Thought I may be able to help out anyone who has any questions about the application process, how I like UW, greek life, dorm life, or anything else.
I live in Maple (brand new dorms in west campus) and am in a fraternity as a spring pledge (which basically means I get to stay in the dorms until spring and then have to move into the house).
I got awarded $3,000 a year from the purple and gold scholarship which doesn’t do much for the huge out of state tuition (~$34k).
My Highschool Stats:
From: Southern California
Desired major: Physics
ACT: 30 Composite (31 superscored)
SAT: 1890 (1940 superscored)
UW GPA: 3.83
W GPA: 4.17
11 AP classes taken by Senior year
AP test scores:
3: World History, English Language, Biology, Physics B
4: Calculus AB, US History
Extra Curriculars:
130 hours of volunteering at UC San Diego’s Birch Aquarium
40 Hours of volunteering at Reuben H. Fleet Science Center
3 Week Accelerator Aerospace Engineering program at North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (2014 summer)
Astronomy Enrichment course taken Freshman year (extra course offered by my high school)
100 hours of volunteering for local congressman’s campaign
100 hours of volunteering at local skatepark giving free skate lessons
Skateboard Club for 3 years
Work a job as a bus boy
Worked at a local summer action sports camp summer of 2013
Awards:
MVP for JV golf (junior year)
Top 25 Students in Junior class (out of 302)
English Department Award Sophomore year (Awarded to 10-15 top students in department throughout all 9-12th grade)
Science Department Award Sophomore year
Faculty Accommodation Award (Given based on Academic performance and personal character)
Other schools I got accepted to:
UCSB, UC Davis, Cal Poly SLO, U of Oregon, UCSC
Waitlisted at (did not try and get off the waitlist on any of the schools):
Boston College, U of Michigan, UCSD
Denied:
Stanford, Notre Dame, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Cornell