Wash U Class of 2020 Results ONLY Thread

[gentkar]

Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 32
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang (5), AP Stats (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Physics C, Honors Calc A, AP Spanish, Choir, Government
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): School book award in Junior year

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, Dance Team through school, Competitive dance, yoga, Leadership youth and development
Job/Work Experience: My own photography business (weddings, senior pictures, etc.), babysitting
Volunteer/Community service: Lead dance clinics for elementary school kids, planned child hunger fundraiser, helping Spanish-speaking students with their English
Summer Activities: Dance Team, Competitive dance, volunteering through church
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8-9, I am a pretty strong writer, basically about how I’ve realized how fast time has gone and that I want to live my life with a purpose, but took it from a very unique perspective and worked really hard on it.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 9, English teacher who really liked me, I was close with her.
Teacher Rec #2: 6 or 7, from my math teacher, math is not my strength and I am not the most extroverted person, so I feel like he didn’t know me that well and it was probably pretty generic
Counselor Rec: 7, probably pretty generic
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: went well, but it was my interviewer’s very first time giving an interview. He was really nervous and it was kind of awkward. It felt more like I was interviewing him. Honestly I don’t think it had an impact on my application though.

Other
Major: English/Creative Writing, Spanish
State (if domestic applicant): MI
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: 100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): literally none lol

Reflection
Strengths: Essay, unique extracurriculars (although I don’t have that many)
Weaknesses: no hook, not amazing recs, not many AP’s or awards
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Everyone who applied probably had at least my stats or better. I needed more things to set me apart.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to University of Michigan and Denison University. Waiting on Wesleyan and Brown.

[tina23]

Accepted
ACT33
SAT2310
GPA 4.48 3.98

[dolph1n]

Decision: Accepted to Olin

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): I didn’t take the SAT
ACT: 32, 33 superscore
SAT II: Math II: 730, US History: 660
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top Ten people out of 471 seniors ~top 2.1% (my school doesn’t officially rank but I could be ranked between 1st and 10th)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish Lang (5) Calc AB (5) Euro (4) US History (3) Physics 1 (2, lol i didn’t report this)
IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered at my school
Senior Year Course Load: AP Macroeconomics, AP English Lang, AP Calc BC, AP US Gov, AP Stats, Religion (required at my school)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Merit Scholar, AP Scholar with Honor, other minor awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): swim team, water polo (freshman & sophomore year), Student government (Ambassador), NHS, CSF, minor clubs
Job/Work Experience: swim coach for 3 years
Volunteer/Community service: volunteered as a swim coach one summer and volunteered at church
Summer Activities: coaching job
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7, I found a typo after I sent it and my teacher who proofread it said it was good but not memorable and just ok for me
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 9, this recommendation is from my english teacher and I know she spent a lot of time on it so it’s probably really detailed. She helped me with my application essay and she was probably really positive
Teacher Rec #2: 10, my math teacher wrote this LOR and I know she really likes me, especially since I got a 5 on the AP test, and it was probably glowing
Counselor Rec: 10, my counselor said she put in a lot of effort on this and it was probably glowing
Additional Rec: I requested a letter of rec from my boss but he never sent it and I had to delete the request on common app, idk if this had an negative impact on my application
Interview: I was offered the chance to interview but I didn’t do it because it was far and could only be at a specific date and location

Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: religious & private
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: lower income
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection
Strengths: LORs, URM, rank, ?? I really thought I would be rejected since very few people are admitted from my school,
Weaknesses: test scores, my activities and awards weren’t that impressive
Why you think you were accepted: I showed demonstrated interest on their websites and portal and also applied for merit scholarships and my stats are probably better than most applicants from my school
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was accepted to University of San Diego (safety school) and deferred at Princeton. I applied to 19 schools so I am waiting to hear back from 17 schools :(( :))

