Wash U 2021 **Results only** Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Washington University in St. Louis
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Decision: Accepted

Trinity College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:premed

SAT I (breakdown):
ACT:36
SAT II:all 800s
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank but think 2/400
AP (place score in parenthesis):11 APS with 5s
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:4 aps
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: 3 summers of research
Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hrs
Summer Activities:
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation: good
Counselor Rec: good
Additional Rec: good
Interview:

Other

State (if domestic applicant):mo
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s):biology
School Type:public
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender:M
Income Bracket:200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:

General Comments:

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Decision: Waitlisted

Pick one:
Trinity College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown):
ACT: one sitting, 35 (E34, M36, R35, S34, W10)
SAT II: bio 730, chem 720, Korean with listening 800, math II 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): my school doesn’t do GPA, but I think my grade percentage was around 92/100.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): na/100
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Spanish (4), AP Calc AB (5), AP Bio (3), self-studied AP Chem (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Comp Sci, AP Psych, AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, Advanced Arts Course, English electives, Advanced orchestra
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): school music award

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): STEAM research, orchestra (head), art club (head), badminton club (head), off-campus orchestra, individual art work
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: off-campus tutoring at elementary school, school STEM tutor
Summer Activities: shadowed a physician, volunteered at hospital, summer course (related to health) at two universities
Essays: not particularly interesting
Teacher Recommendation: from AP Psych, AP Physics, and private music teacher. They are all nice teachers but I’m not sure what they actually wrote.
Counselor Rec: no idea
Additional Rec: no idea
Interview: n/a

Other

State (if domestic applicant): CA (kind of)
Country (if international applicant): South Korea
Intended major(s): Philosophy, Neuroscience, & Psychology (incl Cognitive Neuroscience, Language Cognition Culture)
School Type: private boarding
Ethnicity: Korean
Gender: female
Income Bracket: >100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none!

Reflection

Strengths: ACT, extracurricular activities
Weaknesses: extracurricular activities (they are too broad and not really related to my major); I had couple of B+'s and lower semester grades (B-, C+)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: my weaknesses

General Comments: I have been having straight A’s since my second semester junior and entire senior year. I really wish that I could have gotten these grades in my previous years, but I don’t think I could have done better, since I was struggling with school transfer/personal illness (which I didn’t talk about in my essays).
Congratulations to everyone!

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**Decision: Accepted **

School of Engineering

Objective:

  • [] SAT I (breakdown): 1520 (730 CR, 790 M)
    [    ] ACT (breakdown): 34C (34R, 34E, 33M, 34S), no writing
    [] SAT II: 770 Math II, 710 Bio E, 700 US History
    [    ] Unweighted GPA: 3.98
    [] Weighted GPA: 4.75
    [    ] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
    [] AP (place score in parenthesis): Microeconomics (5), Macroeconomics (5), U.S. Government (5), Calc AB (5), Euro (4), Bio (4), Language (4), Calc BC (5), APUSH (5), Literature (4), Chemistry (4), Physics 1 (5)
    [    ] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
    [] Senior Year Course Load: Capstone French, Differential Equations, Literary Theory, Macrobiology
    [    ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist

Subjective:

  • [] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook club, economics club (not much)
    [    ] Job/Work Experience: Nothing at the time
    [] Volunteer/Community service: VA Hospital, library
    [    ] Summer Activities: N/A
    [] Essays: No essays required
    [    ] Teacher Recommendation: ? idk
    [] Counselor Rec: ? idk
    [    ] Additional Rec:
    [] Interview: N/A
    [    ] Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.): N/A

Other

  • [] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
    [    ] State (if domestic applicant): AZ
    [] Country (if international applicant):
    [    ] School Type: Top 5 nationwide
    [] Ethnicity: Asian
    [    ] Gender: M
    [] Income Bracket: > 200000
    [    ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflection

  • [] Strengths: GPA, ACT
    [    ] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars
    [] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: As far as interest, I applied for two scholarships (didn’t get any) and I visited campus. Thought I was going to get rejected because of how insanely competitive the applicant pool has become, but hey I’m not complaining. I probably should have attended their info session at my school, but it was at 7:45 and I didn’t wanna wake up that early :D. They have a good relationship w/ my school so that could’ve helped.
    [    ] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Deferred from Northwestern, accepted at Arizona, Georgia Tech, and UCSD

**General Comments: ** To all that got in, congratulations on a great achievement! To those who didn’t, keep your head up because you will end up at another awesome school!

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Rejected.

