<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] GPA:3.956/4.000
[<em>] Rank:16/456
[</em>] Other stats: 9 AP Classes, Latin Club, 4-H, Quiz Bowl, Choir, National Honor Society</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:Good (and VERY Different)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good, I guess
[</em>] Hook (if any):I've been in 4-H for ten years (holding lots of offices) and been very involved in Latin club at the Local, State, and National levels.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Indiana
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:White
[</em>] Gender:Male</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: When I visited campus, I met with the Classics Secretary and I believe that she recommended me to admissions. I don't know if that helped, but it couldn'tve hurt. General Comments: I'm very excited to be accepted. My cousin is a sophmore at Wash U and I loved it when I visited. Now I just have to wait for the financial aid award and see where else I get in.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2210
[</em>] SAT IIs: M2 800, Chem 800, BioM 780
[<em>] GPA: 3.9
[</em>] Rank: No ranks in our school
[li] Other stats: No national or international awards</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Average? I just wrote about the most traumatizing event in my life.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very good
[</em>] Hook (if any): My strong interest in BME</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Korea (studying in China)
[</em>] School Type: International
[<em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: I really don't know. General Comments: Congrats to all those accepted. Those waitlisted or rejected, don't give up and good luck!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2100 (800 M, 620 V, 680 W)
SAT IIs: 790 Math IIC, 680 Physics, 720 Chem
GPA: N/A Canadian school, average ~ 88
Rank: school doesn't rank--probably in top 5-10%
Other stats: </p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: good
Teacher Recs: was told were great
Counselor Rec: ditto
Hook (if any): ugh, lived in hong kong before i went to study in a boarding school in toronto?</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Toronto, Canada
School Type: One of the top 3 private girl school in the country
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: female</p>
<p>Other Factors: Never visited Wash U.. Got a likely letter from Syracuse.
General Comments: well at least this is better than rejection? i really don't know...it seems to me a LOT of people got waitlisted.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2400
SAT IIs: M2 800, Chem 780, Latin 750
GPA: 4.0 uw
Rank: na
Other stats: latin, church, some community service, leadership, NIH internship, etc.</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: pretty good
Teacher Recs: great
Counselor Rec: great
Hook (if any): none</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: virginia
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Korean
Gender: female</p>
<p>Other Factors: sucks to be a typical asian female? LOL =P</p>
<p>Wow...a perfect score on the SAT and waitlisted. (Yes, I know scores aren't everything...but still, we're talking about a 2400.) They must really think that you're going to be accepted to another school. Did you show any interest in WashU?</p>
<p>And I can totally relate with the typical Asian girl thing.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2140 (740 CR,710 W,690 M).....Pretty Pitiful
[</em>] ACT: 32.....Also Pretty Pitiful
[<em>] SAT IIs: 780 Bio M, 770 Math iic, 760 US History
[</em>] GPA: 4.3 (weighted)
[<em>] Rank: I'm not sure...haven't checked since last year...but it's definately high
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit, National Hispanic Scholar, President of French Honor Society, National Honor Society, plenty of community service groups, church youth group, student tutoring program, model UN....and a lot more but I'm too lazy to post.</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Amazing
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Incredible
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Beats me
[</em>] Hook (if any): Hispanic male </p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Illinois
[</em>] School Type: Suburban public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Mexican-American
[</em>] Gender: M</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: I have no idea General Comments: I'm extremely excited to have gotten accepted and I am happy to say that I will be attending the multi-cultural program. So, if there's anyone else going, why don't we try to get to know each other so that we're not completely clueless?</p>
<p>RunLMC5, the acceptance rate isn't 6%, the 1,350 is the size of the freshman class, not how many were admitted...the number admitted has to be at least 3 times that...good try though</p>
<p>Wow, after seeing all the amazing stats of some waitlisted/rejected students, I feel really special getting in. I didn't realize WUSTL was this hard.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2400
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800/800/760
[<em>] GPA: 4.0/4.0
[</em>] Rank: 1/~20
[<em>] Other stats: I take nearly all of my courses at my state U and through EPGY: a lot of math and physics past calc BC and physics C, a lot of AP-level courses, >80 hours worth
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Excellent
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent - highest recommendation
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Superb - personal since he knows me well
[<em>] Hook (if any): ?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: TN
[<em>] School Type: Tiny, uncompetitive, parochial
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Your garden-variety: lots of volunteer tutoring, varsity soccer, classical piano, etc.
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, I don't know. I visited. I even corresponded with the director of the Pathfinder program. Maybe they read my mind; I decided that I would never consider attending WashU shortly after I sent in my application.
[</em>] Other thoughts: Nice to be in at MIT and off to Vanderbilt for scholarship weekend tomorrow after this kick in the pants ;). Congratulations to everyone who was accepted. WashU really is an excellent school.
[/ul]</p>
<p>
[quote]
Wow, after seeing all the amazing stats of some waitlisted/rejected students, I feel really special getting in. I didn't realize WUSTL was this hard.
[/quote]
It's not "hard", it's called yield protection.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1500 + 710, 36 ACT
SAT IIs: M2 790, Lit 740, US History 800
GPA: 4.0 uw, 5.31 w
Rank: 1/152
Other stats: ? I don't know</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: There was only one for washu right? I guess it was okay...it worked at Georgetown too
Teacher Recs: Decent
Counselor Rec: Pretty good
Hook (if any): I'm first generation</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: South Carolina
School Type: Small Public with IB Program
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Girl</p>
<p>Other Factors: My EC's are prety average, too.
General Comments: I won the numbers game, I think that's why I got in. Two of my friends were waitlisted too, both with really good stats as well and my friend at WashU said a lot of people get off the waitlist..so good luck guys</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2310 (800M 710CR 800W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 700 MathIc, 700 Math IIc
[<em>] GPA: 96.5 uw
[</em>] Rank: none
[li] Other stats: 8 aps by grad</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Hook (if any): uhh..</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: new york (long island)
[</em>] School Type: competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female</p>
<p>[/ul][ b]Other Factors:**
couldn't have shown more interest.. visited in late '05, went to an info session/campus tour.. visited AGAIN in february for an overnight stay and interview.. attended every info session at my school.. goes to show that interest doesn't actually mean all that much General Comments: I'm dissapointed.. but eh, what are you gonna do? just hoping this isn't a sign of things to come</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2140 (740 m, 680 r, 720w)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 680 math iic, 660 physics
[<em>] GPA: 3.8 uw
[</em>] Rank: no ranking at my school
[li] Other stats:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: eh, all right i guess
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good i think
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Hook (if any): </p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: nj
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: chinese
[</em>] Gender:f</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: i guess i knew i wasnt too strong an applicant. o well General Comments: how good of chances do i have of getting in from waitlist? if no chance, thats alright, i have other options. but congrats to everyone who got in!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2100
ACT: didn't take
SAT IIs: 690 710 680
GPA: 4.1 w
Rank: top 15%
Other stats: AP Scholar, National Merit, strong curriculum (all APs or honors classes) and ECs
Subjective:
Essays: who knows
Teacher Recs: probably good
Counselor Rec: probably good
Hook (if any):</p>
<p>State or Country: east coast USA
School Type: very competitive high ranked suburban public
Ethnicity:
Gender: F
Other Factors:
General Comments: didn't show any interest whatsoever, so I'm surprised I got in. attending multicultural program in april! congrats to everyone who was accepted, WUSTL is an outstanding school!</p>