[snaketail9]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

• [] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (740 CW, 760 M, 730 W, 11 Essay)
  [] ACT: 35 (36 E, 36 M, 33 R, 35 S)
  [] SAT II: 790 Math II, 780 Chemistry, 800 US History
  [] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.0
  [] Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): N/A
  [] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/219
  [] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC, Chem, Microecon, Macroecon, US History, World History, Comp Sci, Eng Lit, Psych, Physics C: Mech, US Gov, Stats (all 5s), Eng Lang (4), Bio (4)
  [] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
  [] Senior Year Course Load: Organic Chemistry, Modern (Euclidean) Geometry, AP French, AP European, AP Human Geo, Choir
  [] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): HiMCM Finalist

Subjective:

• [] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate (Captain), Mock Trial (Captain), NHS (President), Jazz Choir, Show Choir, All-State Chorus, Tennis
  [] Job/Work Experience: N/A
  [] Volunteer/Community service: Summer Camps at the Science Center (it’s basically my job)
  [] Summer Activities: Above
  [] Essays: I thought they were good. I used my common app essay about Show Choir for my extracurricular and I had a TON of people read them.
  [] Teacher Recommendation: My math teacher likes me and has had me since 8th grade but I don’t know if he would have gushed over me (8, maybe?), my English teacher ADORES me and wrote an amazing letter (9-10), my Debate coach said that I “change lives” (10)
  [] Counselor Rec: I go to a medium-sized school but I am on fairly good terms with my counselor because I take a lot of classes at the local college.
  [] Interview: I had my interview on campus when I visited. It was funny because my interviewer acted very similar to me and had a lot of the same interests (although he was a business major, so I guess we weren’t TOO similar).

Other

[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Chemistry
[] State (if domestic applicant): IA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: High
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I had A LOT of demonstrated interest. I have family in Saint Louis so I visit pretty much every time I come to town.[/li][/ul]

Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: Looking back, I think my interview actually went really well and I had solid test scores to back me up.
[] Weaknesses: I always felt that I could have done more volunteering but I really only had the time during the summer, when I got to work at the Science Center.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred: I think that I had really good test scores and grades and that I was able to show my personality really well through my essays and interview.[/li][/ul]

**General Comments: **“OMG, OMG, OMG” I got the Langsdorf Scholarship and when they called me a few weeks ago those were literally the first words I said to the dean of the school of Engineering. Probably not the most articulate way to express my excitement but holy crap was I excited. However, after receiving that amazing news, I actually heard back from a few other equally amazing colleges that I might need to take a look at before making my ultimate decision.

[Fortalimor]

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send.
ACT: 33
SAT II: Bio-M (780), Math II (730)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted: 4.43 (My school weights GPA a little differently)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/120
AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology (5), English Language (5), Calc AB (5), Statistics (4), APUSH (3), APHUG (3), AP Lit (3). (I took Lang, APHUG, and APUSH without having taken the classes because my counselor had extra tests on those days).
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental Science, Spanish, AP English Language, AP US Government and Politics, English 47A (Dual Enrollment), English 101 (Dual Enrollment), Biomedical Innovations, Medical Interventions,
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I guess if this counts? Under my leadership, our ACE Mentor team received an award for having the second-ranked project in the nation.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): So many, this list wouldn’t be complete. Key Club (Div. Sec, Pres, Sec), HOSA (VP, Sec), ACE Mentor (Pres, Sec, Treas), MedTech Academy (Pres, Rep x 2), Summer Tutoring Program (2-time volunteer), MUN (VP, Sec), Ambassadors (Pres), Another Ambassador Club, etc. it goes on and on.
Job/Work Experience: Kaiser Permanente Summer Youth Program (Worked 140 hours alongside physicians and nurses in an emergency room and spent 20 hours participating in health leadership seminars).
Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hours volunteering at summer tutoring program, the local food bank, and various other events as a member of Key Club.
Summer Activities: Spent a lot of time at the school campus helping staff with administrative work and also helped tutor kids/acted as a sort of camp counselor during a summer Freshman bridging program. Also worked in the local hospital, also conducting research on health insurance in the United States and how we could go about reducing healthcare costs by advocating for a single-payer health care system. Presented research to colleagues and supervisors at the end of my internship at the hospital.

