University of Washington 2015 Decisions Thread

<p>Hi,
Decisions will be announced soon and it's time to have an official decisions thread. Starting Monday, I will be checking my unofficial transcript obsessively.</p>

<p>In this thread, you can post your decisions and anxiously wait for them. :)</p>

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<p>Here is the template that will help you post your decisions:</p>

<p>Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>

<p>Sorry for not perfectly following format:
Accepted!!
[ VERBAL(R):410 MATH(R):490, writing 520*] SAT I (breakdown): 1420
[ *] ACT:21
[ *] SAT II:none
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.64
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):top 11%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):English (2), Us History (2),
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:AP Calc, AP Biology, Sociology, Physics
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none in particular, except the Youth Merit Award.
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
African United Club (founder/ President),
Debate Team (Founder/ President),
National Honor Society(secretary),
FIRST Robotics Team (Co-founder/ Business Manager),
Environmental Club(Event Coordinator),
HIV Awareness Program in Burien, Washington (Founder/ President),
Abu-Bakr Muslim Youth (Co-Founder/ Secretary),
Tennis (Vice-Captain and Most improved Player)
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
Tutor/ Translator at the Somali Community center, Helped fill out job applications, Housing apps, Welfare Apps,
Seattle Social Services interpretor: Interpreted for Arabic, Somali, Spanish, English, and Swahili.
Library Page Assistant.
[ *] Summer Activities:Went to Somali in the Summer of 2009, and built 3 wells in two different cities, and Created an HIV Awareness program their where i personally taught people who wanted to learn in classrooms about the pathogen, and how it spreads. I even touched on the concept of how HIV transcribes reversely.
In the summer of 2008 went to Eygpt and learned arabic, as well as taught and English Class.
[ *] Essays:Where the reason why i got into many universities. I wrote about my visit to Somalia in the summer of 2009. the Living conditions people where in, and how seeing a mother of six, and pregnant with another, ran outside her house when it rained (because rain is the only source of water at that specific region) because the rain almost instantly evaporates, just to get water from a jug left out side to her children not even for her own self. I then spoke about what I did to better these peoples lives, I educated them, and taught them how to build a well.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:None because they did not want one.
[ *] Counselor Rec:Was most likely awesome.
[ *] Additional Rec:none
[ *] Interview:did not have any.
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:yes
[ *] Intended Major:Biology/ HIV research Studies/ and International Affairs
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):Washington
[ *] Country (if international applicant):USA
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:African
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] Income Bracket:below 20,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):everything but my scores, and grades. I described about what was going on in my life during my high school career which led to low everything. I spoke about how i was a refugee, and family issues.
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:EC activities, Essays
[ *] Weaknesses:Grades/ Scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: Pretty unique individual maybe, i honestly do not know!
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]
I got lucky, same with many other colleges and universities, and now i am waiting on Harvard and Stanford. For those of you who did not get accepted, life is not over, you have many opportunities lying ahead.</p>

<p>^Wow, congrats.</p>

<p>Wow, really impressive work. Congrats!!! </p>

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<p>Thanks, but my grades, and scores are horrifying. Have you all applied to UW as well?</p>

<p>Well you have an explanation for it right?
I’m a junior but I will be applying next school year! </p>

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<p>Did you actually get a letter or are you using the MyUW logon bit to determine?</p>

<p>No letter, however i got a call today, and was offered a spot with a 70,000 scholarship. I am pumped, but i cannot make final decisions until i hear back from last schools i have applied to.</p>

<p>Holy ****… Congrats on the 70k scholarship… That would cover the VAST majority of the cost to go to UW wouldn’t it?</p>

<p>diriris1 - Congrats!! Do you know where the scholarship was from (general uw, department, Honors, etc)?</p>

<p>Wow, you had really interesting and unique experiences. Even though your scores are low, these experiences are compensating them.</p>

<p>darn, i applied CS but i’m guessing i didn’t get DA since my status is pre-science. same for you guys?</p>

