is it over yet?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Washington University in St. Louis
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<p>please evaluate!</p>

<p>Chinese, 17 years old, CA resident</p>

<p>Acedemic:
SAT New: 560CR, 690W, 800M = 2050 (might retake in november)
SATII: projected 750 Physics and 750 for 2C</p>

<p>Senior (this year) schedule: (most rigorous courseload, except no AP language)
Biology AP
English 4 AP
Govt/Econ AP
Calculus AB AP</p>

<p>4 years of chinese, 2 years of french</p>

<p>Got a 3 on the AP US History AP exam... sick</p>

<p>GPA: 3.5 UW 3.91 W (no, not a joke)</p>

<p>OK, extra curriculars:
Went to rural China for 3 weeks to teach oral English to English teachers there. It's one of Intel China's biggest community service things.. worked there for about 9 hours a day. I lived in the school and ate at the cafeteria, which is some kind of payment I guess. I had 24 students. Uh... I guess its only special because absolutely nobody else has it, otherwise its nothing worth mentioning.</p>

<p>Taught English in Shanghai for 3 weeks, not that its something in particular, either. Worked at an office. Primary duty was improve the workers' oral English, secondary duty was help out in the office doing clerical stuff. Got a really good review by the supervisor and that's about it. 8 hours a day. Was volunteer work but they gave me 1000yuan ($120) (and a Tshirt) at the end as a gift.</p>

<p>Went to school in Shanghai for 02-03 (freshman). Editor in Chief for newspaper and yearbook there.</p>

<p>Parents seperated (not legally). live with mom and she gets crap pay. (<60K)... plus she has cancer</p>

<p>JSA for 2 years, about 75 credit hours. no position held</p>

<p>Chinese National Honor Society 2 years, 50something credit hours, no position</p>

<p>Football Team 10th grade.</p>

<p>private tutor for half a year, got paid</p>

<p>scorekeeper for basketball games, got paid</p>

<p>What more can i say? (i'm flippin doomed)</p>

<p>My essays should be pretty good since i got a lot of teachers from China who will read them (they are mostly HYPS grads). My teacher recs should be mediocre since im planning on asking my senior year teachers. ALso, one more thing, my essays are gonna be flippin crazy as in the topics will be crazy.</p>

<p>AHHHHHHH!!!!!!</p>

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<p>Come On Someone Post</p>

<p>Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!</p>

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<p>Well, where do you want to apply to??</p>

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<p>washington... its the washington board, isnt it???</p>

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<p>Stop worring, you have a great shot. Just make sure those essays are DAMN good like you said they will.</p>

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<p>Retake the SATI in November. Higher CR scores will help. Your 800 on math, but significantly lower verbal score makes you too lopsided. Not good, considering you're Chinese and already expected to get good math scores xP
750 on Math2C will be in the 70th percentile.
I wouldn't call anything around 60K "crap pay".</p>

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<p>Kenneth, are you applying to merit based aid or just need? you think they'll meet ur complete need? How much you planning on paying? Are you talking of 60 K chinese?</p>

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<p>if its 60K chinese, would i still be alive?</p>

<p>ps, do i even deserve financial aid?</p>

<p>pps, to tell the truth, money isnt the primary concern</p>