<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 800 M, 720 W
[</em>] SAT II: 730 Math IIC, 780 Bio M
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.84
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 34
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): French SL - 5, Business SL - 6
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Chem SL, Theory of Knowledge, IB Physics SL, IB English HL, IB Bio HL, IB Calculus HL
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Presidential Scholarship Nominee, DECA Area 1st place 2010 and 7th place 2011
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Philosophy Club (vp), Novel Society (webmaster), Indian Dance, , NHS, JSA (PNW Cabinet), WSMA (VP of Events), high school/neighborhood swim team
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Private tutor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer tutor at Bellevue College math lab, volunteer for Indian cultural organization
[<em>] Summer Activities: Tutor (as stated above), researching extended essay for IB Diploma, took a few courses at BC
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good. One was the same that I submitted for National Merit.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah, but not getting any.
[</em>] Intended Major: Bioengineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Upper-middle class?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays, SAT score, ECs
[<em>] Weaknesses: Possibly GPA?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted: I think I was very well-qualified as an applicant. Now to see if I’m qualified enough to be a bioengineering direct-admit. :P[/ul]</p>
<p>[/list]Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 730M, 590R, 620W
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT II: 770 Math II, 650 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 39/406
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chinese 5, World 4, Micro 4, Macro 3, Calc AB 3, Physics B 3
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, Link Crew, AP Lit, Honors Orch, AP Amer Gov, AP Environmental Science, Business/Law
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Link Crew (Commissioner), Music with a Mission (President), National Honor Society (Secretary), Track, Orchestra
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Soup Kitchen, 24-Hour Relay, Peer Tutoring, Math Competitions
[</em>] Summer Activities: Business Week 2010
[<em>] Essays: Decent?
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I think they were pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She knows me really well, I feel confident about that rec.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Economics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Large Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $150,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Brother attended</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Extra-curriculars, GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT/ACT Scores, Job Experience, Essays
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: Meh. My school sends about 150 to UW each year.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: My first acceptance. relieved to be assured im finally going to college. 6 more decisions to go!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT II: 710 US History, 600 Literature
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~15%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History: 4, Language 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Calc, AP Lit, Honors Civics, Psychology, Anantomy and Physiology
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, tutoring
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~250 hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: N/A
[</em>] Essays: Honestly? I rushed through them.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: N/A
[</em>] Counselor Rec: N/A
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, but I won’t be getting any.
[</em>] Intended Major: Psychology/Pre-Med
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian/White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~$150k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Nothing in particular stands out.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Essays
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: Well, it’s honestly not terribly hard to get into. Most of my classmates were also admitted.
[/ul]General Comments: I just found out that I got into both UW and NYU today, so I’m pretty excited. Still waiting for 5 more, though!</p>
<p>Stats:
GPA: 3.918 (unweighted) [weighted GPA ~4.1+]
Class Rank: 12/567
SAT I: 2020 (going to retake it)
-Critical Reading: 620
-Math: 690
-Writing: 710, Essay: 10
ACT w/ writing: 30
AP Scores:
AP Lang/Comp: 4
AP US History: 4
SAT II: US History ~700, Math Level 2 ~700 (taking this October)</p>
<p>Senior Classes:
Eng102 - Composition II, Eng235 - Technical Writing, & Eng245 - American Lit. II (15 credits total) via Running Start*
Spanish 2 & 3 (10 credits total) via Running Start*
AP Biology
AP Gov
AP Calculus
Anatomy/Physiology
Physics
Psychology</p>
<p>*Running Start is where high school students earn high school and college credit by attending courses at their local community college.</p>
<p>Extracurricular:
Honor Society 9-12
-President: 12
Band 9-11
Marching Band 10-11
-Marched in 2010 Tournament of Roses Parade
Wind Ensemble 10-11
-Outstanding Woodwind: 10
Multicultural Club: 10
Relay for Life: 10-12
Volunteer at Elementary School: 8-12
-6th grade camp counselor: 11
Church Worship Leader: 9-12
-Pianist 9-12
Senior Class Senator
Piano: K-12
-Excellent Rating at local contest: 9
Hospital Volunteer: 11-12
600+ Hours community service </p>
<p>Comments: I already knew I was accepted a week ago because they pretty much told us during their UW NASA Space Grant interview that I was invited to.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 720 CR 750 M 700 W (taken twice, did not submit)
[</em>] ACT: 34 Composite (1st try)
[<em>] SAT II: Bad, did not submit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 14/416 (13/416 after mid-year reports)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): 11 classes but no tests yet
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB French SL, IB TOK, IB Psych SL, IB English HL, IB Business/Management HL, Sports Med 1
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi-Finalist</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Serious tennis (team captain), work, physics club (co founder and treasurer), finance club, music, volunteering, DECA (double state qualifier 2 years, state event finalist, national qualifier), a few more.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Assistant tennis coach at a club + my own racket stringing service
