Wash U Class of 2020 Results ONLY Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Washington University in St. Louis
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Decision: Accepted
College of Arts and Science: Applied for PNP major

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2070 (Didn’t Send)
ACT (breakdown): 33 (Math 36, English 34, Reading 29, Science 34)(one sitting)
SAT II: Chem 750
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem 4
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP micro, AP Macro, AP Latin, and a few honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): maybe 1 or 2

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Bowling Team (yes bowling lol), Ultimate Frisbee, Premed Society, etc.
Job/Work Experience: Baseball Umpire in summer
Volunteer/Community service: over 600 hours, leader of 3 initiatives, involved in 5
Summer Activities: went on a study abroad to northern Ireland for a month over the summer
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8-9
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): not sure didn’t read

Teacher Rec #1: probably a 9
Teacher Rec #2: probably a 9 (both knew me pretty well)
Counselor Rec: 10 (she knows me really well)
Additional Rec: study abroad teacher: 10
Interview: went really really well but it probably meant nothing

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, but will get little
Intended Major: Biochemistry/Chemistry
State (if domestic applicant): OH
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Jesuit Private
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 110,000-160,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: Really good essay, lots of service, study abroad but overall average applicant
Weaknesses: Race and small amount of APs maybe
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: good essay and volunteering
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:only OSU, BC, WUSTL, and waiting on everywhere else

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
ACT: 33 (35 W, 31 M, 34 R, 34 S)
SAT II: None
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Government (5), Bio (4), LA (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP English Literature, APES, Yearbook Editor
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founder of a food blog with over 5,000 followers, Swim Team (4 years), Yearbook Editor, National Honor Society (Senator)
Job/Work Experience: Public Library Student Assistant (2 years), Travel website start-up (1 year),
Volunteer/Community service: Service club president
Summer Activities: Trek to Haiti, traveling
Essays: 9/10
Teacher Recommendation: 8/10
Counselor Rec: 5/10 (large school, very generic)
Additional Rec: 8/10
Interview: It went great! Found that my interviewer actually followed my food blog!

Other:
State (if domestic applicant): WA
Intended major(s): Poly Sci
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Upper-middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection:
Strengths: Essays, showed a ton of interest (visited, attended 2 info session in my area, interview, emailed with admissions)
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Showed a lot of interest!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted University of Denver and Fordham, waiting on Vandy, William and Mary, Tufts, Wake Forest and Yale

General Comments:
I am incredibly excited–Wash U is my top choice!!

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Waitlisted
Arts and Sciences

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2100 (superscore) 780 - CR, 690 - M, 630 - Wr
ACT: n/a
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.45
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): APWH - 4, APBIO - 4, AP Language Comp. - 3
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 1 AP and rest honors (my school has a dual curriculum and doesn’t offer many APs)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHS, AP Scholar

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Country (captain and founder), Track (founder), Newspaper (head editor), Town Hall Committee (President), Writing Center Tutor.
Job/Work Experience: Life Guard
Volunteer/Community service: Head councilor for local religious activity thing for middle school.
Summer Activities: Life Guard (waterfront)
Essays: 10/10
Teacher Recommendation: 9/10 and 8/10
Counselor Rec: 8/10
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a

Other

State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): Biology (neuroscience)
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: male
Income Bracket: 200k +
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: I think the main thing that stood out was my extracurriculars (starting 2 teams).I also had a really good essay with a very compelling story of recovering from a serious injury
Weaknesses: GPA, SATs, you name it
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Im honestly pretty surprised that I got waitlisted. I thought I would get flat out rejected.
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: Rutgers, U Maryland, and SUNY Binghamton; Deferred: UMich; Still waiting on Cornell

General Comments: Congratulations to those that got accepted!! Make the best of it!

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Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Pick one:
Sam Fox School of Art & Design (Communication Design)

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send
ACT: 34 C | 35 R | 32 M | 34 S | 35 E and 36 W
SAT II: didn’t send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): around 97 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), World History (5), US History (5), AP Language and Composition (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Comparative Gov, AP Calculus AB, AP Psychology, AP Language and Literature, and AP Art History, Advanced Oil Painting and Watercolor, Health/Gym, etc.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): lol AP Scholar with Honor???

