<p>Hey, I was wondering if anyone could give me input on my chances here. I know they're not great, just wondering if anyone thinks I have a shot... Thanks!!</p>
<p>GPA: 3.57 UW, 3.85 W, including 11 IB's and AP's and honors classes, and one neuroscience class at UC Berkeley.</p>
<p>SAT's: 2090; 650 M/ 710 CR/ 730 W</p>
<p>EC's:
-Currently interned at the Center for Mind and Brain at UC Davis working on neuroscience (will get a nice Rec letter from senior faculty member too).
-10 years of piano, mostly solo but have been in a couple bands.
-8 years of acting, been in many plays and a pilot episode for a new MTV show
-2 years of Youth and Government
-5 years of Ultimate Frisbee, currently have a leadership position (although not captain)
-250+ hours of community service; working at a local elementary school tutoring special needs kids; umpiring at local little league; coaching a middle school basketball team.
-6 years of martial arts; currently a black-brown belt. </p>
<p>My school doesn’t rank. Youth and government is a national program for high school students interested in politics. It meets in the state capitol or state congress once a year for a huge debate on a range of issues.</p>
<p>I think you have a shot. If WashU is your first choice, you should apply ED.</p>
<p>Do you have an approximate ranking? Like percentile or something? Your school probably at least sends some profile that says something along the lines of top 10% GPA = 3.8, top 20%=3.6, etc…, even if they don’t say your rank specifically.</p>
<p>I pretty much agree with marcdvl. Your GPA and SAT scores are quite low for Wash U. It is especially detrimental to you that your highest SAT score is in Writing, which is not regarded as highly as Math and Reading. Your EC’s are decent and show some good commitment over a long period of time, but there really isn’t anything extraordinary there.</p>
<p>Applying ED will certainly help your chances, but I think it’s still pretty unlikely that you’d be accepted.</p>
<p>hey im a rising junior this year thinking about this school, and looking at your post i saw nothing wrong with it but apparently there was? thanks for posting this, personally im wondering if all that stuff about you know doing everything is good? like school, sports, music, and clubs? do you really need everything to get into a school like this?</p>
<p>You need good gpa+challenging course work, rank, standardized test scores, and at least a few very good (read: passionately involved in) EC’s, like with any other very selective university.</p>
<p>It’s not about there being “nothing wrong” with the candidate because 95% of the applicants to top schools don’t have anything “wrong” with them. It’s about being a truly outstanding applicant and standing out in a crowd, not just covering the bases of GPA, class rank, test scores, etc.</p>
<p>Contrary to most of the posters in this thread, I think you definitely have a chance. My stats were almost identical to yours, and I got in RD. The key piece with WUSTL is to show interest. Make sure you interview; that is key. Write your essay about something you’re really passionate about. If they know you’re serious about going there, you have a great chance, reason being that the admission officers know that people with higher stats are going to have better alternative choices. WUSTL is trying to increase their yield, which is quite low for a school of their caliber.</p>
<p>If you love the place, apply ED and interview.</p>