Class of 2014 Official RD Decisions Thread

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740CR, 770 M, 800 W
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math 2, 760 Bio E, 740 Bio M, 700 Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.59
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not ranked
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), Psych (5), Statistics (4), Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, AP Calc BC, Chem
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Calc BC, College Discrete/Finite Mathematics, CP English, Gov/Econ, Pe and Digital Imaging
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit commended?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tae Kwon Do blackbelt, Indian Folk Dance 3rd place nationals, 1st place regionals, doing for 13 years, Indian classical singing for a long time, Volunteering/Tutoring, Art
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring at local elem school, in a Bone Marrow registry
[</em>] Essays: About my perseverance in training for my blackbelt, short essay was an abstract piece about a dance competition, additional info about something kept me out of school for a few months (which affected my grades)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I’m guessing one was really great, not so sure about the other
[</em>] Counselor Rec: she became my counselor this year- dont know her at all
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: none</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes, but denied
[</em>] Intended Major: biomedical engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: competitive public (nationally ranked highly)
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT score, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, no interest, senior year grades
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: good sat score. i heard they love high scorers[/li][/ul]General Comments: Not sure if I’ll go, but I’m happy. Its my first private! For prospective students, I got a huge, fat course description book, which i’m guessing is a good sign.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2390 Superscored
[</em>] ACT: NA
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 750 730 700
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/500
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 55555555544433
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: TOUGH
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook Editor in Chief, JV Volleyball, Honor Society, was part of Mu Alpha Theta club for some time. Also I was part of science bowl for a year.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: I volunteered at the library for around two years.
[<em>] Essays: okay
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: okay
[<em>] Counselor Rec: okay
[</em>] Additional Rec: nope
[<em>] Interview: nope
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[<em>] Intended Major: undecided
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): beautiful california!
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: public. competitive.
[<em>] Ethnicity: korean
[</em>] Gender: f
[<em>] Income Bracket: high
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none :frowning:
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I don’t know. Scores maybe?
[</em>] Weaknesses: I wasn’t very involved in extracurriculars. I wasn’t very devoted.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good scores![/li][/ul]General Comments: I found out a few days ago but I’m STILL feeling all happy and giddy about it!</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] SAT II (if submitted): Math II (770) Lit (670)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.55? (4.05 W)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 123/934
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World Hist(3), Comp Sci A (3), Eng Lang (5), US Hist (3)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio II, AP BC Calc, AP Eng Lit, AP Macroecon, AP Govt, Tech Theatre :confused:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): got like a 60 something on AMC last year, didnt qualify for AIME[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Red Cross Club (Co-founder) BBYO - international jewish youth group (treasurer), Vehichle enthusiasts club (founder), 2 yrs JV swimming, NHS, Math Honor Society, Med Sci club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: held at least one job since 8th grade
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hrs at local hospital
[</em>] Essays: i thought it was good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: probably generic (900+ kids in graduating class)
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: thought it went pretty well[/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: psychology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): texas
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: upper mid class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: maybe test scores?
[</em>] Weaknesses: grades :[
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: grades[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments: Happy that i made the waiting list! we will see what happens</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 690 CR, 800 Math, 750 W
[</em>] ACT: 31 (didn’t send, SAT’s better.)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Chem 790, Math II 750, Lit 650 :X
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/~180 (at the end of junior year, now it’s 3)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4), Chem (5), Eng Lang (4), US (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Calc AB, AP Spanish Lang, AP World History, AP Eng Lit, Physics Honors
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Swim team (captain), Stu.Co (representative), Academic Decathlon (captain), Metrowest YMCA swim team (captain), Piano, Precalc Award, Spanish III award, High Honors, Coaches’ Award, DCL All Star, NHS
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Metrowest YMCA- Swim Teacher (4 yrs), EpigenDx (lab person), Creative Playthings (2 yrs)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Events around the YMCA, tutoring (total 200 hrs ish), Relay for Life
[<em>] Essays: Very sincere. I wrote about my varsity swim experience.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I hope they were fantastic! The teachers I got them from are amazing.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I dunno… My counselor went on maternity leave RIGHT before I could ask her to send a rec, leaving the job to a substitute. But the substitute ended up being SO much nicer than her and she took notes on me! So yay!
[</em>] Additional Rec: Swim Coach’s recommendation (to complement my common app essay, since I wrote about him to begin with. :stuck_out_tongue: )
[<em>] Interview: My interviewer was really great! It flowed well and I had an enjoyable experience.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No… I don’t think.
[<em>] Intended Major: Chemistry
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
[<em>] School Type: Small public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~200K
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Nope. Don’t think so anyways.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: My essays and my interview brought out the bubbly happy spazzy side of me… and I showed immense interest in WUSTL and their academic philosophy and the reputation of the student community being very supportive. I wanted to really give this application a personal edge. The rank helped me too.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Uhm… I’m Asian?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think that WUSTL appreciated the time and effort I put into this… =)
[/ul]General Comments: YAY WashU! I’m visiting in April, and I can’t wait to get a taste of what it’s like!</p>

