UW Class of 2018 Decisions + Stats Thread

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2130
[</em>]SAT II: Math 2 :750, Bio M : 750, Physics :770
[<em>]ACT: –
[</em>]GPA: 4
[<em>]Rank:–
[</em>]Other Tests (AP, IB):–</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[ *]Essays: Average
[ *]Extracurriculars/Jobs: I think above average
[ *]Awards: –
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): -</p>

<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: India
[</em>]High School Type: private
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Female
[li]First-gen student? Family history?: --</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging? Other colleges you’re applying to/received decisions from?:[/ul][/li]Accepted at UCSD, UCI, UCD, UIUC, CU Boulder</p>

22

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: Superscored: 2110 (770 Math, 670 CR, 670 Writing)
[ *]SAT II: Math II: 800, Biology E: 660, Chemistry: 670
[ *]ACT: 27 (did not send)
[ *]GPA: 4.41 w(at my school),
[ *]Rank: top 30%, my hs is full of rich upper class and extremely intelligent Jewish kids all with 4.95 GPAs, so my ranking is very average
[ *]Other Tests (AP, IB): AP Mandarin: 5 (I am a native speaker so this doesn’t really count)</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: not really that great. wrote about how I became proud of my Chinese identity… very cliche but very true
[ *]Extracurriculars/Jobs: football, basketball, volunteers, president of engineering club, math club, drummer of rock band, movie directing and editing, script writing
[ *]Awards: my football team won the Massachusetts state regional championship and played at Gillette Stadium (NE Patriots’ home turf)
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): nothing</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: Massachusetts
[ *]High School Type: Public, top 300 in US
[ *]Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[ *]Gender: Male
[ *]First-gen student? Family history?: I never got the first generation thing and what counts as one. Anyways, I was born in China, grew up there and moved to the US when I was 10. </p>

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

<p>I am very excited about getting into UW. My family isn’t wealthy, and my chances of getting much financial aids at UW isn’t that great, so I don’t know if I should go to UW. I got into UMass Amherst Honors College with full scholarship, Northeastern, and Purdue. I am still waiting on UCLA (my top choice school), Boston University, and NYU. </p>

<p>Good luck to the rest of you</p>

23

<p>Accepted :slight_smile:</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2290
[</em>]SAT II:
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 3.9
[<em>]Rank: 5%
[</em>]Other Tests (AP, IB): </p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: not that great haha
[</em>]Extracurriculars/Jobs: 300+ hours community service and I work part time
[<em>]Awards:
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): </p>

<p>[/ul][ b]Personal**[ul]
[<em>]Location: in state
[</em>]High School Type:
[<em>]Ethnicity: asian
[</em>]Gender: female
[li]First-gen student? Family history?: </p>[/li]
<p>[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging? Other colleges you’re applying to/received decisions from?: i also got into ucsd and uci[/ul]</p>

24

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ list]
[<em>]SAT: 1820 (1870 Superscored): 520 CR, 620 M, 680 W (560 CR, 630 M, 680 W Superscored)
[</em>]SAT II: 570 Ecological Biology, 620 Math Level 1, 610 Math Level 2
[<em>]ACT: 25 Composite: 34 English, 27 Math, 19 Reading, 21 Science
[</em>]GPA: 3.86 UW & 4.61 W
[<em>]Rank: 1/31
[</em>]Other Tests (AP, IB): Non-applicable</p>

<p>[/list]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: 8/10
[</em>]Extracurriculars/Jobs: Hardly anything except for the NSLS and 8 hours of community service :stuck_out_tongue:
[<em>]Awards: A Honor Roll, A/B Honor Roll, lots of biology- and math-related awards
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None</p>

<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: North Carolina
[</em>]High School Type: Public, early college
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian-American
[</em>]Gender: Male
[li]First-gen student? Family history?: First (besides my brother) to go to a university</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging? Other colleges you’re applying to/received decisions from?:[/ul][/li]Accepted at UC Merced, CU Denver, University o’ Denver; waitlisted at UC San Diego; denied from Rice, UChicago, WUSTL</p>

25

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 1880 (680 Math, 580 CR, 620 Writing) one seating because UDUB don’t accept superscore
[ *]GPA: around 14/20 (which is like 3.8~4.0 i think)
[ *]Rank: 50% but they didnt know hahaha</p>

<p>[ *]Essays: Kinda cheesy, talked about spraining my thumb few months before a piano exam
[ *]Extracurriculars/Jobs: Music teacher, translator, school band (music club) and helped organized the school talent show…
[ *]Awards: Neh.
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): 7 years at the Vietnam National Academy of Music (major: classical piano performance) ? </p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: Vietnam
[ *]High School Type: Private - French school in Hanoi
[ *]Ethnicity: Asian
[ *]Gender: F
[ *]First-gen student? Family history?: nothing special</p>

