Hey guys! The other threads have been pretty messy, so I decided to make an official thread where you can posts your admissions stats. Please do not clog with too many questions. This is intended to be solely for admission stats. Thank you.
Please copy and paste and use this outline for your stats.
Decision (Accepted, Waitlisted, Rejected)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
SAT Score:
ACT Score
AP Classes:
IB:
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards:
Extracurriculars:
Leadership:
Volunteer/Community Service:
Job/ Work Experience
Essays:
Applied for Financial Aid?
Intended Major:
In-State?: (if yes, please indicate which city)
Ethnicity:
Gender:
School Type:
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Advice to future prospective students?:
Additional Comments:
Decision: Accepted
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
SAT Score: 1960
ACT Score: X
AP Classes: 4
IB: X
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, AP Literature
Major Awards: None
Extracurriculars: Shadowing a doctor, dance team, music producer
Leadership:
Volunteer/Community Service:guitar tutor, math/english tutor
Job/ Work Experience: None
Essays: Very good. I think my essay saved my butt…
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Statistics
In-State?: (if yes, please indicate which city): Yes, Mill Creek
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: F
School Type: Public
Strengths: Essays
Weaknesses: Number of APs
Advice to future prospective students?:
Additional Comments:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
SAT Score: 1770 (1810 superscored)
ACT Score: 25
AP Classes: World History (4), Biology (4), Psychology (5), English Lang (3), AP Gov, AP Calculus BC, AP Computer Science
IB: X
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Calculus BC, UWHS English 131, AP Computer Science, Physics
Major Awards: None
Extracurriculars: FTC Robotics Club, Green Team (Environmental Club), Track, Computer Programming
Leadership: President of FTC Robotics Club
Volunteer/Community Service: Salvation Army
Job/ Work Experience: none
Essays: Good enough to get in
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
Intended Major: Computer Science
In-State?: (if yes, please indicate which city): Yes, Renton
Ethnicity: Vietnamese
Gender: M
School Type: Public
Strengths: Essays, GPA
Weaknesses: ECs
Advice to future prospective students?: Plan early (Freshman Year or earlier)
Additional Comments: the letter came from a small UW envelope that says “the BIG envelope” on the back
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.79 UW
SAT Score: 1840
ACT Score: didnt take
AP Classes: english lit , english comp, u.s history
Running start: @WSU: computer sci 111, psych 105, political science 101, microeconomics
IB: nah
Senior Year Course Load: Orchestra, physics, Psych 105 @ WSU, compsci 111 @ WSU, ap eng, precal
Major Awards: Track State championships qualifier
Extracurriculars: varsity track 3 yrs, tennis 1 yr, basketball 1 yr
Leadership: nah really
Volunteer/Community Service: keyclub, church
Job/ Work Experience: dental office
Essays: good
Applied for Financial Aid? ya
Intended Major: Business
In-State?: (if yes, please indicate which city) Yes, pullman
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: male
School Type: public
Strengths: above average sat and gpa
Weaknesses: good ap test scores
Advice to future prospective students?: take good classes, get a good gpa and decently good sat score. do sports.
Additional Comments: cool
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.79 high school 3.98 running start
ACT Score: 26
Senior Year Course Load: 45 credits at local Community college
Extracurriculars: to lazy to type that much
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Job/ Work Experience: Fred Meyer, Home Depot
Essays: amazing
Applied for Financial Aid? No they’d laugh
Intended Major: Computer Science
In-State?: (if yes, please indicate which city) Seattle, WA
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: M
School Type: public
Strengths: math, English, computer science, tech, science
Weaknesses: reading. So bad at reading.
Advice to future prospective students?: focus on GPA and essays. Also TALK WITH AN ADMISSION COUNSLER BEFORE APPLYING!!