<p>hewittdy, being openly gay at Wash U would not have been a problem. They are very welcoming to individuals from various backgrounds. My daughter is a freshman at Wash U.</p>

<p>** Decision: REJECTED**</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 1990 (600 CR, 680 M, 710 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: N/A
[<em>] ACT: 30
[</em>] APs: Calculus BC, Statistics, Spanish Language
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 8.48 out of 12.00 (about a 3.3 out of 4.0)
[<em>] Rank: School does not rank
[</em>] Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc): National Achievement Outstanding Participant, Regional and State Awards in National Spanish Exam
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Several choirs, Common Ground (diversity club), school musical, Science Olympiad, tutoring.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I have worked during the school year and summer since I was 14.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Pretty good.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn’t see, but I assume they were pretty good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Not sure.
[</em>] Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM): Minority?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Missouri
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Competitive Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: African American
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I think my GPA hurt me the most.</p>

<p>Decision: REJECTED</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section): 2140 (720 CR, 640 M, 780 W)
SAT IIs: N/A
ACT: N/A
APs: Studio Art AP (only took 1 ap, but my school only allows you to take 3 in total throughout high school, and only 50% of students are allowed into those APs.IBs: N/A
GPA: 3.2 W
Rank: School does not rank
Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc):
Subjective:
ECs listed on app:
about 80-90 hours comm. service, showing in established galleries, considered by most to have an outstanding portfolio, curated a gallery, just signed a 3-5 year contract to show around the globe, taken about 12 college courses, been figure skating for 10 years and a certified member of the US figure skating association, senior art editor for the school magazine,raised over 10,000 for diabetes research, taught art to disadvantaged children, helped advertise for barack obama’s local campaign, etc.</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: art t.a., art camp cit, certified figure skating coach</p>

<p>Essays (subject and responses): outstanding
Teacher Recs: I had three or four, and I saw one. It was mindblowing.
Counselor Rec: Probably good
Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM): excellent drive in program of study
Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Competitive Private
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
not in the least bit surprised. I’ve been on about 35 portfolio reviews and this was the ONLY one that went poorly. Also WashU is very into GPA, which is the one thing that I don’t have on my side. Congratulations to all who were accepted, though!</p>

<p>size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: WAITLISTED [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I: 1930 CR:610 M 690 W 630 (Inherent MCQ weakness):stuck_out_tongue:
[ *] SAT IIs: Bio:780 Math 1:680 Phy: 710
[ *] ACT~
[ *] GPA:nope
[ *] Rank:2/120
[ *] Other stats: Ordinary Levels World Rank
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list] Extracurriclars: War refugee aid, Red Cross Volunteer, English Teacher at Salvation Army, Student Council, Debate, National Quiz Organizer and more
[ *] Essays: Wonderful… This is what “waitlisted” me, I think
[ *] Teacher Recs: Poor
[ *] Counselor Rec:Poorer… I wish I could have given it to my 6 yr old cousin to write it.
[ *] Hook (if any):NONE
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:Sri Lanka
[ *] School Type:Private (Int School)
[ *] Ethnicity:South Asian
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses:Weaknesses:SATs obviously, recommendations… Strengths Essays…
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:Essay
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b] Congrats to people who got in. Notable though are the decisions… I really pity those ones who got waitlisted but had WAYYYYYYY better stats than me…</p>

