*Official Regular Decision Class of 2018*

Colleges and Universities A-Z Washington University in St. Louis
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<p>Decision: Waitlisted :(</p>

<p>Objective:

  • ACT: 35
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76 (Most rigorous schedule in my school)
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/518
  • AP (place score in parenthesis):World, Human Geo, Euro, U.S. Biology, Lit Statistics
  • Senior Year Course Load: Honors Law, German IV, College Composition, Creative Writing, AP Bio, Honors Contemporary Issues, AP Statitics
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Missouri Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction, Boys State, some school stuff.</p>

<p>Subjective:

  • Extracurriculars/Volunteer/Community service (place leadership in parenthesis):
    175 hours of service
    Student Council (VP)
    NHS (Historian)
    Quiz Bowl (Captain)
    Varsity Wrestling (Captain)
    Exec for Class of '14 (Liaison)
    German Club (President)
    Speech and Debate
    Special Olympics Panning Team
    Junior Achievement (President)</p>

<ul>
<li>Job/Work Experience: 2 and 1/2 years part time 15 hours a week</li>
<li>Essays: Common App 10/10 Other Colleges have told me so</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: English Teacher 8/10, History Teacher 7/10</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: very good, we are really close 10/10</li>
<li>Interview: went well enough.</li>
</ul>

<p>Other

  • Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, lots of need to
  • Intended Major: English
  • State (if domestic applicant): MO
  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: M
  • Income Bracket: 95k
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1st gen</p>

<p>Reflection

  • Strengths: ACT, essays and recs.
  • Weaknesses: GPA, needed aid
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Needed aid, from St. Louis
    Where else you are applying or have already applied: Accepted to 2 safeties Grinnell College and University of Notre Dame. Waiting on Stanford, Brown, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Rice, and Kenyon.
    General Comments: I really expected to be admitted, Notre Dame sent me a likely letter that said I was the top 1% of their applicant pool, I have trouble believing Wash U wouldn’t accept me, not to sound arrogant, and I realize it was a tough year but still. </p>
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<p>Accepted (Deferred before)</p>

<p>Objective:
ACT - 33
GPA - 3.9/4.0
Rank - 10/372
AP - literature, language, psychology, government, chemistry, calculus
Senior Year - AP Calc, AP Chem, AP Lang, Honors Anatomy, Weights, off-block, Diploma class (Exhibition), Band
Awards : Missouri 100 Scholars Honorable Mention , 3rd state in Science Olympiad</p>

<p>Subjective :
50 hours of volunteering in ER
50 hours tutoring elementary kids
Band (4 years) section leader of 16 trumpets
Science Olympiad (3 years)
Key Club (3 years) VP
AFS foreign exchange club (1 year)
NHS (1 year)
Mathlets (1 year) Founder
Scholarbowl (1 year)
track (1year) </p>

<p>Worship Leader at church of 5,000 (played guitar every other week, attended leadership training) 20hrs/week
Started lawn mowing/ snowplowing business with 20+ customers
3 teacher recommendations (Band, AP Chem, AP Lit)
2 outside recommendations (church pastor, family friend)
Counselor Rec. : good, not amazing (just a guess, i really have no clue)
Essay - tried to be unique, talked about how i learned to be a brother through a family trip to NYC with my foreign- exchange- student brother.
Interview - went really well</p>

<p>Other:
applied for finical aid (lots)
Major : Chemistry
State : MO
School : Public
Gender : M
Ethnicity : White
Income : before taxes, $120,000</p>

<p>Reflection:
Strengths - essay, interview, demonstrated ALOT of interest. i stayed in contact with my area rep so much she knew my name every time i called. i talked to her when she visited a school nearby. i also visited campus and sat in classes with other students (told area rep). send a letter after being deferred to admissions about how much i loved the school and how i would keep their reputation. </p>

<p>Weaknesses: Finical aid, ACT, lack of volunteering </p>

<p>i believe that i was accepted mainly because i stayed in contact so well with my area rep and i showed so much interest in the school. </p>

<p>applied / accepted to : SLU, Marquette, Baylor, MU, Creighton </p>

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<p>You guys, why are you saying that financial aid hurts your chances? I thought it was need-blind? </p>

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<p>WashU admitted to not being need-blind, so it’s definitely a possibility that it <em>could</em> impact ones chances.</p>

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<p>Daughter got wait listed. Is there a link to a discussion on wait list history? I wonder how many they traditionally take off the wait list. Does it increase your chances if you send them a letter to show continued interest? </p>

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<p>^^ According to CDS For 2010/2011/2012 they enrolled off the waitlist- 0/152/0 students. 2013 data is still not available. seems like they waitlisted thousands. </p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected :-< </p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>*SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take the SAT
*ACT: 34 (superscore)
*SAT II: 770 for Math Two, 770 for Biology E, 770 for World History</p>