My stats were fairly low, but I do have many ECs

ACT: 32
New SAT: 1400
ECs: Volunteer Job @ Zoo, Ballet Studio Company Dancer, Dance Team Captain, Drama/Musicals (Cast & Dance Choreographer), Speech Competition Finalist, Leadership, CSF Club, MUN, etc.
AP Scores: APUSH (3), Chinese (4), Eng Comp (5), Biology (5)
SAT Subj: Bio (780)

Out of State

Congratulations to everyone who got in!!!

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Decision: Waitlisted ( let this be a warning to students who don’t want to waste their application fee)

School of Engineering

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1550 (750 CR, 800M)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 760 Math II, 800 Bio E, 800, Chem, 760 US History
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 5.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): 10 5s
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, National Award on FBLA, National Award on Essay contest State award on STEM

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 5 leadership roles,
Job/Work Experience: Nothing at the time
Volunteer/Community service: Winner of service award, Carson a scholarship
Summer Activities: Governor school, youth reporting, own service project, etc
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation: ? idk
Counselor Rec: ? idk
Additional Rec:
Interview: N/A
Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.): N/A

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender: F
Income Bracket: > 200000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Idk
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Rejected from caltech
Accepted at U Chicago, MIT, NU, Vandy (Chancellor scholarship), Geiorgetown, U Michigan,etc

General Comments: We wasted the application fee and the visit to WashU.

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Decision: Accepted

College of Arts and Sciences

ACT: 32 (33 english, 32 math, 33 reading, 32 science, 24 writing)
SAT II: Biology E-730, Biology M-740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.82
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): US Gov’t (5), English Language (5), Psychology (5). Biology (3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP World History, AP Calc AB, AP English Lit, AP Spanish Language, Honors Physics, Honors anatomy, wind ensemble
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar with honors, honor roll

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity tennis team (3 years, varsity letter 3 years. sportsmanship award), technical theater, jv track team, flute
Job/Work Experience: worked 2 summers and 1 full year teaching tennis to kids
Volunteer/Community service: not much
Summer Activities: taught tennis to kids/ lots of backpacking
Essays: 9/10, spent a lot of time making sure it flowed well. I think it revealed who I am as a person/student.
Teacher Recommendation: AP bio teacher, I think it was strong but nothing outstanding
Counselor Rec: new counselor this year so meh
Additional Rec: AP spanish teacher, we have a good relationship
Interview: 8/10, I was prepared for all the questions they asked but I was worried that my responses seemed scripted

Other

State (if domestic applicant): MD
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): Global health/bio?
School Type: large public school, very competitive, ranked in top 5 schools in the state for the past few years
Ethnicity: white
Gender:female
Income Bracket: upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not really

Reflection

Strengths: essay, extracurriculars, heavy course load
Weaknesses: act scores, gpa
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I showed A LOT of interest. I visited twice, applied ED, and made sure to talk to the admissions counselor when she came to my school. I am pretty surprised that I was accepted
but I packaged myself well and overall had no glaring flaws in my app.

General Comments
Show lots of interest! I have friends with better grades/ gpa who never visited or went to any kind of info session and then were rejected.

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**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2390, composite
ACT (breakdown): didn’t take
SAT II: didn’t send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.8
Weighted GPA: n/a
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 3%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Studio Art (5), Bio (4), Psych (5), Stats (5), US Hist (5), Calc BC (4), English Lang (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): didn’t take
Senior Year Course Load: not going to go into too much detail in order to stay anonymous, but it wasn’t too heavy. Still had majority AP classes but, other than AP Physics C, they’re the more laid-back AP courses at my school.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, HOBY delegate, had a lot of art/journalism awards but nothing else major academic-wise.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): not going to go into too much detail in order to stay anonymous.

  • photography/art/design business (founder/owner) – very successful, made a lot of $$$, well-known through my community and outside, featured in art galleries and a few magazines, super passionate about the arts
  • yearbook (editor-in-chief) – nationally-acclaimed yearbook, one of the best in the US. We’re well-known and have won tons of national awards. I personally won a lot of journalism and design awards through this.
  • president of two clubs at my school and VP of another
  • local magazine (photo editor) – they have a program for youth to get involved after an application period
  • dance (varsity) – discontinued mid-way though high school in order to focus more on art
    Tip: quality > quantity. I made it my goal not to fill up all 10 slots of the extracurricular part of the common app even. Show that you are special by having a “spike” rather than being “well-rounded”.

Job/Work Experience: I worked at a local art museum and did private tutoring.
Volunteer/Community service: Again, not going to go into too much detail in order to stay anonymous.

