Applying RD, Psychology major
GPA: 3.77 unweighted, 4.18 weighted (maybe higher? Can’t remember since her school doesn’t offer weighted so I had to manually calculate it) at end of junior year.
Coursework: 1 Honors and 7 AP’s total (including 4 AP’s being taken senior year), A’s in all AP’s with the exception of 1 B.
Extracurriculars: 4 years of varsity (team captain) and National level club volleyball, plus summer beach volleyball. Started a local dog walking and pet sitting business, volunteered for 7 Cups as an online teen therapist (listener). Spent her entire childhood as a competitive figure skater (used as subject of her common app essay).
Awards: Various honor rolls
Essay: Daughter is an excellent writer, her AP Lang teacher (PhD) proofread, essay and supplement were very good to us!
Test Score: did not submit
Thank you in advance!!!
Isn’t the decision coming soon?
For psych - certainly a chance. But you’ll know soon enough.
Are you full pay ? I believe my alma mater is need aware. That will help.
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My S was accepted RD last year (went elsewhere) with overall slightly lower stats. He was accepted midway through the decision rollout to Maxwell with a Policy Studies major. SAT 1420, GPA 3.6 UW / 4.5 W, six AP classes (all 4’s) and tons of honors level courses at a competitive (test in) inner city high school. Probably below average ECs but an excellent essay (several ACs actually hand wrote comments to him about the essay). We were full pay. Did some virtual stuff but no visit or interview.
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Other threads indicate this student was waitlisted at Syracuse…but is excited to be attending University of Oregon.
@EricaD1 is that still correct?
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Correct, she was waitlisted and has been accepted to U of Oregon as a Psych major, with partial scholarship. Oregon has done a great job of making her feel special and wanted, which went a long way to dull the sting of such a wretched admissions year! She was invited to attend a Scholars luncheon during our tour, reserved for the highest GPA admits, and has been accepted into an academic residential community (Women in Science and Math) which ensures placement in one of the best dorms. So needless to say she is very excited, loves the campus and their psych program. Oregon really made her feel smart and high achieving and optimistic about her future after the admissions cycle left her questioning everything.
In addition to Syracuse (expected to be a safety), she was also waitlisted at Cal Poly (target) and LeHigh (target), rejected by UW (safety) and all of her reach schools. She was accepted to U of VT too (safety) but prefers Oregon.
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