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours at school, local environmental groups, and state parks
[</em>] Summer Activities: Tennis
[<em>] Essays: Very, very good. Lots of time writing and editing
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1 amazing (teacher told me what he would write), 1 good I assume (did not see)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should be good, I have a good counselor
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Not sure yet
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Rich, excellent, public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian American
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100K +
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing special</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Good essays, scores, gpa, lots of good EC’s, showed dedication through tennis, had good work exp + ran my own racket stringing service
[</em>] Weaknesses: No real hooks, no science/math senior year
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA/test scores pretty high[/li][/ul]General Comments: Pretty happy!</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 680 reading, 690 writing, 630 math<br>
ACT: 30
SAT II: 660 US History, 700 Literature, 570 World History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17/375
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History: 4
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Literature and Composition, AP US History, TA, Pre Calculus, German 4, Current Issues
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A </p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, Club Soccer, Key Club, International Club
Job/Work Experience: summer camp assistant, food service worker, library page
Volunteer/Community service: ~250 hours
Summer Activities: work, volunteering
Essays: Wrote about my exchange year in Europe
Teacher Recommendation: N/A
Counselor Rec: N/A
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
Intended Major: International Studies-Europe
State (if domestic applicant): WA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~$150k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None </p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Writing
Weaknesses: Math
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: I was a recipient of a Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange Scholarship to study in Germany during my junior year in high school, so that really helped me I think. Plus my extracurriculars and work experience are good.
General Comments: Gotten into 5/6 of the colleges I applied to. Still waiting for Georgetown so we’ll see…</p>
<p>@ilikeUW- My friends and I who have been accepted have thought of that too. Some of our other friends who are pretty on edge are still waiting for SOME kind of a letter.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: 660 Math II, 650 USH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.23 (32 semesters Honors/AP credit)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5), US Gov (4), Environmental Science (4), Calculus AB (3), AP Stat (this year)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:Weak, only one AP class
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):6 years of being a member of anti-bullying club, and founder when I moved to CA (President 12th), member of club that raises money for entrepreneurs in third world nations (VP 12th), 3 years of student newspaper (Sports Editor 12th), Travel Baseball (Captain 9th), Varsity Tennis (1 year)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Marketing Intern at promotions company, Umpire for youth baseball
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Over 100+ hours involved with the anti bullying program
[<em>] Summer Activities: N/A
[</em>] Essays: One on my experiences with the anti bullying program, and the other regarding how I moved from an invisible person after I moved from MD to a visible and prominent person on my HS campus in CA
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: N/A
[</em>] Counselor Rec: N/A
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Business Administration
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):N/A
[<em>] School Type:Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: > $200K
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Apparently none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: ACT, essays, EC’s
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: My unweighted GPA was too low.
[/ul]General Comments: Disappointed that I got rejected, and posting so that future applicants can learn, but it doesn’t matter if you do well on your test scores and have pretty good EC’s and essays, if you do not have a strong unweighted GPA, forget it. Excited to decide between Indiana and Wisconsin, your loss UW.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2400
[</em>] SAT II: 730 Math 2, 780 Lit
[<em>] Unweighted GPA: 3.95 UW, 4.31 W
[</em>] Rank: 19/445
[<em>] AP: English Lang (5), English Lit (5), US Gov (5), Calc BC (5), US History (4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP Chem, AP Stats, 4th Year German (college-level)
[<em>] Major Awards: National Merit Finalist, Washington Scholars nominee, US Presidential Scholars nominee
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Piano (lessons, seven years), German Club, National Honor Society, Debate Team, School Newspaper
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Public Library (page)
[<em>] Summer Activities: took government-sponsored Mandarin program at Gonzaga University, took Mandarin 101-103 (first year sequence) at University of Oregon
[</em>] Essays: Pretty strong? I know I worked on them longer than any other university’s. Wrote about: making Chinese food/metaphor for my family, and going to a friend’s church. Honors Essays were about my various aspirations when I was a kid, and how both science and poetry create order from chaos, etc.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: The one from my AP English teacher was excellent, about how much I’d grown during the years she had me. I didn’t see my AP Calc teacher’s, but I think it was probably pretty good. (I forget if UW asked for one or two recommendations, so I just posted opinions on both.)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No idea, probably good.<br>
[<em>] Interview: Didn’t have one.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, and applied by Nov 15 for Honors scholarship priority date.
