p>Awards:
National Merit Commended Scholar (2011), Tri-M Music Honor Society (2010, 2011), Spanish Honor Society (2010, 2011), AP Scholar (2011), CTY Scholar (2007), Music for Youth Scholarship (2011)</p>
<p>College Programs:
Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (2007)
Notre Dame Summer Scholars (2011)
Michigan Math and Science Scholars (2011)</p>
<p>Extra-Curriculars:
Odyssey of the Mind (20 hrs/wk): team founder, team captain (10, 11, 12), assistant coach to middle school team (9), participated grades 7-12
Darien Library Teen Advisory Board: secretary (9,10), vice president (11), president (12), basically we organize reading hours for kids, book drives, read-a-thons, etc. as well as plan events for teenagers to raise awareness about our new library
Debate Team (10-12)
Quidditch Team (11, 12)
Kids in Crisis Youth Corps (9-12): we organize events for children who are abused or underprivileged
St. Thomas More Youth Group (6-12): my church youth group--we help the elderly and/or underprivileged with a variety of weekly events
Tennis (7-12): I play on the JV team, as well as on the Solaris Tennis Academy team, and at USTA tournaments--about 12 hours per week
EMT training: 15 hours/wk--I am taking classes to get my EMT-B license
Babysit
volunteer at various animal hospitals and shelters</p>
<p>Any other questions just ask me--thanks so much!!</p>
I feel like I’d be relatively surprised if you didn’t get in.</p>