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

  • Vice President & Publicity Chair of Model UN team 3 years
  • on Interscholastic Equestrian Association Team for 2 years
  • Weekend language school for 11 years
  • Graphic Design Internship
  • Film Club/ Girls Learn International
  • Art stuff(classes, galleries, awards, etc.)
  • Science Camp for Spring Break
  • Arts Career Workshop at a known nyc design club
    def other stuff but I don’t remember

Job/Work Experience:

  • summer camp horseback riding counselor for 8 weeks
  • sales associate in a store

Volunteer/Community service:

  • unpaid tutor for elementary school kid and hs students
  • adaptive sports camp in Colorado

Summer Activities:

  • camp counselor job and CIT
  • visiting my fam in europe

Essays: Lol can’t think objectively about it
Teacher Recommendation: good for art teacher I hope, no idea about English one
Counselor Rec: probs generic, big school
Additional Rec: nah
Interview: I visited and had a interview there, though it was so quick and they had a lot of people waiting I didn’t think it impacted me a lot - but it did show interest.

Other

State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): Communication Design (AYYY) and I def want to double major in the College of Arts and Sciences
School Type: public art school
Ethnicity: white af (parents are immigrants though)
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 100,000 > x > 200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): LOL um bilingual? dual citizen? idk

Reflection

Strengths: The fact that I already go to an arts school, that I visited, my course load in comparison to other kids in my school, maybe that fact that I applied to Sam Fox (I have no idea if it’s easier or harder to get in), ACT?,
Weaknesses: Didn’t cure cancer. No Sat IIs, didn’t work super hard on portfolio, idk
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: see strengths

General Comments: IM SO EXCITED! I visited and absolutely loved Sam Fox (the studios omfg) and the fact that everybody was so nice there (lol I’m from nyc). The biggest thing for me is that I can pursue graphic design within an amazing university setting which is flexible enough for me to double major. I love academics and art and I won’t have to give up either so that is littttt.

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Decision: Accepted College of Arts & Sciences

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1890
ACT:28
SAT II:680 (Bio-M) 750 (US History)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Physics I, AP Lang (5), APUSH (4), AP Calc AB, AP Euro, AP Lit,AP Pysch
IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, Anatomy-H, AP Euro, Econ/Gov, Spanish 5-H, AP Lit, AP Psych
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honorable Mention winner of Penn State Essay contest
Subjective:N/A
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Orchestra (1st chair violin), English Festival, Student Council (Secretary), NHS, Rotary Interact, Musical, Cross Country (Varsity), Track
Job/Work Experience: Tutor for chemistry and biology, I have a job but did not include on app
Volunteer/Community service: Worked at library and an office job as a secretary, put together a race that raised over 800 dollars for St. Jude’s Hospital
Summer Activities: SAMS program at Carnegie Mellon, Work study with my dad
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9, no supp essay but my common app essay was adequate it was about my life living abroad and how that has contributed to my struggle with my racial identity.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 10
Teacher Rec #1: 10
Teacher Rec #2:10
Counselor Rec:10
Additional Rec:
Interview: Went so well I think this was a key part of my application, I was so excited about Wash U and I think my interviewer could definitely see that. She was very relatable and reassured me about my anxiety concerning college.

Other
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant): United States
School Type: Public
Ethnicity:African-American
Gender:Female
Income Bracket: 400,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, really interesting background

Reflection
Strengths: Grades(only one B in high school- physics), Some connections(my dad knows a professor there), showed interest in the school (very important)
Weaknesses:SAT and ACT scores (if your scores aren’t the best don’t worry you still have a chance just make up for the loss somewhere else)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:strong candidate besides standarized scores
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Tulane University and Spelman College

I posted this because some of these applicants are unreal. 2400 SAT 32 ACT 10,000 extracurricular,etc… but to be completely honest sometimes college is just the luck of the draw and the admission board might see something special in you so don’t lose hope. Hopefully will be joining the Wash U class of 2020 in the fall! Good luck everyone :slight_smile:

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Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): did not report
ACT (breakdown):
36 English
36 Math
35 Reading
36 Science
writing 11
composite 36
SAT II: 770 physics, 800 math II
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: weighting is weird at my school but I’d say like around 4.3; most rigorous courseload
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank, but I know I’m top 9% because of UC application
AP (place score in parenthesis): these were the ones I reported.
Chinese, Music Theory (self-studied), AP Physics C Mech, Environmental Science (self-studied), French, Physics 1 (5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load:
AP Calc BC
AP Econ
AP English Lit
AP Psych
AP Physics C
TA for AP Physics 1
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): qualified for AIME, qualified for Math Prize at MIT, National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, Scholastic Gold and Silver keys
also nominated to apply for US Presidential Scholars whatever whatever but it doesn’t matter

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): student at local conservatory’s pre-college music program (9-12), performed on NPR with chamber music group (11), member of local youth orchestra affiliated with an internationally renowned symphony orchestra (11-12), member of other local chamber orchestra (also soloed with them. 9), former principal [insert instrument] and section leader of school string orchestra and chamber orchestra (9-11), founder/president of Campus Cursive (moreloveletters.com) at my high school (10-12), freshman orientation leader (10-11), founder of a local music and community service club (12), participant of local chamber music program (12), published in some online magazines (11), many music awards for solo and chamber music (9-12)
Job/Work Experience: Chinese translator for local nonprofit (10-11)
Volunteer/Community service: intern at local nonprofit organization (10-11), volunteer music teacher for underprivileged schoolchildren at elementary school (10)
Summer Activities: prestigious music festival (11-12), tour to Europe with youth orchestra (covered by local and foreign press; 11-12), teacher assistant for music camp for elementary schoolers in my school district (10), summer chamber music workshop for youth orchestra (9), tour to Pacific Northwest with youth orchestra (10) and was invited to tour in Italy with the same orchestra but could not go due to horrible and untimely stomach illness (10)
Essays: common app essay talked about my experiences with Campus Cursive and letter writing…pretty good. I had a lot of people look over it.
Teacher Recommendation: physics teacher…knows me really well. I’m her TA right now
english teacher…we’re best friends!!! woohoo
Counselor Rec: counselor knows me very well since we talk a lot. probably good; my rec probably stands out compared to recs for everyone else at my school, since my school is big and not a lot of people talk to their counselors
Additional Rec: private music teacher. I saw this one, and she did a good job
Interview: none
Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.): submitted music portfolio and music resume

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian Chinese
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >400,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): girl in STEM if that counts. otherwise none. music hook is possible but unlikely

Reflection
Strengths: GPA and test scores
Weaknesses: HAHA ESSAYS. maybe recs. AP scores!!
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m not that interesting so that’s chill. not enough interest
also my AP scores are flat out terrible but I didn’t know they mattered THAT much
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Deferred Columbia ED, UChicago EA, deferred Wellesley EE
Accepted Berkeley early admission (top 2% of applicants. waiting on Regents), UMich LSA and SMTD (probably double degree here), UCSD regents, UCI regents, UCSB regents.
waiting on others

eh lmao…I have some pretty good offers elsewhere so I’ll probably take those

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Decision: Waitlisted
Arts and Sciences

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): did not report
ACT (breakdown):
36 English
36 Math
35 Reading
36 Science
writing 11
composite 36
SAT II: 770 physics, 800 math II
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: weighting is weird at my school but I’d say like around 4.3; most rigorous courseload
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank, but I know I’m top 9% because of UC application
AP (place score in parenthesis): these were the ones I reported.
Chinese, Music Theory (self-studied), AP Physics C Mech, Environmental Science (self-studied), French, Physics 1 (5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load:
AP Calc BC
AP Econ
AP English Lit
AP Psych
AP Physics C
TA for AP Physics 1
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): qualified for AIME, qualified for Math Prize at MIT, National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, Scholastic Gold and Silver keys
also nominated to apply for US Presidential Scholars whatever whatever but it doesn’t matter