Essays (rating 1-10, details):

Common App Essay: 9.9-10 I honestly don’t know lol. I must have spent forever drafting this essay and wow was it amazing. I discussed how my dad’s addiction to substance abuse had driven me to seek validation and appreciation at school. I then discussed how it drove me to advocate for my principal as she was about to be removed because of a change in our school’s leadership structure.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

AP Calc - 10/10. I waived FERPA, but he let me read it. It brought tears to my eyes it was absolutely amazing.
Honors Chemistry/Medical Interventions - Unknown. Haven’t read it, but I purposely chose this teacher because I struggled in her classes so much and I thought she could speak to my resilience.
Counselor - 10/10. Haven’t read it, but my counselor is the coolest person ever and we’re like best friends so it’s probably pretty amazing.
Principal - 7/10. She and I were amazing friends and I spoke out at a district board meeting to save her job. Her letter was kind of generic, but I think just having it improved the meaning of my common app essay.

Other

State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): United States
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Declined to state
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Low enough
Hooks (Athlete; first generation college, etc.): Cool af

Reflection

Strengths: Stood out at a less-than-average public school and am genuinely passionate about education. My essays were wonderful and my letters of rec were on point.
Weaknesses: Test scores could have been a bit better.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I don’t really think that my personality was a match for what WashU was looking for and I’m glad that they made the decision accordingly.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: I was accepted to Stanford REA (100000000% hella committed), UC Berkeley Regents, UC Santa Cruz, Cal Poly Pomona, and Cal Poly Slo. Waitlisted at WashU. Rejected from Northwestern.

General Comments: The college admissions process is honestly so random and weird. I think that as long as you’re a qualified applicant, the admissions officers care about making sure you’ll fit in at the institution you wind up attending. I’m absolutely in love with Stanford because it was my hella dream school so this rejection doesn’t mean much to me. If you were rejected and feel a loss in self-confidence for the upcoming ivy-day, don’t. Admissions decisions are random. Just because you weren’t accepted into WashU doesn’t mean that other universities don’t want you or that you weren’t qualified. It means that there were other candidates who would fit into WashU better.

[Rmcenx]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2400
ACT: 36
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank : top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 in World History, Comp Sci, US Gov, Calc AB+BC, French, Eng Lang, and a few others.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Made state honors orchestra 3 times, other various awards
Summer Activities: A few summer music camps
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: Math Teacher 9/10
Teacher Rec #2: English Teacher 10/10
Counselor Rec: 7/10

Other
State (if domestic applicant): TN
School Type: public
Intended Major: English

Reflection
Strengths: test scores and essays
Weaknesses: didn’t visit campus or have an interview

[tliu222]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2390 single sitting 800(CR) 800(W) 790(M)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 Math II 790 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): total of 11 APs by time I graduate - 5 in US History, Macro, Calculus BC, Chemistry, English Lang; 4 in Micro, World History
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Organic Chemistry, AP Spanish, AP Gov Pol, AP Physics I, AP English Lit; Orchestra
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, Journal Publication, few music awards (nothing much)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): UNICEF president/community service leader; orchestra (first violin); music school ensemble concertmaster; peer tutor/ private tutor; VP of Spanish club; Co-President of another club; member of teen advisory board at library
Job/Work Experience: private tutor
Volunteer/Community service: volunteering at children’s hospital; volunteer in blood center (junior summer); volunteer in chemotherapy treatment center (junior summer)
Summer Activities: volunteering at blood center and chemo center; research in project to correlate gene mutations to leukemias; observation in multiple cancer research labs; shadowed pathologist and oncologist
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 10/10 - wrote about why I was fascinated by medicine
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 9/10 - AP english teacher who really liked me (one of the few students who did well in her class)
Teacher Rec #2: 6/10 - AP chemistry teacher - I didn’t particularly stand out in his class
Counselor Rec: 10/10 - was super close to him (he wrote about why I would make a great physician)
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: went very well - clearly the interviewer absolutely loved Wash U and I guess some of that enthusiasm transferred to me!

