UW Class of 2018 Decisions + Stats Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Washington
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<p>Because the other "official" thread is more of a pre-decisions discussion thread, I figured I would start one of these so we can compare stats.</p>

<p>Remove the spaces at the beginning of each square bracket and pick your result:</p>

<p>[ color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color]</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=red][ b]Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=yellow][ b]Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT:
[ *]SAT II:
[ *]ACT:
[ *]GPA:
[ *]Rank:
[ *]Other Tests (AP, IB):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays:
[ *]Extracurriculars/Jobs:
[ *]Awards:
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location:
[ *]High School Type:
[ *]Ethnicity:
[ *]Gender:
[ *]First-gen student? Family history?:</p>

<p>[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging? Other colleges you're applying to/received decisions from?:[ /list]</p>

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<p>Rejected</p>

<p>**Stats:[ /b][ list]
[<em>]SAT: 2390
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry, 800 Biology (E), 790 U.S. History, 760 Physics
[<em>]ACT: 35
[</em>]GPA: 3.98 unweighted, 4.67 weighted
[<em>]Rank: n/a
[</em>]Other Tests (AP, IB): AP Calculus BC (5 w/ 5 AB subscore), AP Chemistry (5), AP Biology (5), AP Physics C (both tests got 5’s), AP Language and Composition (5), AP U.S. History (5), AP Computer Science A (4)</p>

<p>[/list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[<em>]Essays: I think they’re pretty well-written. Nothing is perfect, but I did the best I could!
[</em>]Extracurriculars/Jobs: 1st place DECA 3 years, 1st place FBLA 4 years, California All-State Honor Band 4 years, 3rd degree black belt in Martial Arts, ASB Vice President
[<em>]Awards: (Look above)
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Not sure what this question is asking?</p>

<p>[/list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[<em>]Location: Washington
[</em>]High School Type: Large
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Male
[li]First-gen student? Family history?: Nothing </p>[/li]
<p>[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging? Other colleges you’re applying to/received decisions from?: Got UC Berkeley Regents, Stanford Early ACTION (not Early Decision), UC Davis, UC San Diego, MIT[ /list]</p>

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<p>[ color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 2320 (760 Math, 760 CR, 800 Writing)
[ *]SAT II:
[ *]ACT:
[ *]GPA: 3.75
[ *]Rank: 25%
[ *]Other Tests (AP, IB):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: 7/10
[ *]Extracurriculars/Jobs: Semi-pro skier, worked at grocery store, tutor math
[ *]Awards:
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): In UW honors math sequence (math 13x) as senior in high school?</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: Bothell
[ *]High School Type: Online -> Community College -> University
[ *]Ethnicity: White
[ *]Gender: Male
[ *]First-gen student? Family history?:</p>

<p>[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging? Other colleges you’re applying to/received decisions from?:[ /list] Rejected MIT, Caltech. Waitlisted at Chicago. Still waiting on Princeton and Berkeley.</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 740 math, 740 writing, 800 reading
[</em>]SAT II: 780 bio; 750 lit, 730 math, 690 french (no listening)
[<em>]ACT: didn’t take
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 unweighted 4.31 weighted
[<em>]Rank: 1
[</em>]Other Tests (AP, IB): no IB; 5s on all AP exams (bio, euro, english lang, french, psych); this year, taking: APUSH, calc AB, physics B, art history, english lit</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: submitted modified versions of essays I used for other colleges
[</em>]Extracurriculars/Jobs: soccer, varsity ultimate frisbee, tutoring, NHS, certified lifeguard, camp counselor, Girl Scout
[<em>]Awards: National Merit Scholar Finalist, NHS, valedictorian, Junior Academic Award, Villanova University Book Award
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): legacy (mom and aunt), mom teaches in med school</p>

<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Bothell, WA (just N of Seattle)
[</em>]High School Type: all-girls Catholic preparatory school
[<em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>]Gender: F
[li]First-gen student? Family history?: definitely ** not ** first-gen some family difficulties but not mentioned very much in essays</p>[/li]
<p>[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging? Other colleges you’re applying to/received decisions from?:[/ul] deferred early action from Yale, waiting to hear back 4/1/14; also applied to (and have yet to hear from) Rice, Boston U, Duke, U Penn, Stanford, Brown</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
[li]SAT: 1760 (R: 540 W: 610 M: 610)</p>[/li]
<p>[li]GPA: 3.4 HS / 3.4 Running Start(95 credits)</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>]Essays: Wrote about first generation in America, parents came here for freedom…and how I lost over 40 lbs as an obese depressed 12 year old to turn my life around. If you have a story, tell it.
[</em>]Extracurriculars/Jobs: 300 hours daycare volunteer, part-time construction management, JV basketball, weightlifting, guitar.
[li]Awards: Sophomore year honor roll.</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>]Location: Kirkland
[</em>]Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
[<em>]Gender: Mail
[</em>]First-gen student? Family history?: Uncle and cousin went to UW as CC transfers in their early 30s after immigrating.</p>