<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED
Stats:
SAT I: 2270 (800 CR, 720 M, 750 W)
SAT IIs: French 800 English Lit 780
ACT: N/A
APs: N/A
IBs: Higher Level: English A1, French A1, Math, History; Standard level: Economics, Chemistry; + Theory of Knowledge
GPA: I think somewhere between 4.16 and 4.18? can’t remember (out of 4.25)
Rank: top 8%
Other stats: National Merit Finalist, Member of Study of Exceptional Talent, Junior Olympic Gold Medalist in Tae Kwon Do, National Silver Medalist in Tae Kwon Do, honor roll blah blah not that much frankly
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Blackbelt in Tae Kwon Do, President and Founder of my high school’s Gay-Straight Alliance, Organized a Day of Diversity seminar at my high school, actor in high school theater program
Job/Work Experience: Worked as a High School Explainer (docent) at the Exploratorium Science Museum
Essays (subject and responses): I guess they were pretty good; my Common App essay was kind of original?
Teacher Recs: Didn’t read them, but knowing the teachers I asked, I’m pretty sure they were amazing.
Counselor Rec: My GC was also my 9th grade English teacher, so I know that she can write well.
Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM): Multiracial
Location/Person:
State or Country: CA
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Competitive Private, International School (offers both the IB and the French Baccalaureate)
Ethnicity: Half French-Russian Jew, Half Malaysian Chinese
Gender: F</p>

<p>General Comments: Looking at my stats, they’re not better than some of the people who were waitlisted. I would say that what really helped me to get accepted was that I also applied to the Annika Rodriguez Scholarship, which gave me a huge opportunity to showcase my passion for/work in diversity. I’m flying to WUSTL tomorrow for the interview for the scholarship…
Congrats to everyone admitted, good luck to everyone waitlisted, and I’m sure that those of you who were rejected will find wonderful places to go to!</p>

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: Did not take
[</em>] SAT IIs: Did not send
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 UW 4.4 W
[<em>] Rank: 2/810
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Excellent
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Good I assume
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I have no idea. Decent?
[<em>] Hook (if any): None that I’m aware of
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Texas!
[<em>] School Type: Huge Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Cracker
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: I’m a white male from Texas. I really doubt that helped me at all. I suppose I’m well rounded, but it seems everyone else is too.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: No clue.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone else who got accepted. I think the whole “interest component” might be overrated…I didn’t visit, interview, or do anything out of the ordinary. To be candid, I just threw WUSTL on my list of many applications at the last minute. Wasn’t too interested in the school at the time, but now I am! **</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section): 2150, CR: 670, M: 800, W: 680
SAT IIs: 770 on Chem, 680 on Math II
ACT:
APs: BC-5, Micro-4, Govt-3, world history-4 (taking biology and chem)
IBs: will test HOA HL, Eng HL, Math HL, Chem HL, Phys SL, and Spanish SL
GPA: 4.96 on 6.0 or 3.7 on 4.0
Rank: 29/793
Other stats: </p>

<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Stuco officer, church youth group, honor code council, math/science team, spanish club/spanish national honor society, mu alpha thata, NHS, 4 week leadership training at a camp, science national honor society</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience:
cashier at sears
counselor and sailing instructor at a summer camp</p>

<p>Essays (subject and responses): excelent one about receiving an award at camp and how it affected my life
Teacher Recs: Very decent
Counselor Rec: Very decent
Applied on: sometime in november i believe
Hook (if any): my uniqueness with camp and sailing
Location/Person: Spring (houston)
State or Country: TX
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public (magnet for district IB)
Ethnicity: white
Gender: Male
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations/Scholarships,etc:
i emailed the admissions counselor and she told me they were very impressed with my essay and community service</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR:770 M: 790 W: 730
[</em>] SAT II (if submitted): Physics: 800 Math 2: 800 Literature: 710
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 25%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry: (4)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN, Debate, Mock Trial
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Extensive Internships, CEO and Founder of Frigid Computer, two inventions
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[</em>] Essays: I wrote a fictional allegory.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:
[</em>] Counselor Rec:
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] Intended Major: engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: highest
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Two inventions, CEO
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Test Scores, EC’s, and Essay.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Grades
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Unique EC’s and original essay
[/ul]General Comments: Didn’t think I was going to get in, I’m super happy!</p>