<p>We have never seen anyone who has his/her selected major displayed on the unofficial transcript. I am a CompSci applicant and mine displays pre-science too.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College and Program: Arts & Sciences (waiting to hear back from honors)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 770W, 770CR, 680M (2220)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 Lit, 740 US History
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs: Euro (4), US History (5), Lang & Comp (5), Calc, Lit, Pol & Gov, Macroecon
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): 4.0 UW
[<em>] Rank: 1/359
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Orchestra (Concertmaster, President), Chamber Orchestra (Co-Founder), Volunteer Tutor at Neighborhood House Association Tutoring Center, Girls State, Competitive Speaking (9th/10th grade), Link Crew (11th), Honor Society (12th), Co-Founder of MISC (Musicians In Support against Cancer) Benefit Concert for Seattle Cancer Care Alliance - raised over $2000
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor at Kumon Learning Center, agency-represented fashion/runway model
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I think they were pretty darn strong.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good I think?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea.
[</em>] Applied on (EA?): N/A
[<em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Washington
[<em>] School Type: public, fairly small, not competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Half Taiwanese, half German
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I just used the template I have saved, so it might not match perfectly the one posted. Congrats to all those who have been accepted1</p>

<p>@naomikt-Hi! , How did you find about your acceptance!
btw congratz</p>

<p>I do have the unofficial Transcrpit but does that mean I got accpeted or not yet?
thanks</p>

<p>@shaelines, OMGMIT: The only people with their majors SUPPOSED to be on the unofficial transcripts as of now are people who applied to open majors (ie French). Just because your major says pre-science or pre-engineering does NOT mean you got denied direct admit.</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):1550
[ *] ACT: None
[ *] SAT II: None
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.69
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t do rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):Ap English comp (3), Ap Gov, Ap Lang,
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience: 2 years work experience
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at an elementary school for 3 years, link crew for 2 years
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: Pretty good I guess. One was about a personal loss and the other about assimilating to new cultures.
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup
[ *] Intended Major: Applied for English
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, and probably my essay’s did it for me. Oh and I guess I’m a first generation too.
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Essay’s
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT SCORE!
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied:I’m honestly shocked I made it in with my stats. I was expecting at most a wait list. Don’t lose hope if you have average or below stats!
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>

<p>How do I format this?</p>

<p>Decision:Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[<em>]SATI(breakdown): didn’t submit
[</em>]ACT: 34
[<em>]SATII: 800 Math II, 740 Physics (didn’t do optics, E&M, or waves)
[</em>]Unweighted GPA(out of 4.0): 3.77
[<em>]Rank(percentile if rankisunavailable): ~11%
[</em>]AP(place score in parenthesis): 5 AP calc AB, 5 AP calc BC, 4 english, 4 physics
[<em>]IB(place score in parenthesis):
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load:
[<em>]MajorAwards(USAMO,Inteletc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars(place leadership in parenthesis):
[<em>]Job/WorkExperience:
[</em>]Volunteer/Communityservice:
[<em>]SummerActivities:
[</em>]Essays: average essay
[li]Teacher Recommendation:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: expected.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):1550
[</em>] ACT: None
[<em>] SAT II: None
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.69
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t do rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):Ap English comp (3), Ap Gov, Ap Lang,
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 2 years work experience
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at an elementary school for 3 years, link crew for 2 years
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good I guess. One was about a personal loss and the other about assimilating to new cultures.
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup
[</em>] Intended Major: Applied for English
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, and probably my essay’s did it for me. Oh and I guess I’m a first generation too.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essay’s
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT SCORE!
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied:I’m honestly shocked I made it in with my stats. I was expecting at most a wait list. Don’t lose hope if you have average or below stats![/li][/ul]General Comments:
Good Luck! BTW I’m instate.</p>

<p>@speedsolver: when i got the call, Jennifer (an admissions counselor, Along with one of the deans) told me my status and why I should go to UW. They then told me that I am being given an Award of excellence for you have done by Mary Gates herself. I then asked are others, she said 1 out of every 400-500 applicants who have done things that are extraordinary qualify.</p>