University of Washington 2015 Decisions Thread

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT II: 710 M 680 USH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/350
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4) APWH (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Bio, AP Gov, AP Econ, Stats, NM History
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 3 years Varsity Soccer (MVP & Coach’s choice award), 2 years varsity Track & Field
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Global Works Community Service in Costa Rica, volunteer at Wheelchair sports camp for 2 years, volunteer at the ABQ Biopark kid’s summer camp
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays: Edited with help from teachers and parents
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t have one for this particular school
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Nonee
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Oceanography
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NM
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 150,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: Well rounded
[</em>] Weaknesses: Weaker unweighted GPA
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: Specific major, well-rounded</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 590 CR, 560 M
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 50%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US Hist, AP Lang/Comp, AP Environmental Science (also about 4-5 honors classes during fresh and soph)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP US Gov, AP Lit/Comp, AP Psychology, Physics, Art, Pre-calculus
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Youth volunteer organization (9-12) officer- (11 + 12), French Club (10-12) vice-president (12), Volunteer w/ non-profit organization (10-12), Misc. Volunteering (10-12), Published a few articles for a local newspaper (10-12)-- my ECs may not seem strong from this mere list, but I made sure UW knew how each served a purpose
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: <em>noted before</em>
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays: Personal statement was a good representation of my personality. Diversity essay was great I was told.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: None needed
[</em>] Counselor Rec: None needed
[<em>] Additional Rec: None needed
[</em>] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major:
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Semi-competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None!
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essay/ ECs
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA/SAT
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: My essays definitely set me apart from the other applicants. They showed how diverse I am. </p>

<p>I started working on the essays and activity sheet MONTHS before the app went live!
[/ul]General Comments:</p>

<p>UW 2015!!!</p>

<p>^ nice to see you finally accepted. Congrats!</p>

<p>Thanks! I just got my letter today. I am still not reacting like I think I should. I’m way too calm right now.</p>

<p>^I’m really glad you were accepted! :D</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* [ *] ACT: 25
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: UW English, Government, WA. History, Walking w/ Running Start: Business 101, Business Law 201, Business Management 130, Psychology 100
[ *] AP/Honors: Honors English I/II, AP World History, AP US History, AP Biology
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* [ *] Extracurriculars: National Honor Society, Leaders of the Pack, Congress (ASB), MC Youth Advisory Board, Varsity Tennis (many other services related to these clubs)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Courtesy Clerk 2009-present
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours
[ *] Essays: Financial hardship
</code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* [ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Business Admin.
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Washington
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese
[ *] Gender: Female
</code></pre>

<p>Still no letter/email/transcript.(SAT-1740, GPA 4) I study in India so no option of AP courses. Is it all over for me ?</p>

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

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1730 (m: 620, cr: 550, w: 560)
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] SAT II: N/A
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: full time running start student - 45 credits
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 10 years select soccer, 1 year school soccer, DECA
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Real Estate Agent Assistant
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Food Bank, Senior Citizen Assistant, Juvenile Arthritis Speaker
[ *] Summer Activities: N/A
[ *] Essays: pretty good, nothing special
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: N/A
[ *] Counselor Rec: N/A
[ *] Additional Rec: N/A
[ *] Interview: N/A
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: biology (pre-science)
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): WA (in-state)
[ *] Country (if international applicant): US
[ *] School Type: public & CC
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: &100,000+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): rfull time running start student
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: transfer credits (90)
[ *] Weaknesses: no outstanding GPA or SAT, pretty much no really good EC’s
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: I was only accepted most likely b/c if the running start program & b/c I will have my AA degree by the time I graduate in June. Also, b/c my college GPA is a 3.61, which is higher than my high school GPA.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Also, I stated something about having Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis and it causing me to want to go into the science field, that might have helped some.</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 520 reading, 560 math, 530 writing
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 25%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English, AP Biology, AP History
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:Leadership & Calligraphy at HS; 15 credits/quarter Running Start</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swimming, Softball, NHS, Red Cross, Leadership, Young Life
Job/Work Experience: 15-20 hours week, Jr/Sr year,
Volunteer/Community service: consistent volunteer work
Summer Activities: Young Life
Essays: personal, maybe not well written?
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes but not eligible
Intended Major: pre-health sciences
State (if domestic applicant): Washington
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: female
Income Bracket: 125,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): obviously nothing
Reflection
Strengths: GPA, Course Load
Weaknesses: SAT / Essays / Extra curricular?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: I’m not sure - SATs
General Comments: I’m very disappointed. A bit mad.</p>

