HS Class of 2012 Decision Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Washington
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): 1620 M:540 R:580 W:500
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96/4.0
Junior Year Course Load: 5 IB courses (Spanish, History, Chem, English, Psychology )
Senior Year Course Load: 6 IB Courses (Spanish, History, ToK, Chem, English, Discrete)
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>Extracurriculars: Basketball, Track, Bodybuilding, Theater Production Team
Volunteer/Community service: YMCA Youth B-Ball Coach & Volunteer at a local hospital (135+ hours)
Essays: First one was about how my parents were my inspirations and how I’ve taken advantage of the opportunities they’ve given me. My second one was about my trip to Vietnam.
</code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
Intended Major: Business
State (if domestic applicant): Washington
School Type: Public & Competitive
Ethnicity: Chinese/Vietnamese
Gender: Male
</code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>Strengths: GPA and Essays
Weaknesses: SAT definitely and I had little involvement with clubs or any leadership roles.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: Strong GPA, course load and essays. They made up for my crappy SAT score.
</code></pre>

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<p>Accepted
In-State
GPA UW: 3.42/4.00</p>

<p>Tests
SAT: 1840/2400. 690/800M |570/800R | 580/800W Essay 10/12
ACT: 28/36. 25/36 English | 31/36 Math | 29/36 Reading | 25/36 Science | Essay 8/12</p>

<p>Classes
Freshman year classes: Washington State Pacific Rim History, Algebra + Geometry 1, Spanish 100, Physical Education, Science, English 09
Sophomore year classes: Algebra + Geometry 2, Biology, AP World History, Spanish 200, Honors English 10, Racket Sports/ Piano Lab
Junior year classes: AP Calculus AB, Weights/ Ceramics, Spanish 103, AP US History, English 11, AP Physics B
Senior year classes: College Prep English, AP Statistics, AP Environmental Science, AP Economics, AP US Government and Politics, Health / Business Graphics</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:
National Honors Society (08-12), Earth Club (08-10), Model United Nations (09-11), Future Business Leaders of America (09-12), Give 100+ Hours (12), Piano (00-12), Basketball (01-08) For the extracurricular activities on the application I wrote about Future Business Leaders of America and National Honors Society, instead of writing about every single one.</p>

<p>Essays:
One was about my summer trip three years ago to my homeland for a family reunion. This one is a huge metaphorical essay about how my family reunion trip is like a hot pot (google it) and how each ingredient makes me who I am, just like how the family reunion picture makes the family reunion perfect.</p>

<p>The second one was experiencing stereotypes, and living through them my entire life. Tied it into emotional feelings, and how I got through it. Although the essay may sound emotional, I ended it on a positive note with the lessons I learned on why people stereotype and how they don’t necessarily mean it.</p>

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<p>@oldknave I’ve always thought the UW average SAT was competitive (based on past Decision threads where most who got in seem to have high scores), I guess mines not that bad O_o.
Glad so many are getting accepted this year though!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>ACT 30
SAT 1980
GPA 3.9
Jr yr course load: 2 AP, 2 Honors (all school offers)
Sr yr course load: 2 AP, 2 Honors (all school offers, includes UW Eng 131 & Calculus)
Rank: Salutatorian</p>

<p>ECs: ASB Pres, VP, 4 yrs varsity softball, 3 yrs varsity basketball & volleyball (team captain), 3 yrs varsity fooball cheer, 4 yrs club Volleyball (team captain), 3 yrs Drama, NHS officer 2 yrs, 3 yrs Big Sister, Bball coach for Boys & Girls Club, 2 summers hospital volunteer, church youth group leader
Essays: first one was about when she accidentally set the house on fire (seriously!) second was about growing up in very small town</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid: Yes
Intended Major: Business
State: WA
School Type: small public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female</p>

<p>Strengths: GPA & ECs
Weaknesses: SAT & possibly essays
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: GPA & ECs, leadership experience</p>

<p>General Comments: Glad they accepted more instate students :)</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>