[<em>] Intended Major: Undecided
[</em>] State: WA
[<em>] School Type: Suburban public (pop of 1800), mostly sends kids to community college or state universities.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian/White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks: none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, grades, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: [/li][/ul]General Comments: Mostly expected this one. Honors is still my real question. A big congrats to everyone who got in!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 1950
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: n/a
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 11% (Annoying, haha)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English Junior & Senior (4 on Lang & Comp Test), Honors English Fresh/Soph
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, 3 Business DECA Electives
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Chase Youth Nominee, Discus, Horatio Alger WA State Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):3 years NHS, NHS Officer, DECA, WDFY, Soccer, Track & Field
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Sales Associate @ Teen specialty retail store
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: over 600 total hours as a camp counselor over the course of 5 years, and NHS at least 20 hours a year
[<em>] Summer Activities: Camp Counselor for 5 years, UW Admit.edu program 2010
[</em>] Essays:Really reflect who I am and what I’m passionate about, different and show my motivation and how I’ve developed as a leader. Wrote about: Horseback riding/jumping and how it taught me to persevere. Cultural about racism, experiencing it firsthand.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: None, didn’t ask for one
[</em>] Counselor Rec:None, didn’t ask for one
[<em>] Additional Rec:None, didn’t ask for one
[</em>] Interview:None, didn’t ask for one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Business Administration
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[</em>] School Type: Public, maybe 5 applicants to UW this year. Most kids go to EWU(small local uni) or CC
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic (Mixed)
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, Admit program attendee
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays, Extracurricular, Volunteer, GPA, SAT, use of whole application, Admit Program.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Retook math to get grade from C to an A.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: I showed what I could offer the university and what my motivation for getting accepted is. I made sure to fully represent myself on the app.
[/ul]General Comments: Also accepted to Pitt and Colorado State, going to UW if the financial aid package is do able very excited, now just waiting to see if one more friend gets in. Congrats to all those accepted! Oh and Unofficial Transcript and Student # appeared on MyUW 2 days ago.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2080 - W 730, CR 710, M 640
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: Literate 720, US History 700
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.55ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US Hist (took test, not class) 4, APES 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): -
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 1 AP, 1 honors
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No MAJOR awards… plenty of smaller ones though
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Mock Trial), Public Speaking, Independent Graphic Design
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: I’ve worked for the last 4 summers in a restaurant as a runner/busboy/waiter
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: none
[<em>] Summer Activities: *See job/work experience
[</em>] Essays: Great (probably)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: -
[</em>] Counselor Rec: -
[<em>] Additional Rec: -
[</em>] Interview: -
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No need based, only merit based
[</em>] Intended Major: Political Science (probably)
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): -
[<em>] School Type: Public, a lot of applicants to UW every year, probably 30 or so. Naviance says 3 of last year’s applicants now attend UW.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: High enough to not apply for need-based aid
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No substantial ones
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Strong essays, test scores
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA a little low
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: I don’t know… I’m probably awesome or something… I’m a relatively well-rounded applicant, have had success in national forensics league tournaments enough to mention them.