<p>[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging? Other colleges you’re applying to/received decisions from?:[ /list] Accepted Penn State, waiting for Drexel
Dont stress guys look at my stats i got in.</p>

26

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 660 CR, 670 M, 560 W – (1890)
[</em>]SAT II: Math 2 - 680
[<em>]ACT: n/a
[</em>]GPA: 3.78 UW, 3.93 W
[<em>]Rank: school doesnt rank
[</em>]Other Tests (AP, IB): AP calc AB - 5, AP Biology - 3</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: idk i thought it was pretty good lol
[</em>]Extracurriculars/Jobs: student ambassador, 100+ hrs volunteering
[<em>]Awards: in NHS if that counts
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):</p>

<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: California
[</em>]High School Type: public
[<em>]Ethnicity: white
[</em>]Gender: female
[li]First-gen student? Family history?:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging? Other colleges you’re applying to/received decisions from?: accepted at UCSC, OSU, Sonoma State, CPP. rejected from all other UC’s and Cal Poly SLO[/li][/ul]</p>

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

<p>**Stats:[ /b][list]
[<em>]SAT: N/A
[</em>]SAT II: N/A
[<em>]ACT: 25
[</em>]GPA: 3.9 UW
[<em>]Rank: top 3%
[</em>]Other Tests (AP, IB): AP tests don’t really get considered in the admission process, but I took AP World History, AP Environmental Science, AP Language & Comp, AP Biology, AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, AP Literature, and AP Physics. Scored 3 or higher except for AP Bio & AP Environmental Science :P</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[<em>]Essays: Pretty rushed to be honest, but I focused a lot on diversity and family hardship
[</em>]Extracurriculars/Jobs: tons of volunteering, several school clubs/sports here and there (along with officer positions), never had a job
[<em>]Awards: some scholar awards, student of the month if you even consider that, some sort of award from the AP tests I took, and one from sports
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): nobel prize ■■■??? hah im just a mere mortal </p>

<p>[ /list]Personal[ list]
[<em>]Location: In-state
[</em>]High School Type: Typical public high school
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Female
[li]First-gen student? Family history?: not really?</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging? Other colleges you’re applying to/received decisions from?:[ /list][/li]Advice: I’ve seen some students in WA who got accepted with pretty low stats while some qualified oos’s were rejected/waitlisted. Honestly that’s such BS in my opinion. </p>

<p>Commiserations: I just googled the meaning of this word and it means showing sympathy and condolence…? Well, my heart goes out to those who were waitlisted/rejected especially if this school meant a lot to you. It sucks to get rejected in general, or put into that waitlist limbo, but I hope for the best and I’m sure wherever you end up you’ll make the best of your college endeavors. :)</p>

<p>Feel like bragging: seems kinda pretentious/elitist to “brag” so nty</p>

<p>I wonder what you guys will use these stats for but ehh im so tired I barely understand what I wrote here. peace.</p>

28

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1830: 630 CR, 620 M, 580 W …Honestly didn’t really study at all.
[</em>]GPA: 3.65
[<em>]Rank:
[</em>]Other Tests (AP, IB): AP Environmental (3) AP World (3) </p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Wrote about immigrating to the US about 6 years ago and centered the other one around the quote, “Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself.” Procrastinated, but I can write when inspired.<br>
[</em>]Extracurriculars/Jobs: Over 750 hours of community service ( Christian camp counselor, Key Club, Environmental Club, Hospital volunteer) Joined Model UN for a year and VP of Latinos Embracing Diversity Club for 2 years. Work on weekends as a server. </p>

<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Washington
[</em>]High School Type: Public. Running Start Student ( began the calculus series and took more challenging courses) . 2 years of Chinese and 4 years of Spanish credit.
[<em>]Ethnicity:Hispanic
[</em>]Gender: Female
[li]First-gen student? Family history?: First generation immigrant. </p>[/li]
<p>[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging? Other colleges you’re applying to/received decisions from?:[/ul][/li]Don’t allow others to discourage you from Running Start. It was a great choice for me. Challenge yourself but don’t over stress. I was completely ignorant of the application process so getting any acceptance letters is huge for me. I’m truly inspired to reach my full potential and apply myself more next year. Also accepted to Gonzaga, Seattle U, U of Portland, and Willamette. Biochemistry major. </p>

