OFFICIAL WashU Class of 2017 RD Decisions

jakemd27 · March 29, 2013, 12:29am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (800 CR, 770 M, 800 W)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[] ACT (breakdown): Didn’t report
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: Chemistry (800); Literature (780); U.S. History (800)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 5.2 (?)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/466
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Chemistry (5), Psych (5), Eng. Lang. (5), U.S. History (5), Stats (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 7 APs
[] Number of other applicants in your school: 2 or 3, I think
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Debate (Secretary), Academic Challenge, some others
[] Job/Work Experience: Job for three years
[] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul]Library, Habitat, nothing special really; not that many hours either[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: Four fragmented anecdotes about my life, on the weirder end of the spectrum[/li][] Other:[/ul][] Teacher Recommendation #1: Great
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Great
[] Counselor Rec: Don’t know
[ ] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Good
[] Art Supplement:[/list]Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Don’t remember
[] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: $40-45
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]QB Finalist, maybe geographyReflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Solid academics, maybe debate
[] Weaknesses: Volunteering, maybe singular focus on debate in extracurriculars
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Lots of other qualified applicants
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul][/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Princeton '17!

TomAhmed · March 30, 2013, 3:29am

Got selected. International student. Details later on.

Jason1 · April 4, 2013, 4:06am

Decision: Accepted

Arts and Sciences

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Did not send.
[] ACT:33 single sitting, 34 superscore
[] SAT II:700 Math2, 720 physics, 710 Us History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 100): ~92.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):n/a (~20th%)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Did not send ap scores, took all offered ap/ honors classes in highschool
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP BC Calc, AP Physics C Mechanics, AP Lang. and Comp, AP Gov, AP Macro, Engineering, AP Human Geography
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AMC School winner, NMF, PETA compassionate teen award.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Community service club(founder), rebuilt 60’s car from ground up, lacrosse first three years of school, other clubs related to either science or community service.
[] Summer Activities: Rebuilding my car, and in JR year, volunteering at a dinosaur excavation site.
[] Essays: I wrote about my car for the extracurricular, I wrote about how I won the PETA award in the 2nd essay, and I explained my lower grades during freshman year in the additional info.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[] Counselor Rec:Good.
[] Additional Rec:None
[] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private, Catholic
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income bracket: not enough to have any positive influence on my process.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My essays were strong.
[] Weaknesses: GPA, although the negative effects might have been eased by a sharp upward trend in my grades, and because I won most improved GPA in my school Jr year.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They liked my essays, and I had good recs.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Waitlisted at Uchicago, Vanderbilt, Rice. Accepted to OU, Texas A&M, ASU, UT, Santa Clara, SMU. Rejected Notre Dame, MIT, Cornell, Northwestern.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
As far as interest goes, I visited campus, and I attended an info session at a college fair.

They were generous with their FA.

5oclockhero · March 11, 2014, 2:58am

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):1780 M510 R650 W720
ACT:
SAT II:740 Lit 720 USH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.27
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): none
AP (place score in parenthesis): apush 5 lang 4 world 4

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis) a lot of sports/ mock trial/ model UN/ Chess Club

Volunteer/Community service: 70 hours
Summer Activities: none
Essays: good
Teacher Recommendation: good
Counselor Rec: really good

Interview:none
State (if domestic applicant): New York
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: private
Ethnicity: Native American and white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: >10,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation

Reflection
Strengths: sat 2 and gpa
Weaknesses: sat
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I may not have gotten in because of financial aid
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:: accepted Dartmouth and Clark U. Waitlisted Suny Geneseo
General Comments:

