OFFICIAL WashU Class of 2016 RD Results

goneverstop · March 11, 2012, 3:00am

Accepted to Arts and Science and Business schools
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ ] SAT I (breakdown): CR 680 Writing 760 math 790
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): 790 760
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ ] AP (place score in parenthesis): 52, 42
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIME
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:some
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: a lot
[ *] Essays: two people said it’s moving
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: don’t know
[ *] Counselor Rec: don’t know
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: on-campus, it should help
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:~forget what I filled in
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender:male
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT?
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: show enough intersts
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]

RobertD1 · March 11, 2012, 3:00am

Decision: Accepted
Objective:

<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (770 M, 800 CR, 780 W)
ACT: N/A
SAT II (if submitted): Math II - 800, World History - 800, Chemistry - 790, US History - 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6 out of 350 weighted
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5), Physics C (5), World History (5), English Language (5), US History (5), Physics B (4), Chemistry (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calc, AP Lit, AP Physics C TA, AP Economics, Photography + Design, PE, AP US Gov
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, some of the BS AP stuff
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MUN (President), Knowledge Bowl (President), Chess Club (President), Chinese Language and Culture Club (President)
Job/Work Experience: 2 year unpaid internship with my state’s department of ecology(there was a paid option, I chose unpaid), Coach for the Lego Robotics club at a local elementary
Volunteer/Community service: 2 year unpaid internship with my state’s department of ecology(there was a paid option, I chose unpaid)
Essays: I like to tell myself that I’m a good a writer
Teacher Recommendation: One solid, one excellent
Counselor Rec: Meh, I’m pretty sure they use a template at my school, and I just got a new counselor this year
Additional Rec: Internship boss, it looked good
Interview: Local alumni
</code></pre>

Other

<pre><code>Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: International Business @ Olin and International and Area Studies @CAS
State (if domestic applicant): WA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public School (class of 350, 1300 total)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 250,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I wish
</code></pre>

[ b]Reflection**

<pre><code>Strengths: Essays, interview? (see below), maybe recs
Weaknesses: All around average, weak on the EC’s
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m a solid writer.
</code></pre>

General Comments: Having lurked around CC yesterday, and after hearing from some of my friends who got waitlisted, I’m pretty surprised that I got in. I didn’t really show that much interest, and it seems that that is WUSTL’s main criteria (as long as you’re more or less on par statistically). The most I did was go to an interview despite there being snow. This is Seattle (well Bellevue). Three inches shut us down for a week. My interviewer probably thought I was some kind of hero.

BTW: how do you make the text effects show up?

fca719 · March 11, 2012, 3:18am

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lovetoact · March 11, 2012, 11:45am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2230 Math 760 CR 740 Writing 730
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II (if submitted): Chem 710 Math Level 2 700 U.S. History 690 French w/Listening 640
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.83 (weighted 4.04)
[] Rank: top 10%
[] AP: English Language (5) World History (5) Chem (4) US History (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc, AP Physics, AP French, AP Gov, Band, Public Speaking, Science of Nutrition
[] Major Awards: National Merit Commended

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Theatre—inside and outside of school–(honor society in school, best actress, best commercial writer, directed two full-length plays), French (honor society, president and winner of French poetry and speaking competitions), Synagogue youth group (VP of programming), Hebrew High School (Library Fellow), Musicality award in band, Natural Helpers (senior trainer)
[] Job/Work Experience: Work retail 10+ hours per week
[] Volunteer/Community service: Math tutor, various a-thons, co-founder of Caregivers for Life
[] Essays: Not my strongest area
[] Teacher Recommendation: two great recs (language arts/theatre director and math teacher)
[] Counselor Rec: new counselor this year who doesn’t know me well
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: no

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: Theatre (math and/or french double major/minor)
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] School Type: small public, suburban
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: Middle
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: strong academically and theatre
[] Weaknesses: writing
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’d love to know–other strong students were not accepted and I don’t get it, unless it’s the theatre/academic thing?[/li][/ul]General Comments: I applied for the Mylonas but was not chosen as a finalist. Also, did not visit campus or any other admissions events. Congrats to all accepted!

