<p>Date applied: Dec 1st
Date decision postmarked/received: late January
Accepted at which school/major at UW: waiting on Foster Freshman Direct</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT Total: 2250 M: 800, CR: 750, WR: 700,</li>
<li>ACT: -</li>
<li>SAT Subject Tests: MII 800 Chem 780</li>
<li>GPA-UW/W: 3.97UW, hard ‘n’ heavy schedule</li>
<li>Rank: ~14 out of 400</li>
<li>AP/IB classes: 5 CalcAB, 5 Chem, 4 US History. Taking 4 APs senior year</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: average, I honestly sent in my rough draft for the Common App Essay</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: a decent one from my US History teacher</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: unknown, shouldn’t be bad at all</li>
<li>EC highlights: FBLA (some decent awards, 3rd place at Nationals), Science Club, Honor Society, Quiz Bowl</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: WA</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)</li>
<li>Gender: M</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors, hook?: 1st generation I guess</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Applied: Jan. 15
[</em>] Decision postmarked: Feb. 10
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 780, 750, 720 (2250 total)
[</em>] SAT II:MathII, 760; Literature, 740; Chemistry, 720
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9, w, 4.5
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5) Chem (5) Human Geo (5) Spanish language (4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: ap us gov, ap physics c, ap calculus ab (no bc at my school), ap literature, independent study of printmaking, creative writing, PILATES (I got an A+ in that, I though that would have gotten me in)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): not really, cum laude, community service awards, honor roll/headmasters list, nothing national or state or even local
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): national literary magazine (co-editor), school literary magazine (published in twice), Robotics team (don’t know anything about robotics just made the bumpers), varsity softball for two years quit because I was only in it to have something to talk about with my father
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: nnoooooooppppe (work as slave labor at my dads office)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:yuuup, teen community service group, in it for 4 years was the Chair of the group and have held various other leadership postitions, raised $15,000 for seniors, i deliver groceries to a homebound senior (she is 96 and her only family left is her cat) I have done lots of other things for her as well and visit her at least once a week
[<em>] Summer Activities: study abroad in spain, leadership program in washington dc, internship at the International Medical Corps, tutored inner-city kids in alegbra 1 and 2, went on a horrific RV trip with my family
[</em>] Essays: memorable, funny
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: didnt see them but they were probably great, but I am worried about the one from my history teacher (he did a lot of drugs back in the 60s so he forgets things)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: probably crappy, she is an ex-pe teacher who is unbearably peppy and tan
[<em>] Additional Rec: why?
[/ul]Other[list]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[<em>] Intended Major: forgot
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): california
[<em>] School Type:private, supposedly religous
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: baby maker
[</em>] Income Bracket: high enough that asking for aid is pointless
[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:deferred from Columbia</p>
<p>Date applied: 11/30
Date decision postmarked/received: not sure
Accepted at which school/major at UW: Arts and Sciences for poli sci</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT Total: 2180 M: 680, CR: 740, WR: 760,</li>
<li>ACT: </li>
<li>SAT Subject Tests: Literature 780, Spanish 640</li>
<li>GPA-UW/W: 3.55 UW, 3.75 W (huge improvement though - I went from a 3.2 freshman year to a 4.1 junior/senior year)</li>
<li>Rank: school doesn’t give it out</li>
<li>AP/IB classes: US Government, Spanish Language, Psychology, English Language, English Literature</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: I wrote a lot about becoming a global person and working in international relief organizations, which I think probably helped a lot since they seem to place such an emphasis on diversity</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: excellent</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: decent</li>
<li>EC highlights: two leadership positions, service project in El Salvador last summer</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: CA</li>
<li>School Type: private college prep</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors, hook?: I’m an immigrant from the UK</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to UW…?: YAY :D</p>
<p>Date applied: 11/30
Date decision postmarked/received: Feb. 1, Feb. 17 for Foster Direct
Accepted at which school/major at UW: Business (Foster)</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: I write well. Definitely didn’t blow them off…</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: N/A</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: N/A</li>
<li>EC highlights: Topical to the field I’m pursuing. In light of my academic record and essay, I doubt they mattered. All-conference athlete, as well.</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: WA</li>
<li>School Type: large public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors, hook?: Ethnic background.
General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to UW…?: Foster is great and cheap. Now if they only offered some scholarships for average white males… (they don’t: most of what they offer is contingent upon need)</p>
<p>Date applied: late november (28th?)
