<p>congrats to everyone who got in though!</p>
<p>@ben267 Same here! But then I realized I should’ve checked, so I Googled it immediately, LOL.</p>
<p>Just got accepted!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 single sitting, 800 math, 800 reading, 780 writing
[</em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 chem, 800 math, 780 us history, 770 bio
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20th decile
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 bio, 5 language, 5 us history, 4 chem, 4 calc bc
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: physics honors, ap gov, ap econ, ap lit, ap stats, ap studio art, chinese 4 honors
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nat’l merit finalist, ap scholar with distinction, presidential scholar award nomination
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 2 internships at ucsf, art, medical modeling, medical transcription
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: medical transcription
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: tutoring, helping out with city gov’t, etc.
[<em>] Essays: nothing unique or special but decently-written
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: not sure
[<em>] Counselor Rec: not sure, probably average
[</em>] Additional Rec: don’t think it arrived
[<em>] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[<em>] Intended Major: art and bio dual degree
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: chinese
[<em>] Gender: m
[</em>] Income Bracket: privileged
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: art, sat
[<em>] Weaknesses: extracurriculars (no real leadership examples, zero officer positions in clubs, tbh i’m only in two clubs)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: art portfolio saved my life
[/ul]General Comments: pleasantly surprised, thought my lack of participation in club activities was going to come back and bite me in the derriere. first response, first acceptance. loads of weight off my mind.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800W, 770CR, 780M)
[</em>] ACT: Did not take
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 750 Biology, 770 World History, 780 U.S. History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 98.6/100
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Non-ranking
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Five 5’s, others not reported on Common App…
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Stat, AP Gov, AP Econ, APES, AP French, Journalism
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar, the usual
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Really strong. Started couple clubs at my school, president of MUN, student body vice president, head of Honor Council, lots of leadership etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Job junior year (6hrs/week), internship senior year (15hr/week)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: This was my primary focus. Volunteered over 1,000 hours, started a non-profit, volunteer coordinator for another local nonprofit, serve(d) as interns at a couple other nonprofits. Super community service-based.
[</em>] Essays: Thought it was pretty good, made a few people cry but was a really personal topic about my father.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Should’ve been good. Don’t know about one, but other should’ve been phenomenal given the caliber of the other recs she’s written me.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good? Didn’t see.
[<em>] Additional Rec: Saw it, was generic.
[</em>] Interview: Didn’t have one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[</em>] Intended Major: Political Science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TN
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~70K
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Overall well-rounded, lots of community service and leadership.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Recommendations, no perfect scores? Didn’t show ANY interest in WashU. They’re huge on that and I lacked it.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No interest in WashU. Future applicants, if you want to get in, bombard the hell out of them with interest! I wasn’t keen on the school and I think they could tell.
[/ul]General Comments: My first waitlist (accepted to Vanderbilt w/ full tuition, likelies at Duke and Dartmouth), so it was a bit disappointing! Congratulations to all who got in - one of my friends did, and I’m absolutely thrilled for him! It’s a great school and y’all are very lucky to have been accepted!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!! (under ‘January Program’)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2000 (600 CR, 710 M, 690 W, 11 essay)
[</em>] SAT II (if submitted): 680 Math 2, 660 Physics
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.70
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 20%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang&Comp (4), APUSH (4), BC Calc, Physics, Microecon, US Gov, English Lit&comp, Psychology
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs and top orchestra in school
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Silver award on National Spanish Exam, superior ratings every year at CMEA Solo & Ensemble festival
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): pit orchestra (first flute), flute teacher, music mentoring
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Teaching assistant at Kumon Learning Center, and intern at Riverbed Technology Inc
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Music Mentoring
[<em>] Essays: One was on how I love teaching (extracurricular short answer), and other was on my passion for architecture. My english teacher thought both were excellent! 
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Two of them, probably pretty good but nothing special
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably good but she didn’t know me very well
[</em>] Interview: Applied for one but they didn’t have enough room for me so I didn’t end up doing it
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[</em>] Intended Major: Architecture
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] School Type: Public, top 7% in either Cali or all of USA (I forget which)
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: high… like 300,000-400,000… Idk the exact number
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none!
