<p>What’s OT?</p>
<p>Overthinking.</p>
<p>my portal changed just now (2.47pm PDT)</p>
<p>in inbox it says</p>
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<p>they’re up!</p>
<p>Yes, they are up!</p>
<p>I don’t think mine is up- or maybe I am looking in the wrong place?</p>
<p>mines not up either :(</p>
<p>It was up, now it is not, ugh!</p>
<p>ya same here…it was up and now not there…what is happening?</p>
<p>Mine also disappeared!</p>
<p>Does the admissions result gonna be changed?</p>
<p>I could never even see mine!</p>
<p>For anyone that saw they were waitlisted, did it saw on the inbox page “send us your enrollment materials” etc. I’m so confused… And now the site crashed</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2380; 800 reading, 800 writing, 780 math (two sitting superscore)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t send
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math I, 770 Spanish, 760 Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): around a 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 7 tests taken, five 5s and two 4s
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics B, AP English Lit, AP US Gov, English electives, Debate
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, lots of debate stuff
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate (captain), School newspaper (editor-in-chief), GSA (VP), Piano (10+ years of playing)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: A lot, including two month-long internship type volunteer efforts with local legal clinics and more regular stuff through my temple
[<em>] Essays: They were good, writing is one of my strengths. About volunteer work and debate.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I have great relationships with both teachers who wrote them, so I can only assume they were good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Same as teacher recs.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[<em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup
[<em>] Intended Major: Political Economy
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Small independent
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: not disclosing
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SATs, GPA, extracurriculars, volunteer service
[</em>] Weaknesses: no hook/maybe overqualified?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really don’t know. I guess it’s kind of a crapshoot. Someone earlier in this thread said that Wash U sometimes wait lists overqualified applicants, so I can only hope that’s what it was.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Well I already got a likely letter from Columbia so I’m not too worried about my college plans, this was just kind of funny. But good luck everyone!</p>
<p>yes. exact same thing. i accepted spot on the wait list, then it wanted my enrollment deposit and now i have nothing.</p>
<p>When clicked on decision notification link, my s got a server error. But when clicked on enrollment info saw the checklist of items that needed to be submitted. Now all of that is gone.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 | 700 CR, 760 M, 740 W
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Biology-M - 790, Math Level II - 720
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/325
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History - 5, Biology - 5, English Language - 5, Environmental Science - 4, Psychology - 5, United States History - 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Computer Science A, AP Chemistry, AP English Literature, AP Calculus BC, Pharmacy Technician (certification course)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Ventures Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Club (President), Computer Science Club, Health Occupations Students of America, National Honor Society
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Participated in a summer hospital volunteering program.
[<em>] Essays: Fairly good. I wrote about a person who influenced me.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Likely good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Likely good.
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[<em>] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: 4A (Roughly 1800 students)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: $60,000 - $79,999
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, Test Scores, Essay, Showed interest by submitting a scholarship application
[</em>] Weaknesses: Nothing in my app stood out
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think being a URM helped me a lot given my extracurricular activities are fairly generic.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
I am extremely excited I got accepted to WashU as it is currently in my top three list of schools I most wish to attend. However, I won’t know if I will be attending until I receive my financial aid package and hopefully visit the school next month.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2340. CR 800, M 760, W 780
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Math II 800, Spanish 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/300
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Math SL: 7
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB HL English, IB HL History, IB HL Calculus, IB HL Spanish, IB HL Physics, IB HL Theatre, IB SL Psychology
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Significant theater involvement (at high school and professionally), significant involvment in Education (Site Council rep, Superintendent advisor, on the district’s Student Union), captain of competitive Dragonboat team
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Professional theater
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Various activities with the Jewish community
[<em>] Essays: My common app essay was about my weird email address. Very quirky/individual!
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: An incredible letter about my pursuit of justice and my personality.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see, but should be great - she used to be my English teacher and knows me very well.
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[<em>] Interview: Nothing outstanding, I had an on-campus interview in November
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Political science and Education
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): OR
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public, about 1500 kids
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: 110k-130k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): White Jewish girl, so no.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, test scores, essay, letter of rec, clear focus on education.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Nothing particularly extraordinary/eye catching
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: What I said in strengths[/li] [/ul]General Comments: I visited in November, and I’m not sure if WashU is exactly the right vibe for me. If I get into Carleton, I think it will probably come down to Carleton vs. WashU. Carleton seemed like a better “fit”, but WashU has so many more opportunities and resources. We’ll see! Congratulations to everyone!</p>
<p>qualitative - are you accepting a waitlist spot? </p>
<p>Our kid withdrew with almost the same stats when no scholarship interviews came. Glad we did that.</p>
<p>AGH! Where is mine! This is killing me! Congrats to you guys, though! :)</p>