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): student at local conservatory’s pre-college music program (9-12), performed on NPR with chamber music group (11), member of local youth orchestra affiliated with an internationally renowned symphony orchestra (11-12), member of other local chamber orchestra (also soloed with them. 9), former principal [insert instrument] and section leader of school string orchestra and chamber orchestra (9-11), founder/president of Campus Cursive (moreloveletters.com) at my high school (10-12), freshman orientation leader (10-11), founder of a local music and community service club (12), participant of local chamber music program (12), published in some online magazines (11), many music awards for solo and chamber music (9-12)
Job/Work Experience: Chinese translator for local nonprofit (10-11)
Volunteer/Community service: intern at local nonprofit organization (10-11), volunteer music teacher for underprivileged schoolchildren at elementary school (10)
Summer Activities: prestigious music festival (11-12), tour to Europe with youth orchestra (covered by local and foreign press; 11-12), teacher assistant for music camp for elementary schoolers in my school district (10), summer chamber music workshop for youth orchestra (9), tour to Pacific Northwest with youth orchestra (10) and was invited to tour in Italy with the same orchestra but could not go due to horrible and untimely stomach illness (10)
Essays: common app essay talked about my experiences with Campus Cursive and letter writing…pretty good. I had a lot of people look over it.
Teacher Recommendation: physics teacher…knows me really well. I’m her TA right now
english teacher…we’re best friends!!! woohoo
Counselor Rec: counselor knows me very well since we talk a lot. probably good; my rec probably stands out compared to recs for everyone else at my school, since my school is big and not a lot of people talk to their counselors
Additional Rec: private music teacher. I saw this one, and she did a good job
Interview: none
Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.): submitted music portfolio and music resume

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian Chinese
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >400,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): girl in STEM if that counts. otherwise none. music hook is possible but unlikely

Reflection
Strengths: GPA and test scores
Weaknesses: HAHA ESSAYS. maybe recs. AP scores!!
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m not that interesting so that’s chill. not enough interest
also my AP scores are flat out terrible but I didn’t know they mattered THAT much
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Deferred Columbia ED, UChicago EA, deferred Wellesley EE
Accepted Berkeley early admission (top 2% of applicants. waiting on Regents), UMich LSA and SMTD (probably double degree here), UCSD regents, UCI regents, UCSB regents.
waiting on others

eh lmao…I have some pretty good offers elsewhere so I’ll probably take those

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ACCEPTED

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
ACT: 34C (35 E, 33 M, 31 R, 35 S)
SAT II: Didn’t Send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8ish
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4 / 250ish
AP (place score in parenthesis):Didn’t send any.
Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ, AP Eng Lang, AP Calc AB, honors other stuff.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (president), junior class resident, interact.
Job/Work Experience: mow lawns for my dad during summer.
Volunteer/Community service: interact club stuff.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7. Thought my common app was pretty middle-of-the-road in terms of creativity and subject matter. Well written, though.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: AP Chem and Physics teacher. Probably around 7/8. Not sure if he’s a great writer, but we have a good student/teacher relationship
Teacher Rec #2: 7/8. Not sure if he really likes me as much as i thought he did when i asked him.
Counselor Rec: No idea. Counselor probably writes around 50, but we knew each other on a good basis.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None

Other
State (if domestic applicant): Vermont
School Type: Public (950 students)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: High
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
Strengths: Good ACT, good rigor for what my school offered, recs must have been very good.
Weaknesses: Demonstrated absolutely no interest, very generic application, it seemed.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea. Was almost certain I would be rejected because I didn’t demonstrate interest.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted at University of Notre Dame and University of Vermont (only schools I have head back from)

Congrats to those that were admitted. To those that weren’t: don’t let it affect you. There’s a lot of application season left. And this is a pretty miserable time in all of our lives, no need to make it worse.

To future applicants, if you can, definitely demonstrate interest at schools that don’t have supplements if you can.

