OOS chance?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Washington
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<p>oos chance for university of washington
Out of State: California
Mexican & Filipino Female
first generation college student
7 AP classes 7 Honors Classes</p>

<p>Grades:</p>

<p>GPA: 3.69 UW, 4.17 W
SAT: did not send it in.
ACT: 25 :(</p>

<p>Major:</p>

<p>Business
Communications</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>Principal's Honor Roll (4.00 GPA & above) for 4 years
Volunteer of the Year Award for a charity that i have been involved with since 7th grade
Outstanding Citizenship Award - 4 years</p>

<p>ECs:
200+ community service hours
Key Club - all 4 years
CSF - all 4 years
volunteer for 6 years
no leadership though, but i've been consistent? </p>

<p>Essays </p>

<p>1) I wrote about how I moved out of my parents house when I was a sophomore because my mother's frustrations about my step-father's neurological disease stressed me out. Then about how it made me more independent, and how I focused more on my education and learned how to take care of myself.</p>

<p>2) For the cultural essay, I wrote about what it's like to live in Southern California and how i'm always exposed to different cultures and how you have to keep an open mind or else you will only view people based on stereotypes. Something like that.</p>

<p>Current classes:</p>

<p>College Prep English
Prob & Stats
AP Governement
AP Economics
AP Physics B
AP Studio Art
Video Production</p>

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<p>the only thing is that your ACT score is low, but others look fine to me.
you might have some chance if your essay are well written.
good luck!</p>

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<p>In. </p>

<p>(10char blah)</p>

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<p>^ I wouldn’t say so for sure</p>

<p>Business is extremely competitive and 25 is pretty low, although URM will help I think it’s still a reach</p>

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<p>thanks for all of the replies. and yeah, i know that my ACT score is pretty bad. I took the SAT and got a 1590, which is even more embarrassing. I just don’t perform well on standardized tests.</p>

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<p>ahh i totally understand what you mean cuz i’m like that too.
i’m just hoping that uw will look at the classes,gpa,etc. more than test scores.</p>

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<p>I think you’re in. From what I believe, UDub looks at the whole person. As you know your ACT is low, but your character seems very strong and sincere. If your essays reveal who you are, your in. Just from reading your message… I get a good feeling from you and I think admissions should like you too.</p>

<p>Your EC are good too. I was accepted with EC w/o leadership, but consistent. Also OOS. Good Luck.</p>

<p>I agree with jkaplan, Business is very competive, go undeclared or check into this more. Good Luck</p>

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<p>You have a great chance!</p>

<p>Initially, your intended major does not matter in the admission process (for UW) so you should not worry about what jkaplan1212 said.</p>

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<p>Your ACT score is actually between the mid-50% range for admitted students (24-29), so I don’t think you should lose hope based on that alone. You have a lot of things going for you in your application, so I think you have a very good chance of admission.</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED. (: thanks everyone.</p>