<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (800 CR, 710 M, 780 W)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (35 E, 34 M, 35 W, 35 S)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 720 Math I, 720 Bio
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/33
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Latin: Vergil, AP Calculus AB, AP Composition, Honors Physcis, Economics, Speech, Religion
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Summa Cum Laude on National Latin Exam (9-11), Life Scout, Order of the Arrow
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (rep 9-10; Pres 12), NHS, Junior Classical League (State 1st VP 11-12), Boy Scouts (Den Chief, Bugler, Patrol Leader), JETS, Swim Team
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Altar Server for Bishop, worked at nursing home and elementary school
[<em>] Essays: Good to Excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Fair to Good
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: Informal for Rodriguez (didn’t get it), but none for admission
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Engineering
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Kentucky
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Small, accelerated private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: >$250,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Recruited swimmer
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Campus visit, witty charm in essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: Volunteering
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I had a good application all-around, and I showed interest by going to Discovery Weekend.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I was accepted, but after being denied for Rodriguez/Danforth, I doubt I will attend. I plan on doing ROTC, so I’d rather make my military commitment go towards an Ivy/Stanford/MIT school.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2350; Math 800; Writing 800; CR 750 (one sitting)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: Math II C 800; US Hist 800, Chem 780; Bio 770; French 750
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: no GPA in school (straight A)
[<em>] Rank: No rank
[</em>] AP: Bio (5); Calculus BC 5; Chem 5; Physics BC (Mechanics) 5;
US Hist 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel semifinalist, Siemens semifinalist, NMF, Writing awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Model UN best delegate, co-captain (leadership)
Opinion journal co-founder (leadership)
Varsity Field Hockey
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
Research Intern (paid)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
Tour Guide
Peer-tutor
[<em>] Essays:
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation:
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: yes[/li][/ul]Other[ul]
Harvard College, Columbia College courses
Science Honors program</p>
<p>[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major:
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: independent
[</em>] Ethnicity:
[<em>] Gender:
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:
[<em>] Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[</em>] ACT: 36 (36, 35, 36, 36 )
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math II, 800 Bio (both), 800 Hebrew, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (4.8 Weighted)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1-690
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Calc BC, 5 Bio, 5 Physics B & C, 5 US History, 5 Macro and Micro, 5 Comp Sci A
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Decent, but I took Culinary Arts. All APs otherwise
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Science Scholar, National Pulmonary Institute Award Winner
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Senate Paige, Spelling Bee 6th Place (Nationals), National Orchestra Second Chair Violin, Presidential Scholar, Captain of the Varsity Football Team, STARS, Worked with WASHU professor, Young Scientists, Debate Nationals Qualifier in LD
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Got an internship at Microsoft over the summer sophomore and junior year
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 500 hours at St. Luke’s Surrey Place Nursing Home
[<em>] Essays: My teacher said they were the best she has ever read
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Alll my teachers love me so I assume they are good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: School is big, so I’d say it was an average rec
[</em>] Additional Rec: With dean of school
[<em>] Interview: Ok, I’m a pretty good speaker I’d say
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: NO
[<em>] Intended Major: Computer Science
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Missouri
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public Large
[<em>] Ethnicity: Alaskan
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: >$300,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first generation immigrant from Alaska
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test Scores, ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Cockiness
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really don’t know. I was crying after I read the email[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!! I hate this school :(</p>
<p>Jmueller44, I don’t mean to pry, but your only other post on college confidential was a chance post to see if you could get into Illinois Engineering. You described your 31 on the ACT, and a class rank of 21/310, and pretty different ECs compared to what you described in this thread.</p>
<p>That’s quite a turn around you had in senior year. What do you attribute it to, and why do you think WUSTL would reject somebody with such decorated academic statistics and drastic high school improvement?</p>
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<p>It wasn’t even an email. </p>
<p>Sorry… Just contributing to what matcat1116 said. It seems almost like this person is TRYING to make it look like WashU rejects “overqualified” applicants.</p>
<p>not to mention that he is an “immigrant from Alaska” I thought that Alaska was in the US! ■■■■■</p>
<p>Jmueller. I’m very surprised u got rejected. Seriously *** is up with washu? Like you’re perfect…gahh. I got waitlisted but I’m nowhere near as good as you are. I have a 2110 and. 3.5 gpa but that’s nowhere near u. :(. Well I’m sure you’ll get in somewhere good. As one of my good friends told me, it’s not the prestige that makes you.