<h1>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95</h1>

<p>*Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): I’m homeschooled, so I don’t know what this means
*AP (place score in parenthesis):
*IB (place score in parenthesis):
*Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP World History, several Indo-European languages (Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, etc), AP Calculus BC, Business Management, AP US History, International Relations, AP Chemistry (there were a few others, but I am homeschooled and I don’t quite know the names)
*Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>*Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):: Coding, a website run in tandem with my friends, hiking, birding, anything nature-related
*Job/Work Experience:
*Volunteer/Community service: Public library, volunteering at an archaeological dig
*Summer Activities: Travelling cross-country
*Essays: about 8/10, about my experiences abroad
*Teacher Recommendation: One guy called me “brilliant”, the other “a very interesting and bright young lady”
*Counselor Rec: Excellent
*Additional Rec:
*Interview: </p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>*State (if domestic applicant): Texas
*Country (if international applicant):
*School Type: Homeschool
*Ethnicity: Rather Not Say
*Gender: female
*Income Bracket: Below 40k
*Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation to go to college</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>*Strengths: quirky CA essay, GPA
*Weaknesses: No EC’s worth mentioning, homeschool maybe
*Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
*Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: UTSA, UT Dallas, Texas A&M, Miss State, U Houston (Most with full rides/ generous scholarships) Waiting on Vanderbilt, Duke, Emory, etc</p>

<p>General Comments:
I kinda figured I’d be rejected, since WashU isn’t that snug a fit, considering what I wanted to do. But good luck to all of y’all. :wink: </p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): M 800 CR 800 W 780
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Bio (800), Chem (800), Math II(760)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85ish(school doesn’t calculate)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t calculate
AP (place score in parentheses): AP Bio (5), AP Chem (5)
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous available at school
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Presented science research at a national science conference, national merit commended
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Model UN(VP), science research, Varsity Fencing, Varsity Ultimate, Viola(first-chair in orchestra), some other minor ones
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community Service: None
Summer Activities: 1 summer abroad in France, 2 summers doing science research
Essays: Excellent, worked extremely hard on them, had many read them
Teacher Recommendations: Both very good
Counselor Rec: Probably good, didn’t read
Additional Rec: From my laboratory mentor
Interview: Went very well
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Association
Reflection
Strengths: Test scores, grades, interest in science, well-rounded
Weaknesses: Nothing that particularly “pops out”
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Strong applicant overall
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Duke, Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, Upenn, Amherst, Northwestern, Rice. Williams, some likelies
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:
Show some interest, it’s especially important with Wash U.</p>

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<p>How’d people get their decisions so early? I got my acceptance letter today, and it was two day air? Is it based on geographic location?</p>

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<p>^^^ It is a new-fangled thing called the “internet.”</p>

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<p>posting for son…
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): M 800 CR 720 W 780
ACT (breakdown): 34
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Physics (780), Math II (800)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parentheses):
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: all honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): debate; lots of music stuff; Latin
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community Service:
Summer Activities: debate camp</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): AZ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.) none
Reflections</p>

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<p>posting for daughter
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I
ACT (breakdown): 36
SAT II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9ish out of 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
8 APs total, 5s on ones tested so far</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): major leadership, research, long term ECs
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community Service:political campaigns
Summer Activities:
Recs: probably 10/10
State (if domestic applicant): midwest
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public competitive
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.) none
Reflections: Probably the recs got her in, very involved in school activities, knew teachers and counselor really well, also research, passionate about ECs</p>

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<p>@socaldad derp pa derp. Didn’t know they put on WUSTL pathway until I checked later yesterday. Kind of hit senioritis badly few weeks ago… </p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Sam Fox School of Architecture</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (770 reading and writing, 690 math)
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): 32 (36E, 35R, 29M, 27S)
[<em>] SAT II: 740 math II, 740 US history
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.39ish
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1-2/114
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Euro(5), World(4), USH(5), Lang(4), Chem(3)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Lit, AP Psychology, AP Physics, AP Calculus </p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Varsity Swim Team (captain), Best Buddies (Vice President), Photography Club (President), National Honors Society (President), Theater, Engineering Fair, I forget what else I put but I filled out all 10 spaces on the Common App
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: A lot of volunteering with Camp I Am Special, which is where I am paired one on one with a mentally/physically disabled camper and we just have a fun time</p>

<p>[/ul]Writing:[ul]
[<em>] Essay: Pretty good, about photography.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: AP Lang teacher, she’s awesome so it was probably fantastic
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: AP Physics, doesn’t write many so I think he wrote me a good one.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I was friends with my counselor before she worked for my school
[<em>] Interview: never happened
[</em>] Art Supplement: Submitted some drawings and photographs for the architecture school!</p>