<p>Feel free to email me with any questions. </p>

29

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1860
[</em>]SAT II: Math II 800, Chem 790, Physics 740
[<em>]ACT: 33
[</em>]GPA: 4.03
[<em>]Rank: idk
[</em>]Other Tests (AP, IB): AP Chinese (5), AP Chem (5), AP Physics B, AP Calculus BC, AP US Gov., AP Macroeconomics</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Used essays for other colleges
[</em>]Awards: AMC 10 School Winner
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Being OOS?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: CA
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>]Gender: F
[<em>]First-gen student? Family history?: Immigrated to the U.S. in sophomore year.
[</em>]Other colleges you’re applying to/received decisions from: Accepted to USC, University of Texas at Austin, OSU, UCSD, UCD, UCSB, and Cal Poly SLO. Waitlisted at UCLA. Rejected from UC Berkeley.
The small acceptance letter with “The Big Envelope” written on it was so trollllll LOL. [/ul]</p>

30

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>I was originally Waitlisted though. I got accepted through appeals!</p>

<p>Oh, if anyone needs help with appeals feel free to message me — I can help. I have some tips from other students I got and if UW is your dream school you really shouldn’t give up hope. They say only 5% appeals get accepted but if I can, you can too!! :D</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1850
[</em>]SAT II: n/a
[<em>]ACT: n/a
[</em>]GPA: 3.52 HS | 3.72 Running Start
[<em>]Rank: Top 15%
[</em>]Other Tests (AP, IB): One 4 on a AP World History Exam</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Decent, I think.
[</em>]Extracurriculars/Jobs: No work. Just 250 hours of volunteering. I made sure they knew in my appeal I had added well over 150 since the time of applying.
[<em>]Awards: Honors College, PTK, HS Honors Roll and college Presidents Honors Roll
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Nothing too much, except I think my volunteering stood out in my appeals. I made it known I wasn’t just adding hours for the purpose of fluffing my app, but because they were things I cared for and enjoyed doing. NOBEL PRIZE?!? Noooooooooo.</p>

<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: WA | In-state
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Male (yep, all going against me…)
[li]First-gen student? Family history?: First-genertion, low-income family. Nothing too extraordinary. </p>[/li]
<p>[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging? Other colleges you’re applying to/received decisions from?:[/ul] Tbh, I was shocked about my waitlist decision when I got it. But I had this bad feeling the whole time so it was no shocker (at least not entirely). If anyone sending an appeal reads this, make sure your letter is A++++++, that’s no joke/exaggeration. Send in some LOR’s as support. I sent three, the max they allow — and don’t use your HS counselor unless you actually have a relationship with them. I thought being RS and in honors college would boost my chances and thy might ignore my low-ish HS gpa and only notice my upward cc gpa but I guess not. If anyone needs help with appeals, MESSAGE ME! I’ve got some tips from other successful appeals students that I know helped me get in. Don’t give up hope if UW is your dream school!! Oh, and other acceptances: Gonzaga, SeattleU, University of Puget Sound, U of Portland, Occidental College and Reed College @-) (I think Reed was a mistake…haha). Rejected George Washington U, U of Denver, UCLA, and Conncoll. </p>

31

<p>rejected</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1900
SAT II:
ACT:
GPA: 3.8
Rank:
Other Tests (AP, IB): full IB diploma (36)
Subjective
Essays: abt being bullied and getting over it
Extracurriculars/Jobs: jap culture club leader + founder, fencing, know 4 lang (canto, mandarin, eng, jap), 200+ volunteer hours, often volunteered overseas e.g. in cambodia, china
Awards: writing award, art award, multiple scholarships, best volunteer
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
Personal
Location: international
High School Type: competitive private
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: f
First-gen student? Family history?:
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging? Other colleges you’re applying to/received decisions from?:
after that woman told me i was a strong candidate for this school at the education fair? ok then lol. some uk schools, one of which i’m going to.</p>

32

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1860
[</em>]GPA: 3.49 (unweighted)
[<em>]Other Tests (AP, IB): English Comp-3; US History-3; Physics-2; US Gov-4; Calc AB-5; Comp Sci-4
Subjective[list]
[</em>]Essays: Really good personal statement, culture essay was hastily written but ok
[<em>]Extracurriculars/Jobs: Drama Club, Crafting Club, Washington Aerospace Scholar, performed and worked as stage manager in community theatre, Press Corps for art blog
[</em>]Awards: Academic Achievement
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Active involvement in the arts (Worked on & offstage in theatre, Press Corps for a well-known Seattle art blog), but nothing too impressive
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Renton, WA
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino
[<em>]Gender: Female
[</em>]First-gen student? Family history?: First-gen student
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging? Other colleges you’re applying to/received decisions from?: UW was the only college I applied to. The personal statement is very important; make sure you get at least 2-3 people to read your drafts.[/ul]</p>

33

How the hell did you get rejected

34

@charlesfries @dishkyaoon is correct, it does matter. Every major is not equally competitive. For example, getting a 3.5 and not having many extra curricular activities could be just fine for a History major, that’s not going to get you into Computer Science. So it actually does make a huge difference as far as stats go.