<p>]Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I : 2120, 730 M, 700 W, 690 CR
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: 4.0
[<em>] Rank: Top 10% (school doesn’t rank)
[</em>] AP:Euro History (4), US History (5), Chemistry (4), Physics(5), English Language (5), Spanish (4)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Micro Econ, AP Macro Econ, AP English Lit, AP Bio, AP Calc, AP Stats
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Varsity Cross Country 3 years (Captain 12th grade), Varsity Baseball 4 years (Captain 12th grade), Young Life (Student Leader), Namibia 2010 expedition
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:Church stuff, mission trips to Romania, Macedonia, Swaziland
[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Additional Rec: Awesome
[<em>] Interview: Phone interview in February
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[<em>] Intended Major: Engineering
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): United Kingdom (American citizen)
[</em>] School Type: Private/ International
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender:M
[<em>] Income Bracket: High
[</em>] Hooks : International student, 4 years world travels, etc
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Courseload, service
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: International experience, showed a lot of interest in the school[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): not submitted
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800-Math 2, 800-Chem, 760-Bio E
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/829
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang, Human Geo, US Gov, Chem, Bio, Calc BC (all 5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP, 1 honors
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Chemistry Olympiad Finalist, Honor Roll, Chinese Youth Foundation of CO Achievement Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Don’t want to list…but decent amount and leadership positions.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Don’t remember how many hours I put.
[<em>] Essays: Teacher said it was good.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t see
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[<em>] Interview: Thought it went really good, interviewer said wash u would be a good fit for me.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Bio
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CO
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Very large, top public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: $130k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.)
[/ul]</p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I kinda saw it coming, Wash U is definitely one of my top but waitlist status pretty much means rejected.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2370; 800 W&CR, 770M
[</em>] ACT: 35 (36 if superscored)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 760, 780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.95
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/940
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):5’s on all but one
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP English, AP Gov, AP Bio, AP Macro, Honors Calc 3 (multivariable calculus dual credit with University of Illinois)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): captain of a sport, exec board officer of student council, etc etc
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 30 hours at a hospital
[<em>] Essays: good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation:solid
[<em>] Counselor Rec: general, id assume, given my graduating class has 900+ kids
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[<em>] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[<em>] Intended Major: can’t remember honestly, it was some version of biochem, not every school had exactly biochem so i applied to different majors depending on the school
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: upper
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: being valedictorian in a high school my size i think was huge for my app, also my test scores were really strong.
[</em>] Weaknesses: my extracurrics were solid but not amazing
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted for my stats. pretty sure that’s the gist of it[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good luck to everyone as they hear from other colleges! I got rejected from Stanford and it stings at first, so if you got rejected from WashU just remember there are other great schools out there that will accept you!</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted to Olin and Engineering[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT I (breakdown): 2240- 730 CR, 770 M, 740 W (Single Sitting)
[ *]ACT: did not submit
[ *]SAT II (if submitted): 790 Math II ; 740 Physics
[ *]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A (To explain it, we have a percentage based system in the Indian curriculum which is pretty rigorous, percentage was 70% in freshman thanks to change of school and a challenging curriculum which was explained positively in my recommendations, sophmore year it jumped to 95% after some effort and then in Junior Year it went down to 82% thanks to heavy EC involvement, representing country-level, and senior year again I pulled up my socks and managed to get a 92% but with really low scores in Chemistry) - Just wanted to explain this a bit more clearly for people to understand exact circumstances
[ *]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[ *]AP (place score in parenthesis): Not applicable since school doesn’t offer them.
[ *]IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A ^^
[ *]Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous
[ *]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Second highest honors in the largest international debating competition, in the form of a team award.</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *]Debate : Some national and a few international debating trophies. Represented country in the WSDC (World Schools Debating Championships) and won an award among 57 countries. (Definitely highlighted this as it was my main passion)
[ *]Student Council: President of Student Council/ Head Boy.
[ *]Elocution: National level Elocution - 2nd Best Elocutionist x2,
[ *]Quiz/ Scholar’s Bowl : National-level Quizzes about 4 first position team wins including one individual 2nd Best in the country in an Olympiad and a few other 2nd place finishes.
[ *]Miscellaneous Leadership : President of a few councils that I helped found, (Quite a few to describe)
[ *]Job/Work Experience (Paid): None
[ *]Volunteer/Community service: Mentoring junior kids in Math, Science and Computers, involved in a local organisation for children with special needs and this involved personal interactions with these kids every two weeks.