kate18 · March 11, 2012, 12:58pm

Decision: Accepted

SAT I (breakdown):2280
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, Honors Research Program, Russian Literature, Creative Writing, Modern World History

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2nd Place in category @ Intel ISEF, 2nd place in category @ state science fair, 1st place in category @ county science fair, Siemens Semifinalist, NSLI-Y current semifinalist (finalists announced in late March), National Merit Commended, Cornell Book Award

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of Mu Alpha Theta, Assistant to admissions at my school – giving tours, planning events–, Confirmation Leader, Confirmation candidate, Research (13-16 hours a week), Club volleyball & school volleyball

Job/Work Experience: I have been working at a research facility working on an independent project for 2 years – co-author on a research paper currently under review

Volunteer/Community service: Confirmation leader, free math tutor at a local elementary school, free tutor at my high school

Interview: None
Intended Major: BME
School Type: Private
Ethnicity:White
Gender:F
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Research
Strengths: SAT, Awards, Essays
Weaknesses: 9th grade pulled down my GPA a little
Why you think you were accepted:Research, SAT, essays, awards
General Comments Accepted to the school of engineering

ThousandMiles · March 11, 2012, 1:48pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 Composite, CR 770, M 800, W 800
[] SAT II (if submitted): USH 800, Math2 800, Chemistry 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 97.73/100 Weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/250
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5) APUSH (5) English Language (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Stats, AP French, AP Physics, AP Calc BC, Public Affairs, Gym
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar, Rensselaer Medalist[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Cross Country/Winter Track/Spring Track (Captain), Newspaper (Editor), Mock Trial (Captain), French Club (Sec’y), other stuff that I don’t feel like listing
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: All sorts of stuff
[] Essays: Unique
[] Teacher Recommendation: Probably great; teachers really like me.
[] Counselor Rec: IDK why it would not be good.
[] Additional Rec: Unnecessary
[] Interview: Went well

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] School Type: Public, 250 per grade
[] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Unknown.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None.

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: high SAT scores, solid grades, wide range of ECs.
[] Weaknesses: no state rankings in ECs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Solid credentials, good alum interview.[/li][/ul]General Comments: #YOLO

trav86 · March 11, 2012, 6:04pm

Decision: Accepted - Sam Fox School of Art
Objective: note - I’m posting for my D[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):Critical Reading 690, Math 710, Writing 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school doesn’t calculate, but probably around 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t calculate
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): terrible! Latin (3), French (3), English Lang (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Latin Lyric (took AP last year), Honors French (took AP last year), Honors English, AP Calculus AB, Honors US History (couldn’t take it until now because she took 4 years of Latin and French)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): don’t know if these count as major - Magna Cum Laude and Cum Laude on National Latin Exam, first prize National French Exam
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Literary Mag (assoc editor), Debate (co-captain), art classes at prestigious art program, Creative writing (Scholastic Silver Key, accepted to Bread Loaf at Middlebury), sang with a professional choir
[] Job/Work Experience: interned at HarperCollins last summer, weekend tour guide at Jackson Pollock Museum last summer and previous summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: volunteered at the afterschool program at her school
[] Essays: Excellent - wrote about experience at Jackson Pollock House as it related to her wanting to be an artist
[] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see them but they were probably v good
[] Counselor Rec: same
[] Additional Rec: really good recs from Director of Jackson Pollock House and from a Wash U alum
[] Interview: yes
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended Major: art
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] School Type: small private (42 students in graduating class)
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[]Strengths: essay, recommendations, extracurriculars (relevance to her interest in art)
[] Weaknesses: grades were not amazing, though her school has a reputation for its rigorous curriculum
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: she demonstrated a LOT of interest - applied early, was deferred and then maintained contact with the school/admissions rep[/li][/ul][ b]General Comments:[ /b]

GraniteStateMom · March 12, 2012, 5:40pm

Granite State Daughter details:

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:
SAT I: not reported
ACT: 33
SAT II: 760 Math II; 730 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4 / 370
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: varsity field hockey (captain); varsity lax; swim team; exchange student with school China exchange
Community service / activities: active in church; volunteer youth lacrosse coach (several years); karate student (black belt) and instructor
work: life guard and swim instructor
Essays: okay
Teacher Recommendations: the one she saw was excellent. Others should be very good as well.
Other:
School applied to: Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): New Hampshire
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Reflection
Strengths: Class rank, test scores
Weaknesses: probably essays; perhaps lack of STEM extracurriculars - guess it depends on how you look at it; did not visit or contact WUStL
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted WPI, Drexel, Catholic U, Western New England, RPI

Reflection: Considering that D did not visit or contact school, I am surprised that she was not rejected! She received info from H’s coworker who is familiar w/ engineering school and decided at the last minute that it could be a good match for her academic interests (BME and Arabic). Any frustration lies entirely with her laid back attitude about the application process and not at all with the school. FWIW, her brother (HS class of 2014) is interested as well and WILL be visiting!

wizkhalifa1 · March 12, 2012, 6:25pm

Decision: Rejected
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (cold, didn’t send)
[] ACT: 35 (single-sitting)
[] SAT II (if submitted): 770 Lit., 760 US Hist.
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.1
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 15%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang. (5), USH (5); Econ, Lit, AB, Bio, US Gov.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ, AP Eng. Lit., AP Calc. AB, AP Bio., AP US Gov., Italian II
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, Nat’l Hispanic Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity scholastic bowl (captain, MVP, etc.), school newspaper (copy editor), blogger for a few hip-hop/fashion sites (moderator, editor-in-chief), baseball, and a bunch of others
[] Job/Work Experience: Summer assistant teacher
[] Volunteer/Community service: Parish volunteer, eucharistic minister
[] Essays: Really good. Like, really, really good.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Very good.
[] Counselor Rec: Again, really good.
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Unfortunately, no… I didn’t know why I wasn’t offered one.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah. Hahahaha.
[] Intended Major: Economics/English
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Mid-sized public
[] Ethnicity: Puerto Rican/Hispanic
[] Gender:
[] Income Bracket: 250K+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores, essays, extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: GPA, obviously
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My GPA, despite an ADHD explanation and a sharp upward trend.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Ayyy, it’s whatever. I’ll survive. I got into Vanderbilt EDII, but had to turn it down because of $$$, so WashU would’ve been a nice option.

yayreading · March 12, 2012, 10:39pm

Pick one:

Decision: Wailtisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR; 680 Math; 720 Writing
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II (if submitted): 750 French, 750 Lit Exam, 720 APUSH
[] GPA: 4.07
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on Comparative, 5 on APUSH, 5 on English Lang, 4 on French
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Physics, AP Macro, AP Calc AB, Political Theory, Creative Writing, Religion 4.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
too lazy to write a lot. MUN, lots of awards, leadership things, started quidditch club, newspaper, etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: Barista, Model, and writer for online music magazine
[] Volunteer/Community service: I volunteer at a food kitchen each week; went on a service trip, and docent at a local museum.
[] Essays: I really like my common app
[] Teacher Recommendation: They were really good - I asked my favorite teachers, but they are also the reason I was expecting to be waitlisted or rejected. You see, my college counselor sent the reccs without checking over them and one letter spoke all about how good of a fit I was for (my top choice) Brown. Awk, especially for WashU… 
[] Counselor Rec: good
[] Additional Rec: Philosophy teacher, good.
[] Interview: Nice/normal/very very chill
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Regretfully. Almost chose not to just to boost my chances.
[] Intended Major: Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] School Type: Catholic
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Studied abroad in Paris for 6 weeks, job, demonstrated interest at Discovery Weekend
[] Weaknesses: A recc saying I was good for brown; test scores are Wustl’s average.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see above
[/ul]General Comments: Waiting for the 29th just got much more difficult.

Bannedhero · March 12, 2012, 10:59pm

I am posting for my friend who is just ecstatic that he got in. WashU is his absolute dream school, but he was not able to apply ED due to his financial situation. I am very proud of him!