[/ul]General Comments:
None</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1830 (680 W, 610 CR, 540 M)
[</em>] SAT II: 520 Lit, 550 USH (bad, I know!)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.53
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/93
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 this year, 1 last year
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Govt, Visual Art, AP English, Journalism </p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student body VP , student body secretary, editor in chief of school newspaper, editor in chief of lit mag, book club co-founder and VP, etc
[</em>] Summer Activities: Took a summer class at my local CC and got an A
[li] Essays: One about a heart surgery I had, the other about visiting my tribe’s reservation every year</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: English
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] School Type: Public Charter
[<em>] Ethnicity: White, Native American, Portuguese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~$100k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays and extra curriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA … in California it’s a 3.7 uw 3.91 weighted. But Washington is different
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: I think my essays and extra curriculars are what saved me. The fact that I’m part native could have also helped. I wasn’t extremely confident about getting into UW, but I’m so glad I did!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: UW is tied with UC San Diego for my second choice school. Chapman University is my first choice but if they don’t give me enough financial aid I may go here. Regardless, I love UW! Go huskies!</p>
<p>[ *] SAT I (breakdown): Math-680, Reading-560, Writing-620
[ *] ACT: Composite-31, English-28, Math-32, Reading-30, and Science-33
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 53/303
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Government/Economics, Pre-Calc, Physics, Senior High Band, English 12RX/Modern Novel, Science Research, Spanish 4A
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]</p>
<p>[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band 10th-12th Grade(Section Leader), National Honor Society 11th-12th, Science Honor Society 11th-12th, Big Brother/Little Brother, and Winter Track and Field 10th-12th Varsity Letters all three years
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Worked during 10th grade
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at Winthrop University Hospital since July 2009
[ *] Summer Activities:Volunteer
[ *] Essays: Pretty Good
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Aeronautics and Astronautics or Mechanical Engineering
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian(Korean)
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] Income Bracket:50,000-60,000</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Extracurriculars and Essay
[ *] Weaknesses: Probably my course load during my freshman and sophomore years
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: I was probably accepted because of my extracurriculars, my essay, maybe ACT scores, and an upward trend in tougher courses.</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] I’m pretty happy that I got accepted. My first choice is the Air Force Academy. U-Dub is probably up there on my college list.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M: 640; CR: 620; W: 640; (1900)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: n/a
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 51/370 (weighted)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 2nd year full-time Running Start: Calc II, Calc III, World Lit, Am. Gov&Pol, Engineering Physics I, Microeconomics, (plus other silly things like grad. requirements: art history, yoga, etc. )
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (upperclassman director), Tennis,
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: approx. 100 hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: n/a
[</em>] Essays: Personal and honest.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent, I hope.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: n/a
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Computer Science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~$90-100k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays, Running Start?
[<em>] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted: By my ECs, I don’t think I would have been an outstanding candidate, but thankfully I guess my essays and participation in Running Start helped me make the cut.
[/ul]General Comments: I am ECSTATIC that I got accepted, but now I just have to figure out how I’m gonna pay for it. Despite my family’s income and EFC, my parents are contributing nothing to my college education. So, here’s to that.</p>
<p>My S has not gotten his notification in the mail yet and his stats are strong (2230 SAT, 3.8uw, 4.6w, full IB, AP scholar w/ dist., etc.). We are CA residents and my S is a MechE major. For some reason he cannot log in to see anything right now. Be patient, I’m sure everyone will know soon since the notifications are from 3/15 to 3/31.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
GPA - 3.90 (UW), 4.0 (W),
SAT I (breakdown): M:710; CR: 690; W: 660; (2060)
ACT: 31
SAT II: Math II - 750, Chem - 680, US Hist -640<br>
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90 , 4.0 (W)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 39/281 (weighted)
AP (place score in parenthesis):Calc A/B (5), Calc B/C (4), Stat, Chem, Physics, Govt, Language
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: 1st Sem: AP Stat, AP Language, AP Chem, Computer Design. 2nd Sem: AP Physics, AP Govt, Weight Lifting, and my favorite…early release.<br>
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club, Orientation Group (Senior Year Captain), Football, and Wrestling
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard
Volunteer/Community service: approx. 100 hrs
Summer Activities: Work and Football
Essays: Adversity/Opportunity
Teacher Recommendation: N/a.
Counselor Rec: n/a
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Civil Eng/Pre health Professional
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasion
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~$125K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: Grades & SAT scores
Weaknesses: Volunteer time
Why you think you were accepted: Grades and test scores. .
General Comments: I’m greatful to be accepted.</p>
<p>Congrats to those accepted and good luck to those who are still waiting.</p>
very excited, now just waiting to see if one more friend gets in. Congrats to all those accepted! Oh and Unofficial Transcript and Student # appeared on MyUW 2 days ago.</p>