[ *]Essays: Hopefully good, probably nothing extraordinary but people told me they made me come across as a human and not a robot
[ *]Teacher Recommendation: One was excellent and personal and the other was very good and touched upon some of the qualities that the concerned teacher saw in me.
[ *]Counselor Rec: Sort of a laundry list.
[ *]Additional Rec: A big mess up happened and in the end the Principal of my school ended up submitting a recommendation as my counselor’s reco (yes it is messed up). But sorted this out in my Mid-Year Report.
[ *]Interview: None offered since I am an International</p>
<p>Other
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[ *]Intended Major: Computer Science and Economics
[ *]Country (if international applicant): UAE
[ *]School Type: Probably first to apply from my school which sends a few to Ivies (This is year is special as we sent 3 in early rounds)
[ *]Ethnicity: Indian
[ *]Gender: Male
[ *]Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Intl. award maybe?</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *]Strengths: I guess good SAT scores along with heavy involvement in ECs that I liked and were diverse. And maybe the good teacher recommendations as well.
[ *]Weaknesses: The ups and downs in my transcript I guess …
General Comments: Really happy that I got into both Olin and engineering. And after seeing so many people with better stats getting waitlisted or unfortunately rejected, I feel quite fortunate. To all the waitlistees, keep faith and hang in there. To all those rejected, you will get into an amazing school too so don’t lose hope (I’m not the best person to say this as I know how it feels because I felt it too when I got rejected Stanford SCEA) But honestly trust me you will get over it. Till then spend time with your friends and let’s all wish for the best. = )</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (score choice- 790 CR, 770 M, 800 W)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math, 800 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (weighted 4.7)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/582
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 (BC, Eng, Chem) 4 (Spanish) 3 (APUSH)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calc, AP Psych, AP Gov/Econ, Jazz Band, AP Lit, AP Bio
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Swimming 4 years, Lead Trombone in Youth Orchestra (6 years), Volunteer Group 2 years, among smaller things…
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard/Swim Coach
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: SPCA Volunteer
[<em>] Essays: No idea! I guess good enough!
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Who knows, my teachers are crazy
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great!
[</em>] Additional Rec: Nope
[<em>] Interview: Nope
[/ul]Other[ list]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: YEP!
[<em>] Intended Major: Bio something I think?
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White :^O
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 120,000ish
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[/list]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: scores, rank, grades, recs?
[</em>] Weaknesses: dearth of awards, no major extra currics
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because they like me! =)[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!! </p>
<p>This whole process seems so haphazard! Some ppl I know were rejected and others accepted and it should’ve been the other way around. I’m very happy! Don’t give up hope anyone! I was deferred Yale EA and I got accepted SOMEWHERE so I’m quite ecstatic! You will be too!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send.
[</em>] ACT: 34 Composite (35E, 30M, 36R, 33S, 9 Essay)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Didn’t send.
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/330 weighted (what my school uses for Val). 2/330 unweighted. My weighted rank dropped, because my school doesn’t weight college courses.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Human Geography (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Microeconomics, Microbiology, Physics, Biology, Statistics, Linear Algebra, Spanish, a graduate-level English/film course, American Government. They’re all college courses.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, National Achievement Finalist, Bronze medal at ISWEEEP, and some other science fair awards. I also got a merit scholarship for the university I take dual-enrollment classes at.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Intramural sports (2 years), yearbook executive (2 years), ambassador for my school (1 year), microbiology and neuroscience research (3 years), a Nigerian cultural organization (4 years), a leadership program run by my county (1 year), JV basketball (2 years)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None at the time of my application.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: I’ve worked with local refugees for 2 years.
[<em>] Essays: I wrote about my interest in Japanese and Korean music lol. Sounds lame, but it seems to be working. It’s not the best thing ever written, because creative writing isn’t my forte, but it showed my appreciation of diversity and world cultures and my sense of humor.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Should be good. Both from professors.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should also be good. She knows me very well.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Didn’t send.
[<em>] Interview: My first college interview. I interviewed with three people simultaneously, and after it one of the women said I did a good job.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[<em>] Intended Major: PNP or Biology
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Black (Nigerian-American)
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: middle middle class?
