Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Washington University in St. Louis
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<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800 M, 800 CR, 780 W (2380)
SAT II: Math 2 800, Chinese 800, US History 790, Chemistry (770)
Unweighted GPA (out of 10.0): 94
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Magnet School of 67, school doesn't rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Nine 5's USH, Eng Lang, US Gov, Comp Gov, Micro, Macro, Psych, Calc AB, Calc BC. and one 4 Chem. Chem and the Calcs were in school, everything else self-studied (possible explanation for relatively low qpa)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Phys Mech, AP Phys E/m, AP Eng Lit, AP Bio, Multivariable Calc, Architecture (required class), and Comm Media (grduation reqt, but my teacher was an English major at Yale and has worked wonders on my essays!)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar, Eagle Scout with Palm</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): City’s Recycling Advisory Committee (high school rep), City's Freecycling Grant Committee (chair), Fed Challenge (econ competition, president), Various Other Service Activities
Volunteer/Community service: Easily 750+, But I never really report them
Summer Activities: Internship at City Hall and in an architectural firm in Shanghai (pretty cool experience but i never really write about it)
Essays: Probs 8/10 not like super duper fantastic, but definitely above average
Teacher Recommendation: pretty good (one came out of nowhere and volunteered, and another wrote solid recs before for other things)
Counselor Rec: pretty good, i imagine that since there's only 67 of us, she can spend more time on each one, and since i take so many APs (she proctors them) that i'd be memorable
Additional Rec: Director of the Department I worked for this summer at City Hall-fantastic
Interview: Pretty good. The guy said something along the lines of being very impressed by me and that I had great potential.
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
School Type: Public Magnet
Ethnicity: Chinese represent!
Gender: M
Income Bracket: upper middle (not eligible for finaid)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m really really big on sustainability, and colleges around the nation are catching on, I have some pretty good experience in terms of sustainability management, have spoken to several individuals at WashU about it, and they seem pretty excited about what I can bring to the table</p>

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<p>Very good chance.</p>

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<p>I think your scores,grades, and extras are great. However, Washu is notorious for waitlisting amazing students. I think the key for you will be showing heavy interest in the school. So, maybe interviewing, visiting if possible, going to info sessions, getting in touch with your local rep and so on</p>

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<p>WUSTL2013-</p>

<p>As you may have seen the OP's name is Bulldog Hopeful- that means Yale is his first choice. If the admissions office figures this out, its waitlist for him-</p>

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<p>wow...your stats are amazing, i think you have a great chance. chance me please :)....im nowhere near anything compared to you though :(</p>

<p>4.62 weighted gpa at school
3.96 unweighted gpa
Test scores:
SAT-2140
Math-760
CR-650
Writing-730</p>

<p>SAT II-
Math 2-690
Biology M-730</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars
California Scholarship Federation, Tutoring, Teach class at homeless shelter, USA volunteer for Medicine in Action, Students against destructive decisions, </p>

<p>-Top 4% of class
private high school...very challenging</p>

<p>I'm not sure but I think that my essays we're pretty good..</p>

<p>I'm taking 5 AP classes this year--and i just got my grades...5.0 weighted gpa</p>

<p>race/ethnicity-middle eastern/pakistani</p>

<p>location-northern cal</p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>To the OP, you don't have a chance, I think your app. is very fluffy. There's an apparent lack of academic rigor in your profile. Other than your "sustainability" EC's, I don't see much.</p>

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<p>to KatelynC91, i think you have a pretty goood chance. Your numbers all fall within washu's 25-75 range (maybe not CR, but if its not, its definitely right on the borderline). its definitely good to ahve confidence in your essays, no matter how good or bad they actually are, if your'e not confident in your own work, then you probably have bigger things to worry about.</p>

<p>to dtl42, i know its such a shame that i couldn't qualify for US Envi Sci O, oh wait that's right, they don't have olympiads for the "fake sciences"/</p>