<p>PLease chance me!! I REALLY REALLY want to go to washu (hence early decision)
Applying to:School of Engineering
ACT: 31...English:31 Math: 33 Reading:31 Science:28
weighted GPA: 3.95 out of tough 4.0 (eg: B+ is from 90-92% and is a 3.33)
Senior course load:
BC Calc (very exclusive class at my schoo)
AP physics
AP stats
honors journalism (sem 1)/honors shakespeare (sem2)
honors biographical history (sem 1)/ honors religion, politics, and society (sem2)
religion 4
(I wanted to take ap chem and band but the admin said it wouldnt fit in my sched..i think my college counselor is tossing that somewhere in my rec)
Rank: school doesnt rank (probably like top 10%)
AP scores: Bio-4 Comparative-5
Extracurricular/achievements:
President of Club Erin(jr-sr) (irish ethnic club..my name so happens to be erin too lolz)
On Exec Board of students against destructive decisions (junior/senior)
Model UN (07-11) won a lot of awards that i dont feel like listing
co founder of student ambassador club (2011)
co-captain of calculator team for math team (senior)- (weird story behind this..i wasnt on math team prior to this year but one day my math teacher came up to me and was like "we are making you co-captain of the calculator team"--i couldnt rly say no)
Awarded a paid internship through illinois inst. of tech this summer for 8 weeks
started my school's first music podcast this year. its called "delectable beats"--essentially i just play/talk bout some swweeet music
xc- junior/senior
vball-fresh/soph
peer tutor -(07-11)
volunteered at retirement home all soph. year
Essay: Good/different. i chose the internat'l concern topic..wrote about "the troubles' in n.ireland and my dad originally fighting in them then eventually fleeing from them to come to america. discussed how irelands/fathers hardships shaped me..basically its about how im the "new chapter" to Irish history but in america
Interview: AWESOME. i seriously rocked that ****
Teacher Recs: good
Counselor Rec:excellent
Other Rec: I got an amazing rec from the fire commisioner of chicago (a top chicago guy) for working at the fire prevention headquarters through my iit internship
State or Country: il
School Type: private/catholic
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
major strength-girl strong in math.
weaknesses- act is a little low for washu, spanish grades have not been too good (lots of B+s)
Other Factors/Pluses: parents are immigrants/never went to college, girl in engineering(idk might help)?</p>
<p>high match</p>
<p>I say your chances are good. The only problem I can see is the low 28 in science.</p>
<p>“co founder of student ambassador club (2011)”</p>
<p>You can add co-founder of Teen Timejumpers Anonymous to the list</p>
<p>Edit: Your chances are probably whatever the ED average is, which I’d say is around 1/3.</p>