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, research
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ACT, research experience, success at a rigorous college curriculum, showed a lot of interest, good recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not a lot of leadership. Senioritis kicked in, and I got 2 Bs last semester.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I showed a lot of interest, and I’m a high stat URM. They also paid for me to come to Discovery Weekend.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I stalked results threads like a madwoman during this whole process, and here I am now contributing to one! I hope this helps out future students. Best of luck to everyone for the rest of this process.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 660CR, 770M, 670W
[</em>] ACT: 33 composite
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): I forgot what I submitted… but 710 Chemistry, 690 US History, and 610 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 102.6/100
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17/327
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5), US History (4), Environmental Science (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP BC Calc, AP Psychology, AP Physics C, AP US Gov/Pol, AP Bio
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard, Camp Counselor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Eagle Scout, Key Club Lieutenant Governor
[<em>] Essays: I don’t think there were any essays…?
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Additional Rec: Governor’s School on the Environment
[<em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100K+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): New Jersey Governor’s School on the Environment
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[ *] Strengths: Volunteering/Outside community service
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT IIs?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Too many qualified applicants. Jersey is a tough state to choose from. Also, one of my classmates also got into WUSTL from ED.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I probably wouldn’t want to go here anyway…</p>
<p>Objective:[ list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): not submitted
[</em>] ACT:33(34 superscore 34 english 30 reading 35 math 36 science)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 780 math II, 770 math I, 730 spanish
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.96
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):13/549
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):Apes(5) APUSH(4) AP comp(4) AP Stats(4) Human Geo(4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:5 ap’s 3 honors
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing too special
[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Harvard SSP (spent 7 weeks taking neurobiology and computer science at Harvard), spent 30+ hrs observing an orthopedic surgeon in the operating room and in clinic, Varsity lacrosse, played roller hockey for 6 years (local teams, high school all 4 yrs (captain for 2), travel for 4 years (captain for 2), mission trips with youth group, local service with church, Spanish honor society, National Honor Society, Math honor Society, spanish club, etc…
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: church mission trips, local service
[<em>] Essays: i though they were pretty good and they must have liked them
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation:great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good? (she doenst know me that well)
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview:none
[/ul]Other[ list]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[<em>] Intended Major: biology
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: 200k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[/list][ b]Reflection**[list]
[<em>] Strengths: Good essays, recs, strong focus on science?
[</em>] Weaknesses: not much service
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I haddecent test scores, great essays, and strong teacher recs</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments: After seeng all of the people get rejected/waitlisted I realize that you don’t need to have some huge research project to get accepted. Just get involved with what you like.</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1990 (didn’t submit)
[ *] ACT:33
[ *] SAT II (if submitted):didn’t submit
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Eng Lang (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Spanish, AP English Lit, Honors Physics, Civics (semester), Econ (semester)
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honors Society?
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): high school volleyball (co-captain), club volleyball (co-captain), (not going to play volleyball at wash u) lots of community service, internship at Kaiser
[ *] Job/Work Experience: babysitting, housesitting?
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: internship at Kaiser Hospital (a lot other than that too)
[ *] Essays: pretty good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: great!
[ *] Counselor Rec: great!
[ *] Additional Rec: yea, from internship
[ *] Interview: yes
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: no idea
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public (very competitive)
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: upper
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): jewish? nothing really,
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: essays, wash u knows my school well, grades
[ *] Weaknesses: only took 2 ap/honors junior year
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I guess good recs, grades, and essays. I also had an interview.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!! </p>
<p>I was super surprised that I got in! I got deferred from Bowdoin ED and it was really hard! I’m really happy now though! Congratulations to everyone else that got in! And to whoever was waitlisted or rejected, it will work out!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): V:700 M:740 W:700 (2140)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):N/A (too expensive :/)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: All AP’s and honors
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 11th in my state in the national French Contest
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Ski Team and a lot of assorted leadership positions
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Dairy Queen (15 hr/week), custodial services at a jewelry store (2 hr/ week)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Sunday school teacher, VBS, soup kitchen work
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were great
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Perfect
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She loves me
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[<em>] Interview: I didn’t do one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes, I need a lot
[<em>] Intended Major: Econ maybe
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): MI
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: $60,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Nothing I guess…