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Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

School of Engineering & Applied Science

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
ACT: 34
SAT II: Math 2: 740, US History: 720
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.2/4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Environmental Science (5), Microecon (5), AB Calc (5), APUSH (4), English LangComp (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: BC Calc, AP Bio, Contemporary World Issues, AP Spanish, English12, AP CompSci, AP Macroecon
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Cum Laude, Society of Woman Engineers, National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Body President, Debate Captain (2nd place in state), Mock Trial Captain, founder/head of Girls Who Code chapter at school, coxswain on crew team (coxed HOCR), tennis captain, squash team, math team, piano, math/physics tutor at school, Cosmic Ray Research (presented at conference in Boston)
Job/Work Experience: Hostess at restaurant
Volunteer/Community service: hospital volunteer, taught piano lessons to elementary school students, Waterfire (art festival in Providence, RI)

Summer Activities: Cosmic Ray Research (presented at conference in Boston), summer abroad living with a host family in Spain
Essays: Pretty good 8/10
Teacher Recommendation: Really great- had my advisor/chemistry teacher write one, my APUSH teacher write one, and my research advisor write another - they all told me they worked really really hard on them 9/10 - 10/10 for all 3
Counselor Rec: great! 9/10
Additional Rec:
Interview: didnt have one

Other

State (if domestic applicant): RI
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): Biomedical Engineering
School Type: Private school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 200,000+?
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): female in STEM (especially engineering)

Reflection

Strengths: research, extracurriculars
Weaknesses: scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I don’t know I’m so relieved though!

General Comments: Congrats to everyone accepted! I know it sucks to be denied/waitlisted (it happened to me in the early decision pool) but you’ll find some place you love it always works out
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Decision - waitlisted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT: 33
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 of 4.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/189 (based on weighted - A’s in college unweighted college classes brought down weighted GPA)
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4s, 5s
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: All AP classes. A in every subject all year.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Office Aide, 3 years, Freshman Mentors, School Facebook page creator and administrator (3,000 people)…
Job/Work Experience: McConalds.
Volunteer/Community service: Zoo volunteer 3 years, Big Brothers/Big Sisters,
Summer Activities: Working, Zoo volunteer - teen conservation group - 3 years.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): ?

Teacher Rec #1: Great
Teacher Rec #2: ?
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview: none

Other
State (if domestic applicant): Midwest
Country (if international applicant):US
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasion
Gender:Female
Income Bracket: High
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
Strengths: Superindendent glowing recommendation, Good academics, Good GPA,
Weaknesses: Not minority, not wealthy enough to Early decision, inability to visit, not athletic, new school counselor
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Don’t know. Thought I’d be accepted.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Ohio State Honors, Miami University Honors, Full Tuition at Ohio University-Honors Tutorial college…

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Decision: Accepted
Sam Fox School of Art and Design (Communication Design)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
ACT: 34 C | 35 R | 32 M | 35 E | 34 S and 36 Writing
SAT II: didn’t send any
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~ 97% weighted (only scale available at my school)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a at my school
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5); World History (5); AP Language and Composition (5); US History (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Art History, AP Comparative Gov, AP Psychology, AP Calc AB, AP Literature and Composition, Advanced Watercolor and Oil Paint (double), Health/Gym etc.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ honor??? lol
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) team, Vice Prez & Publicity Chair at Model United Nations Club, Student at weekend language school for 11 years, Graphic Design Internship, AP Bio Club/Film Club/ Girls Learn International Club, DNA Science Camp for Spring Break junior year, Arts Career Workshop at known Design organization in nyc, general art stuff (classes, awards, galleries, etc.)
Job/Work Experience: Camp/Horseback Counselor at sleepaway camp for 8 weeks & Sales Associate in a store
Volunteer/Community service: Unpaid tutoring; adaptive sports camp in Colorado
Summer Activities: Sleepaway Camp Counselor (and CIT earlier years)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): lol can’t think objectively about it - discussed an interest that did not appear anywhere else on app so i guess thats good
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: I guess a 10
Teacher Rec #2: no clue
Counselor Rec: Big school, possibly generic
Additional Rec: nah
Interview: I visited, and got a super quick interview. I don’t think the interview itself helped me too much because it was so short and there was a ton of kids waiting - but it did show interest!

Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Specialized Public Arts school (Fine Arts Major) aka extra (3) periods of major
Ethnicity: white af
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 100,000 > x > 200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): dual citizen??? lol no

Reflection
Strengths: Already going to arts school, ACT?, VISITED!, heavy course load in comparison to the rest of my school, I guess GPA, extracurriculars that I care about and I was never trying to pad my app
Weaknesses: I didn’t try toooooo hard with grades in my school (got a B in physics, etc) and had to drop language due to a lack of room in my schedule junior year, lack of volunteering (my excuse: my school day is much longer than normal schools plus hour commute = little time)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see strengths, also idk if getting into Sam Fox is easier or harder (lemme know)
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Binghamton, Northeastern ($$ and Honors), Case ($$), UMichigan (Stamps School of Design - still waiting for LSA decision), | Tulane (deferred)

General Comments: I’m super excited. Wash U is one of my top choices, especially due to the fact that I won’t have to give up either art or academics which I both love. I def would want to double major/dual degree in the College of Arts and Sciences (I love the flexibility!) with something like Comp Sci (idk yet). !!! Congrats to all who got accepted! Everybody who got waitlisted or rejected - this is not the end of the road! What you love defines you not who loves you. You’ll end up somewhere where you will be a good fit :slight_smile:

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Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

ACCEPTED

Pick one:
Trinity College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): None
ACT: 35
SAT II: Math 2 – 770, Chemistry - 770
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (3), US History (4), Econ. (5), Gov. (5), Stats (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc., AP Chem., AP Bio, AP Psych, AP French, AP Lit.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Lacrosse
Job/Work Experience: Chipotle (5 Months)
Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hrs
Summer Activities: Lacrosse and work
Essays: Decent - Good
Teacher Recommendation: 2
Counselor Rec: 1
Additional Rec:
Interview: Went very well

Other

State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): Bio
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Top
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

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

General Comments:
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Pick one:

CAS

[ b][ size=4][ color=#FFA500]Decision: Waitlisted [/size]**[/color]

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (CR: 760, M: 770, W: 800)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 800 Bio M, 790 WH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC, Stats, World History, US History (5), Bio (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calc, Micro/Macroecon, STEM Research, AP Comp Sci, Lit on Trial (English), Ceramics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIME Qualification, National Merit Scholar, Cum Laude, AP Scholar, Scholars & Scholars

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): founded website to promote healthcare efficiency, research paper published on Big Pharma, won two competitions in varsity crew, went to national in FIRST Robotics, president and founder of programming club, House Prefect, research on circadian regulation of antioxidant defense mechanism at UMass
Job/Work Experience: intern at Newracom (tech company), medical intern at Washington DC VA
Volunteer/Community service: Immaculate Conception, Boys & Girls
Summer Activities: psychology course at UCI, Fundamentals of Medicine at Georgetown
Essays: CA was about skating and breaking out of eggshell (9/10), Supplement = stated three reasons (business+medicine, bio research, information communication) why I specifically wanted to go to Cornell (8/10)
Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see them, but probably good (8/10)
Counselor Rec: didn’t see them, so I don’t know
Additional Rec: recommendation from Newracom (10/10)
Interview: normal
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: N/A
Intended Major: Biology and Society
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private, boarding
Ethnicity: Asian - Korean
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: test scores, GPA, relevant and focused extracurriculars, strong recommendation letters
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: more towards Public Health than STEM-driven
Weaknesses: Asian. APs. Definitely should have taken more AP tests
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: rejected by Stanford

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Decision: Accepted CAS (intended major: Political Science and English Literature)

Objective:
ACT: 32 (36 English, 29 Math, 34 Reading, 27 Science, 32 Writing), 33 superscored
SAT II: Literature (780)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 (4.45 weighted)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP scores: English Lang (4),World History (4) Chemistry (3)
IB scores: N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc, AP Spanish, AP Psych, AP Gov, Journalism
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing special

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: the usual academic honors societies (NHS, Mu Alpha Theta, etc.) and a few assorted clubs. I’m a math/reading tutor for kids. Played a JV sport freshman and sophomore year.
Job/Work Experience: none except for tutoring and babysitting
Volunteer/Community service: many hours of community service through church and local organizations, mission trips
Essays: not a super unique topic, but I thought it was well-written, and I spent a lot of time on it
Teacher Recommendations: Didn’t read them, but should be pretty good
Counselor Rec: Same as above
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: I was pretty nervous, but I think it went well! It was super casual and just a WashU student interviewing me, and she wasn’t taking notes or anything, so I don’t think it was weighted heavily!