Other
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: public school - one of the top 10 high schools in NJ (sends ~ 30 kids to ivies each year)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: ~ 300,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none haha

Reflection
Strengths: showed tons of interest (visited, went to info sessions, interviewed); scores; my essay
Weaknesses: did not write any scholarship essays (none of them really applied to me; one of my teacher recs; lack of awards
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my test scores and I showed a lot of interest!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Notre Dame Reilly Program; George Washington University (likely letter); Penn State; Waitlisted: Case Western (did not want consideration for undergrad after not getting PPSP interview); Rejected Northwestern (did not want consideration for undergrad after no HPME interview); still waiting for Duke, Brown, UPenn, Princeton, Stanford, Tufts, UNC, Vanderbilt, and Columbia

[kwgtehs]

Decision: Accepted

School of Engineering & Applied Science

Objective:

SAT I: N/A
ACT: 33 (superscored)
SAT II: 800 math; 750 chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 3%
AP (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: APES, AP English Lit, AP Stat, HL Chemistry, AP Physics 2, Computer Science, History
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): FRC Regional Winner

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FIRST Robotics, HOSA, Science Olympiad, TSA (President), Research at a local university
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, Key Club, Hospital Volunteering
Summer Activities: Research at NIH, Camp Counselor
Essays: 8/10
Teacher Recommendation: 10/10
Counselor Rec: No idea
Additional Rec: 10/10
Interview: 8/10

Other

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

Reflection

Strengths: grades/rigor, recs,
Weaknesses: Scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: a LOT of demonstrated interest

General Comments:

I was probably an average applicant with a sub-par ACT score. What tipped me over could be my high level of demonstrated interest (visited/interviewed, went to local info session, called, emailed throughout the year since around May last year). I worried about my scores hurting my admission but WashU seemed to be very holistic and gave me a chance.

[TheWaffleMan149]

[color=green]Decision: Accepted

School: Sam Fox (Architecture)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1980 (did not send)
ACT: 34 superscore
SAT II: 730 Math II, 720 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): somewhere in the top 10% lol
AP (place score in parenthesis): BC Calc 5: (AB Subscore 5), English Language: 4
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Macroeconomics, AP US Government and Politics, AP English Literature, AP Computer Science, and AP Physics E&M
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Honorable Mention (Drawing),
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity tennis, science olympiad, math league, few others
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: tutoring, volunteer at an elementary school, few other things
Summer Activities: several architecture summer programs
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8/10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: Did not read, calc teacher
Teacher Rec #2: Did not read, physics teacher for two years
Counselor Rec: Did not read
Additional Rec: I think it was good. I got one from a principal at a school where I volunteer. Difficult to rate, but she liked me!
Interview: None

Other
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
Strengths: Grades, possibly recs, possibly essays (since they are hard to rate)
Weaknesses: Lack of significant demonstrated interest,
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Case Western, Miami of Ohio (Honors), UVa, BU, University of Maryland (Honors), Northeastern (Honors), Waiting: Penn (deferred ED), UMich, Tufts, Harvard, Yale, Princeton

Extremely excited! Right now, WashU is one of my top two, along with UVa!

[nineteeth123]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2110 (reading 680 math 740 writing 690)
ACT: 31
SAT II: none
GPA (out of 4.0): weighted - 4.2857
Rank: 26 out of 183
AP: world history 3. Chinese 4. Environmental science 4. English language 4. Physics 3
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: ap psychology, ap statistics, English 4, ap
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): beta club, national honor society (Vice President), American Red Cross, HOSA, medical reserve corps, Chinese school, BPA
Job/Work Experience: no jobs
Volunteer/Community service: over 400 hours total. Hospital volunteer, Camp CAMP (volunteer at summer camp for children with autism), teachers assistant at Chinese school, national honor society and beta club service projects,
Summer Activities: hospital and camp CAMP volunteer summer after sophomore year
Essays (rating 1-10, details): wrote about how when I was younger I didn’t feel accepted by my black culture or my Asian culture and now I have found a middle way where I embrace both cultures. My English teacher really loved it but i would say it’s a 6,7, or 8
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: my English teacher writes great Rec letters in general
Teacher Rec #2: my AP calculus teacher (I’m not sure because I only used her because I didn’t know who else to ask…)
Counselor Rec: not sure. I’m pretty sure the counselors at my school write generic letters for everyone
Additional Rec:
Interview: no