RaVNzCRoFT · March 11, 2014, 3:33am

This is last year’s thread…

superduck83 · March 11, 2014, 8:14pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (780cr, 720m, 730w)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: n/a
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics C: Mech- 5 Environmental Science- 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs 1 Honors
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Cum Laude Society, NHS
[/list][ b]Subjective:
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 year letterman and starter in Wrestling, studied abroad in Israel during Junior year, Youth Group, Summer Camp[/li][] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] Summer Activities: summer camp
[] Essays: 8/10 pretty solid
[] Teacher Recommendation: should have been good
[] Counselor Rec: I’m sure it was kind of generic
[] Additional Rec: N/a
[] Interview: n/a
[/list][ b]Other**
[li] State (if domestic applicant): PA[/li][] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[]Income Bracket: 150k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy
[/list][ b]Reflection**
[li] Strengths: Test scores, legacy definitely helped[/li][] Weaknesses: course load, leadership
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I’m a solid applicant and the legacy may have tipped the scale
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: in at Michigan, wisconsin, and IU, deferred ed by duke, waiting to hear from berkeley, ucla, yale, vandy, and harvard
[/list][ b]General Comments:** Congrats to everyone who got in!!

chasetrox · March 11, 2014, 9:45pm

[ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color]

Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (770CR, 760M, 800W)
[] ACT: N/a
[] SAT II: 790 US History, 800 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7-3.8 (4.05W)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s in Calc AB, US History, Lang and Biology
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, Spanish, Calc BC, Gov and H. Humanities
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/list][ b]Subjective:**
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Eagle Scout; President of Theater club; Mock Trial Witness; Volunteering trips; Newspaper Editor[/li][] Job/Work Experience: Summer jobs in restaurants
[] Volunteer/Community service: Boy Scouts(?), service trips
[] Summer Activities: Work
[] Essays: I thought my CommonApp essay was pretty good; it sounded a lot like me which is what I was going for
[] Teacher Recommendation: 10/10 and 9/10 for both. One was a teacher in whose class I’d slacked, but she really liked me. The other was my bio teacher, who didn’t like me as much, but probably wrote about my academic side.
[] Counselor Rec: I wrote it; killer.
[] Additional Rec: 9.5/10 From a theater director who has known me for 3 years. Likely very articulate
[] Interview: N/A
[/list]Other
[li] State (if domestic applicant): CT[/li][] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[]Income Bracket: 250k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/list]Reflection
[li] Strengths: Definitely my SATs, maybe my essays. I really liked my adcom so we emailed a bit.[/li][] Weaknesses: Grades
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly I don’t know. It might have been the interest that I displayed, but I’d like to think I’m just special.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UVA. Waiting on Princeton, Yale, Brown, Duke, Northwestern, Tufts and Vanderbilt
[/list]General Comments: Super excited, Wash U is a school that I would definitely be happy to attend

picklechicken37 · March 12, 2014, 9:22pm

size=+2]Decision: Rejected/size]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Did not send
ACT: 33
SAT II: 790 Bio, 750 Math II, 670 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology 4, Literature 4, US History 4, World History 4, French 3
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP Physics, AP Government, AP Language, French 6 (beyond AP level)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Stem cell research, Cross Country (Captain), Relay for Life Club (Co-founder/VP), Relay for Life (Captain), Notre Dame Summer Scholars, Science Club (President), French exchange trip, track and badminton coach, ski instructor, Track and Field, Mission Trip
Job/Work Experience: Ski instructor
Volunteer/Community service: About 200 hours
Summer Activities: Notre Dame Summer Scholars
Essays: Common app was great
Teacher Recommendation: One was great, the other was probably goodish
Counselor Rec: Probably good
Additional Rec: From someone I am doing research with, it was awesome
Interview: None offered

Other
State (if domestic applicant): WA
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): Biology
School Type: Top public school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
Strengths: Research, activities that relate to major
Weaknesses: Test scores, not applying for merit scholarships, lack of demonstrated interest
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I wasn’t what WashU was looking for. I’m sure they have plenty of people who applied with more impressive research than mine. I also think a large part of it was the crap shoot aspect of college admissions.
General Comments: I am perfectly fine with this rejection. I think I would love WashU, but I was already accepted to Notre Dame and would have probably chosen to go there ahead of WashU. This will just make my decision in April easier. Congrats to everyone who got in! And if you were rejected, keep your hopes up! Also a tip for those waitlisted: my friend was waitlisted last year and called admissions and they said that if he would commit they would accept him.

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