Chances please? (greatly appreciated!)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Washington University in St. Louis
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<p>Hi everyone! i'm a junior. i absolutely love washu!! I hope I have a chance of getting in.. my stats are: </p>

<p>ACT: 28 (plan to retake 1 or 2 more times.. hoping for a 30+)
English= 30
Math= 27
Reading= 32
Science= 24 ;(
SAT: Not taken and do not plan to take, unless it will be beneficial
SAT 2: Taking MathI and US History next month... (any tips? hehe)</p>

<p>Sophomore Year schedule:
-Music
-PE
-Honors Chemistry
-Honors Geometry
-Honors English II
-Honors Spanish
-AP EURO (4) -- Hardest class ever! But I learned so much and had an AMAZING teacher. </p>

<p>Junior Year Schedule:
-Honors Physics
-Honors Advanced Algebra w/ Trig
-Honors English III
-Honors Spanish II
-AP US History (AP Exam next month)
-AP Environmental Science (AP Exam next month)</p>

<p>This summer:
-Taking Honors Pre Calculus at my h.s.
-Taking summer college courses at a university in Chicago
-Tennis Camp
-Volunteering for various chicago festivals
-Part-time Job</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:
-Honors Calculus
-Honors Spanish III
-AP Chemistry
-AP Economics (mic/mac)
-AP Government
-AP Composition</p>

<p>Rank: HS doesn't rank. Extremely selective public high school in Chicago. sends most kids to top schools.</p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.7
Weighted GPA: 4.5 (senior year gpa would probably be around 4.6-4.8) </p>

<p>EC:
-Varsity Tennis
-Varsity Bowling
-President of a Peer Support system
-President of "Greek Culture Club"
-Volunteer @ local park district tutoring kids
-Student Council (3 years-- Public Relations President)
-Freshman Mentor (Guide new freshmen to make their transition into high school a smooth one)
-Peer Leadership: various volunteering/ service to community
-NHS.. ? I'm not sure if i'm joining
-FBLA Business program
-Science fair
-4 year Honor Roll/ Principal's Scholar
-African American Culture Club
-Volunteer @ Food Depository/ Can Food Drive </p>

<p>Extras:
-Applying ED (Maybe?)
-First Generation College Student
-I'm White (Turkish-Greek) (that probably doesn't help anything though, lol)</p>

<p>One of my recommendations will be from my Adv Alg Trig/ Pre Calc teacher (which, I expect, will be a great one!) </p>

<p>I'm really connected to the city that I live in, and I think I want to incorporate that into my essays. I want to write about how diverse my high school is and how Chicago is... all that good stuff. I'm just wondering what my chances are. If you've gotten this far, I really want to thank you for reading this!</p>

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<p>Your chances should be decent if you can get the test score up. I would recommend taking the SAT just because some students do better on that than the ACT and vice versa. Who knows why, just different kinds of tests I guess. I never took ACT so I don’t know so much about it. If you don’t do well on SAT, you don’t have to send the scores to any school. But getting a better score on one or the other will help your chances for sure.</p>

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<p>I’d say you have a good chance too. Try to get your ACT up to a 31 or 32.</p>

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<p>thank you chemist & awkward! </p>

<p>I will take the advice! :)</p>

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<p>test score is really hurting you.
a 33-34 would really help.</p>

<p>everything else looks decent.</p>

<p>as for SAT or ACT, do practice tests and its personal preference.</p>

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<p>Agreed with jliu. But, your EC’s are good and so is GPA and course difficulty. Just get to like 33 on ACT and you’ll be a great candidate.</p>

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<p>really emphasize the part about connecting with your community in your essay–that is practically WashU’s mantra. other than that, just raise your test scores and I think you’re in :)</p>

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<p>Your AP Euro teacher is a GOD!</p>