<p>I just submitted my Fall 2010 application to the UW Seattle campus last week and set up my whole MyUW account. I'm here wondering if I have a shot at getting in.</p>
<p>[In-state applicant]
GPA: 3.74 (Top 8%)
SAT: 1670 (1110 CR+M)
Extracurriculars:
- I'm the A&E editor for my school's paper. We were just awarded with a Pacemaker (basically the Pulitzer Prize of H.S. journalism), and placed 2nd at the national convention in 2009.
- I've played soccer every year of high school and ran cross country my junior year. I have a varsity letter in both.
- Member of National Honor Society
- Part-time job ever since I was sixteen.
- Camp counselor 9th grade at a bible camp.</p>
<p>That sums up everything except the writing section, which I'm confident I did well on. My personal statement was about the paper. I wrote the cultural essay about there being another type of discrimination in high school outside of race and religion, which is popularity. Then I wrote a quick 3 paragraphs in the additional section explaining the 2 C's I got my freshman year and how I've changed since.</p>
<p>In a nut shell, that's my application. Do I have a chance?</p>
<p>You are certainly in the running. Strong enough GPA, but your SAT is quite low. Good EC’s. You have a good chance, but admission is getting tougher every year. Have a back up.</p>
<p>It depends. Are you first generation? What kind of AP/honor/running start/IB classes have you taken? Which high school did you go to?</p>
<p>Good thing you are in-state (about 80% of students they admit are in-state).</p>
<p>Your SAT scores are a little bit low. If you would give the scores for the Reading and Math sections individually we can get a clearer picture. The UW-Seattle average Reading score is 530 while the Math score is around 620. Also your GPA is slightly above average for UW (average at UW is 3.72).</p>
<p>Your activities are good. It looks like you enjoy doing them and, for the most part, you are doing them for a prolonged period of time.</p>
<p>Also I hope you didn’t slack on the writing section. UW lists them as “very important”. </p>
<p>It was a good idea to apply early.</p>
<p>I’ll be the first kid going to college in my family, and I attend Timberline High School. It’s not a competitive one by any means, but not necessarily a bad school either.</p>
<p>I’ve taken one AP english class (aced it), and 4 honors english/science (one C my freshman year, As and Bs after that). I got a 3 on the AP english lang. test. I also have 3 years of spanish, which I believe exceeds UW’s standard of 2 years.</p>
<p>Oh, and I also took a New Market web design class over the summer and earned college credit, but there wasn’t much of a place to mention that in my application.</p>
<p>My SAT spread is…
Math: 530
CR: 580
Writing: 560</p>
<p>I’m still awaiting my November test scores. I took the SAT in June and October, and got the exact same score in every single section.</p>
<p>Anyways, I definitely did not slack on my writing. I had my journalism advisor (also a UW grad) read over all of my essays and he told me they were solid. I also did the optional writing section as well.</p>
<p>My back-up school (which I’ve applied to already as well), is WSU.</p>
<p>And as a sidenote I’m also applying for AFROTC, but I never mentioned that in my application.</p>
<p>I just got my November SATs in!</p>
<p>CR: 650
M: 530
W: 600
Total: 1780.</p>
<p>I feel a lot better about my scores now, and with that in mind, have my chances gone up?</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure you have a great chance of getting in. Your new SAT score is good enough for UW since a friend of mine got in with ~1700 last year. GPA is about average too so yea you’ll probably get in. I’m only worried because of my SAT a little on GPA. 
Hope both of us get in yea :D</p>