<p>GPA (U.W): 3.39
SAT I (breakdown): 2100. M:660 R:640 W:800
Junior Year Course Load: 5 IBs (Lang, Hist, PreCalc, Psych, Biology)
Senior Year Course Load: 4 IB 1 AP (AP Calc, Hist, Lang, Bio)</p>

<p>EC’s
-30,000 Subscribers and 7 million total views on YouTube ([73368’s</a> Channel - YouTube](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/73368]73368’s”>Shane Bang - YouTube))
-leader/member of youth group (several mission trips to Native American reservations throughout state)
-Drumline/Pep band (snare)
-Math Team (our high school places top 10 in the nation annually)
-Co-Founder/Treasurer of my HS’s first Sports Science Club.</p>

<p>Essays: Wrote about wanting to become a drummer but being unable to afford a drumset.</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
Intended Major: Undecided
State (if domestic applicant): Washington
School Type: Public, competitive
Ethnicity: Korean
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: SAT, essays,
Weaknesses: GPA, by far.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: I think they believed I was a unique student, assuming they watched my YouTube videos and read my essays.
General Comments: My SAT score may have saved me.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I 2070
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.52 (4.29 weighted, 9 APs)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 25%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Gov: 4, APES: 5 Eng. Lang: 5 World:3 Calc: 2
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4x AP (Eng, Stat, Euro, Bio)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4x years XC, 1x year outdoor track, 1st degree black belt (TKD)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Internships + camp counseling
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Internships at the national aquarium in DC, jobs working with scientists in the field, published at age 13
[<em>] Summer Activities: See above
[</em>] Essays: Epic win
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: N/A
[</em>] Counselor Rec: N/A
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yessir
[</em>] Intended Major: Fisheries science / Comp engineering double major
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public ultra-competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): [ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[</em>] Strengths: Epic essays and very strong fisheries focus
[<em>] Weaknesses: Crappy math grades
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: See strengths
[/ul]General Comments: w00t</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1630 - M:560 R:500 W:570
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.745
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17/313
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Running Start at BC - Precalc 1 and 2, Calculus 1, Microeconomics, English 101, US. in World Affairs (History), German 1, General Physics 1, Political Science, Health </p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Judo for 6 years (State champ and other medals), wrestling junior year
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Graphics Technician for ~2 years
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Summer church camps, coach assistant
[</em>] Essays: About my cultural history, completing part of 9th grade in Romania’s rigorous educational system, and how I was able to adapt to school in the U.S.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Computer Science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[</em>] School Type: Public/Running Start
[<em>] Ethnicity: White/European
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Extracurricular activities, essays, 4.0 GPA junior year, college courses senior year
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT, freshman year GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: I think I was accepted because I was able to improve my GPA from 9th grade, and also because of my essays and extracurricular activities
[/ul]</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted!!![ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2260- 800 Reading, 800 Writing, 660 Math
[ *] ACT: NA
[ *] SAT II: 780 World History, 770 Literature
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): maybe top 10-15% about 25/180
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Full time Running Start at WSU. all 300 and 400 level courses, except for swim and Physics 101 ( the bane of my existence, currently)
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, National Hispanic Scholar, West Point Summer Leadership Best in Class, National Geography Bee School Champ for 4 years</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years of Varsity Swim, Districts, State, 1st Team, etc. Not Captain; Spanish Club( President); Knowldege Bowl, (Captain)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: I’m in the WA National Guard, DJ for WSU, Tutoring
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: I tutor High School, Middle school and College students
[ *] Summer Activities: boot camp, swim, backpacking in Europe
[ *] Essays: Normal essays were all strong, Honors less so. I’m a pretty evocative writer, but the honors one was rather extempore. That may bite me back later.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec: Didn’t have one. I didn’t think we did?
[ *] Additional Rec: again, lacking on this.
[ *] Interview: Nope, though it would have been fun, I think.</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes! Big time Yes!
[ *] Intended Major: European Studies/Germanics/Art History/ World History ( some combination of the four into a double major double minor
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: Public, Small, and Rural
[ *] Ethnicity: Latina/African American/German
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: ( I’m a independent student because of my military service, so about $5,00-10,00. My parents are at the low end of middle class)
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Hispanic, National Merit, fluent in 3 languages, in the Army, father deployed in Afghanistan,</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: application highlights both my love of learning and my excitement for UW
[ *] Weaknesses: very, very last minute
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: Good fit for the school
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]
Que sera, sera- what will be, will be. Best of luck. Everything happens for a reason. You’ll make it to the school that’s somehow just right for you. For me at least, I’m turning down Yale because something about that school didn’t feel spot on. I was pleased when I got their letter, but absolutely ecstatic when the postman handed my UW’s letter today. Each school can be the right one for different people. Be intrepid, genuinely inquisitive, and above all, tenacious. Things will work out!!</p>