Other
State (if domestic applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
Strengths: GPA, volunteer work, challenging course load
Weaknesses: ACT?, ECs are nothing special
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I demonstrated a lot of interest (visited, went to Discovery Weekend, interviewed) and had a strong academic record with difficult courses
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at University of Michigan, Northeastern, Fordham, and now WashU! Deferred from Tulane. Waiting on Emory, William and Mary, Boston College, and a few others.

General Comments: I feel very blessed to have been accepted, and I will most likely be attending! I wish any future applicants reading this thread the best of luck! And to anyone who did not get the decision they were hoping for from WashU or any other school, remember that there are plenty of other amazing schools and options out there for you! As my parents always tell me, what you do in college is more important than where you go to college!

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Accepted

Pick one:
School of Engineering and Applied Science

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 35 (Math: 36, Science: 36, English: 35, Reading: 34)
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): probably top 5%, school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC, English Lit, Stats
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: University Physics 130/132, AP Calc BC, Lab Assistant/TA, AP English Lit, Gov/Econ, Biotechnology 3-4, ASB
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National History Day 2nd Place

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ASB (Commissioner), Superintendent Advisory Board, Principal Advisory Board, School Site Council, National History Day, Varsity Volleyball (captain)
Job/Work Experience: Chem and Precalc tutor
Volunteer/Community service: Counselor at summer camp for disadvantaged kids, Youth Leader at program focused on ending racism/discrimination
Summer Activities: Summer at Smith, Junior Lifeguards, Counselor
Essays: CA was about quitting swimming and how it opened me to my new interests, maybe 7.5/10
Teacher Recommendation: 10/10, Biotech teacher I TA for and math teacher I’ve had for 2 yrs
Counselor Rec: dont know
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: pretty good

Other

State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): Biomedical engineering
School Type: Math/science magnet
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): female engineer?

Reflection

Strengths: ACT, GPA, leadership
Weaknesses: maybe essays
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: idk but i’m so happy!

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Decision: Rejected

Pick one: Applied SEAS CS

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2360(800 CR, 790 W, 770 M lmao)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unavailable (no percentile, no rank)
AP (place score in parenthesis): All 5s - CS, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Japanese, Lang/Composition, Physics C (both tests), Stats, US History
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Lit/Composition, AP US Gov/Pol, Economics, Multivariable Calc/Linear Algebra (community college)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAPhO semifinalist, USABO semifinalist, AMC 12 Distinguished Honor Roll (no USAMO qq), pile of DECA ICDC awards, National Science Bowl top 16 (team)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): DECA (VP), Math Club, Science Club, CS Club
Job/Work Experience: internship at local startup over the summer writing documentation and performing systems analysis
Volunteer/Community service: volunteer coder for Apache Software Foundation
Summer Activities: see job/work/volunteer experience
Essays: 8/10 bleh I felt commonapp was good, but I tend to overrate my writing.
Teacher Recommendation: Math teacher: 9/10, English: 8/10
Counselor Rec: 10/10 I’ve known counselor for 3.5 years, we’re pretty close.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other

State (if domestic applicant): CA
Intended major(s): CS
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: East Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~$200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): reverse-hook: East Asian Male

Reflection

Strengths: them major awards
Weaknesses: DEMONSTRATED INTEREST LOOOL, potentially weak essays, weak teacher recs, not enough leadership? or maybe I’m just overqualified, which constitutes a weakness here
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:

General Comments:
WUSTL, thank you for telling me that I’m either a complete genius or complete trash. I suspect it’s trash.

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Decision: Accepted!

Accepted into Wash U Engineering! Hope this information is useful to others!

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 760 CR 800 M 790 W (Comp: 2350)
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II: Math(800), Biology M(790), Chem (750)
PSAT: 230
Unweighted GPA (if available): 4.0
Weighted GPA (if available): N/A (school does not weigh)
Rank/percentile (if available): Top 10% of ~400 (school does not rank, but 4.0 is typically within 10% at my school)
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Biology(5), AP Language and Composition(5), AP Calculus BC(5), AP Psychology(4), AP Chemistry(4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Compsci, AP Lit, AP Government, French 4 H, AP Statistics
Major Awards: FBLA Nationals Top 15 Finalist, TEAMS Nationals Top 10 Finalist (7th in US for Prepared Presentation), USABO Semifinalist, AIME qualifier, some awards at regional science fair, etc.