Additional Comments: focus on school. All they really care about are essays and GPA.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): About 3.7
SAT Score: 2050
ACT Score: none
AP Classes: 3
IB:
Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs (Calc, Lit, Gov)
Major Awards: Track MVP/Student athlete
Extracurriculars: Track, HOSA, Clubs, too much to type out tbh XD
Leadership: Field Team Co-Captain
Volunteer/Community Service: 200+ hours
Job/ Work Experience: Worked at Nationwide/ Hospital
Essays: Very well wrttien, got the help of numerous people (advisors) also including my brother who graduated from Berkely with a 4.0 in major as linguistics
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Business Admin.
In-State?: (if yes, please indicate which city) No
Ethnicity: White (Middle Eastern)
Gender: Male
School Type: Public
Strengths: Decent SAT and on point Essays. Overall my app looked well rounded
Weaknesses: GPA for sure
Advice to future prospective students?:
Additional Comments: Hope you all get in!!! I was surprised by my acceptance
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.82
SAT Score: 1680
ACT Score: 26 (better than SAT, almost aced English but bombed math)
AP Classes: 7 (world history, US history, english 11, US gov, macroeconomics, stats, physics)
IB: N/A
Senior Year Course Load: satire, AP gov/AP econ, AP physics, student store, journalism (editor), AP stats
Major Awards: top 10% of class (out of about 500)
Extracurriculars: 4 years of DECA (2 as VP-communications, 4 years at state, 2 years at internationals), school newspaper 2 years (editor senior year), 3 years of golf, 2 years of link crew, Nordstrom BP fashion board, accepted into SEVERAL film festivals (including the Los Angeles Film Festival)
Leadership: VP-Communications for my high school DECA chapter for 2 years, editor-in-chief of my high school news paper senior year
Volunteer/Community Service: motivational speaker on a panel for the LA Boys and Girls Club in November 2013 (over 1000 people in attendance)
Job/ Work Experience: Sales associate at Sports Authority, Barista for Black Tie Espresso Catering
Essays: awesome, I’m a fantastic writer
Applied for Financial Aid? N/A
Intended Major: double major in Marketing and Film Studies
In-State?: (if yes, please indicate which city) yes, Olympia
Ethnicity: latina (Cuban)
Gender: female
School Type: public and extremely competitive, ranked in the top 3% of public high schools nationwide.
Strengths: GPA, ECs, writing
Weaknesses: test scores, math classes
Advice to future prospective students?: Relax. And take extra care to make sure your GPA is top notch.
Additional Comments: I will be attending UW! Can’t wait, it is my dream school. Very nervous about Foster’s, my friend got DA last year with similar stats as mine, but since it is an ultra-competitive year, I may not get in. so I am feeling sick about going in without DA, but that is probably the overachiever in me freaking out haha.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
SAT Score: 2270
ACT Score: X
AP Classes: 12
IB: X
Senior Year Course Load: AP( environmental science, literature, psychology, art history, calc AB, government, macroeconomics)
Major Awards: none
Extracurriculars: couple of clubs throughout my 4 years, school science journal (3 yrs), science olympiad (1yr)
Leadership: vice president for tutoring club
Volunteer/Community Service: tutored students for 3 yrs
Job/ Work Experience: worked as a supermarket bagger for ~3 months
Essays: rehashed UC essays
Applied for Financial Aid? ye
Intended Major: Biology
In-State?: (if yes, please indicate which city): nope, CA
Ethnicity: chinese
Gender: F
School Type:Public
Strengths:SAT score, AP classes
Weaknesses: GPA, leadership
Advice to future prospective students?:
Additional Comments:I was surprised that I got in b/c I thought my GPA was going to be a deal breaker. (; u ; )
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
SAT Score:X
ACT Score: 31
AP Classes: 12
IB:X
Senior Year Course Load: AP Micro/Macro,AP Psychology,AP Calc AB,AP literature,AP Government)
Major Awards: Fencing Team State Championship Award
Extracurriculars:-Played on Fencing Team since freshman year.Currently ranked in top 20 in my state,shadowed doctor for 4 years,taught guitar/ukulele to disabled kids,volunteered at suicide hotline,LGBT Club,President of HOSA club,Secretary of Badminton Club
Leadership: Held positions in numerous clubs
Volunteer/Community Service: library,hospital,park,school,church,etc
Job/ Work Experience: working at Starbucks!
