<p>Since we will all be hearing from George Washington very soon, here is a thread for everyone to share their admission decisions, stats, and such. GOOD LUCK GW hopefuls! </p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country:</li>
<li>School Type:</li>
<li>Ethnicity:</li>
<li>Gender:</li>
<li>major strength/weakness:</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted:</li>
</ul>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!! (Somer Women's program as well)</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1200 (500v 700m)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 790/690/710/550</li>
<li>GPA: 3.78</li>
<li>Rank: 23/350</li>
<li>Other stats: 10 IB/AP class by graduation (7 pre-IB courses), 273 in TOEFL with 6 in ESSAY (6 out of 6)</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Good I think</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Great</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Idk.. but I guess it was good </li>
<li>Hook (if any): MY ECs are fantastic. They really kick butt. </li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person: </p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Northern VA (Fairfax County)</li>
<li>School Type: Public IB school</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: Test scores are weak.. and I had C in AP Calc.. and I had B/Cs in mid-yr report lol</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: My ECs..? I really don't know.</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors: Ah, I moved from South Korea 3 yrs ago. Didn't speak a word of English when first came. Was in ESOL for a year. I really tried hard you know :)</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: good. i was told i got points on my evaluation for mentioning that i was friends with current GWU students (and naming some names)</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: really really good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: really really good</li>
<li>Hook (if any): holder of the "world's greatest grandpa" coffee mug</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: westchester, ny</li>
<li>School Type: small private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: strength - dunno; weakness - gpa</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: SAT scores. good essay.</li>
</ul>
<p>Decision: Accepted to CCAS, Honors Program, 1/2 Tuition Presidential Scholarship</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 800v, 700m</li>
<li>SAT IIs: Bio-800, Writing-800, US History-780, Math IC- 670</li>
<li>GPA: 4.36 weighted</li>
<li>Rank: unranked, top 1%</li>
<li>Other stats: 8 AP's by graduation, and three 5's on exams I already took.</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: One of them was my common app one, which was good. The Why GW? one was bad, I did it the night before the application was due.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Both very positive.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Good.</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Mock Trial for four years, working in my attorney coach's office for three summers. He wrote me a ridiculously good recommendation.</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: CT</li>
<li>School Type: Public, Large</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: I feel like I was pretty strong all around.</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors: I accidentially used an application meant for last year. It was the one they sent me, but one of the honors program essays was different from this year's. I was happy to see that my mistake didn't affect anything.</p>
<p>crabluva<3crabs ... how did you know that you "got points on my evaluation for mentioning that i was friends with current GWU students (and naming some names)''?...i did that as well</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: the why do you want to go to GW one was horrible. otherwise they were good.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: good. </li>
<li>Counselor Rec: good. </li>
<li>Hook (if any): being a URM?</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person: Philadelphia. </p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Pennsylvania</li>
<li>School Type: Top Prep School.</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Black.</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: ...?</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: URM. </li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors: i also got that half tuition scholarship. i guess banweb was right after all.</p>
<p>mine didn't say anything about fin-aid... according to banweb they lack all of my documents, but according to banweb I didn't get the scholarship I got, so who knows. I'd say they'll tell us about fin-aid later, but I don't know.</p>
<p>no...my packet didn't have any financial aid info...but the acceptance letter itself said "here's this money we're giving you". i guess we'll get the official letters later.</p>
<p>Decision: S Accepted at Columbian College, also awarded Presidential Arts Scholarship</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1530</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 760/720/720</li>
<li>GPA: 3.9</li>
<li>Rank: no rank</li>
<li>Other stats: National Merit Finalist</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: very good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: should have been good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: should have been good</li>
<li>Hook (if any): recognized musician, also immersion student since 1st grade in a non-European language.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1330 (yuck)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 710/710/760</li>
<li>GPA: 3.884</li>
<li>Rank: top 15%</li>
<li>Other stats: 5 on ap chem</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: decent</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: excellent</li>
<li>Hook (if any): top 15 tennis player in new jersey.</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Jersey</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Chinese</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: good extra currics, bad SAT 1</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Essays: one good, one generic</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: excellent</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: good</li>
<li>Hook (if any): good consistency with EC's (MUN, JSA, numerous awards and leadership)</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: California</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: good ECs, tons of community service (400+ hours) GPA is not super</li>
</ul>
<p>Yeah, I'm a little paranoid about that too.</p>
<p>I live in GA, but didn't get it today. Hopefully tomorrow. BTW, for honors program applicants, did you hear back on the honors program at the same time you got your acceptance? I know one person on this thread did (post above).</p>
<p>15 hours, 15 minutes until the mail comes tomorrow...</p>