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 : Verbal:800 Mathematics:750 Writing:800(80MC/12 Essay)
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Chemistry 800 Biology-E 800 Math IIC 760 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):Unranked
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 US History 5 Biology 5 Chemistry 5 Psychology 5 Chinese 5 Micro-Econ 5 Macro-Econ 5 US Govt.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics, AP World History, AP Comparative Govt., Varsity Volleyball
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AIME x2, 1st Place Overall Academic Decathlon, UChicago Book Award, Presidential Medal in Community Service
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academic Decathlon (Captain), Eagle Scout (Troop Secretary), Cancer Research at Local UC, Varsity Volleyball (Captain), Youth Literacy Program (Founder)
[] Job/Work Experience:Internship in the Californian Senate, Accounting Intern at local Firm(PAID)
[] Volunteer/Community service: 2000 Community Service Hours, Literacy Program
[] Essays: It was rocking. He wrote about skiing.
[] Teacher Recommendation:Teacher’s Pet
[] Counselor Rec: Don’t Know
[] Additional Rec: Boss from Accounting Firm
[] Interview: Don’t know.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Finance, Biochemistry (Pre-Medicine)
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Hyper Competitive, Top 10 School in the Nation; Grades are all bell-curved to a C+
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket:~80,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): How about an Anti-Hook?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:Good Raw Stats, the GPA places him somewhere in the top 5% in our school
[] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments:
He was accepted to Vanderbilt as a Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholar, Deffered Early Action Georgetown.

xctrackfanatic · March 13, 2012, 1:45am

Decision: Rejected
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 780 CR, 750 M, 770 W (2300 Composite) (Single Sitting)
[] ACT: Didn’t Take
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Bio M, 800 World History, 770 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.4576 weighted out of 4.5 total. Only 2 B’s in my high school career: both semesters of Calculus BC
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/567
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Biology (5), US History (5), Physics B (5), Environmental Science (5), Composition (5), Calculus BC (5), Psychology (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Spanish IV, AP Economics, AP Chemistry, AP Government, Multivariable Calculus
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP National Scholar, Regional All-Academic for Track and Cross Country, Siemens Semi-Finalist

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Cross Country (Captain), Varsity Track and Field (Captain), Science Olympiad (Captain), Key Club (President)
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship at Cal State San Bernardino over consecutive summers.
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~400 Hours associated with Key Club
[] Essays: I thought my Common Application essay was particularly good, about my growth from the trials of running injuries. 9/10
[] Teacher Recommendation: AP Biology and AP English teacher. Both said that I was an absolute pleasure to have in class. 9/10
[] Counselor Rec: He loved me. Loved to see me go to nearby college to challenge myself with harder math courses such as multivariable. 9/10
[] Additional Rec: Cross Country Coach. Like a second parent to me. 10/10
[] Interview: No Interview :(

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, of course.
[] Intended Major: Biological Sciences
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Public, sends top kids to HYP every year, consistently.
[] Ethnicity: African-American
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~60,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): African-American, Research[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Good test scores and GPA, extracurriculars show dedication.
[] Weaknesses: Lack of Demonstrated Interest
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Lack of Demonstrated Interest[/li]
[/ul]General Comments:
I liked WUSTL more than Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and Stanford. But I guess they didn’t like me. Guess if I couldn’t get into this school, with not even a waitlist, then HYPS seems like a long shot. Depressed.

