<p>Throughout my college search, Washington and Lee has been my "dream school." I just turned in my ED app for DePauw into my CC office at school, and I fear I may have made a mistake. Here are my stats:</p>
<p>*3.0 GPA un-weighted
*No class rank
*32 ACT
*660 on Math 1C and Writing (need to take a third, US history didnt turn out too great)
*Lots of extra cirics. co-chair of Campus Republicans, head of a community service organization, and I am on the StuCo comm. service board. I also co-founded my school's weekly newscast (I want to major in journalism).
*I played water polo for two years. I am managing the polo team this year. I have also swum on the swim team for three years, and will swim again this season.</p>
<p>I know that my GPA is low. Consider, however, that I go to a very competitive high school (Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day (MICDS)). My transcript also shows obvious signs of improvement. </p>
<p>Thus past summer, I was in the journalism program at W&L's Summer Scholars and received very good evaluations (in the top two or three of my classes) from my professors (two of whom are long-time mainstays). One of my professors took a particular liking to me, and visa versa. I sat down with him in private and explained that my academic record was "improving", but I was extremely interested in coming to Washington and Lee as a student. He promised to "do what he could" to see that I would return (i.e. write a letter).</p>
<p>Until a recent second visit to DePauw University, my plan was to apply under ED2 to W&L. From my first visit to DePauw, however, I knew that I would love the school. Thus, I decided to apply ED to DePauw, as I stand a much better chance (every student from my school with my numbers has been accepted and MICDS sends at least 2 kids to DePauw nearly every year). I also felt that DePauw's communications department seemed a little more professional than W&L's journalism department. W&L has a more prestigious reputation and is held in high regard, however. This has caused me to question my decision to make DePauw my first choice.</p>
<p>A good friend of mine has an uncle (also another MICDS parent) who attended W&L, so I can have a letter written for me on behalf of an alum, though I doubt this will have any impact.</p>
<p>Soo, let met get to the point. Do you feel I made the right decision (I'ts not quite too late to change my mind)? Given my background and my previous experience with W&L, do you think I have enough of a chance for me to think about giving it a shot?</p>