I was accepted and I’m honestly in shock. I keep opening the portal to make sure I didn’t read it wrong. 1570 sat, 3.88 UW 4.02 W, pretty good EC (not great though), not so great interview. I think showing interest really helps. Did anyone else not receive an email from wash u informing you of the decision? I just opened the portal and saw it.
Hello - how would you compare the Engineering program at Washu with Georgia Tech?
Engineering at Georgia Tech is better than WashU. BME would be the only program at WashU comparable to Georgia Tech.
@LASA_Parent. I’d agree. My son is a junior ME and MSE student at GT and it’s a phenominal but extremely rigorous program (I get nauseous looking at the work he brings home over breaks).
Waitlisted for bio-
ACT: 30, superscored 31
AP exams: WH (4), USH (4), PYSCH (5), CALC AB (3), CHEM (3), ES (4), LANG (3), this year I’m taking LIT, STATS, SPANISH, GOV, BIO
ECs and Honors: spanish Club president (junior year), field hockey (freshman-senior year; captain) volunteer at Humane Society, volunteer at local religious community center, started the debate team at my school, attended study abroad program in Asia, played lacrosse in community team, member of Women’s club at school, scribed for various doctors at local emergency departments, in volunteer club at school, danced (9-11), sang in choir, cheerleader, played basketball (9-11), Cum Laude society, National Honor Society, Duke Tips, HSF-YLI alum, also a lot of other things…
Letters of rec: really good ones from my AP World History/US History teacher and AP Pysch teacher who I have a really great relationship with.
Rank: our school doesn’t rank but according to my guidance counselor I’m in the top 5%
Essay: Eh probably 8/10, it was about a specific experience I encountered doing a piece of art and how difficult of challenge it was trying an unfamiliar medium for this piece. I ultimately discussed what I learned from that experience and how I applied it to my everyday life and the problems I face. Art in a sense became my support system etc…
Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latina
Location: rural town in the south
So far accepted by other colleges:
UNC-Chapel Hill
College of William & Mary
Waiting from:
Duke
Vanderbilt
Georgetown
Harvard
Yale
UPenn
Cornell
Dartmouth
Tulane
Boston College
University of Virginia
hey guys! i just made a waitlist thread for Washu for those of you waitlisted (: here’s the link
DS won’t look at the portal sigh – just wonder - were all the USPS Pro Star Informed Deliver notices from St Louis?
Waitlisted. Don’t know how. Its whatever I practically got a full ride to Notre Dame.
Decision: Rejected (Olin) - Intl Student
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1430 (740 Math, 690 English)
SAT II: 800 French, 700 Math II, 730 Spanish
GPA/Rank: school doesn’t do any of these but probably top 10%
Courseload: A-Levels, predicted A A A (Maths Business French)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars :
Co-Founder of a business which received entrepreneurship and science awards (invited to pitch at conferences organized by both Harvard and Stanford)
Business case study competition (lasted a year, won 2nd place out of 300 teams)
Published Research in African Economics
Finance Club President
National trading competition (Top 15 out of 1000)
Piano (12 years, few small awards)
Volleyball Team Captain (Champions in regional competition)
Class President (9th-10th Grade)
Awards:
International Entrepreneurship Award from Harvard
Business Case Study Competition 2nd place
Excellence Award (runner-up at school)
National World Knowledge Olympiad 2nd place (thousands took the paper)
MUN awards
Job/Work Experience: Na
Volunteer/Community service: Na (boarding school is very strict on going out of campus, not many opportunities)
Summer Activities: Summer program at Wharton (won an award)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Personal Statement-9/10 well written, emotional and very authentic (feedback I got from my teachers)
Recommendations (rating 1-10): can’t really judge cause we’re not allowed to read them but my guess would be:
Teacher Rec #1: Math Teacher - 9/10
Teacher Rec #2: Humanities Teacher - 9.5/10
Counselor Rec:- 8.5/10
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major and College: Finance
African
Ethnicity: Arab
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: NA
Weaknesses: SATs
Strengths: ECs and awards maybe?
Comments: it might hurt a little but I’m well aware that for intl students asking for financial aid, it’s quite hard to get in WUSTL. Still, I’m optimistic for the next decisions 
Any thoughts CC mates?
@2022AB2102 you are amazing- it was honestly because you were a international kid, I seriously think you will get into other top schools.
rejected
GPA: 3.83 W and around 3.74 UW
SAT: 1430 / 690 + 740
@Lemonade22 Thank you very much. I really, really hope so!
Anyone get acceptance package yet? If so, what was in it?
@GTDAD my son accepted to WashU and also GT - just curious more of your sons experience at GT. I have this fear that at GT he would be in an elite engineering program (mechanical or aerospace) but have no quality of life due to the rigor and stress. Is your son happy, does he find it enjoyable there? Thanks!
Waitlisted
@david5454 Many thanks but my notice doesn’t say that, but only that the package is coming out of a UPS shipping facility.
Probably doesn’t need to be said but the students on this thread are an incredibly considerate, personable and talented bunch. Shows wonderful things are still possible on this crazy planet.
@GTDAD That package I described was NOT the Wash U stuff. It was a leprechaun hat my wife bought my stepson for St. Patrick’s Day.
Accepted. 34 ACT, 3.7/4.6 GPA. In disbelief
David5454 A good question - we had the same concerns about GT going in. S always wanted to be an engineer and was a great HS math and science student, accepted into the GT honors program. We were very relieved at the orientation program that the school went out of its way to stress that undergrad student mental health and happiness are now a primary focus, and that the school understands that the majority of its students aren’t fraternity/sorority socialites, but are on the introverted and stress prone side instead. Engineering used to be known as a “weed out” curriculum - now the focus is on a high freshman retention amd success rate. There are mandatory extra help sessions for those who didn’t place out of lower level calculus and physics courses, and the university provides a wide and abundant range of tutors (the honors dorm has its own assigned set).
The work is hard and there’s a lot of it, but S has absolutely thrived, at top of his class with a major and a double minor and heavy extracurricular robotics involment (vp of the program this year). He gets a lot of moral support from his like minded roommates (5 presently in an on campus apartment). That having been said, he works hard, and paced himself by taking two serious courses each of his first two summers and will take an extra semester to complete the second minor (an Asian language).
All of this is to say that a bright kid can easily find supportive faculty, gregarious friends and engaging activities that soften the rigors of the GT curriculum. If your stepson is a serious student (no doubt, assuming he’s competitive at Wash U), then he should be fine at GT. A big difference between the schools though seems to be that GT’s roots and present focus are in engineering while Wash U has always been more broadly based. (This year 44% of GT admittees are in areas other than engineering, reflecting a push to diversify the student body. This also means the engineering program is that much harder to get into).
Hope this helps. If there’s some way to use a DM on here I’d be happy to share further.
Accepted 34 superscore . 33 one sitting. 4.0/4.27 GPA. Lots of volunteering, EC, and leadership. I visited and showed interest. Got deferred from Notre Dame, but accepted at Washington University. College admissions are so crazy. Waiting on Notre Dame to make the final decision.