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: my essays, and maybe a teacher rec but I have no idea what they said
[</em>] Weaknesses: EVERYTHING ELSE haha
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly have no idea… everything about me was mediocre except my essays!! But I was put in the january program (which is basically saying you’re accepted to start school here in january 2013 cuz we dont have enough room)… haha it’s pretty weird… but this PROVES that test scores are NOT all that matters!!! They look at more than just your SATs!!![/li][/ul]General Comments: GRADES ARE NOT EVERYTHING! THIS IS PROOF! But congratz to everyone who got in!! :D</p>
<p>Waitlisted. I’m too lazy to fill out the entire form, but basics… UW GPA: 3.9 (school doesn’t rank), 10 AP’s, SAT (one time): 2360, Math 2: 790, Chem: 800, Bio: 800, Chinese: 800. Siemens Semifinalist. Piano (state-level recognition). Choir (national recognition). County-level leadership.</p>
<p>Yeah… but WOW I was totally caught off guard! Was not expecting decisions today… LOL. Congratulations to everyone who made it in!! :D</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 US History, 680 Biology E
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography, AB Calculus, US History, Environmental Science (all 5’s) and Chinese (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Statistics, AP US Government, AP World History, 1010 English
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Geographic Bee in 8th Grade.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Service Project at Chinese foster home (leader), church youth group (president), boy scouts (president), Chinese Language Club, Geographic Olympiad, intensive graded Chinese class at my local university.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Library volunteer for 2 hours per week, helped with Chinese exchange students for two summers.
[<em>] Essays: Told they were very good.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Average
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Unknown
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[<em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Political Science
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Utah
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Upper-middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Location?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably imperfect GPA and that I didn’t seem as exciting as other applicants.[/li] [/ul]General Comments: I’m somewhat disappointed, but I’ve already been accepted to another great university that I’ll be attending. Congratulations to those who were accepted!</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: WAITLISTED[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (720 CR, 700M, 800W)
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): 730 Literature, 730 Biology, 720 World History
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 World history, 4 Calc AB, 4, Biology, 4 English Lit, 4 Microeconomics
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Calc BC, AP Marco, AP Spanish, Honors Physics, Research Internship Program
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Wisconsin delegate for National Junior Science and Humanities Fair, National Merit Finalist, Honorable Mention DNA day essay contest
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Country Captain, Editor of School Newspaper, Peer Tutoring
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Research internship at UW Madison
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: many hours of peer tutoring
[ *] Essays: I thought my common app essay was good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Average
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Biology/Art
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Mixed, White and Asian
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] Income Bracket: Dirt poor
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Research internship–will present at the National Junior Science and Humanities fair
[ *] Strengths: Research, SAT kind of
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It wasn’t meant to be</p>
<p>Congratulations to all who were accepted!</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):800/760/800 (2400 superscore)
[</em>] ACT: nada
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800; 790; 790; 780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): nada
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 5’s, 1 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: LOTS of APs 
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit finalist; AIME x 2
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): math stuff, internship, key club, art
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club (officer position)
[<em>] Essays: idk mannnnn (should be decent)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: idkkkk (should be okay)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: idkkk
[</em>] Additional Rec: nada
[<em>] Interview: nada
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: nopenope
[<em>] Intended Major: Bio
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Top 100 Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: >200k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores :DDDDD
[</em>] Weaknesses: EC’s
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not enough interest? i don’t know T.T[/li][/ul]General Comments: Darn. This kind of sucks. Haven’t been accepted anywhere yet.</p>
<p>Wait listed too! This stinks.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2330-780M, 800W, 750CR (one sitting)
[</em>] ACT:N/A
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted):MathII-800, Bio-800, US History-780, Chem-770
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.6
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/306
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):Calc AB (5), Bio (5), US History(5), Lang & Comp(5) Chem(4)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP Phys C, AP Lit & Comp, AP Calc BC, AP Stat, AP Gov, AP Latin V, College Accounting
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar w/Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Cross Country- 4yr varsity, County Champion, Captain,
Tennis-4yr varsity at 1st singles, Captain, 3 time county champ, USTA ranked, ranked ~15 in NJ
Performing Juggler- Can juggle 5 balls, clubs, rings, diabolo
Latin Club- (Treasurer/Pres)
Latin Quiz Bowl- (Captain)
NHS
Science League
Math League
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
Ball boy at the US Open Tennis Championship- 4 summers
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
Volunteer EMT at town’s First Aid Squad- 2 hrs a week since start of Jr year (~200 hrs)
Intern at the New York Downtown Hospital- summer before senior year (~200 hours)- assisted in clinical research
Volunteer to play with a mentally challenged middle schooler once a week since Fr year (~300 hrs)
