Chance me?!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Washington University in St. Louis
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<p>Korean male attending competitive public high school that sends at about 20 kids to ivy caliber schools each year.</p>

<p>Course rigor</p>

<p>Will have finished all these at a local community college by the time I graduate:</p>

<p>Art History
Physics + lab
Astronomy + lab
Microecon
Macroecon
Microbio
Anthropology
Philosophy
Sociology</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Comp Sci
AP English Lit
AP Euro
AP Stats
Honors US Gov
+ 6 community college classes (from the list above) – 3 each semester</p>

<p>Standardized tests</p>

<p>SAT IIs:
Math II: 760
World H: 760
Korean: 780</p>

<p>ACT composite: 34
Math: 36
English: 32
Science: 35
Reading: 31
Essay: 7</p>

<p>SAT - 2160
Math: 780
Writing: 700 (essay 8)
CR: 680</p>

<p>Planning to retake ACT and SAT on December. I am aiming for 35/36 on ACT and/or 2300+ on SAT.</p>

<p>AP tests</p>

<p>World: 5
Calc AB – 5
Biology – 5
US History - 4
Enviro Sci - 4
English Lang (self study) – 3
This year APs: Stats, Comp Sci, English Lit, Euro, and Calc BC (self study)</p>

<p>Academic gpa</p>

<p>Weighted: 4.55 (without PE grades)
Unweighted: 3.85 (without PE grades)
upward trend in grades
Rank: top 8% of graduating class. Is my rank too low? I could have been in top 3% if it wasn't for my PE grades.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars</p>

<ul>
<li>Popping/Hip hop dance for 4 years. Performed at kollaboration 2007. (pretty good at this, I dedicate a lot of my time to dancing)</li>
<li>Work at my dad's computer shop. (My dad operates the shop by himself so I have to help out. ~20 hours a week for about two years now)</li>
<li>Peer tutor in school (I use my lunch time to tutor kids in math/science)</li>
<li>Mu Alpha Theta president (national math club organization, will hold my position)</li>
<li>Korean Club VP junior year. President this year.</li>
<li>Teaching and helping "mentally" disabled kids at a local elementary school. (I can do this only during summer/winter/spring breaks since those are the only times where my school time doesn't coincide with the elementary school times)</li>
<li>Tennis (private lessons but not competitive and not that good either) - 3 years</li>
<li>Piano (pretty good) - passed level 9 CM test</li>
<li>I am involved in various other environmental activities (like beach clean ups, planting tress, etc.) during the weekends.</li>
</ul>

<p>Misc</p>

<p>Recs will be stellar</p>

<p>strong essays - my counselor say it was superb</p>

<p>First generation to go to college</p>

<p>very tough courseload</p>

<p>prospective business major (olin)</p>

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<p>In. Write good essays and you're in.</p>

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<p>Actually, you definitely have the scores and grades to be in, but you may likely find yourself waitlisted if admissions thinks you are applying as a backup. Are you a National Merit Semifinalist who did NOT pick Wash U as your first choice? How much initiative have you made to show interest (applying early decision? attending local rep visit? visiting campus? local interview? scholarship applications? networking with local alumni?) With your test scores, your class rank at this point is not nearly as important as how you sell yourself to admissions.</p>

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<p>If you're are applying ED you are almost definitely in, but like wudude said, if you apply RD and have not visited or shown any interest in the school whatsoever, you may be surprised to find out that you get waitlisted.</p>

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<p>Yeah, are you applying ED? Because I can't imagine them not letting you in if you are.</p>

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<p>No I am not applying early and I have never visited the school (I live in California). WashU is not my first choice and if it helps I am a national merit commended student + ap scholar with distinction. </p>

<p>Yeah unfortunately I am not applying ED, just RD</p>

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<p>I'm not sure if being a Korean can affect your chance, we have so many Koreans in Wash.U.
Btw, I'm not trying to be racist or anything. I myself is asian too. So, that's just my thought.</p>

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<p>Yeah it sucks to be korean for admissions. =(</p>

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<p>Well, as stated above, WashU is known to waitlist applicants applying RD who have not shown any interest or visited...So although you have excellent stats and are more than qualified academically for admission, I wouldn't count on getting in. If you'd visited and gotten interviewed you'd definitely have a better chance.</p>

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<p>Hey, if you're applying RD that means you still have time! If you have the time and can afford it, you can still make a trip and visit. You can also call up APAP and try to get a local interview with alumni, and you still have time to apply for merit scholarships. There are lots of ways you can demonstrate your interest before the January deadline.</p>