Other
State (if domestic applicant): Texas
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public school (top 50 in the US and top public school in my city)
Ethnicity: black
Gender: female
Income Bracket: 75-95K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM - I listed my ethnicity as solely black

Reflection
Strengths: essay topic about being mixed and being from two very different cultures
Weaknesses: sat scores not even in the middle 50
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: many of my friends said it was affirmative action (eyeroll). Tbh tho, many of my more qualified classmates were waitlisted/rejected when my friend (she is black too and is actually ranked even lower than I am) were both accepted. Maybe I wasn’t accepted just because I’m black but I feel like my ethnicity gave me more leeway in the admission process.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected - accepted to UT Austin, Emory, Claremont McKenna, Tulane, Loyola Nola, OU, DePaul, Lewis&clark, USciences. Waitlisted at Pomona. Rejected to none.

[collegelyfelolol]

ACCEPTED

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 670 CR, 800 M, 730 W (2200 superscored)
ACT (breakdown): 29 (didn’t submit)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): lol: US History (660), Biology E (630), Math II (650)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school only releases weighted (3.96/5)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): nope
AP (place score in parentheses): US History (4), English Language (4), Calc AB (5), Physics 1 (3), US Government (3), Studio Art 2D (4)
IB (place score in parentheses): nope
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Calc BC, AP Bio, Writing Tutor, Econ/Health, Choir, Band
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, National Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar w/ Distinction

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):

• Band (4 years) (Drumline Co-Captain) (Pep Band Composer) (Oboist)
• Select Choir (3 years) (Male Leader)
• Drama Productions (3 years) (major and ensemble roles in plays in musicals)
• Swimming (4 years varsity) (Captain) (Competed in district meets in 10 and 11)
• Cross Country (4 years, 1 year varsity) (Captain)
• Student Council (3 years, Grade Rep 10-11, Executive Treasurer 12) (head homecoming committee, class fundraisers, organized a blood drive)

Job/Work Experience:

• Lifeguard/Learn-to-Swim Instructor (3 years during the summer)

Volunteer/Community Service:

• Cleveland Clinic Junior Ambassador (logged 87 hours)
• The director of our plays also said we can add on 25 hours per show for the musicals so I accumulated over 200 total

Essays (rating 1-10, details):

• Common App: I would honestly say a 7, I talked about my role as a team-player and how they are important to any group, but when I went back and read it it sounded really processed

Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): can’t read but I can make estimates

• Teacher 1: Physics teacher - great, I struggled in the class but she and I got along really well and she saw that I was a really devoted hard-worker
• Teacher 2: Sophomore English and Writing Internship teacher - pretty good I think, she’s always respected me and we get along really well too
• Counselor: I had my apps done relatively early so she gave me “priority consideration” whatever that means, but considering she had over 80 to write and I was in the office almost weekly, I’m optimistic
  Additional Rec: nope
  Interview: goodish, I thought I was sucking dick the whole time but I might’ve been saying the right stuff

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yis, but got nothing
State (if domestic applicant): OH
School Type: public top 100, class of 168
Ethnicity: Latino
Gender: XY
Income Bracket: ~250k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, lots of demonstrated interest

Reflection
Strengths: I’d like to say my personal qualities is probably taking the wheel on all of my apps, even though my EC’s aren’t spectacular, also there’s the commonality of “team-player good guy” throughout all parts of it, SAT as well
Weaknesses: GPA is low for my school, ECs aren’t spectacular, but I think they might see that I’m taking advantage of everything.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Honestly came as a shock, but I guess I was just a good fit. I’d like to think they appreciate somebody who’s willing to admit they aren’t hot shit instead of building up this whole image. Also I showed a lot of interest.

Where else you are applying or have already applied: accepted at UVM (honors), OSU, DePaul (honors), USC (SoCal), waiting on Georgetown and Columbia (fingers crossed!)