<p>[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging? Other colleges you’re applying to/received decisions from?:[ /list]</p>[/li]
<p>Do running start. AP isn’t worth it and too “expected”. Everyone does it and it means nothing. I only had a 3.4 gpa but because I sacrificed so much to skip 2 yrs of HS and do Running Start, I was accepted. Honestly, AP is a waste, too many kids do it. How many freshmen applicants do you think are coming in with 96 credits and their Associate’s degree completed? Probably no more than MAYBE 10?? 20?? I stood out because of Running Start, if not I would have been stuck at WSU. With Running Start you get guaranteed college credit, no AP exam crap. </p>

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<p>Which follows pretty well into my stats, as I didn’t have any AP’s either (although my school doesn’t offer them - go Eastside Preparatory School! :slight_smile: )</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2140 - 640CR/770M/710W (Oct 2013), 2170 - 640CR/740M/770W (Dec 2013)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 math 2, 750 Molecular Bio (Does UW consider these?)
[<em>]ACT: 34 - 35E/34M/30R/36S/10W - Interestingly, I got this after having prepared extensively for the SAT with minimal practice to understand the differences of the ACT.
[</em>]GPA: 3.99 unweighted
[<em>]Rank: N/A
[</em>]Other Tests (AP, IB): Calculus AB - 4 but no AP classes because my school doesn’t offer them (which is definitely for the better)</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Creative and original - the first one describes my experience with my fitness trainer and how working out with him has taught me not to give up and also shaped me into a more open-minded person. The diversity essay described how I think in class in ways that are unique, and a cultural experience I had in my travels that taught me that contributing diversity is simply about being open and having fun with others. They weren’t anything revolutionary but I’d say I’m a pretty solid writer.
[</em>]Extracurriculars/Jobs: Leader of chess club for all years of high school, piano for 8 years, creating educational YouTube videos with Kerbal Space Program to demonstrate orbital mechanics and stuff for 2 years, various community service activities including Spanish student tutoring, and fitness training for 5 years which I went into detail about in the essay. So I have a leadership position but I’m not super-active, but then again I did dedicate a lot of my extracurricular time to a few things I am passionate about which is what admissions officers look for more.
[<em>]Awards: Nope :slight_smile:
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Typical white male, so nope.</p>

<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Washington
[</em>]High School Type: Prep school (rigorous curriculum)
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Male
[li]First-gen student? Family history?: both Mom and Dad went to the UW.</p>[/li]
<p>[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging? Other colleges you’re applying to/received decisions from?:[/ul] Accepted to Cal Poly, rejected to Caltech. Right now I think my chance of attending UW is 90% because it’s unlikely that Cal Poly will win me over given what I know about now.</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2020 (700 M, 660 W, 660 CR)
[</em>]SAT II: N/A
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 3.7
[<em>]Rank: 35%
[</em>]Other Tests (AP, IB): Took 8. World History (4), English Language (5), Biology (4), Psychology (4). Currently taking Gov, Chemistry, Calc, and English Literature.</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Wrote about familial expectations
[</em>]Extracurriculars/Jobs: NHS, Two jobs (one was retail and other was foods), varsity sport all four years, club president of one club, member in another, church work, hospital work, etc
[<em>]Awards: Sports awards and one speech award
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None. </p>

<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Seattle, WA
[</em>]High School Type: Amongst the top 5 public high schools in Washington State
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: F
[li]First-gen student? Family history?: Dad went to WSU, mom didn’t go to college</p>[/li]
<p>[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging? Other colleges you’re applying to/received decisions from?:[/ul] Accepted to UC Davis, Penn State, and NYU so far.</p>

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<p>[ color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 1830 (580CR 600M 650W)
[ *]SAT II: N/A
[ *]ACT: 31 (26E 33M 34S 29R)
[ *]GPA: 3.4 UW
[ *]Rank: ??
[ *]Other Tests (AP, IB): Bio (4)
[ *]Senior Class Load: AP Chem, AP calc AB, AP Macroecon, Senior Lit, Government</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: solid 9/10 on both, first was how I coped from autoimmune disease in my family, other was how my relatives helped me see the kindness in people and how I learned to treat others with respect.
[ *]Extracurriculars/Jobs: Community service 70+ hrs, leadership position, DECA member,
[ *]Awards: Regional photography guild award
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): N/A</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: California
[ *]High School Type: Top 20 in state
[ *]Intended Major: Bioengineering
[ *]Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
[ *]Gender: Male
[ *]First-gen student? Family history?: N/A</p>