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores, GPA, course load, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: No AP test scores(?)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea frankly… I guess they waitlist a lot of over qualified applicants… I didn’t really express interest though so that might be it. [/li][/ul]General Comments: Oh well, I’m already into Notre Dame. This app was kind of just for fun. I will be taking myself of the waitlist asap</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 670 W, 670 R, 720 M = 2060 Composite (not sent)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Biology M (720), US History (730), Chemistry (800), Math II (800)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): My school doesn’t calculate unweighted, but my weighted in 4.275
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), BC Calculus (5), US History (5), Chemistry(5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, three other required non-AP courses
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): no major ones, just the College Board AP Scholar with Honor and small things like that
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Softball (JV Captain), Class Government (Sophomore secretary), student government
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifetime Fitness Child Care Center, Umpire
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Service trip to New Orleans
[<em>] Essays: pretty decent, quite memorable
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: decent I think
[<em>] Counselor Rec: decent
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[<em>] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Biomedical engineering (might change)
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[<em>] School Type: Public magnet school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none particularly
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: Decent recs, lots of leadership, decent coursework
[</em>] Weaknesses: community service
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I displayed a lot of interest in the school by visiting and such. I think Wash U is a great fit for me and I think that my recs showed that.</p>
<p>Objective:[ list]
[<em>] ACT: 32 composite (single sitting)
[</em>] SAT II (if submitted): 760 Lit, 720 Spanish (approx. something around there)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93 after 1st semester senior year (3.91 before)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 38/322 (12%)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Full Diploma, so: Junior - 20th Century World History, Spanish 9-10 (6 on SL test), Biology 1-2 HL, Psychology SL (4), English HL
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Calculus SL, IB English HL, Government, IB Biology 3-4 HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB History of the Americas HL, Advanced Journalism
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Journalism (Editor-in-Chief), Theatre (13 plays by end of high school including acting, teching, writing, and directing), Drama Club (VP), Outdoor School (Student Leader/counselor 3x), Teen Council at library (since 4th grade)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Counselor at Operation Purple Camp for two summers, server at a food cart for a little bit during sophomore year
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Music in the Schools - nonprofit that raises money for public school music programs (President 2yrs), PDX Pop Now! - supports local music
[</em>] Essays: About Music in the Schools and trying to find/balance my leadership style/trying to overcome a bad event
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I only saw one and he said that I was one of the best students he’s ever taught and that I understand systems better than any teen he’s met. But I only had him as a teacher sophomore year, he just knew me really well outside of class and had me as his TA 1st semester senior year.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I didn’t read it, but my principal did and she said it was really really good.
[li] Interview: Awesome. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Psych
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Oregon
[</em>] School Type: Public, 1400+ students
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chose not to report
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Run my own nonprofit/went through process of making it an official nonprofit</p>[/li]
<p>[/list][ b]Reflection**[ list]
[<em>] Strengths: ECs, grades (all As in IB/advanced classes), essay, recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores, grades (cumulative GPA isn’t amazing and weighted is bad because I’ve taken journalism instead of free periods), applying for financial aid
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My stats are like average/below average.</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2220
ACT: 33
SAT II (if submitted): 760 Math 2, 750 English Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.64
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English Lang (5), APUSH (3), AP Environmental (4), AP Calculus (4), AP World History (4), AP Statistics (4). Taking this year: (AP) Eng. Lit, Psych , Physics C, Macroeconomics/ Gov, Studio Art 2D
IB (place score in parenthesis): None.
Senior Year Course Load: (AP) Eng. Lit, Psych , Physics C, Macroeconomics/ Gov, Studio Art 2D, (non-AP) Free Period!
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None.
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): TPHS Kids Korps (President), Garden Club (president), Tap Dancing for 12 years, Club Tennis, National Honors Society.
Job/Work Experience: Junior Tennis Instructor at Club.
Volunteer/Community service: Kids Korps, Boys and Girls Club, Garden Club, NHS, CSF.
Essays: Being stalked by an internet stalker, and my experiences in Kids Korps relating to business school.
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see them, could be either really good or really awful!
Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it, but I assume it was good.
Additional Rec: None.
Interview: Nope, was never even asked.
Applied for Financial Aid?: No.
Intended Major: Business
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Medium
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None.
Reflection
Strengths: Having a personality and genuine interest in business, I assume.
Weaknesses: Many B’s on transcript.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I worked hard, was not a robot, and genuinely love everything I do.
General Comments: BE YOURSELF WHEN YOU APPLY. Reject the straight-A mentality and just live to learn what you want to learn, help who you want to help, and do what you want to do.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (CR 750 W 720 M 650)
[</em>] ACT: 33 (E 35 M 34 R 35 S 29)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): US History 730 Math I 720
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 UW
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer them
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): SL Math Studies (7) HL ITGS (haven’t taken) HL History (same)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB HL History, IB HL ITGS, AP Calc, AP Lit, Sociology
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): VP of history club, FBLA state qualifier, section editor of the paper, 4 years of varsity swimming
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguarded for a summer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 60 hours of tutoring, 60 hours as a TA
[</em>] Essays: Good enough, I guess.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Probably pretty good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably pretty good.