General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Congrats to everyone who was accepted! I know a bunch of you juniors are gonna eat this up like candy like I did, but all it does is stress you out. Just take a breath, give it your best shot, and know that it wasn’t meant to be if you don’t get into your dream school. You’ll be successful in ways that you just don’t know yet, and go on to do great things at some other place. Be optimistic, but realistic!

[yelpet98]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Never taken
ACT: 34 Composite (35 E, 34 S, 33 R, 32 M, 24 W)
SAT II: Never taken
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/~300
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calculus AB (5), AP English Lang. and Comp. (4), AP European History (4), AP Biology (4), AP US Government and Politics (3), AP English Lit. and Comp. (currently taking)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load:
First Term: Biology II, College US History (DE), Wind Ensemble, ROTC College Finance (DE)
Second Term: AP English Lit. and Comp. (AP), French II, Wind Ensemble, College Physics (DE)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I’m not really sure what counts as this, so I’m just going to put what I feel is appropriate. National Merit Commended Student, AP Scholar with Distinction, Three-Year State Literary Rally Qualifier, 1st Place District Rally in French, Louisiana Boys State Delegate, Three-Year LMEA District VIII Honor Band

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching and Concert Band (Principal Flutist [12th], Section Leader [11th], Band Captain [12th]), Octagon Club (Vice President [11th], President [12th]), AFJROTC (2nd Lieutenant), Student Council (Senator), A Capella, National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Beta Club, French Club
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Various activities through band, NHS, Beta, Octagon, and ROTC adding up to around 500 service hours. Multiple outside-of-school activities adding up to around 200 hours.
Summer Activities: Vacation Bible School Mentor, George N. Parks Drum Major Academy, Louisiana Boys State
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7-8/10 for the Common App essay; it was alright, just had a few errors
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 10/10 from Calculus teacher. Outstanding recommendation about a wide variety of topics.
Teacher Rec #2: ?/10 from AP Lang teacher. I never got to see it, but she really liked me so I assume it was pretty awesome.
Counselor Rec: 7/10, had a few mistakes in it that made it seem a bit lower quality, but content wise was pretty good.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other
State (if domestic applicant): Louisiana
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 150k-170k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflection
Strengths: Wide variety of extracurriculars and clubs along with many leadership positions, high test scores and GPA, high amounts of service
Weaknesses: No work experience, not too many APs (my school didn’t allow anyone under 11th grade to take APs until recently, so I did what I could)
Why you think you were accepted: Probably because of being well-rounded in both academics and extracurriculars. May also help that I managed to be nationally competitive despite attending a lower-quality, non-competitive school.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Rice University, Southern Methodist University (Honors), University of Notre Dame, Louisiana State University (Honors, won’t attend)
Waitlisted: None
Rejected: Vanderbilt University
Pending: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

[soliloquy_v]

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (740CR 770M 640W)
ACT:
SAT II: 700 Biology E, 780 Math Level 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): not offered
IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
Senior Year Course Load: international student from Kazakhstan - we do not choose our courses, we have about 20 compulsory subjects
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):N/A

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Vegan Society of Astana (founder), Debate Club member (several achievements), Competitive College Club by EducationUSA (group leader, social media manager), Member of a kobyz (Kazakh national instrument) ensemble (graduated from a musical school, won several international competitions), Nanotechnology Club member
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: 500+ hours of volunteering
Summer Activities: volunteering
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7, I guess.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 8/10, but I think they were a bit generic
Teacher Rec #1: 8/10, my English teacher wrote it and she loves me
Teacher Rec #2: 8/10, Biology teacher
Counselor Rec: I don’t think it was good, he doesn’t know me very well, 6/10
Additional Rec: EducationUSA adviser wrote it, 10/10
Interview: did not have one

Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Kazakhstan
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Kazakh
Gender: female
Income Bracket: less than 10k, pretty average for my country
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, I guess

Reflection
Strengths: GPA, ECs
Weaknesses: my test scores and essay
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: international student who needs a lot of financial aid? idk
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: waitlited: prefer not to answer

[puglyduckling]