<p>[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private Christian, never sends to top colleges
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: too high for FA
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing really… didn’t apply for FA since I knew WUSTL was need aware.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essay, portfolio, recommendations
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT math, no high school history with WashU
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I was very surprised! One factor that I think was important was contact with the school. I did my part for showing interest by going to the local information session and applying for a scholarship (rejected), however in early February there was this whole deal where my counselor had apparently bragged on my recommendation about my high reading and english ACT scores, but I had never sent my ACT scores to WUSTL yet they had results from my first test (35E, 29R) that conflicted with my counselor’s rec. So there were several phone calls exchanged between my counselor and the admissions people to figure it out, and while I eventually sent my ACT scores to clear things out I think the general confusion made them curious about me maybe. or something.
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: not sucked at the SAT math, spend more time working on portfolio; usually I complain a lot about my high school but I guess it’s not too bad. </p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone accepted! Haven’t seen too many architecture results on here. I really like WashU, and am currently deciding between here and Notre Dame and UVA, although I think WUSTL trumps UVA for me. Still waiting for several decisions later this month. Yay for provided airfare! </p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted RD!!!
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2360 single sitting- 800 CR, 800 M, 760 W (9 essay)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 760 USH, 690 Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3 / 476
AP (place score in parenthesis): USH 5, Chem 5, Stat 5, WH 5, Lang/Comp 5, Calc BC 3 (AB sub 4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP’s- Biology, Macroeconomics, French, and Lit/Comp. Honors Medical Academy (2 credits), and dual enrollment Latin course at Lehigh University.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): American Regions Mathematics League 2nd place team nationally in B division, 2013 (Team Captain). National merit finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, Bausch + Lomb Honorary Science Award</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Govt. 10-12 (Senior Class President), Scholastic Scrimmage Quiz Bowl 9-12 (Captain), Math Team 9-12 (Captain), Cross Country Team 9-12, Tennis Team 9-12, Theater Company 11-12, School Board Student Rep 11-12.
Job/Work Experience: 20-25 hrs/wk as a banquet set-up helper at a local hotel, Sept. 13- Jan 14. I quit two months ago because my boss didn’t want to change my hours when I had school commitments, and it was cutting into study time.
Volunteer/Community service: 300ish total, 190 at a hospital (Patient access and pharmacy) and 100 cumulative at annual music festival in town each August.
Summer Activities: 2013- attended Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Sciences (really competitive gov school, with about 13% acceptance rate) and completed original research there that dealt with platinum catalyst substitutes for fuel cells, also specialized in organic chem. 2012- attended University of Pittsburgh Health Careers Scholars Academy, also a gov school, but easier, with more shadowing/ school-like projects.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7-8/10 Just the Common App, which was about me joining the high school theatre company and it allowing me to break out of my rigid science/math shell last year, and feel more comfortable with friends and community at school. Pretty solid and emotional, very polished, but no fireworks.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: AP Chemistry teacher 9/10 Favorite teacher, loves me, I killed her class, and she got me interested outside of school to try for PGSS and pursue organic chemistry. Feel like she really knows me.
Teacher Rec #2: AP Stats, Hon. Precalc teacher 8/10 Feeling it was good, but not in my specialty.
Counselor Rec: 9/10 Showed it to me out of the blue when I applied for a scholarship, and it was really glowing and really personal to me, said I was one of his best, most dedicated students over last 12 years.
Additional Rec: Letter from President of Pennsylvania Governor School for the Sciences. 7-8/10, had a lot of really awesome support from group leaders and teachers, plus talked about my research and leadership in chemistry at program, but felt kind of cut-and-paste, not too personal.
Interview: 9.5/10 I drove 900 miles to tour campus this January, and my interview was awesome. We talked all about me pursuing campus theatre and orgo research while here, I played the gay card a little, we talked about music, favorite fast food, study habits, the whole shebang. I couldn’t believe it had been 35 minutes when I had to leave, the interview just flew (I practiced a bit the night before at the hotel).</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $150,000-$200,000 family
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Gay kid? I don’t know, I mentioned it in the interview.</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: 2360 SAT, summer experience at PGSS publishing research, loads of Captaining/leaderships, ARML national 2nd place, and amazing, personal interview on campus.
Weaknesses: Turned in application 3 days before deadline, screwed up Calc BC, grades slid slightly senior year.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Huge demonstrated interest (big trip out, talked with chem professors), solid SATs, gay/theatre angle, east coast kid, Chemistry strength all probably helped me out a lot.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Haven’t heard from anywhere else, I applied to 8 schools RD and I’m waiting for the rest by the end of March. Waiting on Harvard, Princeton, Yale, UPenn, Hopkins, Lehigh, and University of Rochester.</p>