Essays: Pretty good?
Applied for Financial Aid? yup
Intended Major: Biology
In-State?: (if yes, please indicate which city) Nope, New York (Any other new yorkers?)
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: female
School Type: Large Public
Strengths:Extracurriculars,essay
Weaknesses: GPA,ACT
Advice to future prospective students?:Relax,don’t stress too much!
Additional Comments:
Really surprised that I got in with a low gpa!
My transcript loaded on March 16-17ish and I have yet to receive the letter.
Good Luck to all those waiting! I’m sure you all will be fine!
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
SAT Score:N/A
ACT Score: 27
AP Classes: 3
IB: N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Language and Composition, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, Pre-Calculus, Calculus, World History
Major Awards: none
Extracurriculars: Reach For The Top (trivia game), Piano, Sustainability initiatives, swimming, horseback riding, archery…
Leadership: Captain of Reach for the Top team, School spirit leader, GSA, school newspaper, yearbook, sustainability club…
Volunteer/Community Service: Hostess/Usher for Piano recitals
Job/ Work Experience: Worked at a Pharmacy as a Pharmacist’s assistant. TA for Western Washington University’s Odyssey of Sciences and Arts for Veterinary Biology and Film courses.
Essays: Well written, even though I was on a time crunch. One re-used UC Essay and an original one.
Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
Intended Major: Environmental Health
In-State?: Nope, International from Canada
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
School Type: Private
Strengths: Essays, ECs, GPA
Weaknesses: Standardized Tests Scores, APs (even though my school doesn’t really offer them)
Advice to future prospective students?: Relax, work hard and don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it. Be sure to have a strong GPA and visiting the campus really helped me figure out that UW was one of my top choices.
Additional Comments: I’m not 100% sure I’ll be attending, also considering UBC in Canada. I’m so so happy I got into UW!
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): dont know my uw, my weighted is 3.85
SAT Score: didnt take
ACT Score: 30
AP Classes: Lang (3), US History (4), Bio (4), Psych (5).
IB: n/a
Senior Year Course Load: ap gov, ap lit, ap french, physiology, chemistry, fantasy & sci-fi.
Major Awards: AP Scholar with Honor, Sandia National Labs Outstanding Achievement in Science
Extracurriculars: competitive softball, i play bass in a pop punk band
Leadership: none really
Volunteer/Community Service: 100+ hours as camp counselor
Job/ Work Experience: worked retail at hot topic for a year and a half
Essays: good. id say 9/10.
Applied for Financial Aid? yes
Intended Major: undeclared
In-State?: (if yes, please indicate which city) no, OOS in california
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
School Type: public, pretty big 2,000+ students, pretty highly rated
Strengths: essays
Weaknesses: GPA, no leadership
Advice to future prospective students?: ESSAYS. ESSAYS. ESSAYS. a great essay can do wonders for your applicatoin.
Additional Comments: i love this school, especially the campus, but I dont know if I will attend, OOS tuition is INSANE. probably cant afford it, so im likely going to attend UCSB instead. Congrats everyone!
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a
Weighted gpa: about 4.1 on 5.0 scale
Class rank: top 17%
SAT Score: n/a
ACT Score: 35 (36 in math)
AP Classes: 11 including senior yr
IB:
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards: almost Eagle Scout (next month)
Extracurriculars: boy scouts, 2 yrs band, a few CS- related ECs, nothing dramatic. NHS dropout.
Leadership:
Volunteer/Community Service:
Job/ Work Experience
Essays: pretty good I think, one talked about my CS interest/experience
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes but ineligible for need-based
Intended Major: CS
In-State?: (if yes, please indicate which city) no - TX resident
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
School Type: 1 of the top 10 public schools in TX
Strengths: ACT score, tough courseload, mostly 4s and 5s on APs (5 in CS), strong essays, strong commitment to CS. I don’t know if this matters, but I visited the school and met with a CS advisor.