Date decision postmarked/received: early feb
Accepted at which school/major at UW: psychology</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT Total: 1900</li>
<li>ACT: 28</li>
<li>SAT Subject Tests: (horrible)</li>
<li>GPA-UW/W: 3.7 UW</li>
<li>Rank: -</li>
<li>AP/IB classes: AP English Lang, AP English Lit, AP Calc, & APUSH</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: average; last minute rush; definitely not my best…</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: -</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: -</li>
<li>EC highlights: co-editor of school newspaper, apprenticeship @ well-known company, placed in a category @ biotech expo, & a member of a few clubs.</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: WA</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: asian (chinese/japanese)</li>
<li>Gender: female</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors, hook?: none?</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to UW…?: extremely likely i will be attending! :)</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: ballin’</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: meh</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: probably terrible</li>
<li>EC highlights: track captain, VP of Ski club, went to New Orleans to help out, and many others</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Good not great.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: n/a</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: n/a</li>
<li>EC highlights: Peer Mediation Treasurer; Varsity Tennis for 3 Years; Volunteered at UW Medical Center; Temple Volunteering; A few other school clubs</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person: </p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: WA</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: South Asian</li>
<li>Gender: F</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors, hook?: Nothing</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to UW…?: Going there this fall! See you guys there! :)</p>
<p>Date applied: January 15
Date decision postmarked/received: February 3
Accepted at which school/major at UW: Engineering</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT Total: 1750 M: 680, CR: 500, WR: 570,</li>
<li>ACT: X</li>
<li><p>SAT Subject Tests:
Math II: 670
US History: 510</p></li>
<li><p>GPA-UW/W: 3.6/4.0</p></li>
<li><p>Rank: X</p></li>
<li><p>AP/IB classes:
Junior Year: 3
AP Literature
AP Chemistry
AP US History</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Decent</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: none</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: none</li>
<li>EC highlights: Most Improved Award on Varsity Golf Team, President of Interact Club for one year and Publicity Coordinator for 2 years, Vice President of CSF Club for 1 year, NHS, Miscellaneous volunteer work (probably in total 150+ hours)</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors, hook?: I was forcefully transferred into a newly made high school. They may have been a little lenient because of the problems I faced (lack of classes, teachers, etc). I also heavily participated in extracurricular activities.</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to UW…?: Might go to UW because it has a lot of opportunities and the place is very nice. An interesting thing I noticed was they actually disapprove of recommendations so don’t send them.</p>
<p>Date applied: November 15th
Date decision postmarked/received: January 7th (UW Honors - January 22nd)
Accepted at which school/major at UW: History</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT Total: 2040 (Math 630, Reading 710, Writing 700)</li>
<li>ACT: N/A</li>
<li><p>SAT Subject Tests:
Lit: 630
US History: 690</p></li>
<li><p>GPA-UW/W: 3.7/4.0 Unweighted</p></li>
<li><p>Rank: Top third (barely) </p></li>
<li><p>AP/IB classes:
Honors English (9, 10, 11)
APUSH
Honors Calculus</p></li>
</ul>
<p>(Senior Year:
AP Lit
AP Stat
AP Micro
Honors/AP Chinese IV
Honors Philosophy)</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Very good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Decent</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Decent</li>
<li>EC highlights: 4 Years Varsity Swim Team, 4 Years Varsity Water Polo (captain), Chinese tutor, lifeguard </li>
</ul>
<p>Date applied: Dec 2 or 3
Date decision postmarked/received: March 2/ March 5
Accepted at which school/major at UW: seattle/pre science</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT Total: X</li>
<li>ACT: 27</li>
<li>SAT Subject Tests: Math 2c : 650 Korean : 800</li>
<li>GPA-UW/W: uw 3.79 w 3.93</li>
<li>Rank: top 10%</li>
<li>AP/IB classes: i took many honors class but i only took AP Bio and Stat</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: it was good kk (i spent so much time…)</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: not sure</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: not sure</li>
<li>EC highlights: volunteering at migrants’ center for 3 yrs, internship in seoul national university, track, golf, volunteering at children’s museum and korean language school…etc </li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: CA but i’m korean anyway</li>
<li>School Type: Private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian </li>
<li>Gender: F</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors, hook?: uhmmmm maybe my essay?</p>
<p>Date applied: Dec 1
Date decision postmarked/received: March 10/March 12
Accepted at which school/major at UW: Seattle/Art & Science/ Pre Science</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT Total: 1410 (real bad)</li>
<li>ACT: X</li>
<li>GPA-UW/W: 3.68</li>
<li>Rank: top 12%</li>
<li>AP/IB classes: AP Euro, Ap Lit, AP Physics, the rest were honor classes. Also accepted as a Running start student taking a total of 30 credits of college classes senior year</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: One of my best so far, worked really hard on it </li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Didn’t have any</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Didn’t have any</li>
<li>EC highlights: Volunteering at elementary schools for 4 years (100+ hours), 2 consecutive years as ASB Treasurer, 4 years of DECA, 2 years of Link Crew, 1 year JV Tennis, 2 years of employment in retail, 7 years with piano lessons, 4 years of National Honor Society.</li>
</ul>
<p>Congrats LoveUW! I knew how frantically you were doubting your admission. But you’re in now! I know how satisfying and safe that feels. I just wanted to congratulate you because we have same intended majors and very similar GPA. LOL Congrats!</p>
<p>Date applied: Dec 1
Date decision postmarked/received: Sometime in January, I can’t remember exactly.