krnpie · March 13, 2012, 2:51am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
ACT: 32 (superscore) and 31 (normal)
SAT II (if submitted): 700 Chemistry 760 Biology-E 760 Math IIC
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):Unranked
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Biology 5 AP Stats 5 Calc AB
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Calculus BC, Spanish I, English IV,
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, College of Holy Cross Book Award, AP Stats award, Science vision award
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Dorm Prefect, Head tour guide, Varsity Tennis, JV hockey, JV field hockey, year-long research and published, orchestra, community service club, international club (head)
Volunteer/Community service: service trip to south africa, medical volunteer, camp counselor at muscular dystrophy camp (non paid)
Essays: I wrote about how I have come to embrace and love my korean name.
Teacher Recommendation:I hope it was good…
Counselor Rec: It was awsome
Additional Rec: 1 more rec from another science teacherr
Interview: I didnt do one.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No…should’ve
Intended Major:Pre-med, neuroscience
State (if domestic applicant): SC
School Type: Boarding school, very competitive, not an easy-A school at all
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:~100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): independent research experience???iDK
Reflection
Strengths:…no idea
Weaknesses:weak scores, not alot of APs, not so much leadership/volunteer work, just average GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really want to ask the ad com
General Comments:
I honestly think this was a miracle and God wants me to go here…that is if I get rejected from my 2 other top schools lolz

CAdancer · March 13, 2012, 4:28am

Decision: Accepted!!
GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.6 weighted
Rank: Top 1% / Valedictorian out of 230
School: Uncompetitive public high school
SAT: 2200 720 cr, 710 writing, 770 math
SAT II: 680 US History, 680 Chemistry, 780 Math II
ACT: 34
AP’s: Disclaimer, my school has very low AP scores…

AP Chemistry (3) AP US History (4) AP English Lang (5) AP Calculus BC (1, with an A+ in the class both semesters… ya I don’t wanna talk about it)

Senior Course Load:
-AP Literature, AP Biology, AP Statistics, AP Government, AP Macroeconomics, independently studying AP French w/ my French teacher, and Guitar
-Also taking a French at a Community college, and a theater arts class (all add weighted college credit to my transcript)

Summer Work

After attending first nationally accredited summer camp in US for 7 years, I have participated in the Leadership Training Program for the past 3 summers
Junior Statesmen of America summer school where I studied Honors Int’l Relations and Congressional debate @ Georgetown
Junior Lifeguards (Captain)
Regularly compete at Dance nationals in Vegas, and attend weeklong dance intensives in LA

Extra Curriculars
-President of Junior Statesmen of America (10, 11, 12)
-President of my school’s dance team (10, 11, 12) (we perform at all school fundraisers, rallys, games, etc because we don’t have cheerleaders haha)

Junior and Senior Class President (11, 12)
Helped found Model United Nations (11, 12)
Competitive Dancer (since age 8, rehearse >25 hrs/week, pretty good… not gunna lie, will submit dance reel to colleges I apply to)
Mock Trial - Prosecution attorney - I do the directs and the opening, and one cross
Key Club (9, 10, 11, 12)
National Honors Society (10, 11, 12)
Photo editor of yearbook (11) - it’s a class not a club, that’s why there’s only one year
Link Crew leader (10, 11, 12)

Volunteer Work (approx 600 hrs)

Asked by my school to tutor after school twice a week (11, 12)
As a member of Key Club and NHS we do additional service hours for Second harvest, adopt a family, beach clean ups, etc (9, 10, 11, 12)
Work twice a week at animal services clinic (i socialize the animals and introduce them to potential adoptees) (11, 12)
Nothing incredible, I just genuinely like to stay involved in my community and give back and there are TONSSSSS of community service opportunities

Employment

Counseling at summer camp (11, 12)
Dance teacher (9, 10, 11, 12)
Private tutor (outside of school) (12)

Awards

Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen award (Nominee from my school, waiting to hear results of district competition)
AP Scholar
Principle’s List (9, 10, 11, 12)
English teacher gave me “flexibility award” for being a positive and adaptable student
Above and Beyond Award (showing leadership in the classroom and in extra curriculars)
Multiple dance awards and scholarships (Best group, best soloist, technique, entertainment, choreography awards, etc… will list on dance resume I attach to arts supplement)
ELC eligible for UCs

Rec’s
1 from counselor who seems to really like me… so I hope it’s good!!
1 from government teacher who I LOVE, hope they like me too… gave me a previous rec for georgetown summer program…
1 from chemistry teacher who is my favorite homie and knows my personality very well, so I hope it’s good!

Hooks:
I’m a white girl from california… I don’t have any hooks!!!

Major:
International Relations!

