It's annoying, but chance me?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Washington University in St. Louis
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<p>WashU is definitely my first choice, but I'm a little concerned. Right now I'm a senior with around a 3.8 GPA unweighted (they don't give us any weighted GPA, no matter how much we fight for one). I'm 20th in a class of about 280.</p>

<p>31 ACT; I've only taken it once without any practice, so I'm going to retake once. Luckily WashU super scores, so I'm hoping for something higher.</p>

<p>Skipped honors 9th grade English and went straight to honors 10th grade English my first year of High school and took honors classes in both 9th and 10th grade.</p>

<p>We only have one on campus AP class, and it actually got taken away this year, so I had to approach my TAG teacher about taking them outside of school. This means I ran an overflow schedule from 10th-12th grade. My AP's are microeconomics 10th grade, macroeconomics and literature 11th grade, and government, psychology, biology, and language 12th grade. By the time we graduate I should have more AP courses than anyone else in my class.</p>

<p>Also will have taken four college classes: human anatomy, care and prevention of athletic injuries, medical terminology, and calculus. They're from the local junior college paired with our high school. I took one on the college campus and the other three at the high school.</p>

<p>Extracurricular activities:
Choir 9th
GSA 9th
Gymnastics 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
AAU and USTA competitive tumbling 9th, 10th (doctor asked me to quit competing due to injuries)
Free gymnastics coaching of children 11th
Track and field 10th, 11th, 12th
Cross country 11th, 12th
NHS 11th, 12th
NCYL semi-finalist (finalists are announced in a week)
Orchestra 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Pit musical orchestra 11th, 12th
Grapevine magazine data analyst 11th
JCPenney sales associate 11th, 12th
TAG student 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Honor roll 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th</p>

<p>I know a lot of your acceptance chance is based on your essay and recommendations. My recommendations I'm not too worried about, and I'm working on my essay.</p>

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<p>GPA is fine, and if you can get your superscored ACT up a couple points, then that’ll be fine too. Rigor of schedule is very good - looks great that you went through such lengths to challenge yourself. ECs are decent. Obviously, as you say, essays and recs are important, but if they are good (and if you show interest), then you have a decent shot at acceptance.</p>

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<p>Sydber- my son got in to WUSTL (and is now a freshman) via RD with an UW GPA 3.83, highest ACT 30 (superscored 32). He definitely showed interest in the school and loves being there! Your ACT may be a little low, but so was my son’s. make sure you demonstrate interest in the school the way my son did. I wish you the best in your endeavors- we are absolutely amazed at the friendliness and helpfulness of the school. It really is a very special place.</p>