Weaknesses: class rank/ gpa
Advice to future prospective students?:
Additional Comments: i got a blue & gold scholarship of $4500/yr. nice, but hard to compete w/ resident tuition at UT austin where i also got in. Also, my UW letter didn’t say whether I was direct admitted to CS, so that is a big ? right now.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
SAT Score: 1870
ACT Score: 27
AP Classes: 11 APs (Psych, Calc AB, Physics B, English Lit., Microecon, World History, Computer Science, US History, Chemistry, Spanish, Biology)
IB: Not offered at my school.
Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP Calculus AB, AP English Literature, AP Microeconomics, AP Biology and I’m a teacher aide.
Major Awards: Distinguished Community Service Award (150 hrs. +)
Extracurriculars: Political Youth League
Leadership: Associated Student Body
Volunteer/Community Service: Ride to Walk Community Service (100+ hours from here)
Job/ Work Experience: Cashier (fast food)
Essays: Both pretty good and definitely unique. I decided not to do the typical hardship/sob story, and one of mine focused on the idea of fear and the culture one focused on my experience in a temple.
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, but I don’t think my income is low enough to receive anything. Hopefully will get that Purple and Gold Scholarship though.
Intended Major: Psychology.
In-State?: (if yes, please indicate which city) Nope, I’m from NorCal.
Ethnicity: Asian Indian (Indian American)
Gender: Female
School Type: Typical 4-year public high school.
Strengths: My GPA, my AP class load, and my essays.
Weaknesses: My test scores. Also although we could only list 5 activities in the log, I probably could’ve had stronger EC’s.
Advice to future prospective students?: Even if you feel 100% sure that you won’t get in—you’ll be surprised.
Additional Comments: Since we could only list 5 activities in the activity log, everything I mentioned is what I put in my application. I’ve done more extracurriculars, however I did not mention them in my application. I’ve had my unofficial transcript load and I received the congratulatory message on my application, so now I’m just waiting for the golden ticket to all of my life’s dreams.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
SAT Score: 2040 or 2060 (super scored)
ACT Score
AP Classes: Currently taking AP Calc
IB: Full course load
Senior Year Course Load: IB HL History, English, Biology, IB SL Chem, Japanese, Physics, TOK
Major Awards: Does Science Olympiad count? Won 2nd in an event at regionals.
Extracurriculars: Swimming, Environmental club, Japanese national honor society, honor society
Leadership: Founder and president of environmental club
Volunteer/Community Service: 60+ hours at aquarium
Job/ Work Experience: part-time job at fast-food restaurant
Essays: Totally forget, something about the environment probably
Applied for Financial Aid? Yep
Intended Major: Civil engineering
In-State?: (if yes, please indicate which city) Nope. Hawaii.
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
School Type: Private
Strengths: Class load, work experience, volunteering, from Hawaii might have helped
Weaknesses: Did not get essays proofread
Advice to future prospective students?: Focus on essays, be passionate about one thing instead of a bunch
Additional Comments: $7,500 per year scholarship
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.1
SAT Score: 1640 (only took it once, didn’t have any books or classes on it…)
ACT Score: n/a
AP Classes: Calc AB, Music Theory
IB: n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Music Theory, Shakespeare/Humanities, Concert Choir, Economics/Government
Major Awards: Nope!
Extracurriculars: Choir all four years of high school, local Master Chorale, touring choir, track and field for 3 years
Leadership: Assistant Conductor
Volunteer/Community Service: Nope…
Job/ Work Experience: Nope… :c
Essays: Heavily emotion based…I didn’t get any teacher help, but I had some hard hitting personal stories.
Applied for Financial Aid? Hell yeah
Intended Major: Economics (Accepted as Pre-Business/Pre-Social Science? Possible minor in Music)
In-State?: Nope, from CA (Southern)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
School Type: Large public (3000+ students)
Strengths: GPA, worked with choral director from uDub before, emotional essay
Weaknesses: SAT, few AP courses
Advice to future prospective students?: Get help with essays. I’m pretty sure my essay and my GPA were the things that got me in. Don’t worry about the SAT too much but if you can, you should try to take a class for it (they’re revising it anyways, though), and maybe try the ACT.