[</em>] Essays: Pretty Solid. Common App ones about what I learned from losing in the counties in XC (very creative) and about why I juggle.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Average
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Average – only had her for 1 year, barely spoken to her
[<em>] Additional Rec: Really good, from cross country coach
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:No
[</em>] Intended Major:Biology/Biochem
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):NJ
[</em>] School Type: Decent public, 300 students in grade, sends about 6 to ivies/other top schools every year
[<em>] Ethnicity:White
[</em>] Gender:Male
[<em>] Income Bracket:~$120,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):Nope
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test Scores, some interesting and unique ECs, sports
[</em>] Weaknesses: Recs, no outstanding national accomplishments, showed no interest
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Hoping I was over-qualified. I showed no interest, and honestly I just applied because there were no essays Congrats to the Acceptees
[</em>] Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: Emory (13K/year), Brandeis; Deferred: Harvard EA
[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>ACCEPTED…they must have learned about how legendary i am…#Swag #YOLO</p>
<p>Decision: WAITLISTED
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):740 CR, 730 Math, 660 W (2130 total)
ACT: nada
SAT II (if submitted): 760; 720; 730
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 34/735
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4,4,5
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP Classes, Track, Adv. Orchestra
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Commended Student, Foreign Lang. Award, Second Year Letterman
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Leo Club (Vice Prez) Music Club (Historian) Varsity Track, Adv. Orchestra (Co-Librarian)
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Games Crew Committee, Hospital Volunteer
Essays: I think good?
Teacher Recommendation: Should be good
Counselor Rec: Decent?
Additional Rec: No
Interview: No
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yea
Intended Major: Chem
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 40-50 k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): ?
Strengths: ?
Weaknesses: No interest shown
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not enough interest? scores not high enough?
General Comments: Dammit. Only acception so far is UCI.</p>
<p>Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2220: 760 math 770 writing 690 cr
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): 780 spanish 700 literature
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a probably in the top 10%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): us history: 4 spanish: 5
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 7 AP classes and independent study in religion
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): no
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): well I spent my junior year abroad in spain so it was a lot harder to get leadership positions, receive awards, or take ap classes junior year. i am the PR rep of spanish club and co-vp of an all girls community service club. i’ve also played tennis intensely since freshman year, am captain and #1 seed of my tennis team this year (we werent that good but still) and played tennis all in spain by myself with a spanish tennis club (shows that I actually stuck with it?)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: camp counselor, 2 months. been going to camp since I was 10
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: english tutoring in spain, lots of tennis and soccer special olympics volunteering
[ *] Essays: my most embarrassing moment in spain. talking about how speaking spanish was always hard but i had to risk it and continue in order to learn.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: average
[ *] Counselor Rec: average
[ *] Additional Rec: none
[ *] Interview: none
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: none
[ *] Intended Major: international relations
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): north carolina
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: small, episcopalian, i don’t think anyone from my school has ever applied to wash u / very few people get into colleges outside of the south (weakness)
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: around 200k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): school year abroad
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: sports, my year abroad clearly shows me going towards things i want to do (international relations) also nobody from my school had EVER done anything like that, my essay (risk-taking), 8 years camp every summer for 2 months
[ *] Weaknesses: i didnt really show a lot of interest when i was applying though wash u has become on of my top schools recently, 690 critical reading, also accidentally sent a 630 math II and 670 math I satii score (I had a breakdown/migrane in the middle but the scores automatically sent… woops)
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] sosososososoSO happy!!!see everyone next year!! sowwy to everyone on the other end :/</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740/740/720
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Math II 800 Chem 790 Bio E 780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7? (I had a pretty bad freshmen year 
)4.25 weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): If it’s UW, I’m around the 5th decile.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Language and Composition (5) AP Chemistry (5) AP Calculus BC (5) AP Calculus AB Subscore (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: A bit more challenging than my Jr. year, but not by much.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National 2011 Japan Bowl Level 3 First Place</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A few officer positions in my senior year.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: some during the summer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: a bit
[</em>] Essays: decent to good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: decent
[<em>] Additional Rec: great
[</em>] Interview: N/A</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Biology (don’t quite remember)
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Highly Competitive Public (Top 100 in nation) about 50 out of 300 seniors end up going to UCB or UCLA. We send about 10-20 students to Ivies every year.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100k-200k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Special interests to diversify myself from a typical student
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[</em>] Strengths: strong SAT II scores and APs, good writing?