Also, at least you tried :P</p>
<p>It was fake. I just wanted to feel like a ■■■■■ for one day. My real stats are on my other post and I got waitlisted</p>
<p>In looking over these results (omitting the ■■■■■,) the need for financial aid seems to be a huge predictor of the admission outcome. If you had really good stats, and didn’t get in, you may have just learned what “need aware admissions” really means.</p>
<p>I’m not so sure about that UT. Many of WashU’s peers have comparable FA commitments:</p>
<p>According to USNWR: </p>
<p>WashU offers 42% of their student body FA,
Brown = 44%
Cornell = 46%
UPenn = 43%
Duke = 42%
JHU = 46%
Columbia/Stanford = 50%</p>
<p>Really, only H (60%), MIT (63%) and Y (54%) have a much higher percentage of their student body on FA.</p>
<p>At most of these schools, at least half of the student body is full pay. It seems astonishing considering the expense of tuition.</p>
<p>As I’ve said in other posts, I think that at this admissions level even if you have the profile/stats, getting in is a matter of luck.</p>
<p>It still doesn’t mean that they couldn’t be sorting on the amount of aid needed. And I will certainly admit that it is an intuitive impression I get rather than a hard statistical test.</p>
<p>For people upset by my post, I’m extremely sorry.
Of course I am NOT admissions or anyone vaguely even CLOSE to admissions. This is something that I’ve just heard around and felt like I’d share to see what has been said. This isn’t coming directly from me it’s just a feeling I get and has been shared by many close to me (family and friends in similar situations). </p>
<p>No one can fully understand what goes on in an application process and sometimes decisions are made that don’t seem right, and, well, it sucks. I was just voicing my opinion on one way it can be looked at. It wasn’t meant to be anything regarded as fact or mean-spirited. Take it or leave it but it’s just a random side of the confusing and sometimes rather annoying admissions process.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (800 M, 710 CR, 690 W)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 UW, 4.32 W
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (4) Eng. Lang (5) Gov & Pol (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: way too rigorous…
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years school volleyball, 5 yrs club volleyball (1 yr captain), pro-life club (vice president), volleyball camp coach
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: hospital volunteer, lots of volunteering through church and school
[</em>] Essays: pretty good, unique idea and very honest
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: good (im assuming)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good?
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] Intended Major: biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: high
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: test scores, EC’s, recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: lack of leadership
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i worked hard for the last four years![/li][/ul]General Comments: time to go out and visit! :)</p>
<p>Good Job matcat1116 for your investigative work!
Jmueller fessed up!</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2270; 690 CR, 800 M, 780 W
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 770 MII
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 or 97.7/100 UW
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank but top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro 5, APES 4, German 4, APUS 5, AP Calc AB 5
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): sports, sports, and more sports; varsity basketball, volleyball, and lacrosse all throughout high school; captain of two of the sports; German Club + treasurer, Quiz Bowl, some other stuff
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: tutoring and some camp counselor hours
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours at hospital; miscellaneous other stuff
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were definitely unique. Maybe a little too light, but my sense of humor definitely showed.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t read
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Math
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White (Jewish)
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: high
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: test scores, GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: not a lot of ECs outside of sports (which I don’t want to play at a varsity level in college), nothing extremely special about me; not a whole lot of interest (I applied for a scholarship and I have a cousin who attended WashU)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See my weaknesses above. I may be totally off on this but the fact that I’m Jewish could have hurt since WashU has a reputation of having a high Jewish population. I’m a cookie-cutter smart applicant. I thought applying as a female math major could have helped me (not that I did it just to help, I intend to major in math), but I guess not.<br>[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Congrats to all who were accepted! To those who were rejected or waitlisted, I offer you this: I know people who have been rejected/waitlisted from this school who have gone on to attend Ivy League schools (including Princeton and Yale). I know it sucks anyways, but don’t lost all hope. WashU is a hard school to get into. Don’t forget that.</p>
<p>Pick one:
Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (superscore, anyways) 750M/740CR/740W
[</em>] ACT: not taken
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 720 US History, 740 Math IIC, 740 Writing
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.45
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): None
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):Chinese (5), US History (4), Language (5), Psychology (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP US Government, AP Lit, French III, Journalism, Env. Science
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Distinction or something, National Merit Commended
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Writing Club (President), MUN, Debate, Student Council, Soccer, Swimming
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering at orphanage and charity supermarket
[<em>] Essays: Talked about being an LGBT supporter in a conservative Christian environment. Could have been stronger…
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Should be good. Chose teachers that knew me well.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Eh. Our counselor left at the end of 11th grade, so we got a new one in 12th grade. My former counselor made a mistake, so the second one wrote me a knew one, incorporating the former counselor’s remarks and another teachers.
[</em>] Additional Rec: None. Regretting that.
[<em>] Interview: Didn’t have one.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope.
