<p>Info:
-International Baccalaureate Diploma (Challenging courses) (The diploma is expected as I have not graduated)
-JV Tennis Fresh, Soph and Junior year so far
-Honor Society
-Key Club
- Armani for Africa club
-Volunteer at UW Medical Center as escort
- Worked at Kumon Learning center for a year helping teach children.
-300+ hours of volunteer
-Asian/Pacific Islander. Immigrant and first in my entire family history to go to school in America. (A potential essay topic?)</p>
<p>I plan on majoring in some field of biology or go into pre-med.</p>
<p>My GPA is very low however my test scores are okay. What are my chances? UW is my dream school and i'm hoping they'll recognize that I take quite challenging courses and have some activities.</p>
<p>My essay will probably discuss again how i am an immigrant, being first in my family to attend school in America, struggles I faced being raised in a family with not much money to start out with and how we adjusted to America.</p>
<p>GPA is a bit low but test scores are at the least, solid. I think being the first generation to go to college is pretty big at most schools. Decent EAs.</p>
<p>Like with most people, your essay will make or break your admission. I certainly think your essay topic is excellent (even though it’s so cliche) as it shows how you persevered despite all the adversity in your life.</p>
<p>Thank you, I agree with the idea that my essay topic may be a little cliche. I viewed the writing aspect of the application recently since it was released yesterday and much of it has to do with cultural differences, family, overcoming etc. I’m definitely going to use this essay to really help me get into UW.</p>
<p>you’re pretty much in with a SAT of 2020 & with IB (even if your GPA is low). I have a handful of friends with similar status and they got accepted (Fall 2007).</p>
<p>I have a friend who applied to the uw-seattle 4 times with a gpa at the community colleges of 3.4. He finally gave up and applied to uw-bothell and got it (since they honor the transfer agreement).</p>
<p>Although I don’t know what his test scores were, etc but he did have alot of volunteer and real world experience</p>
<p>and travelgirl, I see, was your friends SAT scores somewhat similar to mine? I’m a little worried about my gpa and seeing as your friend had a 3.4 makes me a little more worried!</p>
<p>The way people evaluate chances for UW is overly clinical and reflects the outdated system UW used to use for admission. The fact that UW now has a holistic approach to applications cannot be overstated. One of my best friends had a 2200+ on his SAT, 3.2 GPA, humanities AP classes, but no EC and his admissions essays came off as smug and arrogant. He went to Western and tried to transfer to UW twice with a 3.9 GPA, but his essays still reflected a very cynical, misanthropic worldview. That alone prevented him from being admitted.</p>
<p>Short of it is: write a solid personal statement. Without that, your admission is by no means guaranteed. 3.3 is low for UW even for in-state students. People who get admitted with GPAs like that tend to come from high schools with solid reputations for sending UW great students (and that’s another factor people don’t consider…)</p>
<p>But yes, your SAT/ACT and EC are good, but you still need to use the application to convince UW you’d be a high-performing student and not just to say that you’re a Pacific Islander who’d be the first in your family to go to college…</p>