  • American Red Cross (regional exec. chair, school pres) – won regional youth volunteer award
  • Church Youth Service Team (arts team founder/director)

Summer Activities: didn’t mention any of this on my application, so I don’t think it’s taken into account.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 6/10 I chose the prompt about challenging a belief/idea. Very beautiful, detailed writing but tbh I thought that the concept I was going for was too general to apply to the prompt I chose. I didn’t like my essay one bit after rereading it later on, but I guess Washu liked it!

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 6/10 I read it later for a scholarship – everything she said was nice but it was relatively generic and at times was just repeating some things on my resume.
Teacher Rec #2: n/a – never read
Counselor Rec: 7/10 – probably very nice but generic too. I go to a large public school, so she doesn’t know me well. I know colleges take school size into account when reading counselor recs though.
Additional Rec: 10/10 – from my yearbook teacher. I’ve grown really close to her over the years. I read her rec. letter later for a scholarship, and it was truly incredible. She was super detailed and talked more about my personal character qualities rather than simply my work ethic or academics.
Interview: 8/10 – Went smoothly. I did an on-campus interview my junior year. Since we both liked design/art, after the interview she asked for my youtube channel and really enjoyed it.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: PNP, neuroscience
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: large public
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: 200,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): no

Reflection

Strengths: SAT score, extracurriculars, good interview (not sure how much that’s taken into consideration though), asian whose interested in not just STEM but also the humanities (maybe helps)
Weaknesses: grades (had a few B’s but none in the major I’m pursuing), other than my yearbook teacher rec the other recs were generic I’m assuming
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I stood out from the other applicants because of my extracurriculars. It’s very rare for people to own businesses in high school and/or to work at an art museum. I’m also v. involved with community service. I also think that Washu wants to diversify their student body, & they probably don’t have as many kids interested in the arts.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted into Vanderbilt and the honors program at the top public school in my state (keeping the name private for anonymity, sorry). Still waiting to hear back from everywhere else I applied bc results come out in April.

General Comments: I remember seriously doubting myself at the time after rereading my essays (I really thought they sucked and would prevent me from getting into any of my schools), but I guess Washu liked them! I’m not 100% committed yet, but it’s is definitely one of my top choices. Don’t doubt yourself if you truly feel you deserve it, but still remember that we don’t deserve anything we have. It’s only because of the opportunities that we’ve been blessed with that we’re where we are today – therefore stay humble and thankful my friends. #solideogloria

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Decision: Rejected

Trinity College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 750 M, 750 W, 720 CR
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 770 Math II, 770 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Unknown, but I’d guess 3.6 (yikes)
Weighted: 3.922
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), Euro (5), Chem (4), Lang (5), Stat (4), French (5), Gopo (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Psych, APES, Honors Physics, AP Macro
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Student, Seal of Biliteracy, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, Honor Roll

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (Officer), French Club (President), French Lit Mag (Chief Layout Editor), Language Ambassador, Language Learning Club, Columbia SHP
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hours
Summer Activities: Volunteering
Essays: Common App…pretty weird but I thought it was pretty interesting
Teacher Recommendation: They both like me enough, but not stellar - 7/10 for both
Counselor Rec: meh as well 7/10
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None

Other

State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): Undecided, I believe
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 250K +
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope!

Reflection

Strengths: Course Rigor throughout high school, maybe time spent in extracurriculars
Weaknesses: GPA, non-uniqueness, didn’t demonstrate much interest
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think this says it all really: I’m an incredibly average person/student who didn’t demonstrate much interest. To be honest, this was a last-minute add-on, and they probably could tell.

General Comments: If you want to stand out, don’t be as meh as I am. Especially with WashU that only gets your Common App and nothing else. Invest in your quirks/loves/hobbies through your extracurriculars (and don’t go overboard with fluffy, useless ones). Really pick teachers that know you and your depth in and out of the classroom for your recs. Hang out with them after school, whether it’s to better understand the material or just because. Get to know your GC.

Fun fact #1: I’m only posting this now because I just found out WashU notifications were in my spam folder… -.-’

Fun fact #2: My first rejection! My clean sweep RD rejections begins… :wink:

In sum: Even though I didn’t give WashU my complete attention, it’s seriously a fantastic school, though, and if you got in, you’re a rock star.

