Chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z Washington University in St. Louis
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<p>Hey guys, I was wondering if you could rate my chances ill probly do ED here thanks..</p>

<p>Male Asian American, live in Maryland and attend a competitive high school</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA - 3.46
Weighted GPA - 4.30</p>

<p>my high school doesn't rank</p>

<p>I take all honors and AP's in high school, my senior year will consist of: AP Chemistry, AP Psychology, AP English Literature, AP Spanish Language, Honors Symphonic Band, and AP AB Calculus......</p>

<p>SAT: 2100 (1410 M+V) will retake in October
SAT II: Math IIC - 740, Biology E - 680 will retake both in November
ACT: 28, will retake in September
AP: Biology - 4, English Language - 3</p>

<p>-Member of several leadership councils that work with the county and the county executive</p>

<p>-held several treasurer positions on SGA boards at Chinese School and in community</p>

<p>-Coach tennis </p>

<p>-In community orchestra</p>

<p>-Track Team all throughout high school</p>

<p>-Do a lot of tutoring children</p>

<p>-260 hours of Community Service</p>

<p>-member of several clubs in school</p>

<p>-Nationally Ranked tennis player and won several tournaments</p>

<p>-two years of summer internship at a lab at UMCP</p>

<p>-school year internship at an engineering/sound company</p>

<p>-oragnized a car wash to raise money for Make A Wish Foundation</p>

<p>I feel that I will have a good essay and good recommendations.....so what do you guys think?</p>

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<p>ED is definitely your best chance since the acceptance rate ED is around 30% (so i hear). From there, it drops significantly and RD is hovering well under 10% now. Your extra curriculars look great, and your SAT is decent. I would assume you need about a 4-5 point jump on your ACT. Most people I talk to here have about the same GPA, but are around 32-33 on their ACT. What school are you applying to, and are you planning on playing tennis in college? Those two factors may shift WashU's decision...</p>

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<p>i think im applying to their engineering school...are they single door admission or apply to different colleges?</p>

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<p>i'm not sure. i'm in the engineering school, and i have no plans to switch. however, many of my engineering buddies will not finish 4 years in the engineering school, and probably one third will transfer to the arts and sciences college. so you have to "apply" to one school - engineering, but you are free to switch to the arts and sciences school, but not business, architecture, or art (from what i understand). i had a 1510 SAT (800 math 710 verbal) and 34 ACT (36 math) 4.0 unweighted GPA, and i got in RD. so i dont know about your chances. i did get into princeton and rice though</p>

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<p>you apply to any of the five undergraduate programs: arts and sciences, engineering, art, architecture, and business. you can apply to up to three of the schools. Each school has a separate admissions process so your application will first go to your first choice.</p>