<p>Decision: Accepted!!!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 760 Reading, 800 Math, 800 Writing (=2360)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 750 Chemistry, 760 French w/o listening
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88? My transcript only shows my weighted GPA (4.26), but I think 3.88 is about where my GPA is unweighted.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5), US History (5), Chemistry (5), French Language (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP English Lit, AP Gov, 2 other full-year honors science courses, and 2 semester electives (one science, one humanities)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Honor
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Literary magazine: staff member (9th, 10th - not really a leadership position, but I made spreads and stuff), Poetry Editor (11th), Contest Manager/Section Editor (12th), have had poetry published
National Honor Society
French Honor Society
Classical Indian dance (been learning for 12 years and performing for about 10)
Piano (played for 11 years until the beginning of 12th grade, when I decided to take a break. Biggest regret of my life - I miss it so much.)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
Biotechnology summer research internship at a hospital research lab (12th)
Public policy internship at a non-profit organization through one of my classes (12th)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
Volunteer at local hospital (~2 hours/week year round, 10th-12th)
Tutor at local elementary school through school program (~1 hour/week school-year-round, 11th-12th)
Tutor underclassmen through NHS (10 hours over the summer)
Used to volunteer at a nursing home (~12 hours)
Camp counselor (~105 hours, summer before 9th, I think?)
[<em>] Essays: I wrote about why I love to write and different things that inspire me to write, and I think I definitely made it unique, interesting, and very “me”.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t read either of them, but both are good, as far as I know.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Again, didn’t read it, but I guess it’s good?
[</em>] Interview: …was awesome! The alum who interviewed me was young, really peppy, and basically increased my love for WashU tenfold (and I had already loved WashU at that time).
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Biology or PNP or Anthropology or any combination thereof
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian (Asian)
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I don’t know.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essay, definitely. Not sure about the GPA - my school is EXTREMELY competitive and rigorous, so my GPA is probably in the “solid but not superb” range compared to other students at my school, but overall I guess it’s a strength. SAT score. Showed interest.
[<em>] Weaknesses: ECs - some are good but others are nothing wonderful.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Wash U is one of my top choices, so I definitely showed a lot of interest (visited, interviewed, applied for scholarships, talked to the rep, etc.). My essay was strong, I believe. Not sure what else to say here?
[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who was accepted! I’m definitely very excited! Like I said in another thread, I’ll have to wait and see what kind of financial aid I’ll get before I decide whether or not to go, but hopefully there’ll be good news. </p>