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<p>Everyone around me has their letters. Seriously. Everyone. Only one guy got rejected so far. I haven’t gotten mine yet. Maybe a blessing in disguise, because they might be taking longer to review my application and reach a decision?</p>

<p>I’ve got a 2120 SAT, 31 ACT, 4 AP’s and 13 honors classes, about 200 hours of volunteering at the UW medical center, a year’s worth of work experience, Track, and a 9-year art portfolio that’s probably my biggest pride and joy. Everyone said my essays were great and at the very least, unique. That’s all okay, but my unweighted GPA is a 3.2. I got hit hard by the death of my grandfather (GPA never dropped below a 3.0, but still) but it was also a good thing because it galvanized me into action and I was inspired to start volunteering and do all this other stuff too. I had that in the extracurricular journal and “Additional Info” section.</p>

<p>I’m just really worried. If I had all this stuff and had even a 3.4 or a 3.5 GPA, I’d be accepted by now, based off of all the people who got accepted yesterday. But instead I’ve been shaking with anticipation and nervousness for like 24 hours straight. And my mom turned straight-up verbally abusive when she found out everyone else already has letters - “so why don’t you have one yet? Huh?” If I get rejected there’s gonna be hell to pay.</p>

<p>The UW NetID unofficial transcript doesn’t load either. At least, it didn’t 12 hours ago and I’m afraid to check now. Bad sign?</p>

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<p>@metalninjacake
calm down, and don’t let your mom get to you!</p>

<p>colleges don’t look at people, they look at resumes. keep calm and have a cupcake. you’ll find somewhere you belong soon.</p>

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<p>wow! I went to sbang94 Youtube because of the link… very impressed! I was kindof curious as to how/ why one would offer up videos on an college app, but now I get it! that was easily one of the cooler things I’ve seen on Youtube for a while. I might actually go to the football games if the pep band will be doing interesting stuff like that!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 34
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% (like 5th percentile or something?)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), Chemistry (5), English Lang (5), Calc AB (4)
[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Lit, psychology/sociology, citizenship (required --), ceramics I, Accelerated Calc/Multivariable Calc & Geometry I/II</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Art club, Science Olympiad, Knowledge Bowl, Mathletics, Honor Society, cross country, track
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Big Brothers Big Sisters, after school tutoring, volunteered abroad over the summer of 2010
[<em>] Personal Statement: Decent. I don’t know if I’d call it “great,” but decent.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: No clue! Something science-y
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Washington
[<em>] School Type: Public, nothing special; I think lots of kids from my school get accepted to UW every year though
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Noooope. Hahaha
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Stats (I’m pretty proud of my stats)
[</em>] Weaknesses: When it comes to UW, the biggest was probably being in-state (from what I’ve been hearing about the OOS acceptances…) and having so many people from my school apply there as well. Also, I have pretty run-of-the-mill extracurriculars and no leadership… so…
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My stats. I don’t think there’s any question about that -___-[/li][/ul]General Comments: Still waiting on hearing about the honors program! FINGERS CROSSED! :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 700, M 780, W 670
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: Math IIC 710
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.59
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 46 out of 341
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): ■■■■■■■■ scores, too embarrassed to list lol
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Bio, Spanish 4, AP Language, Civics, Chemistry
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Started school bboy club, taekwondo, played guitar for church, abacus
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Paid tutoring
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: ALY, tutored students at schools
[<em>] Summer Activities: Went to California for a week to help renovate a neighborhood
[</em>] Essays: Extremely cliche lol, about stopping hate
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: idk
[</em>] Counselor Rec: idk
[<em>] Additional Rec:N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yap
[</em>] Intended Major: Computer Science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: effing poor
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): idk
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: nothing…really
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA, Extracurriculars
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied:
[/ul]General Comments: yeah!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1950 - CR 640, M 640, W 670
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: US History 660, French 790
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 23/422
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):</p>

