Chances at St. Louis

Colleges and Universities A-Z Washington University in St. Louis
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<p>Background:</p>

<p>Asian in CA attending school with average SAT of 1000
Economic Status: around 20k per year & 1st generation college-bound</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 (unweighted)
Class Rank: 1 or 2/380
SATI: 2120 - M 790, CR 670, W 660
SATII:
World History 800
United States History 790
MathIIC 750(predicted)
Physics 700(predicted)
AP:
AP World History 5
AP Calculus AB 5 (predicted)
AP US History 4 or 5 (predicted)
AP Physics 4 (predicted)
AP EnvSci 4 or 5 (predicted)
AP English Language & Composition 3 or 4 (predicted)</p>

<p>Major: Undecided</p>

<p>ECs:
JV Tennis 2 years
Science Olympiad 4 years
President in Key club 1 year
Member of Key club 3 years
~100 hours of community service (at hospital)
Computer tech/accounting internship over summer
CSF 4 years
NHS 1 year</p>

<p>Awards:
3 Science Olympiad regional medals</p>

<p>Other:
Essays & recommendations are solid</p>

<p>1 AP class sophmore year: AP World History
5 in junior year: AP Calc AB, AP English Lang, AP Physics B, AP Enviro Sci, AP US History
7 in senior year: AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, AP Physics C, AP Comp Sci A, AP Stats, AP French, AP Macro/Micro Econ</p>

<p>Taking most rigorous courseload in school. </p>

<p>What are my chances and what needs the most improving?</p>

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<p>check your SAT score...if that's what you meant to post, then you definately need to up that</p>

<p>also, MAKE SURE WUSTL knows it's not you're safety</p>

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<p>How do I let WUSTL know it's not my safety? And, with my stats WUSTL as my safety?!?! Wouldn't it be one of my reach schools?</p>

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<p>yea definitely show interest early... a lot of highly ranked kids have been waitlisted because they never showed interest before applying and washu assumed that they were just using it as a safety school. and just raise the CR and writing portion of your SATs and you should be fine.</p>

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<p>Apply for their scholarships (Danforth, Mylonas, Moog, etc.).</p>

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<p>How can we apply for these scholarships. Can anybody provide a link please?</p>

<p>Oh ya, and now I think my predicted SAT II Physics score will be above 750, does that change anything?</p>

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<p>Haha, I think Anon99 might have misunderstood. Your high school's average SAT is 1000/1600, while your personal SAT score is 2120/2400, right?</p>

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<p>Ya, that's what I meant. He took it in another way? But then again, aren't my SAT scores low for WUSTL?</p>

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<p>The fact that he thought it was a typo implies to me that he misunderstood and thought your mean SAT was 1000.</p>

<p>I'm reading that Wash U has a mean SAT score of 1400, or 700 per section (I can't seem to find the information officially.) If this is correct, then this tells me that you have two slightly low subsections, but nothing that should be mistaken for a typo.</p>

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<p>Tiberian,</p>

<p>To answer your question about scholarships:</p>

<p>I believe that the approximate numbers for last year were as follows:
Danforth Awarded 16
Rodriguez Awarded 25
Ervin Awarded 30</p>

<p>In addition to the above they also award Engineering school, Business school and Honorary Scholars program in arts & science scholarships. These include the Compton, Mylonas, Moog and a few other scholarship programs.</p>

<p>Most of the above are full tuition scholarships and many include annual stipends in addition to full tuition.</p>

<p>Your GC has to nominate you for the Danforth. This is usually done at the start of your senior year of HS. All of the scholarships require additional applications. Semifinalists, are invited out to an all expense paid weekend at WashU, at which point winners are chosen. The following is a link to a list of scholarships that you can apply for at WashU: <a href="http://admissions.wustl.edu/admissions/ua.nsf/3rd%20Level%20Pages_Scholarships_scholarships.htm?OpenPage&charset=iso-8859-1%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://admissions.wustl.edu/admissions/ua.nsf/3rd%20Level%20Pages_Scholarships_scholarships.htm?OpenPage&charset=iso-8859-1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Most of these programs offer far more than just money. They include special events & programs, priority housing & class registration, research opportunities, mentoring and much more. Good luck with the process.</p>

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<p>if this helps you any i got in with a 2090 (ED)</p>

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<p>piece of advice, do less academics and more sports
plus you have a 90% chance of getting in, if i had to guess</p>

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<p>you sound like an exact replica of my friend who got in. his test scores are a little higher, but I still think you have a pretty decent chance.</p>

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<p>I have to disagree with the advice to do less academics and more sports, I got with a TON of academic activities and only 3 years of JV tennis.</p>

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<p>yeah but sports are way more fun, academics suck.</p>

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<p>I did misunderstand the SAT score thing...sorry about that! Yea, if you can, though, still try to raise your reading and writing scores.</p>

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<p>depends on your point of view, carchrism. some people actually find academics to be more fun.</p>

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<p>90% chance of getting into WashU with those statistics? I don't think so. I know that WashU isn't as hard to get into as places like Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, etc., but it's not THAT easy...if anything, it's becoming harder and harder every year. If I had to guess, Wash U's yield will increase, and their applications will continue to increase, and this can only mean it will keep getting harder to get into.</p>

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<p>learn english</p>

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<p>college apps are always a crapshoot...unless you have friends in high places, admission to any upper-level school is nowhere near a given. But it looks like your stats are good, if you show interest or whatever. Being in california, it's harder to visit, per se, but you can express enthusiasm in your essays, apply for the scholarships, call with questions, any number of things. I'm just rattling off things that one of their admissions officers told me (coz my sister went there and worked with them one summer). Best of luck to you</p>