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<p>in-state
SAT: 1770
GPA: 3.8
AP courses: 5
Rising trend in my courses: English/Math = Core to Honors classes
No volunteer
Extra-curricular: Created a club in 9th grade, but after that, I wasn't involved in anything else
4 years of lang, english, math, science, social studies </p>

<p>What do you think?</p>

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<p>Good Gpa… good class rigor… basically average UW SAT score… decent ECs. I think you have a worthy chance.</p>

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<p>Being in-state, you definitely have a pretty good chance. But your SAT score paired with a lack of ECs may hurt you.</p>

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<p>^
Hmm</p>

<p>I think the average UW SAT score is 1800 so I think he’s fine there. And UW doesn’t put THAT much weight on ECs, although I wish they did.</p>

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<p>3.8 gpa = almost certainly in
make your essays good!</p>

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<p>Your SAT’s look fine. Here are the stats from fall 2009 freshman:</p>

<h1>SAT Critical Reading, Middle 50% range, 520-640</h1>

<h1>SAT Math, Middle 50% range, 570-680</h1>

<h1>SAT Writing, Middle 50% range, 520-630</h1>

<p>High School GPA (Middle 50%) also known as average GPA of the freshman class: 3.60-3.91</p>

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<p>Travelgirl, I’ve heard that UW doesn’t consider the SAT writing portion for admissions. I believed this for a long time, but why do they still report their averages then, if they don’t even use them.</p>

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<p>We were told at the information session last spring that they were still evaluating the writing portion of the SAT. So I assume they are tracking them to see how they corollate with their admits.</p>

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<p>Thank you! I’ll try to bump up my SAT scores and work on my essays a bit more</p>

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<p>^
Are you planning on taking the November SAT? I have a pretty low SAT (1740), but feel that I could do substantially higher, like 150+ higher. But the thing is it’s pretty late right now to sign up so I’d be stuck like 50 miles away and I’m basically in the 50% range of UW applicants. What do you suggest?</p>

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<p>If you can, take it. You’ll wonder later about what you could have gotten and where that SAT score would have gotten you.</p>

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<p>Believe it or not, I knew a kid last year who got rejected with a 3.8. His SATs were in the 1600’s and he, too, had little to no ECs. Write a good essay and you should be in, though.</p>