<p>AP European History (4)
AP English Composition (3)
I took both courses from January to May; missed the first semester.</p>

<p>[li] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Year Course Load:</p>[/li]
<p>AP Environmental Science
AP English Literature
AP Psychology
AP U.S. Government </p>

<p>[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NONE</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>Model United Nations
Student Council (homeroom representative)
Global Issues Group (leader)
Environmental Club (president)
Global Issues Conference 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland (school representative)
Art-related activities
National Honor Society, BETA Club</p>

<p>[li] Job/Work Experience: NONE</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Volunteer/Community service:</p>[/li]
<p>Fund-raise for Haiti
Clean up parks and animal shelters
Teach Vietnamese at my local temple
& much more</p>

<p>[li] Summer Activities:[/li]Took Grade 11 math course online in the summer before my Senior year. I took Grade 10 Math in my Junior year. Long story.</p>

<p>[li] Essays:</p>[/li]
<p>One was about how I responded to the Sakineh verdict in Iran.
The other was about how I felt when I listened to the South Vietnam national anthem for the first time (it is banned from communist Vietnam).</p>

<p>[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: n/a
[</em>] Counselor Rec: n/a
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: n/a</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: International Relations/Studies
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): U.S.A.
[<em>] School Type: Private international school (Grade 9, 10), Public school (Grade 11, 12)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian. My father is Taiwanese. My mother is Vietnamese.
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation College</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Unique essay topics
[</em>] Weaknesses: Stats ;o;
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: Strong interest in Politics, Culture, Art, and Global Issues[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Received my letter on March 16. Probably first wave.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2110 - 630 CR 800 M 670 W
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: 710 Molecular Bio, 660 Physics, 800 Math2, 800 Chinese, 790 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: ~3.5
[<em>] Rank: uhh 20%
[</em>] AP: World History (3), Calc AB (4), Calc BC (5), Chem (5), Computer Science (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Lit of Rebellion, Africa/Middle East History, Ethnic Studies, Global Business Ethics, Written Comp, AP Physics, AP Stats, Graphic Design 2
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: 2 years robotics team, 2 years programming team, 2 years varsity swim team
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: summer swim coach
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~400 hours total at RAFT, WCEO, and InnVision
[<em>] Summer Activities: sleep, community service, computer games
[</em>] Essays: something about my first experience with computer science… I think
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] Intended Major: Computer Science
[<em>] State: California c:
[</em>] School Type: Private Catholic
[<em>] Ethnicity: Taiwanese
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: umm… idk
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none? o__o
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: test scores probably
[</em>] Weaknesses: extracurriculars
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: strong interest in computer science (taught myself C++ and Java), decent test scores/gpa[/li][/ul]General Comments:
2nd choice, very likely chance that I’ll be attending UW :P</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 1700 - CR:600 M:530 W:560
[</em>] ACT:None
[<em>] SAT II:None
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.74
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):None
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):Epically Failed AP Chem and AP Lang
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: PE x3, AP Calc, AP Lit, AP Gov, Orchestra
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Youth Group, tennis team 4 years(captain senior year), Alter Server
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Library worker 2 years
[</em>] Summer Activities: USTA Tennis
[<em>] Essays: According to UW Bothell’s Admissions person: Very nice.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: None
[<em>] Counselor Rec: None
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[<em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major:Computer Sci, Engineer
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:Taiwanese
[</em>] Gender:M
[<em>] Income Bracket: 60,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:Reading, Writing
[</em>] Weaknesses: Math
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied:My math SAT was epically low. [/li][/ul]General Comments: People should not attend UW so I can get in on the wait-list :)</p>