Subjective
Extracurriculars:

  • Red Cross For entire region
  • Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) (3 yrs, Secondary Events Manager)
  • Science Club (4 yrs, Science Olympiad Member)
  • Future Business Leaders of America (3 yrs, Member)
  • French Honor Society (1 yr, Member)
  • Choir (outside of school) (10 yrs, Group leader)

Job/Work Experience:

  • Biomedical Engineering Research Intern at Cornell University (Summer 2015, 2 months)
  • BME Research Intern at UIowa (Summer 2014, 2 months)

Volunteer/Community service:

  • Red Cross (250+ hrs)

Recommendations: Math Teacher, French Teacher

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: Competitive Public School
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male

Notes:

  • Go to a competitive high school where students regularly get accepted into top schools
  • 6 years of Trombone
  • Took a college course in Social Psychology over the summer, Research course at Uiowa
  • Was able to file a patent for the project that I did for Science Fair

Reflection
Strengths: GPA, Test scores, awards
Weaknesses: Not as many leadership positions as I would have liked
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I showed a lot of interest in my particular major with the activities that I did, such as with research internships and engineering competitions.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 790 M, 760 CR, 760 W
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 Math II, 750 Biology E
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World History (5), AP Language and Composition (5), AP Biology (4), AP Statistics (4), AP US History (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish Language, AP Calculus BC, AP English Literature and Composition, AP European History, Honors Physics, Economics, Psychology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist

Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 250K+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflection
Strengths: Objective
Weaknesses: I don’t look like a business student (not many business-oriented EC’s)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was deferred ED and then accepted, because I don’t look like a business kid but I showed SO MUCH interest in the school
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to University of Chicago, University of Rochester, Binghamton University (so far)

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Decision: Waitlisted

College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown):
ACT: 30
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography(3), US History(4), Physics C Mechanics(4) Electricity and Magnetism(2)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Psychology, AP Spanish Language, German IV, AP Calculus BC
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honor roll, AP scholar

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Softball (captain), National Honors Society, Spanish Honors Society, German Honors Society
Job/Work Experience: Noodles and Company (one year), Coffee shop (five months)
Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteer, NHS
Summer Activities: Softball
Essays: really good
Teacher Recommendation: good
Counselor Rec: no idea
Additional Rec: none
Interview: none

Other

State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): Physics and Astronomy
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: upper middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: GPA, course load, personal essay
Weaknesses: ACT, AP scores, extracurriculars

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Decision: Accepted

Applied to CAS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800/680/760
SAT II: 790 Physics, 740 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A, did IB diploma
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): None
IB (place score in parenthesis): 41/45 IB points
Senior Year Course Load: IB Physics HL(6), English HL(7) and Visual Art HL(7); History SL(7), Spanish Ab Initio(7), Math SL(5)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
School newspaper founder, editor in chief
Yearbook committee head
Organised school MUN (director-general), was in the executive board of Harvard MUN India and Ivy League MUN India, won a bunch of awards
Student Govt prefect
organised art department in annual school fest
Job/Work Experience: Did two internships (one at an animation firm, one at a NGO)
Volunteer/Community service: Created short films, a syllabus and teacher training workshops to supplement government school syllabi in the Northeast Indian states. Volunteered at a local orphanage.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common app: average-ish, wrote about activism 6/10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: Physics teacher, is ok with me, 5/10
Teacher Rec #2: Spanish teacher, likes me, 7/10
Counselor Rec: Counselor knows me really well and helped me out with my newspaper, 9/10
Additional Rec:
Interview: n/a

Other
State (if domestic applicant): n/a
Country (if international applicant): India
School Type: n/a
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Highest
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing

Reflection
Strengths: I guess my grades?
Weaknesses: Probably recommendations, they were average
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected ED from Pomona