<p>@ilikeUW What major did u apply for ?</p>

<p>I was rejected. Not gonna fill out that thing everybody fills out though, because there’s so much stuff I can’t fill out, since I have a different school system. I can’t see the most obvious reason for why I was rejected, so I am a bit surprised. But it wasn’t like a big shock either. Maybe my essays were bad. I dunno… I sucks, but life goes on. Congratulations to all new Huskies! :)</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2060 (670 CR, 690 M, 700 W)
[</em>] SAT II: N/A
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unknown (school doesn’t rank)
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (3), APUSH (4), APE11(not taken), Calculus (pending), Spanish (pending)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP Spanish, Honors Chemistry
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Football 4 years (senior year captain), marching band 4 years, NHS, Baseball 2 years, Golf 2 years
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Have worked at Albertsons for 2 years
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours at a variety of locations
[</em>] Summer Activities:
[<em>] Essays: Spent lots of time. Had my personal statement read by a UW Bothell admissions counselor who came to my school and she thought it was great.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: N/A
[<em>] Counselor Rec: N/A
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A (why are these even listed if UW doesn’t look at them?)
[<em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Business Management
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Under $100k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Both parents attended (I know they don’t care about legacy)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, rigor of courses
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, common ECs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: Still unsure exactly. I thought for a while maybe UW doesn’t like my high school, but so many kids have been getting in. Probably just didn’t have the UW GPA and didn’t stand out enough.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I have already called and been forwarded to an admissions counselor. Said she would love to read my appeal. Accepted to Notre Dame, University of San Diego and Willamette.</p>

<p>^ WOW! Pretty shocked that you were waitlisted.</p>

<p>^ me too. I hope you get in. You seem like a total match…</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (730 CR, 700 M, 690 W)
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.66
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unknown (school doesn’t rank)
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (3), Calculus AB (3), U.S. History (3), Lit/Comp (4), Biology (5), Psychology, Physics B
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: UW English 131/111, AP Psych, AP Phys
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSC Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (Congress), 4 yrs XC, 4 yrs track, Model UN
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: 70+ hours at a variety of locations
Summer Activities:
Essays: I thought they were good
Teacher Recommendation: N/A
Counselor Rec: N/A
Additional Rec: N/A<br>
Interview: N/A
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biology / Pre-Med
State (if domestic applicant): WA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian-American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Under $100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: SAT, APs
Weaknesses: Grade trend
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: I expected to get in. Probably because of my poor grade trend and lack of work exp.
General Comments: Appeal in process</p>

<p>After seeing some of the people that have been getting in in this thread, I’m pretty shocked, too. Once I got my ND acceptance, I was 100% certain that I would be receiving a gold envelope from UW. I guess it’s only proof that UW isn’t kidding when they say they use a holistic approach to admissions. I thought I had the essays and ECs to go along with my grades/test scores. Apparently I didn’t.</p>

<p>And wow Downsmash, finally someone with similar stats to me that didn’t get in.</p>

<p>Yeah–hopefully our appeals are successful!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800 CR 800 M 750 W)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 Math II, 750 USH
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 in APCS AB, 5 in AP Chem
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP French, AP Government, AP Economics, Physics H, Money and Banking, AP Calculus BC, Chemistry Lab Assistant
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nationally 2nd place for E-Business website programming, two State Championships in website development competition
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: FBLA (Exec VP, National Regional Dir of Social Media, fmr. Dir. of Tech); own 501c3 foundation (President and Founder); international website and graphics development firm with the UN as a client (Exec Director); Website Development Club (President and Founder); Intern at financial applications startup; Intern at image compression algorithms startup; Business Consultant for French Honor Society
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 1 year of Octagon, 1 year of Interact, started own 501c3
[<em>] Summer Activities: Interned with Stanford Human-Computer Interface professor
[</em>] Essays: 1) How I changed from a typical computer nerd into a business leader; 2) Start-up experiences from SV
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Chem teacher of 2 years that I currently TA for; excellently written
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No idea. It’s from the AP that I occasionally talk to re: course selection but he has to write a lot of these
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Computer Science
[<em>] State: California
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: $150K+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Everything I have is an anti-hook lol
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Numbers, extracirrics, etc.
[</em>] Weaknesses: My race, gender and income bracket (esp. for a CS major from Silicon Valley)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: See strengths[/li][/ul]General Comments: Glad to get into this school with a great CS program. My friend goes there now and she says the campus is amazing. Congrats to everyone who got in!</p>

<p>@sheppard314 Woah, no wonder you got accepted! Your application is like… really good! Congrats!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 750 CR 650 M 670 W
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: Didn’t send
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17%
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Calc AB and AP Euro
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis, French Club, History Club, NHS
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 2 jobs
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at an animal shelter and a local organization
[<em>] Summer Activities: Job
[</em>] Essays: Decent
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:
[</em>] Counselor Rec:
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[</em>] Intended Major: History
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Average public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Mexican/Korean
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: $200K+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Hispanic</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: Grades
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: Seems like they’re accepting more OOSers this year, so I’m sure that helped</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
I’m excited! It’s one of my top choices.</p>