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: It went really well! It was during one of the prospective majors weekends in the summer. We talked about a really interesting book that we both had read.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: History
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Missouri
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Most competitive high school in the area
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper-middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Parents didn’t go to 4 year college</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Great interview, good recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores could have been better, I live in Missouri
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m in their range, but I live in Missouri, and I feel like they really want to branch out in terms of geographical diversity.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Everyone at my school was also waitlisted, including a genius URM, and we generally send at least a couple people a year to WashU. I have no idea what the deal was.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2280 (720 CR, 770 M, 790 W, 10 Essay)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Bio E, 800 Math 2, 780 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/436
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Human Geography (4), Statistics (4), USH (4), Lang and Comp (4), Chemistry (4), Latin Vergil (2)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Not applicable
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 1st semester: AP Calc AB, AP Lit and Comp, AP Euro, Sci Academy; 2nd semester: AP Calc BC, Anatomy and Physiology, AP Econ/Gov, Science Academy
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, TMTA awards, HOSA awards at the regional and state level, Science Olympiad region and state awards, voted most likely to succeed by my senior class
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
HOSA (10-12; historian, senior rep); Science Club (9,11-12); NHS (11-12; secretary); Mu Alpha Theta (10-12); Latin Club (10-11); Y-Teens (9)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital, church, library
[<em>] Summer Activities: Tennessee’s Governor’s School for Sciences, volunteering
[</em>] Essays: Scholarship essays were nothing special; didn’t send in any supplementary essays for the regular application
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One said that it was the longest he had ever written; the other I’m not sure how good it was.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: It’s her first year at our school, so I don’t think it was really personalized.
[<em>] Additional Rec: Not applicable
[</em>] Interview: Not applicable
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Tennessee
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian-Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I’m doing science research throughout my senior year at a university.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT Subjects, possibly rank?
[</em>] Weaknesses: AP scores, lack of big awards
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: My stats don’t necessarily suck for a school of this caliber, but they’re also nothing special. I have therefore entered the “crapshoot zone,” and unfortunately, this one was a miss. Also, I didn’t really demonstrate much interest.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Not being accepted sucks, but after seeing the stats of many fellow waitlisted students, at least I can take comfort in knowing that I’m in good company. Congrats to all those accepted, good luck to the waitlisted and those rejected.</p>
<p>**Objective: /b][ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):660 M 730 CR 770 W
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted):Math II 650 Spanish 690
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/33
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, Physics, AP Lit, Honors Civics/Econ, Spanish IV
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nooo
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): XC 10-12, Classical Guitar for 6 yrs, horseback riding 9-11
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked at a horse ranch summer of '10
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at Library for 1.5 yrs, about 140 hrs
[</em>] Essays: About international experiences & language
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good but generic
[<em>] Additional Rec: Good
[</em>] Interview:On-campus interview but it was really short.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Business/Marketing
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[<em>] School Type: SMALL
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: upper ish middle class
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Russian, fluent in Russian language, have traveled to a bunch of different countries & reflected on that in essays, also younger applicant I will graduate at 16 but idk if colleges view that as a good or bad thing. oh and I visited the school last year.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: unique-ness, international experiences, perfect grades
[<em>] Weaknesses: sat/act scores are obviously not up to par with everyone else’s because I was freaking 14 yrs old when I took those tests…
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: they already have enough 16 yr old Russian applicants with way better stats than mine? or something =P
[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>
<p>Well to those who were accepted (sorry to those who weren’t) join the facebook group!
[Washington</a> University in St. Louis Class of 2015 | Facebook](<a href=“Facebook”>Washington University in St. Louis Class of 2015)</p>
<p>This is what confuses me: it says on the acceptance letters that 23000 applied, but in the student life newspaper (studlife.com) it says that over 28000 applied. Anyone else notice this?</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 31, 32 superscored
[</em>] SAT II (if submitted): didn’t take
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1 out of 300
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5) AB Calc (4) AP Euro (4) English Lang (5) Psych (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
AP Stat
AP Chem
AP Eng Lit
AP US Govt
AP Comparative Govt
Honors Marketing II
Honors Advertising & PR
Dual enrollment Microeconomics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): newspaper (copy editor), habitat (treasurer), nat hon society, mu alpha theta, math team, bowling team
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: ice cream shop 20 hrs a week
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:math tutor, food bank volunteer
[<em>] Essays: eh…not good, I wrote them last minute
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: really good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: really good
[</em>] Interview: yes
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Finance
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[</em>] School Type: public, average
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: over 200k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ list]
[<em>] Strengths: Grades, Rank
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs, ACT Score
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/list]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>