Decision: Accepted
College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Never taken
ACT: 31 Composite (33 E, 26 M, 35 R, 30 S)
SAT II: Never taken
GPA (out of 4.0): UW: 3.87 W:4.55
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/489
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP U.S. History (5), AP English Lang. (4), AP European History (3), AP Biology (4), AP Art History (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Honors Physics, AP Psychology, AP English Lit, AP U.S. Government, DE Calculus

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society (president), Beta Club (Secretary), FBLA, Model UN (vice president), Knowledge Bowl, and Head Mat Girl
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: I volunteer frequently with my local humane society, socializing and training injured/abused animals to get them ready for adoption. Various volunteer opportunities throughout the year through NHS and Beta (blood drives, food drives, etc.) Through a local hispanic/latino organization, I help translate for and teach English to new immigrants. I also tutor failing seniors and juniors after school or during my lunch period.
Summer Activities: ^^^ and I sometimes help my mom at work (she cleans houses)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9/10; I chose the “moment in your life where you became an adult” prompt, very personal, I was afraid it would be too personal for admissions, but I guess it worked. I’ve had three colleges send me an additional letter or card praising me for sharing my experience and learning from it.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1 and #2: 10/10 for both. I got my APUSH and AP Lang teachers from last year to write them, I’m really close with both of them and TA for them this year. They both let me read their recommendations and I thought they were great.
Counselor Rec: 8/10, I didn’t get to read it, but I’ve known this counselor longer than just four years and she knows me pretty well.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other
State (if domestic applicant): TN
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes, I received a full ride through financial aid ($68,000 w/ work study)
Intended Major: Biology or Anthropology (Pre-Med Track)
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <15,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation college, first generation american

Reflection
Strengths: My dedication to my community and volunteer work, my essay, and my recommendations
Weaknesses: My ACT score isn’t the best and I didn’t ask for an interview. No work experience either. AP scores could be better. I’m only taking five classes my senior year.
Why you think you were accepted:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Cornell, WASHU, Boston College, Emory, Rice, Baylor, Case Western, Rhodes
Waitlisted: Vanderbilt
Rejected: Johns Hopkins
Pending: Columbia and Tufts

[aBitOfLuck]

Decision: Accepted SEAS

Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): C 2330 (CR800/M770/WR760) (once)
[] ACT (breakdown): C35 (E36/R35/M35/S35; W32) (once)
[] SAT II: 800s Math II and Chemistry, 770 Spanish w/o Listening
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
[] AP (place score in parentheses): All 5s: US History, English Language, World History, Calculus BC, Chemistry, English Literature, European History, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Spanish Language, US Government
Enrolled in AP Biology this year
[] IB (place score in parentheses): none yet; taking all exams this year
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB Biology HL/AP Biology, IB Chemistry HL, IB English A Lit HL, IB Spanish B HL, IB Math HL, IB History SL, IB Computer Science SL
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist (Semifinalist on application), AIME Qualifier last year, US Senate Youth Program Alternate this year[/li]
[/list]Subjective:
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):[/li]Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout), Chess Club (President two years), Math Club (President), Key Club (President), XC (Captain), Spanish Club (Treasurer), Robotics Club (Secretary two years), Student Council, NHS, Linguistics Club

[li] Job/Work Experience: two summers (2014 and 2015) working in an industrial QA lab[/li]
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Nothing huge: summers volunteering at a local recycling center, local restorative justice program for teens, etc.[/li]
[li] Summer Activities: summer work, recycling center, a couple of summer programs[/li]
[li] Essays:[/li]Personal Essay: 9/10, I described a unique (and rather entertaining) tale of an ancestor’s exploits and how all the men in my family, myself included, seem to exhibit that ancestor’s audacity

[li] Teacher Recommendation:[/li]

1: Honors Physics and AP/IB Chemistry teacher: 10/10, I didn't read it but does he know how to make someone sound good!