<p>General Comments: I don’t know what everyone else is saying, but I definitely think that my on campus interview did loads for me; I really showed interest in the school and I loved my interviewer (24 year old grad who worked in admissions, she even sent me a postcard later!). Anyway, they definitely knew I was committed since I came from the east coast for a visit this winter.</p>

<p>Good luck to everyone else hearing back RD!</p>

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<p>@SoCalDad2- that comment was uncalled for… students are stressed enough and may not realize the notification options for hearing from each school (ie: email vs. portal, etc)…please be sensitive if students have applied to multiple schools and at the same time are applying for colleges and scholarships, trying to keep up with AP classes, etc.</p>

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<p>D’s acceptance e-mail was sent to spam. We were surprised by the UPS package :-* .</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED!
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2250
SAT I (breakdown): M 740 CR 760 W 750
SAT II: 770 Math II, 800 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
Weighted GPA: NA
AP (place score in parentheses): USHistory(4) Chem(5) spanish lit(5) spanish lang(4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP BC Calc, AP Physics C
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): </p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): President of clubs
Job/Work Experience:WOrked at nih
Volunteer/Community service: Tutor</p>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Essays (Include Subjects):
Common App Main: 10/10</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation #1: Did not read chem teacher
Teacher Recommendation #2: US History teacher</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: did not read
Interview:</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: upper Middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Where else I applied: lots of schools lol this is the third i hear back from</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Wait listed from Uchicgo, Accepted UMiami</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective

[ul]
[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): 2310 - CR(730) M(800) W(780)
[</em>]ACT: N/A
[<em>]SAT II: MathII (800), BiologyE (770)
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>]Rank: 2/46
[</em>]AP: Biology (4), Calculus AB (5), Computer Science A (5), English Lang (4)
[<em>]IB: N/A
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, Honors Chemistry, Honors Human Anatomy, Honors Physics (independent study), Gym, Bible, History, Computer Apps
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Perfect Score in ACSL All-Stars (international) Contest[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective

  • [<em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): FTC Robotics (4 years; Captain), JV/Varsity Volleyball (4 years), Computer Programming Team (4 years; Captain), Speech Team (3 years), Piano (9+ years)
    [</em>]Job/Work Experience: SAT Math Tutoring, Family Business
    [<em>]Volunteer/Community Service: Teacher’s Assistant, Tutor
    [</em>]Summer Activities: Center for Talented Youth (CTY), traveling, taking online independent study courses
    [<em>]Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8. I wrote about my experience at CTY
    [</em>]Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
    [list]
    [<em>]Teacher Rec #1: 10. did not read, from my computer science teacher who loves me
    [</em>]Teacher Rec #2: 8. did not read, from my biology teacher who knows me pretty well
    [<em>]Counselor Rec: 7. did not read, probably an average rec
    [</em>]Additional Rec: 9. from a teacher at CTY

[li]Interview: N/A[/li][/list]</p>

<p>Other

[ul]
[<em>]State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>]Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>]School Type: Private/Parochial
[</em>]Ethnicity: Not Reported (but Asian)
[<em>]Income Bracket: >$200,000
[</em>]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection

[ul]
[<em>]Strengths: developed passion for robotics and computer programming, CommonApp essay, quantitative qualifications
[</em>]Weaknesses: need more leadership or volunteer/work experience
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well, WashU does waitlist a ton of people… I don’t think I’m that special.
[</em>]Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Smith and Case Western Reserve
[/ul]</p>

<p>General comments/advice/hindsight: I applied because there were no supplement essays, and it wasn’t a top school, so I don’t feel too bad.</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>ACT: 34 (35 superscore) (About a 2300 SAT equivalent)
GPA: 3.99 UW
Course load: very rigorous, took almost all APs offered</p>

<p>Extracurriculars

  • 2 Year varsity soccer captain, 2 year All-Conference
  • NHS
  • 4 Year varsity track
  • Club soccer – 11 hours a week, 40 months a year…really takes up a lot of my time
  • Two week residential leadership development program
  • Science Tutor
  • Job related to soccer, very few hours
  • Student Reporter for a high school sports website
  • Co-Admin. of my school’s activities website
  • Key Club (volunteering)</p>

<p>Letters of Rec:

  • Counselor: Average/Above Average
  • Teacher 1: Very good
  • Teacher 2: Very good
    Common App Essay: Good</p>

<p>Reflection: My scores and grades were good, but I don’t have anything that really stands out.</p>