[<em>] Intended Major: Psychology/Political Science
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): China
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: High
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, maybe? And level of participation in school
[</em>] Weaknesses: It’s hard for me to talk about myself in a positive way (Asian modesty…) as you can prob. see from the above subjective ratings… And whenever I do so it comes off a little phony. Also, grades.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I can’t believe I wasn’t outright rejected with my grades. I’m just thankful I was waitlisted instead. [/li][/ul]General Comments: Good luck to everyone who was accepted/waitlisted/rejected. Whatever happens, happens.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted 
</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2190 (M:800, W:710, CR:680)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Math I: 710, Math II: 730
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 20.0): 19.66/20.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/151
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 20% expansion of Swedish curriculum, including many higher level courses.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Silver-medalist in category “Best Company” in Sweden’s biggest young entrepreneurship contest (5500+ competing companies), Bronze-medalist in EMAX Sweden- national business simulation competition (200 of Sweden’s best young entrepreneurs are head-hunted to compete).
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 9th: Founder/Sales Manager of own company “Ljusexpressen” (imported candles and sold through myself and my friends). 11th: Founder/Marketing Director of own beverage, Young Enterprise company “Dfuser” (developed, marketed and sold an anti-stress drink), appearance on national TV investment show “Dragons’ Den”, participant at national entrepreneurship camp “EMAX”. 12th: participant at international entrepreneurship camp “EMAX Nordic”. PG: Founder/Project Leader at own ad agency “Creative Youth” (general partnership), Founder/Partner at own beverage company “Dfuser Beverages” (private corporation).
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[<em>] Essays: How should I know? 
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Amazing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Crazy amazing
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: YES
[<em>] Intended Major: Business
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Sweden
[li] School Type:[/li][</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $150k+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: ECs, GPA, Recs, Awards
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT IIs, Essays maybe?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: International applying for aid?
[/ul]General Comments: Guess I’ll try to stay hopeful for March 30 :(</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 780 M/790 CR/800 W
[</em>] ACT: 34 highest composite, got a highest score of 35 in all categories
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 780 Math II, 790 USH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99-ish (one B+ in HS but my school doesnt calculate unweighted)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8th/360 as of end of junior year, may be higher
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), USH (5), Psych (5), WH (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 6 AP’s: Calc BC, Physics C Mech, US Gov, French, Lang/Comp, Stats. 7th class: Computer Info Systems
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Future Business Leaders of America (Pres/officer for 3 yrs), Senior Class Officer, Key Club (secretary), French Honor Society (VP), NHS, several other clubs… rec league basketball and baseball (lol, doesnt really count for anything…), and one last thing: I attended Virginia Governor’s Foreign Language Academy, a really competitive three-week full immersion French school.<br>
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: summer job w/ my dad’s company
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100 hrs. with Habitat for Humanity, head coach of U10 youth soccer team
[</em>] Essays: good, I guess… I thought they were nothing special but my English teacher liked them
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: good, got teachers from diverse fields and they all really liked me.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: meh. Counselor doesnt really know me
[<em>] Additional Rec: nope.
[</em>] Interview: nope.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:…maybe? i’m not positive, but I think so.
[</em>] Intended Major: Olin Business School
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: competitive, 1500 total students, high-rent area
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none. i’m a suburban white guy from NOVA. absolutely no hooks, unless you count the Foreign Language Academy thing, which I don’t really.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores, Grades, Number/Variety/“Quantity” of EC’s
[</em>] Weaknesses: Depth/“Quality” of EC’s, lack of hooks
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: good scores, possibly the fact that I was applying to business.[/li][/ul]
General Comments
CONGRATS to all who got in! If you didn’t, don’t worry- it said in the letter that they got a record 29,000+ apps this year (if they get a 29-30% yield rate like they usually do, then they accepted 5,000-ish for an accept rate of only 17-18%, one of the toughest going).</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>– means non applicable</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2130 [740 CR 670 Math 720 Writing]
[li] SAT II (if submitted): 790 Chinese, 700 Chemistry, 740 Eng Lit[/li][</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): –
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): –
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): –
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): 41/42
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: HL: Bio, Chem, Geo; SL: Eng A1, Chi A2, Math SL
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Internationally recognized community service awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Extensive
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Hired language tutor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Extensive
[<em>] Essays: Common App essay about my childhood and experience in a foreign country
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Additional Rec: Good
[<em>] Interview: Mediocre
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Non
[<em>] Intended Major: Env Science
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Overseas US Citizen
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Hong Kong
[</em>] School Type: Private IB
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: High
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): –
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Uncertain. I’ve gotten into UCLA and UMich and would like to think overqualified but so many just as if not more qualified applicants got in. I guess, like lots of people have said, it’s a crapshoot.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Nervous that this decision may be representative of decisions from other top tier schools…</p>
<p>I was waitlisted. I don’t feel like giving any of my stats, but I was accepted to both MIT and Caltech, so for those of you that were waitlisted, do not fret!</p>