I found out in the middle of committee at a MUN conference I squealed on accident and the people behind me started applauding hahaha!

crazybones95 · March 13, 2012, 4:44am

Pick one:

[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]

[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): Math II 800, Chem 780, US History 720
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem 5, BC Calc 3 (as a freshman), APUSH e
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Applied Differential Equations, AP physics C (Mechanics and E&M), Honors orchestra, AP English Lit., AP US Government, AP Statistics
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Top 8 State singles tennis, Eagle Scout, District Cello Soloist Winner (Only one in the competition with a perfect score), All State Cellist, Principle cellist of school orchestra and Assistant Principal cellist of a youth orchestra representing about 150,000 people in an area, Yearbook co-copy editor (we have two copy editors).
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis, Cello, Scouting, Yearbook, Mountain Biking
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Worked in a physics/chem lab at Oregon State University in the summer
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: +250 hours
[ *] Essays: Excellent (reviewed by my friends at Yale and Dartmouth)
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Oregon
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: 100000+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Scores
[ *] Weaknesses: Class rank
[ *] Why you think you were waitlisted: IDK i thought i was a strong applicant. my friend who is in Yale currently (and he’s Asian) said i had just as strong of an application as him. However, only 1500 were admitted out of a pool of 27000 (A 5.5% ACCEPTANCE RATE) so IDK.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]

ngkz314 · March 13, 2012, 4:05pm

Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (CR: 740, M: 760, W: 800)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II (if submitted): Bio E: 760, World History: 790, Math II: 800
[] Unweighted GPA: 3.89 (grades 9-11; scale: 4 = A, 4.6 = A+, etc)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History: 4, US History: 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: four APs (French, English Literature, European History, Bio)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Foreign Language Honor Society
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Harvard Model Congress (10-12), JV tennis (9-10)
[] Job/Work Experience: camp counselor (10-12)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer ambulance, emergency medical technician
[] Essays: Common App essay I think was very good
[] Teacher Recommendation: probably very good
[] Counselor Rec: very good
[] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Intended Major: Biology (pre-med)
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] School Type: Small public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul][/list]General Comments: SATs are good but I thought the GPA was too weak (cum laude students had at least a ~4.10). Freshman and sophomore years are what dragged the number down, though, and there was considerable improvement in junior/senior year.

lexidoodles29 · March 13, 2012, 6:03pm

Decision: Accepted
School of Engineering & Applied Science and College of Arts & Sciences

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2190 (760M, 710CR, 720W)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 780 Bio-M, 710 Math1, 740 U.S. History
[] Unweighted GPA: 97.78/100
[] AP: APWorld (5), APUSH (5), APBio (5)
[] Major Awards: National Merit Finalist
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Chem, AP English Lit, AP Euro, AP Spanish, Contemporary Issues & Social Justice
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Mathleague (Treasurer), Crew/ Rowing (2-year Captain, MVP), Yearbook (Editor-in-Chief), FIRST Robotics, NHS
[] Job/Work Experience: babysitting; coxswain
[] Volunteer/Community service: Ronald McDonald House Volunteer; learn-to-row volunteer;
[] Essays: pretty good; wrote about rowing at the Head of the Charles Regatta with my (triplet) sister
[] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see, but they were probably great
[] Counselor Rec: same as teacher rec
[] Interview: excellent! My interviewer was very engaging and passionate about WUSTL
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Biomedical Eng. or Chemical Eng. or Biology
[] State: NY
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: upper middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): … experience as a triplet maybe?
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Grades & SAT scores; ECs; essays & interview
[] Weaknesses: lack of much work or volunteering experience
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think the interview helped a lot - it helped me to show my interest in the school. I also really liked the essay I wrote - I was able to tell the reader(s) about myself while keeping my reader(s) engaged.[/li][/ul]
General Comments: Happy to be admitted! To those wait listed or rejected: Wherever you go, whether it be here or to any other wonderful university or college, you will do great things! Don’t be discouraged. Good luck to all!

2yuexue · March 13, 2012, 6:38pm

xctrackfanatic, don’t think so. My feeling is that WashU rejected you for a reason. I am almost 100% sure you will get into at least one, if not all, the 4 schools you mentioned in your post.

