Is WASH U to far of a reach for me even to apply???

Colleges and Universities A-Z Washington University in St. Louis
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<p>Fairly competative public school
Send about 25% of students to top 100 schools
GPA: 4.5
Class Rank 15 out of 400 top 5%
SAT I 1900 can probably bring up to around a 2000
ACT 29
Most vigorous course load
Scored 4 or higher on the four AP's I took Junior Year
My transcript has a lot of really low A's that inflate my GPA. Our school has a a weird scale where 90-100 is an A, 80-89 is a B 70-79 is a C and 70 below is failing. My school GPA is based on A's are 5's in Pre-AP or AP classes and 4's in regular classes and so on. I havent calculated my UW GPA but I think it will be low because a lot of my 5's for A's in AP classes have been low A's like 90-93's. I think this could really hurt me when the grades are unweighted. </p>

<p>Senior Class Schedule
AP Psychology
ADV SS Mentors
AP US Government
AP Statistics
AP Economics
AP English IV
AP Biology</p>

<p>-Attended Texas Boys State, became Lt. Governor, and a Texas Boys State attorney
-Junior and Senior Class Vice President
-Principles Leadership Award
-Cum Laude Society founder @ school
-Multicultural Club treasurer
-Varsity Golf captain 3yrs(top 10 qualifyer at Regionals)
-National Honor Society Member 2yrs
-Student Council Member
-UIL creative writing, current events, and number sense
-Honor Guard
-Working on having some of my writing published I worked on over the summer, may be difficult to do before applying but its possible
-over 100 community service hourse at Presbyterian Hospital</p>

<p>Expecting extremely good rec's and essays</p>

<p>I am extremely interested in Wash U and i think it will show in my essays which won't be over done, they'll be sincere and honest. I know that I will be one of the weaker candidates with my poor standardized test scores but I am still extremely interested. It seems like they send me something every week in the mail and I know that in reality it means nothing but I can't help but be persuaded that they are somewhat interested in me but I can't figure out why. Please tell me if I am just waisting my time because I really love Wash U but I completely understand if its not even worth applying. Any suggestions would be appreciated.</p>

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<p>I'd say just get those SAT's up</p>

<p>where are your SAT II's???</p>

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<p>Your transcript looks solid and so do your ECs. As it stands, you are not too out of reach. You should be fairly confident. Although to boost your own confidence, I would retake either the SAT or ACT. Shoot for 2150+ on SAT, and 31+ on ACT. If standardized testing is a problem area for you, not to worry, there are other things you can do to increase your chances.</p>

<p>Focus more time on writing superior essays, take a campus tour, and schedule an interview. </p>

<p>Goodluck!</p>

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<p>My friend had about the same stats as you except about 2100 on SATs and was waitlisted.</p>