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Pick one:

Decision: Waitlisted

Pick one:
Trinity College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 31C (35E. 32R, 27M, 29W (9/12))
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Around 93rd percentile
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Gov (4) AP Language (3) APUSH (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: College level European History/Western Civilization, AP Lit, AP Stats, Pre Calculus, Physics, Wind Ensemble (equivalent of honors band),
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Spanish Exam Bronze

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Band 4 years (Captain)

  • National Honors Society (Tresurer),
  • A lot of music competitions,
    -Tennis,
    -Swimming,
    -Selected as a committee member in order to vote on who receives a distinguished scholarship exclusive to our city
    Job/Work Experience:
    -Camp Counselor for a Jewish overnight camp,
    -Camp Counselor In Training (With 3 week leadership/training trip to Israel),
    -Shadowed two hospitalist/internists and also shadowed my father while he was operating on a patient
    -Taught elementary students fundamentals of trumpet and musicianship
    Volunteer/Community service:
    -Camp Counselor In Training (>200 hours),
    -Various Community Service (>100 hours),
    -Dentistry mission trip to Jamaica (>28 hours of total volunteering not including down time/commute time)
    Summer Activities:
    -Again Camp Counseling took up all of my summer
    Essays:
    -7/10: My essay was about my Jewish heritage and how my home was assaulted and vandalized with anti-semetic slurs and swastikas. I really tried to get in depth about hate and why humans hate and how I can take such hate and transform it into an opportunity to help others (such as camp counseling)
    Teacher Recommendation:
    -Math teacher 7/10: I have had him for 3 years and I have never had anything lower than a 95 in his class. However he may not be the best writer and he finished it in a day or two so I am not sure how much time went into it
    -AP Gov/Western Civ teacher 8/10: I have had him for two years and I have done really well in his class. He knows about my Jewish faith and heritage and he has seen that through my writing in his class, which he has been a really big fan of.
    Counselor Rec:
    -9/10: Although this may seem high, I have seen her virtually every week this fall and we have gone through the application process together. I have also seen her a lot in the past years and she helped me through scheduling/other class issues. I also go to a small school so she knows her students pretty well
    Additional Rec: N/A
    Interview: N/A

Other

State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): Bio/Neuro/Pre med
School Type: Small Public
Ethnicity: White (Hebrew heritage)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >500,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy: My father got a full ride into the Civil Engineering program, Also it may not be a hook but I am a Jew from a small Jewish population (my city is not diverse). Also, I’m and not trying to sound snarky at all and I am not trying to brag/flaunt but I did not apply for financial aid and WashU is incredibly (and sadly) need aware so maybe that helped (only a tiny bit though)

Reflection

Strengths: Volunterring, Essays, Recommended for and applied to Danforth Scholars
Weaknesses: ACT Score, course rigor, major (I regret applying pre med so much), poor math background (Pre Calc is too slow but AP Calculus and normal calculus are too fast), NO INTEREST
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Suprised I didn’t get outright rejected. I think my legacy gave me quite the boost considering my father eceived a letter from WashU saying they would consider it. I also did not visit/ interview since I applied last minute so I had no interest. If I majored in a humanity of some sorts I probably would have gotten different news considering my strong English scores and I have a forte for the arts and humanities. Although iIam glad I did not get outright rejected, they must have seen something. Oh well, I sent in my LOCI and if I somehow get a call from WashU I’ll end up going there :smiley:

College Acceptances: OSU (Honors), MiamiOH
Colleges Rejections: Vanderbilt (ED1), Emory
Waitlists: Case Western. WUSTL, Wake Forest, Tulane

General Comments:
Thanks for reading and if you have any comments or questions shoot me a DM :smiley:
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Decision: ACCEPTED

Pick one:
Trinity College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1470 (680 CR, 790 M)
SAT II: 750 Math II, 640 chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): not sure, but 4.577 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/311
AP (place score in parenthesis): Statistics (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP calc BC, AP macro/micro, college level government, English, and business, spanish IV
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): a few piano awards, placed third in a state math competition (not as impressive as it sounds), record holder for the pi digit contest at my school and ranked 200 and some in the world

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (Vice President), Math club (president), piano for 6 years, Okinawan karate, marching band and wind ensemble for two years, math circle at a local university
Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours at the local soup kitchen
Summer Activities: traveling (been to 12 countries, higher level math classes at Brown and Harvard University (number theory and combinatorics and graph theory)
Essays: 8/10; wrote about how I tried a new food and it changed the way I viewed the world
Teacher Recommendation: honors pre-calc teacher- one of the best things I have ever read, AP stats teacher- really good for describing how I will definitely be able to pursue a statistics major, English teacher- didn’t read
Counselor Rec: didn’t really know me nor did he care
Interview: 7/10; really short, conducted by a student when I visited for the first time

Other

State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
Intended major: mathematics/statistics
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white and Okinawan
Gender: female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: To be honest, I owe it all to three things: 1) my letter of recommendation from my math teacher who adored me, 2) memorizing 546 digits of pi, and 3) being a female interested in the math field. My passion for math allowed me to be accepted. Nothing less, nothing more.