how do u find scholarships??
@graduating2017 scholarship is in the acceptance letter.
So surprised to have gotten in with a 15k scholarship!! Accepted to Columbia but I want to apply for the public health major later on. Congratulations to all those accepted and to those who have been waitlisted or rejected - don’t fret. You are too intelligent, capable, and hardworking to let this one thing bring you down
Waitlisted. I don’t know how…
1520 SAT
Perfect math score
3.96 UW GPA
5.11 Weighted GPA
Top 6% of class
16 AP/IB classes over last 4 years. Never scored lower than a 3 on any of them.
Math team captain
All-state math team member
Won several math contests and qualified for AIME
Varsity baseball - 4 years.
Did research at a university
Editor of school newspaper
NHS member and Spanish NHS
President of 2 clubs at school
Visited campus multiple times. Showed lots of interest.
Accepted RD to Duke and UVA.
@PosAttitude - the office is open late. You can call them.
Accepted with 25k presidential scholarship. 30 act and 3.9 unweighted GPA
Where do you see whether you got a merit scholarship?
Accepted as a psych major to the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences with a presidential scholarship 4.6 WGPA (4.0 UW), 1400 new SAT, 10 APs, top 5% in my class of 443 students
Im waitlisted also…
SAT new 1390
GPA 3.9
School of Business
decent extracurriculars and rec. letters
visited the campus twice;
Is school of Business a hard school within GWU?
Both accepted. GPA +/- 4.0UW; SAT +/- 1300…both are very similar.
Got into GW and the Women’s Leadership program 33 ACT, 3.97 GPA, School of Business
Accepted in School of Media + Public Affairs
3.7 UW GPA, 4.7/5.0 UW
35 ACT
1770 SAT
ECs weren’t that many but showed a ton of dedication to my intended major
*W GPA is 4.7
Is everyone who was placed on the wait list planning on accepting their spots?
S was admitted with their Presidential Scholarship ($25k). Also accepted to UNC (in state). But rejected by Duke and UVA. 1530 new SAT, 5.1 WGPA. 11 APs. Not a ton of ECs but does go to great STEM boarding school
Decision: Denied
ACT: 32 (M 28, S 31, E 31, R 36)
GPA: 3.35 (Un-weighted) positive upward trend Junior and Senior year (4.12 weighted this year)
4 AP classes
2 campus visits. One formal tour, one weekend with a friend and visited a class.
2 years varsity soccer.
1 Year varsity track
1 Year varsity XC
1 Year varsity Baseball.
Strengths: ACT score? Recommendation letters from teachers. Expressed interest.
Weaknesses: GPA. Supplement essay. Mediocre extracurriculars.
Anyone else already enroll? LMFAO After checking my aid letter n seeing that I got basically a full ride (n all of my other colleges didn’t give me enough) I decided to just do it considering gw has been my first choice for a while
Man, that financial aid is the biggest joke of the millennium. Vanderbilt was about twice as kind. #GoDores
Accepted with the Presidential Scholarship, Congratulations to all those who got in!
Accepted, Presidential Scholar AND alumni 30,000k scholarship too! GO COLONIALS!!!