<p>Jewish White Female
Private School: class size - 168 (no ranking but definitely top 10%)
weighted GPA - 4.62 / unweighted - 4.0/4.0
SAT: 2330 - Reading: 750, Math: 800, Writing: 780
SAT2: Math Level 2: 760, US History: 710
AP Scores: Calculus AP: 5, English Language and Composition: 5, US History: 4, Psychology: 4, World History: 4, Human Geography: 4
I have taken 15 APs total in high school.</p>
<p>Senior Year: AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C, Anatomy Honors, AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics, AP US Government, Ceramics (art credit), AP English Literature, AT Independent Research Study</p>
<p>Honors:
National Merit Finalist, Rensselaer Medal Award, Outstanding World Language Award, Headmaster's Honor Roll, AP Scholar with Distinction</p>
<p>ECs:
-National English Honor Society: Treasurer
-National Honor Society
-Science National Honor Society
-Mu Alpha Theta
-Spanish National Honor Society
-Youth Leadership Broward: YMCA Community Service Group Chair.
-Managed funds derived from school and regional bake sales and donated to the Share Our Strength organization to end childhood hunger: Treasurer (9, 10)
-Crew Team: 9, 10. Varsity coxswain for Mens 4-person boat.
-Volunteered at local hospital for three years
-Pancreatic Cancer Walk: Coordinated student participation and raised over $2,500.
-Volunteered with free student run tutoring service for middle school students</p>
<p>Common APP essay- very strong, creative perspective
REC letters: I haven't seen them but I can guarantee that one of them is amazing and the other is probably "okay"
Hook(s)?: my independent research project?...</p>
<p>How are my chances of getting in Regular Decision?? Thank you!!</p>
<p>They are almost all National Honor societies…who isn’t in those who are applying to schools like washu? [assuming the school has them]</p>
<p>Why should washu accept this person over someone else who is academically just as qualified but a much more well rounded person with interesting ECs or dedication to something! With the applicant pool skyrocketing, ECs and essays WILL make a decision.</p>
<p>umm @petrovich, my test scores are nearly perfect so… you’re wrong haha. and I know that I don’t have the best ECs but I am very well-rounded @futurepresident, i didnt put my entire resume on here</p>
<p>^^I agree that a NHS is not going to help anyone. However, if Wash U were to waitlist/reject this applicant, it would be because they thought she had no interest in attending, * not * because of her ECs.</p>
<p>^By the way, you know your scores are nearly perfect, why do you need a Chance Me thread?</p>
<p>“SAT: 2330 - Reading: 750, Math: 800, Writing: 780
SAT2: Math Level 2: 760, US History: 710
AP Scores: Calculus AP: 5, English Language and Composition: 5, US History: 4, Psychology: 4, World History: 4, Human Geography: 4
I have taken 15 APs total in high school.”</p>
<p>Your SAT I scores are wonderful. Your 760 Math II, however, is rather odd considering the historically massive curve applied to the exam as well as, again, your perfect or near-perfect grades. 710 U.S. is also an eyebrow raiser, for similar reasons. Curiouser yet are your six AP exams, of which only two are fives, leading to the hurried conclusion that your GPA is, unfortunately for our purposes, significantly inflated.</p>
<p>Postscript: The scores are “mediocre” relative to the unweighted 4.0/4.0 so proudly displayed above them.</p>
<p>^ Petrovich, SAT Subject Tests aren’t perfect measures of a student’s ability, and schools put much less emphasis on them than SATs and GPA. In fact, most schools only look for a certain cut-off point: for example, MIT has said that a 700 score on the math test is sufficient to succeed in an MIT math class, and the difference between a 700 and an 800 is minimal in an admissions decision. </p>
<p>Also, scores are taken in the context of the school one attends. If the OP’s scores are some of the best in her school, then she won’t be hurt. This may shock the elite academicians of CC, but in many schools across the country, a 4 on an AP test is not considered mediocre by any stretch of the imagination.</p>
<p>Not commenting on whether or not the scores are going to be good enough, but at any private school with a class of <200 kids where a student can take 15 AP classes, a 4 is not going to be viewed as a total success. At least those are my experiences after meeting students from an incredible range of high schools this year.</p>
<p>Also, OP, solid senior schedule. I think that there is a fair chance at getting in. Good Luck!</p>
<p>I think people are being waaaay to critical. Plenty of people get in with worse scores, etc. And Wash U doesn’t even require SAT Subject Tests or AP scores in their admissions process… Regular SAT scores are considered more important, and the OP’s are excellent.</p>