Hello everyone,
I am a Junior and I was looking into colleges (and have been for quite some time now lol) and WashU is a school that I have become really fond of through some of my friends, what I’ve read about it, and through an admissions officer. Through what I’ve heard and seen, WashU is a more relaxed place (compared to some of the other schools I’ve visited), but they are still very academically strong and have lots of academic opportunities for students. I am planning on visiting at least once more before I apply, and definitely plan to take advantage of their overnight tour program that they offer.
However, I was wondering if WashU was actually a feasible school for me to get into. I’ve done some research, and I’ve seen some mixed results; some websites have drastically different scores and GPA for ED compared to others.
I have a 3.72 UW, 4.2 W.
I go to a highly-ranked school in CT, and my workload is relatively tough (I’ve taken AP AB Calc, AP Stats, AP Bio, AP Phys 1, APUSH, AP Phys 2, AP Environmental Science, AP BC Calc, AP Psych, AP Chem). I am planning to take SAT II’s for both Math I and II as well as Biology.
My ACT is a 34. (M36, R33, S34, E33), however, I am going to try to get it superscored to a 35 (I know that WashU superscores so hopefully this can maybe negate my low GPA somewhat).
I think I can get 2-3 recommendations easily from my teachers (they are from Math, Science, and English) and 2 from my bosses and advisors, so I have many options as far as recommendations go.
My essays will be strong, maybe 8 or 9 out of 10
A condensed version of my resume is below:
-Mu Alpha Theta chapter founder
-French National Honors Society Member; 3 years member
-Math League Member: represented my town at many math competitions at the state and chapter levels; 4 years member
- We went to the New England level and came in 6th
-Treasurer and VP of the Leo’s Club; member for 6 years - Local Public Library Board of Trustees; I help my public library make decisions about how to run the public library efficiently
-School JV Baseball Player, Tennis Varsity player
-Volunteer at a local well-known hospital in the summers; work with doctors (summer) - I got an job shadow with a doctor this summer
-Local Little League Volunteer-- i was assistant coach for a team which went to States
-Volunteered a total of 300 hours in one 12-month period; Nov 2013-2014
-Highest AMC10 score in my school as a freshman
-Highest AMC12 score in my school as a sophomore
-Local Kumon employee-- 5 years
-Kumon math program completer; second from district
-HOBY School Selected to represent at state
-HOBY World Leadership Conference ambassador
-DECA (2 years)
-Science Olympiad Team (3 years)
-Optimist International Chapter Founder
-Middle School MathCounts Coach
-Invited to the National Society of High School Students (i paid the fees for this, and I probably will get into it)
-Co-Founder of a non-profit organization that takes books and transports them to Africa (we’ve been very successful so far!)
-Founder of a Tutoring Program where all profits go to charity
-Went to a college for college prep courses in the summer regarding Biotechnology. It was a good experience in a lab setting (i was one of 40 selected out of hundreds)
I am thinking of double-majoring or doing a minor in Pre-Med and Business (Business would be the minor or the second major).
Could you please chance me for WashU if I apply ED? Also, I know the ED Acceptance Rate is somewhat higher than the RD one but does anyone know exactly how much higher it is?
Thank you!