[<em>] Weaknesses: ECs and weak freshmen year GPA.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My weaknesses :(</p>
<p>Besides my disappointment, I just want to congratulate all you CCers that got accepted to this fantastic school!
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT:33 (34 Superscored)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted):N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4, 3.65 Weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish Lang, AP English Lang, Multivariable Calculus, Physics 2, History elective</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): SGA (President), Junior Class President, School Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief of Production), Yearbook (Senior Section editor), Cross Country (Captain), Student Director of Musical show band, supporting lead in musical (senior year)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Bus Boy, Internship in Boston Live TV studio
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Over 200+ hours of international and domestic service in Chicago, Spain, Peru, Morocco
[</em>] Essays:i think really good–about music and effect on me
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: i’m guessing great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: i’m guessing great
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] Intended Major: Psychology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private-Episcopalian
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: really strong extracurriculars, great ACT, good essay and rec letters
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Definitely GPA[/li][/ul] General Comments: I’m surprised I even got waitlisted so I’m happy!</p>
<p>Accepted!!! Omgg this is a total shock I had no idea they were coming out today!</p>
<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>SAT 2380 one setting (780 CR)
SAT II, all 800s: Chem, French, Math II
APs, all 5s: chem, calc ab, french, euro
GPA 4.0 uw, ~4.4 weighted
Not ranked</p>
<p>Awards:
US Chem Olympiad top 150 nationally
AIME qualifier, score 4
Student of the year for 5 teachers the past 3 years</p>
<p>Research internship at UC Berkeley last summer 4 weeks in nanophotonics, 2 additional weeks doing computer simulations from home</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Marching band grades 9-11 section leader 11
Robotics 11-12 Vice President both years
Boy Scouts: eagle scout
Track 10,11 varsity 11
Science Bowl 9-12 president 12
Programming club cofounder 12</p>
<p>Essays: good
Letters of rec: I assume good
Interview: none
Intended major: chem
financial aid: did not apply
public school
No hooks (white male from CA)</p>
<p>Strengths: grades, test scores, leadership in extracurriculars, research experience, decent award (top 150 chem olympiad)
Weaknesses: no major IMO level awards, no real demonstrated interest in WashU</p>
<p>Reflection:
I got in caltech EA and am a uc berkeley regents nominee (top 1% of applicants), so I’m surprised I got waitlisted but not at all perturbed.
I would like to think WashU waitlists overqualified candidates and that I’m one of those candidates
If this is true, then their strategy works marvelously, as it is very unlikely I would have attended if accepted.
I should have applied for their merit scholarships though, I didn’t have time to look at them until the deadlines had passed… not applying for those probably tipped them off that I was applying at the last minute, because there were no extra essays, and its a good school, and why not throw in the app along with 15 others…
But w/e, WashU is a competitive school, it is possible they simply had better applicants (esp those with more demonstrated interest in WashU), and that my ego doesn’t want to admit it :P</p>
<p>I am looking at the stats of the rejected / waitlisted…absolutely makes no sense…congratulations and good luck to everyone who was accpeted…</p>