School
UW GPA 3.77
SAT 1440 (760 CRW, 680 Math)
AP Classes so far: World History-5, US history-4, Literature-4
Senior Classes: AP Stats, AP American Literature, AP Music Theory, AP Euro History, Comparative religions, spanish 4
EC
Varsity lacrosse 4 years, will be captain
Quiz bowl team and club
Writing center tutor
Guitar in pit orchestra for musicals
Model UN 2 years
Worked part time at music store
Awards: English department award for best writing for short film screenplay
Looks good. Your intended major does not matter for being admitted. You are “competing” with all students who apply- students are admitted to the university as a whole regardless of which school/college within it currently interests you. This is nice for being able to change later.
This is what I found from last year January 31st…lots of answers:
Rejected
Act 29, super scored 31
3.8 GPA
OOS NY
Interesting as I got rejected from Miami as well this weekend but accepted to Tulane, Indiana Kelley school of business, and only deferred from Michigan. Oh well, congrats to everyone who got in!
Accepted!!!
1980 SAT
3.90 GPA (uw), 4.2 (w)
class rank N/A, but within the top 9%
Great Recs/ Essays/ ECs
IL
33 ACT
91/100 GPA
Very Competitive HS
Straight axed, very disappointed
Postponed
33 ACT
3.98 W GPA
Great extracurriculars/ recs/ essays imo
Got deferred by Northwestern earlier and now this … don’t even know what to say
Accepted
Illinois
33 ACT
3.53 unweighted GPA/3.85 weighted gpa—brother goes there right now.
Had a strong upward trend.
OOS postponed……GPA 3.85, SAT 1950, lots of AP’s and extra-currics……sad……
Postponed. California 1940 SAT and 3.7 UW gpa. Lots of leadership and extracurriculars.
ACCEPTED
CT Resident
30 ACT
2030 SAT
3.86 Weighted GPA
5 AP classes
Just to give you an idea of what was and wasn’t accepted last year. You never know. Post your grades as soon as you know them through the self-reporting site.