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<p>Oooh. Struggle
I MEANT:
ACT: 34
Not SATII: 34.
Hahaha
Didn’t submit my SATI or SATII</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (800R, 700M, 700W)
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 780 Math II, 760 Physics
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Physics B (4), Chemistry (5), English Language (5), Calc BC (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Differential Equations, AP English Literature, AP American Government, AP Psychology, AP Biology, French 4
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP Scholar
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Club (President), Hiking, Doctor Shadowing, Volunteering
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital, Library, School
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: Good I think.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Good-Did not get to read them.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Ok- Counselor was new this year.
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Biochemistry
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Public
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Scores and Essays
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA, Extracurricular (lacking leadership)<br>
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: See strengths
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted :frowning:</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 superscored - 740 Reading, 800 Writing, 660 Math; 2120 both separate times I took it
[</em>] ACT: 31, with 36 in reading
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.20 (this killed me)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unavailable at my school
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), Environmental Science (4), US History (3)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Part time Running Start at Bellevue College, taking 4 classes there the entire year. AP US Government, AP Statistics, Chemistry, Japanese 3, and Health.
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar. That’s about it.
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<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club, Art Club, Model UN, 9th grade track (third year, starting in 7th grade), independent Japanese study, and weekend art class from which I’d compiled a huge near-professional art portfolio spanning a decade
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 5 months doing office duty for my dad’s company, 10 months working about 20 hours a week as a waiter in a retirement home in Bellevue
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 150+ hours at the UW medical center
[</em>] Summer Activities: Traveling, working up to 35 hours, volunteering when I could
[<em>] Essays: Everyone said they were great. I was born in Russia, raised in Japan, and moved here - I milked that for “diversity” as hard as I could. Did the one about family history and traced everywhere we’d been over the last 18 years, following the growth of my dad’s business, and writing about how that inspired me to do what I’ve done. Second essay was a shorter anecdote about an experience in Japan where initially I experienced some xenophobia and culture-clashing, but then everything turned out better as we shared the gift of language and whatnot.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Not allowed here but I have 4-5 available that I’m gonna send in with the appeals packet.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I did have one for the Common Application but UW didn’t ask for any, so yeah.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Got one from my art teacher. Again, UW didn’t ask for any.
[li] Interview: Nope.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, but I’m not gonna get any.
[</em>] Intended Major: Business Admin / International Relations / Art as a backup. Idk, I haven’t researched.
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public, 1500 students, pretty competitive (difficult classes)
[</em>] Ethnicity: White/Russian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: High enough to not get need-based financial aid. I made about 8 grand in the 10 months I worked on my own.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): fluent in 3 languages and decent in a fourth. That’s about it.</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Reflection[ul]
[<em>]Strengths: SAT/ACT scores, content of my essays if not the writing style, relatively rigorous courses (13 honors classes and 4 AP’s only because I couldn’t fit any more)
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, GPA, GPA.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: GPA. People with EVERYTHING else worse than me, but with a higher GPA, got accepted on the first day.[/li][/ul][ b]General Comments:[ /b]
I really, really wish I had focused all my efforts on my GPA. If it was at least a 3.4 or a 3.5, I fully believe I would’ve been accepted, based on everyone else around me. Dammit…>_></p>

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<p>Fingers crossed that I get ANYTHING in the mail tomorrow. I want this anxiety from waiting to finally be put to an end regardless of the outcome. Unless of course I get waitlisted, which probably will happen…</p>