Chances OOS

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Washington
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<p>Asian Male from upstate NY, competitive pub school. 30+ go to Ivys, top LACs, top 25 unis.</p>

<p>Major: History, Biochem, Bio Sciences?? a little bit undecided, but i want to explore!</p>

<p>SAT I: 770 Critical Reading, 720 Math, 740 Writing: 1490/1600, 2230/2400</p>

<p>SAT IIs: Math I:730, USH:690, Math II:670, Bio: 800, Lit: 770, World History: 700. Took way too many! Hopefully it will show breadth and depth lol.</p>

<p>AP: USH - 5, English Lang and Comp - 3, Physics B - 3</p>

<p>GPA: 3.3 UW... sort of screwed here, will sink me.</p>

<p>10 APs by graduation, and all honors courses. One of the most rigorous course loads in our school i guess.</p>

<p>Senior Course Load:
AP English (Lang and Comp)
AP BC calc
AP Chem
AP Macro
AP American Govt
AP Adv Studio in Art, MIGHT.. add a portfolio
AP Spanish
Health.. required
Self-studying for AP Micro.. probably no way to indicate this on app right?</p>

<p>ECs
Indoor Track 9th
JV Golf 9th, 10th
Varsity Golf 11th, 12th - Team Captain, would love to play golf in college
Cinema Lit. Club, Co-Founder, Treasurer: we get very good attendance (up to 80 kids a showing), and show films we think the student body should be aware of.
Teaching Assistant at an elementary summer school, 9th - +50 hrs
ROAR program (helping elementary kids at magnet schools) - 50 hrs, 10th, 11th, 12th
NYS Math League - 12th
Amnesty - 12th</p>

<p>Recs: should be very good</p>

<p>Essays: hopefully the adcoms will like them once i complete them!</p>

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<p>If you can convince the admissions office your school is better than Newport HS in Bellevue you have a fighting chance. Local high schools get a bump if their grade fade is less than Newport’s -.40. Grade fade is UW vs. HS GPA.</p>

<p>As for golf you should be prepared for a very competitive environment, they were third in the NCAA’s in 2005. James Lepp won the individual title. You should be a USGA qualifier at a minimum.</p>

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<p>Golf is then, out of the question at UW :(. </p>

<p>I'm sorry, I don't really understand your concept of grade fade. My school is definitely not in the top 50 in the country..<br>
Am I right in guessing my GPA is primarily the component holding me back?<br>
I know its pretty competitive OOS for UW; is it plausible that I get accepted?</p>

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<p>In the post below UW is University of Washington GPA not unweighted. </p>

<p>Grade Fade 1-11-06 post </p>

<p>Grade fade is the difference between your high school GPA and GPA in college. Washington publishes results by high school. Example Newport High School- Bellevue, HS GPA 3.64, UW GPA 3.24, Delta -.40, Number of students 417. If this data is historically accurate then you can predict that an applicant from Newport is less risk. And where a decision needs to be made the Newport student will probably get any benefit of the doubt.</p>

<p>I will post the 2003 data I quote when I convert the PDF.</p>

<p>If your can convince admissions your high school grades hard and you would be projected to get over a 3.00 at UW you might have a chance. You would have a very good chance if you were from OES in Portland. OES is a school with a reputation as a hard grader and well known to admissions at UW. Your problem is your school is probably not known to them.</p>

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<p>Ahh I see, thanks for the clarification.</p>

<p>You're right, no adcom from UW would know my school well; almost no one applies there and I'm almost certain I am the only one from this year's graduating class.</p>

<p>There is no grade inflation in our school for the classes I'm taking.</p>

<p>I have a good first quarter GPA: near 3.9 (we haven't gotten our report cards but I am almost certain of my grades). </p>

<p>Also my subsequent semester grades will be very strong.</p>

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<p>You have a good enough of a schedule especially BC Calculus. They changed their admission policies to give an advantage to kids who took the hardest classes last year. Consider Washington one of your reaches. They key is will scores and other factors compensate for a lower GPA in the out of state pool. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Alright, thanks for all your help parentofbear.</p>

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<p>Interesting analysis ... under the old mathematical admissions formula, if you were IN-state, you'd be in. Unfortunately, I know very little about OOS admissions, but you look like a good candidate to me. Good luck.</p>

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<p>With UW, GPA is much more important than test scores... and also out of state is verrry competitive.</p>

<p>Admission, however, is very eratic... I've heard of an in-state candidate rejected from UW but accepted to Stanford because of something stupid like only two years of a foreign language...</p>

<p>Apply though, you still have a chance.</p>