I would not be surprised if you get into all 4. Good luck!

sfaitht7 · March 13, 2012, 7:27pm

Decision: Accepted!!

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2390 Composite 800 Reading, 790 Math, 800 Writing
[] ACT: Didn’t submit
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math II, 780 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.995
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/70
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AB (4), Euro (5), then Studio Art 2D (4), US (5), Lang (5), Bio (5), BC (5) with AB Subscore (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: 8 AP Classes, Honors Rhetoric (required). Hardest that our school has ever seen, by far.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP something, Rensselaer Medalist, nothing special[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano, piano, piano. Church pianist and organist (in charge :D), Interlochen Arts Camp, accompanist, beginning piano teacher, play with my school orchestra on piano/violin, local county music club (president). Varsity Soccer: 9-10, Club/Varsity Swimming: 9-10 (placed at county, made it to states and such), and Varsity XC 11-12 (county and regionals and stuff). Then the standard Student Council, NHS, Beta Club, tutoring, Mu Alpha Theta, TA, youth group member, academic team. I was really weak on leadership not related to music.
[] Job/Work Experience: just tutoring and teaching piano a bit. not sure if that counts and they sure didn’t see the internship i started at the local paper.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Many, many hours at my church each week.
[] Essays: Common App was okay, an overly-sentimental description of my childhood best friend and how he influenced me.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Never read them, but I’m sure the one from my Latin teacher of 2 years was great, while the one from my math teacher of 3 years was probably okay.
[] Counselor Rec: She’s not the brightest bulb nor does she know me very well. This could’ve hurt me.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: None

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Pre-Med/Performing Arts?
[] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: very small, new-ish charter school. we’ve only had one kid get in to an Ivy, and that was last year to Princeton.
[] Ethnicity: So white
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: upper middle class?
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): a farm girl from a poor, rural location without many opportunities?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Transcript, test scores, music depth?
[] Weaknesses: No demonstrated interest, essay, dearth of leadership, no major awards, not spectacular
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m completely shocked, actually.
[/ul]General Comments: Before I clicked on the decision link I thought about how many other scholarship/deferral disappointments there had been and prepared myself for another. I’m not really sure why I got in because I showed literally no demonstrated interest and I started my application very late. Seeing posts about people being over-qualified, now I think that I might have gotten in because I am not over-qualified and not quite under-qualified, so they think that I won’t be accepted at any Ivy? This kind of upsets me because I had originally thought that this would be a good sign for later schools But congrats to everyone who was accepted and good luck to everyone for the rest of the regular decision bloodbath!
Keep calm and carry on.

weepulraider252 · March 13, 2012, 10:23pm

[ b]Decision:Accepted**

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2250
[] ACT:34 (superscored:35)
[] SAT II (if submitted): Bio 720, Chem 710, Math II 780, US History 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): My School only weights so: 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Doesn’t rank, but top 25%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), Eng Lang (4), Computer Science (5)]
[] Senior Year Course Load: Relatively heavy for my school. Four APs (two of those are Englishes), Economics, Spanish V, and an independent study in photography
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Lots of Model UN and photography awards and the You Make a Difference award at my school
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cultural clubs (President 12), Amnesty Int’l (VP), Model UN, and some other diversity and volunteer related extracurriculars
[] Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor at a museum summer camp
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tons of community service (500+ hours), on the board of directors for a burgeoning nonprofit
[] Essays: Pretty good, I felt my like my main essay was too long (almost 1000 words).
[] Teacher Recommendation: I’ve had these teachers for several years, so I think they were pretty good
[] Counselor Rec: She doesn’t know me that well, but she really highlighted my community service.
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: My interview went really well! I really clicked with the interviewer, and I think she liked me.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Economics, possibly engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Really small private school
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket:Highest
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Community service?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:ECs, Essays, Recs
[] Weaknesses: Grades
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I really liked the school, and my grades have shown an upward incline[/li][/ul]General Comments: So excited! I love WashU!

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