Accepted at which school/major at UW: Seattle/undecided</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT Total: 2300 M: 700, CR: 800, WR: 800,</li>
<li>ACT: N/A</li>
<li>SAT Subject Tests: Lit: 670 US History: 670</li>
<li>GPA-UW/W: 3.5/?</li>
<li>Rank: 121/450ish</li>
<li>AP/IB classes: AP World History, AP US History, AP English Lang and Comp, AP Spanish 4, AP Macroecon, AP Gov and Politics, AP Biology</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: I’m a good writer, not particularly compelling subject matter</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Haven’t read. Probably good but not great.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Same</li>
<li>EC highlights: Tons and tons of theater related activities, some volunteering</li>
</ul>
<p>Guess I’ll be the first one to make a rejected post.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Date applied: 1/15
Date decision postmarked/received: March 12
Rejected at which school/major at UW: Pre-Health Sciences and Engineering</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT Total: 2060 M: 730, CR: 640, WR: 690,</li>
<li>ACT: 31; did not submit</li>
<li>SAT Subject Tests: Math II: 670</li>
<li>GPA-UW/W: ~3.65/3.97</li>
<li>Rank: 12%</li>
<li>AP/IB classes: AP Human Geo (4), AP US History (4), AP English Lang and Comp (4), AP Physics B, AP English Literature, AP Gov and Politics, AP Calc AB</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Not that bad</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: None submitted</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: None submitted</li>
<li>EC highlights: Average; plenty of music</li>
</ul>
<p>Date applied: 11/30
Date decision postmarked/received: March 12
Rejected at which school/major at UW: Communication </p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT Total: 1950 M: 540, CR: 640, WR: 770,</li>
<li>ACT: did not submit </li>
<li>SAT Subject Tests:did not submit </li>
<li>GPA-UW/W: ~3.3-3.4</li>
<li>Rank: school doesn’t rank, but probably not good </li>
<li>AP/IB classes: About 10 APs/honors classes along with AP Scholar award</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: I’d consider my first essay one of the best ones I did out of all my college essays. Second one was ok, I’m sure if I read it back I would cringe now. </li>
<li>Teacher Recs: None submitted, they didn’t want any anyway</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: None submitted</li>
<li>EC highlights: Cheerleading 4 years, varsity captain this year, 2 years band, school paper, lots of community service, and some others.</li>
</ul>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to UW…?: Not surprised to be rejected at all given that I’m OOS and my GPA’s not so hot. Congrats to everyone who got in though!</p>
<p>Date applied: Jan 15
Date decision postmarked/received: Mar 15
Accepted at which school/major at UW: Aeronautics</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT Total: 2010 M: 630, CR: 610, WR: 770,</li>
<li>ACT: N/A</li>
<li>SAT Subject Tests: Lit: 560 US History: 690</li>
<li>GPA-UW/W: 3.3/3.6</li>
<li>Rank: 114/284</li>
<li>AP/IB classes: AP Lit, AP Econ, AP Gov</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Thought they were pretty good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: n/a</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: n/a</li>
<li>EC highlights: Not much, mostly music related</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Essays: I think it turned out good, i had a million people edit it and by the end, the last person that looked at it (an english teacher at a private university) said that it was really good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: None submitted, they didn’t want any anyway</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: None submitted</li>
<li>EC highlights: Drill 2 yrs, Girl Scouts 4yrs (technically 13), Hebrew High 4yrs, JSU 2 yr/president for 1yr, Earthbound club member 4yrs</li>
</ul>
:D</p>