<p>Congrats to all. Emory this year waitlisted a lot of people too!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section): M:700 CR:730 W:720
SAT IIs: 35
GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: UW:3.9
Rank: 17/493
ACT: 35
APs (including this year’s): 9
Senior Yr Courseload: AP Stats, AP Euro, AP Chem, AP Physics, AP Government
Number of Apps from Your School: not sure
Other stats (Awards, etc.):</p>

<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app: fbla, amnesty international, volunteer work, basketball
Job/Work Experience: none
Essays (subject and responses): About my basketball coach
Teacher Recs: Great
Counselor Rec: Great
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): average
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none</p>

<p>State or Country: VA
School Type: Competitive
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 100k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Strengths: Scores, GPA
Weaknesses: EC’s
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I think my essays stood out</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED! SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT I: 2130 (770 Math, 730 Writing, 630 Reading)
[</em>]SAT IIs: Math II (770), Biology-E (680 from self-studying)
[<em>]ACT
[</em>]GPA: 3.83 (UW)/4.55(W) on a 4.0 scale
[<em>]Rank: 27/412
[</em>]Other stats: internship at NIH with documented researct. Full IB Diploma
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: in-depth on a topic I thought to be pretty original
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good I think
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good I think too :slight_smile:
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:**[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MD
[</em>]School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengths-internship/research, Full IB, self-studying, essays, Weaknesses- bad CR score on SAT, bad SAT IIs, horrid GPA, low ranking, few APs (only two 4s)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: either my internship or my IB classes
[/ul]Other Factors: to the class of 2015- DO NOT use me as an example
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>

<p>Hey congratulations DarkKnight and the past few people who have gotten accepted!!</p>

<p>Helpful threads: WUSTL 2014 subforums. Go there. Now. To answer every question you might have.</p>

<p>I heard some people received their admission decisions some time around Mar.26th. </p>

<p>Is that authentic?</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 730 CR, 750 M, 660 WR
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 790 M, 690 WH, 700 Bio
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), Calc AB, Chem, Physics B, European History, English Language & Composition,
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calculus, Chemistry, Physics (x2), Social Studies, English, Mandarin (x3)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): If you count a handful of math contests certificates and in-school subject awards, sure![/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (Co-editor, Chief Editor), Recycling Club (Project Manager), Academia Bowl (Founder), Varsity & Community Basketball, Varsity & Community Tennis, Piano
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Easily over 250 hours
[</em>] Essays: Common app essay was the best essay I’ve ever written. It was ridiculously good.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good? They both have taught me for a while.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Reiterated my extracurriculars and over-hyped me, IMHO.
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: Nah…
[/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[</em>] Intended Major: Systems Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[<em>] School Type: Private, independent
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian - Taiwanese
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 200k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Canadian that isn’t from Toronto/Vancouver/Montreal? I dunno. [/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection

[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essay, grades
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT writing score, but I think my essay made up for it. Minimal APs compared to domestic kids.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: o_O Beats me. [/li][/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>

<p>ACCEPTED</p>

<p>ACT: 34
GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 4.75 weighted 1/173 students</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load:6/8 are dual credit with community college
Major Awards: national merit finalist, </p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Did do year round baseball until broke his elbow, now runs track, hence no athletic awards because last year was lost 2dary to injuries. Senior class secretary/treasurer, tutor, habitat for humanity some other things also
[ *] Job/Work Experience: works at baseball center.</p>

<p>[ *] Teacher Recommendation: best student ever had</p>

<p>[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: biomedical engineering
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): illinois
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity:white
[ *] Gender:male
[ *] Income Bracket: too much to get financial aid (will give us 15K first year when brother is in school,but that goes away the next year and we are not willing to pay the whole thing so we are not sending him to wash U! guess what another wait spot will open up!
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!
Reply wait listed kids rejoice, another spot will open up just for you!</p>

<p>Hey congratulations to the above!</p>

<p>I’m spreading the word about a resource for future WashU students: </p>

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