<p>[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging? Other colleges you’re applying to/received decisions from?:[ /list]
Accepted: UCR, UIUC Rejected: UCD, UCSD Waitlisted: UCSC Waiting: UCB, UCLA, UCI, UCSB, Umich, BU, Duke</p>

<p>Pretty sure my essays got me in, also grade turnaround from freshman year that accounted for my low gpa. Most likely attending this school!</p>

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<p>@BigOto2 @ everyone PLEASE ADD MAJOR TO THE LIST</p>

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<p>@dishkyaoon The major you pick doesn’t affect your decision</p>

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<p>@charlesfries i just thought the opposite</p>

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<p>NOTHING CAME IN MY MAIL :frowning: im from southern california</p>

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<p>@lostinmymind I haven’t received anything and I’m only 2 hours away…</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2150 (720 CR, 650 M, 780 W)
[</em>]SAT II: 720 USH, 710 Lit
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 3.82 UW/4.19 W
[<em>]Rank: Top 10%
[</em>]Other Tests (AP, IB): APUSH: 4; AP English Lang: 5; AP Psych, APES, AP Lit, AP Comp Gov</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: 9.5/10, put a lot of time into them, had it revised by my college counselor, thought they were very good
[</em>]Extracurriculars/Jobs: Umpire, play guitar and piano, CSF, NHS, a bunch of leadership stuff
[<em>]Awards: NHS, Academic Letter
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): I wish</p>

<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: California
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Male
[li]First-gen student? Family history?: Nope</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging? Other colleges you’re applying to/received decisions from?:[/ul][/li]Pretty excited/relieved. I’ve been accepted to Boston College (REA), University of Wisconsin - Madison, Indiana University (for business) and University of Oregon. I was just rejected from UCSD, and I am waiting to hear from UC Berkeley, UCLA, Cornell, and University of Michigan.</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:CR- 730 W- 740 M- 650 (2120)
[</em>]SAT II: Lit- 730 USH- 710
[<em>]ACT: did not send
[</em>]GPA: 3.78 unweighted
[<em>]Rank: Top 6%
[</em>]Other Tests (AP, IB): APUSH (4), AP Chem (3)</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Pretty good. Wrote them day they were due lol whoops
[</em>]Extracurriculars/Jobs: Cold Stone, Instructor at Recreation Department, EIC of newspaper, some other stuff
[<em>]Awards: Won a literature contest thing
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
[li]Major: International Relations i think.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: NorCal
[</em>]High School Type: Public. Unranked.
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender:Female
[li]First-gen student? Family history?:Cousin got her PhD there but did not mention in application. </p>[/li]
<p>[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging? Other colleges you’re applying to/received decisions from?:[/ul] Accepted to UCSD, Kentucky, Cal Poly SLO, other places. Rejected EA Notre Dame. Waiting on many others.</p>[/li]
<p>I would seriously consider going to UDub if it wasn’t so expensive! Booo. :frowning: </p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>SAT: 2090 (690 CR, 780 M, 720 W)
SAT II: 780 Math II
ACT: N/A
GPA: 3.89 UW/4.27 W
Rank: Top 15%
Other Tests:AP English Lang: 4
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective</p>

<pre><code>Essays: fine
</code></pre>

<p>EC’s: Varsity Polo and swim, Team Captain, Leadership, National Charity League, Tutor, Lifeguard, swim ,
Awards: Academic Letter, Varisty Letter, Coaches Award, High Point Award, Anthem Essay Semi-Finalist, NCS 3 time Champion, </p>

<p>Personal</p>

<pre><code>Location: California
High School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
</code></pre>

<p>Pretty excited/relieved. I’ve been accepted to UCSB, USD, UT Austin School of Eng, Cal Poly, UofA Engineering, SDSU and TCU. Waitlisted at Davis and waiting on UCLA and USC</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats: •SAT 2020
•SAT II: History 650
•ACT: did not send
•GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 4.75 weighted
•Rank: #1 of 480
•Other Tests </p>

<p>Subjective •Essays: I worked hard on them and felt they were pretty good.<br>
•Extracurriculars/Jobs: Varsity volleyball, Club volleyball, student council three years with elected leadership positions, part-time job at Nordstrom sales associate, National Charity League four years, NHS, chess club
•Awards: Several volleyball, student council leadership and academic awards
•Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): No hook
•Major: Biology (pre-med)</p>

<p>Personal •Location: Nevada
•High School Type: Public. Unranked.
•Ethnicity: White
•Gender:Female
•First-gen student? Family history?: Nothing out of the ordinary</p>

