Chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z Washington University in St. Louis
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<p>Hi, I'm applying to WashU next fall for the Fall 2008 school year. I was wondering what my chances were of getting in with the following stats:</p>

<p>Standardized Tests:
ACT: 34 (36 M 33 S 33 R 33 W 10 for the essay)
SAT I: 2220 (770 M 690 CR 760 W 10 for the essay)
SAT II: Have not taken yet but taking Chem and Math IIC and hoping for a 700+ on both
PSAT: 201 didn't do my best but I got national merit and will probably get commended</p>

<p>School:
GPA: 3.999 unweighted
Class Rank: About 10 of 300-400...good chance of going up though
Taken all AP and honors classes offered at school along with a couple classes at a university including the following APs:</p>

<p>AP Biology: 5
AP Chemistry
AP Psychology
AP English Language (or whatever the writing one is called)
AP Literature
AP Calculus</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:
Tennis: 4 years with varsity letter 2 years - Played #2 seed junior year and will likely play #1 seed senior year
Speech Team: 4 years and advancing to state every year in every event
Amnesty International: 2 years
Harmony (Program that encourages diversity and acceptance at our school) Core Member 2 years
Robotics Club: 3 years
Sophomore Leadership
Junior Leadership
Senior Leadership
Karate: Brown Belt and one step away from black belt
Model United Nations: 3 years and top in group several times
Basketball: One year
Hotline (Television show run by students) 5 years and will be director next year as a senior
Future Problem Solving: 5 years and advancing to state 4 years
Autonomous Learners Program for the Highly Able (Gifted and Talented Program) 5 years
Spanish Club: 2 years Vice President as Junior and running for President as senior
Science Bowl Team: 3 years
Boy Scouts of America: 8 years
Member of High School Orchestra: 4 years</p>

<p>Summer Camps and Programs:
Summer before 9th grade: Attended 3 week summer program taking high school classes at a university
Summer before 10th grade: Attended same camp
Summer before 11th grade: Did research for 6 weeks at a university working with a professor of Neurobiology and wrote a research report Title of research: Analyzing the Effects of Age, Sex, and Neurological Mutations on Locomotion in Drosophila Melanogaster
Summer before 12th grade: Attending Harvard University Secondary School Program for 8 weeks and taking Harvard courses</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:
2nd highest score in school on AMC 12 test
Eagle Scout Boy Scout
Order of Arrow for Boy Scouts
Presented research at state science symposium JSHS
Brown Belt in Karate
Several regional awards, trophies, and medals in Karate
Some regional awards in tennis
Honor Roll 2004-2007
Awards for grade point average and being in top 5% at school
Awards for robotics team
Several speech team awards in events including lettering 2 years
Awards in Future Problem Solving
along with several others</p>

<p>Service Hours:
Many service for Boy Scouts including at least 18 hours needed to advance in rank
Put together, supervised, and participated in a service project to get volunteers for CPR program at a local university 25 hours
Volunteered at a Local Hospital 10 hours
Worked for Order of the Arrow Service 12 hours
Volunteered for leadership clubs 15 hours
Aided in weeding and fixing up local tennis courts 2 hours</p>

<p>if you need any other info just post</p>

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<p>I think you have a very, very solid shot in the regular admissions round, a near perfect shot in the early round. Knowing that your rank will probably increase and that you will probably also be trying for elite Ivies (which you have very solid chances at) I would take the SAT again and try to crack the 2300 (combined). Your 34 ACT is good, though. Also to make your application complete, a nice 800 on Math IIC and a 770+ Chem score would be great. Are you also a Physics person? Those three will really show you off as a top science/engineering applicant.</p>

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<p>I'm good at Physics but our school does not offer AP Physics. However, I am very strong in Biology but have not taken AP Bio since sophomore year. I may try taking the SAT II anyway because several of my friends who have taken AP Bio said the SAT II is easy after that. Because most of the schools only require two SAT II's tho, I don't know if i'll take it.</p>

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<p>Oh, a minimum amount should not stop you from taking more. Even if you do poorly on the Physics, you should not worry because only your top two scores count. HOWEVER, you DEFINITELY list your third score (just as you would multiple APs) and it can only help your application. Definitely take the Bio SAT II (E not M) and get the Kaplan book. It's a joke of a test.</p>