Additional Comments: I haven’t gotten my letter but my transcript loaded and I checked my application and there it was! I really want to go to uDub but the out of state tuition is really pushing me away. If I can get enough scholarship and loan money, hopefully I can afford it.
Congratulations to everyone here! @aringu Are you from MId-Pac? If so, good to see people from the great 808!
Decision: ACCEPTED
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.39
SAT Score: 1890
ACT Score: 32
AP Classes: none
IB: n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Government, AP English Literature, Anatomy/Physiology, Band, Video Production, Morality/Scriptures
Major Awards: Nope!
Extracurriculars: Video Production for All 4 years of high school (Participated in state-wide programs), VEX Robotics, Programming, Band
Volunteer/Community Service: 120 hours (Serving at Honolulu Marathon, Tutoring for school, various beach cleanups)
Job/ Work Experience: Worked at local zoo as sales associate
Essays: I worked a lot about global perspectives using my personal experiences. Hawaii is a very diverse place and I wrote a lot about that while working in my personal narrative.
Applied for Financial Aid? Hell yeah
Intended Major: Computer Science (Was not DA’ed from unofficial transcript)
In-State?:Nope, from Hawaii
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
School Type: Private Catholic School
Strengths: Test-scores, very steep positive grade trend from freshman/sophomores years, extracurricular and work experiences.
Weaknesses: GPA is hella low, no “pop-out” award/Community service, AP’s were pretty nonexistent.
Advice to future prospective students?: Place a premium on your essays. They were my saving grace and they could be yours to. Try to really “sell” yourself in your essays. If you feel uncomfortable, “sell” yourself by talking about your surroundings and what you did to change them. For a school such as UW that relies a lot on holistic review, GPA and test scores are only a part instead of the be-all end-all. Even if you aren’t confident, apply anyways!
Work hard starting from your freshman year. I was stupid and I slacked off, and I worked my ass back to the GPA I have now, which really isn’t enough for a large public university. Take your studies seriously. If your school offers AP, take the chance and take it. I had the opportunity to take AP classes in my Junior year, but I didn’t. I deeply regret that now.
Additional Comments: Udub is VERY expensive. I have had the fortunate luck to be supported by my family to attend U-dub if I really want to go, but I will probably pursue part-time jobs or loans/scholarships to help ease the burden on my parents.
Decision: Accepted
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
SAT Score: 2015
ACT Score: non
AP Classes: AP Biology, AP Calculus AB (5), AP Lang (3), AP Chemistry(4)
IB: n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Government, AP English Literature, AP Stats, French, yearbook.
Major Awards: AP Scholar, FBLA awards
Extracurriculars: Band, Yearbook, FBLA, MUN, and other related E.C and cabinet positions.
Volunteer/Community Service: Key Club
Essays: How it’s like growing up almost alone most of the time and hardships with inner conflicts.
Applied for Financial Aid? I need everything I can get
Intended Major: Business (I forgot if I put financing or marketing or something) I think I got DA cuz my transcript did not say pre-major.
In-State?: South Cali, holla!
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
School Type: Public school
Strengths: Test-scores, decent E.C
Weaknesses: GPA is hella low, not much “leadership” roles, and did not have a lot of proofreads on the essay. (I accidentally left out my intro paragraph on one of my prompt lol)
Advice to future prospective students?: Essays, don’t procrastinate on them… GPA make sure to get it high as possible, especially if you’re out of state, we probably need higher GPA and Test scores to get in.
Work hard starting from your freshman year. My GPA tanked during one of the year due to ill time management, which is probably why I got wait listed to some colleges I applied to. Take classes you think you’ll need, don’t sign up random AP classes like I did this year…
Additional Comments: Udub is hella expensive for out of states, get all the money and aid you can if you want to go here.