2: History teacher; 8/10, possibly generic but I think more likely 10/10; we talk about politics and history a lot lol

[li] Counselor Rec: 10/10 new counselor but very supportive[/li]
[li] Additional Rec: 8/10 my EE supervisor (was used for scholarships that I didn’t get )[/li]
[li] Interview: 4/10 I get an “A” for effort, but I came off as awkward.[/li]
[li] Supplementary Material: n/a[/li]
[/list]Other
[]Intended major: ChemE in Engineering
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[] State (if domestic applicant): the Mother of Vice Presidents (Schuyler Colfax, anyone?)
Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: relatively competitive public charter
[] Ethnicity: White bread
[] Gender: XY
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): See FA
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nada nada, limonada

[/list]Reflection
[] Strengths: strong grades and test scores, essay
[] Weaknesses: no truly impressive extracurriculars
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my essay was good, and the fact that I visited, interviewed, and applied for scholarships demonstrated interest.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Stanford (REA), Notre Dame (w/likely letter), Cornell Engineering, Brown, safeties
Waitlisted: Penn, Case Western (lol—this was supposed to be a safety!), Harvard (this shouldn’t have happened—I’m not near worthy!)
Rejected: Princeton

[/list]**General Comments: **

I probably won’t go, but I wish the best of those who do!

Advice to future applicants: show interest! Visit! I have friends who were put on the wait list and I think their lack of demonstrated interest could be why. Also, consider ED if and ONLY if it is your definitive first choice and merit scholarships are not a factor in your decision.

[CollegeW20]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (800 M, 720 CR, 730 W)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 Bio M, 790 Math 2, 780 World History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/557
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on Wld History, Calc AB, Biology, US History, English Lang
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Spanish Cult and Lang, AP English Lit and Comp, AP Physics 1, Drawing and Painting, Econ/Gov
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Eagle Scout (Former Senior Patrol Leader and other various positions), United Sciences (Secretary), Science Olympiad (Member), Varsity Water Polo (Captain), Varsity Swimming (Member), High Schools Against Cancer (President), California Scholarship Federation (Class Secretary), National Honor Society, My High School’s 20 member Senior Honor Society
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Various boy scouting projects and activities
Summer Activities: Medical project in Ecuador, Shadowing and some research at comprehensive cancer center
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 9
I was pretty active in my AP Biology class, so I assume she wrote well-written recommendation.
Teacher Rec #2: 9
My APUSH teacher writes very well and he is known to give outstanding letters of recommendation.
Counselor Rec: 9? I come from a relatively large class size, but I knew my counselor better than most.
Additional Rec: 9 This one was from my HS swim coach
Interview: 10 I interviewed on campus. My interviewer was a student who mostly talked about his experiences, and I had a relatively productive conversation with him about how I could be involved in the school. Coincidentally he had the same major and pre-professional emphasis as I intend to have.

Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 200,000 +
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
Strengths: My grades, AP scores SAT II scores are very high, and I have a myriad of extracurriculars. Many of my activities were related to my intended major which is biology. I am very blessed to have the opportunities and experiences that I have had that not only made me a stronger applicant but also a stronger character and person than I originally was.
Weaknesses: I’m a very stereotypical applicant in that I’m applying for biology with a pre-professional emphasis on medicine. There are many like me in terms of career plans and desires. My SAT score could be stronger in critical reading. My writing score SHOULD be higher since I missed three questions which actually takes 4 raw points away due to the 1/4 rule. If I had missed 2 questions, I would’ve only had 2 raw points taken away. The one question cost me about 40 points on the overall score, but it’s okay.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I was accepted to WUSTL because of my generally high stats in terms of GPA and sat 2 scores. WUSTL is highly regarded for its pre-med program, so possibly, I just fit their type. Honestly, college decisions have a degree of luck, so that could have played a role, but I am very happy to have been accepted to such a great university.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted: Johns Hopkins, Notre Dame, University of Southern California, UC Berkeley, UCLA, University of Michigan-- Ann Arbor, Brandeis, UC San Diego, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, Occidental

Waitlisted: University of Pennsylvania, Cornell, Rice, Vanderbilt, Claremont McKenna, Case Western

Rejected: Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, Pomona, Northwestern

[NickDS]

Is every admitted student invited to multicultural?

[CarepDeim12]

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