<p>•Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging? Other colleges you’re applying to/received decisions from?:
Accepted at Loyola Marymount, USD, Pepperdine, Cal Poly SLO, UCSB, Utah, Colorado at Boulder. Waiting on a few others and then will figure it out. Going on some visits soon. </p>

<p>I am really interested in UW. It is in a great area of the country, I love rain, the campus is gorgeous, they have a great volleyball team that I can support. </p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2190 Superscored (720 CR, 670 M, 800 W)
[</em>]SAT II: Math II 780, French 800, Spanish 800
[<em>]ACT: didn’t take
[</em>]GPA: 3.98 UW, 4.43 W
[<em>]Rank: School doesn’t put rank on transcripts but I know for a fact that I am 2nd out of 547
[</em>]Other Tests (AP, IB): AP World History (5), AP Spanish Literature (5), AP Spanish Language (5), AP US History (5), AP Calculus AB (5), AP Environmental Science (5), AP English Literature (4)
Will be taking this year: AP English Lang, AP Calc BC, AP Physics B, AP Statistics, AP Psychology, AP Government</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Good I guess but could have been better. Procrastinated with them and wrote them the day they were due haha
[</em>]Extracurriculars/Jobs: French Club President, Interact Club Vice President, Scholarship program and student advisor within this program, Mentor, Science Olympiad, Swim, CSF, NHS, Project Co-developer to help marginalized Latinas become leaders
[<em>]Awards: Scholar of the Year award within scholarship program, National Hispanic Recognition Program, National Merit Scholar (Commended), AP Scholar with Distinction, National French Contest Laureate (5th place)
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): URM</p>

<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: CA
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>]Gender: F
[li]First-gen student? Family history?: nope</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging? Other colleges you’re applying to/received decisions from?:[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Accepted: UCSD, NYU, Yale (likely letter), Brown (likely letter)
Rejected: Nowhere yet but they’re coming haha
Waiting on: UC Berkeley, Stanford, Princeton, Harvard, Columbia</p>

<p>Really happy to be accepted! CONGRATS to everyone else who was accepted and no matter where you end up going, remember, it’s not always about the school but what YOU put into your experience.</p>

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<p>Accepted
Stats:**[ul]
SAT: 720 Reading, 580 Writing, 550 Math (1850 total)
SAT II: Did not take
ACT: Can’t remember individual scores but got a 28 total
GPA: Around 3.8
Rank: 7%
Other Tests (AP, IB): N.A.</p>

<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective**[ list]
[<em>]Essays: Bullshat them all, wrote the day of, I was honest but didn’t put much effort into them.
[</em>]Extracurriculars/Jobs: I just wrote about my experience swimming for my high school and a month long volunteer trip I took to India between Sophomore and Junior year.
[<em>]Awards: Did not list any.
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Depends what is meant by hooks. I joined the national guard, I have a bunch of college credit from my local community college and Whitman College.</p>

<p>[/list][ b]Personal**[ list]
[<em>]Location: Walla Walla
[</em>]High School Type: ?
[<em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]First-gen student? Family history?: Both my parents have degrees from the University of Texas, my dad has an M.D. from UT.
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging? Other colleges you’re applying to/received decisions from?:[/list]
I only applied to UW and Western Washington University, but I got into both. I might not even go to college, at least for the time being, because I am pretty burnt out. I’m debating weather I should go active duty for the army or stick to the National Guard and go to college. </p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2070
[</em>]SAT II: Math II 700
[<em>]ACT: 31
[</em>]GPA: 3.6 UW/4.1W
[<em>]Rank: Top 15%
[</em>]Other Tests (AP, IB): AP English Lang: 4, AP Calc AB: 4, APUSH: 4, currently taking AP Lit, Stats, Bio, and Gov</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I thought they were good! I worked really hard on them!
[</em>]Extracurriculars/Jobs: President of National Honor Society and created a club/ran a charity auction, Girl Scout since kindergarten, editor-in-chief of school paper, compete on traditional Indian dance team, tutor elementary school-aged and middle school kids, babysit, camp counselor, hospice volunteer, museum volunteer, writer for an online blog/news source, etc
[li]Awards: Bunch of Girl Scout awards and grade-related stuff from school</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[list]
[<em>]Location: Bay Area, California
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian Indian
[</em>]Gender: Female
[li]First-gen student? Family history?: Parents went to university in India, but came here for post-graduate studies</p>[/li]
<p>I’m really, really happy, UW was definitely one of my top schools. I’m still waiting on a bunch of schools but as of right now I’m really set on going here. I hope I get to meet some of you soon! Congrats!</p>