<p>Stats:
SAT I: 800R 680M 750W
SAT IIs: USH 800, Espanol 690, Math (1? 2? don't really remember) 620
ACT I didn't take it
Rank: My school is far too politically correct to rank
Other stats: APUSH: 5, AP Macroecon: 4
Essays: pretty good
Teacher Recs: decent, I thought
Counselor Rec: didn't see it
Hook (if any): my older brother is a sophmore at Wash U in Olin. family ties and whatnot. </p>
<p>State or Country: Massachusetts
School Type: wicked (yep, i just said wicked) competitive public school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: I'm good at english/history type subjects, I have a strong interest in IR, but I'm not so fond of math/science (that's putting it rather lightly)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: not really sure, I think i was a decent candidate with a good resume</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Washu is one of my top choices so I was really pumped when I found out i got in!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2230 (CR - 800, Math - 690, Writing - 740)
[</em>] SAT IIs: US History - 710, Literature - 790
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] GPA: 4.1/5.0
[<em>] Rank: my school doesn't rank
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar, lots of AP's (all 4's and 5's)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: great
[</em>] Hook (if any): none that I can think of
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Indiana
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White, Jewish
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: I don't think I excel in one particular area, but I'm pretty well rounded
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: applied for scholarships = showed interest
[/ul]Other Factors: ? General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: The admissions decisions for Wash U are really a crapshoot. I'm really happy I got in and will definatly consider attending, but its really hard to figure out why some people get accepted and others don't. Regardless, congrats to everyone to got in, and good luck to everyone on waitlist!</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!!!
Stats:
SAT I: 2400
SAT IIs: none
ACT: 35
GPA:4.0 Unweighted
Rank: don't rank
Other stats: National Merit Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction/ Siemens Competition Semifinalist/ Science Olympiad State 1st place; Swimming 3rd place at State; President of three clubs; 300 hours of volunteering; 6th in the nation in the National French Contest</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: hopefully interesting
Teacher Recs: same
Counselor Rec: don't know... my counselor didn't even know me
Hook (if any): Research</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Michigan
School Type: Competitive public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Overall academic well-roundedness and excellence
General Comments: Too bad i'm too poor to attend, especially after seeing financial offer just today</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I: CR: 790 W: 760 M: 620 (I know...)
[ *] SAT IIs: USHist: 730, Lit: 740, French: 700, Bio: 640, Chem: 690
[ *] ACT: didn't submit
[ *] GPA: 3.95
[ *] Rank: my school doesn't rank
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Good, emotional
[ *] Teacher Recs: Fantastic
[ *] Counselor Rec: Should be good
[ *] Hook (if any): classical Indian dance
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: New York
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Indian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: I didn't show a lot of demonstrated interest, or whatever it's called.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I had a low grade or two on my transcript
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: It didn't kill me to be waitlisted. I expected a rejection.[ /b]</p>
<p>just because some people were asking, i dont really know how others would have shown interest, but I sent them some of my newspaper articles that I wrote for the school newspaper, and I applied to 3 of their scholarships... they might have considered that "showing interest".</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT I: 800 CR, 800 W, 630 M</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 660 Math, 730 US History, 740 Spanish</li>
<li>ACT: n/a</li>
<li>GPA: 90/100</li>
<li>Rank: school doesn't rank</li>
<li>Other stats: AP US History: 5, AP English Language: 5, AP Spanish Language: 5, National Merit Commended</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: i was happy with it, i worked very hard on it</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: one from a teacher who saw strong work soph-jr year, another who saw improvement jr. - sr. year</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: no idea?</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Texas!</li>
<li>School Type: Private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Caucasian</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Strength would probably be extracurriculars, weakness- anything involving math</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 740 CR, 800 M, 800 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIc, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA: 4.448 W/4.0 UW
[<em>] Rank: 4/372
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: having second thoughts :/
[</em>] Teacher Recs: idk good like everyone else?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: ^^^
[</em>] Hook (if any): USSYP, science bowl champ, we the people champ, speech champ, student council treasurer
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Nebraska
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: transcript, scores, ec's,...idk.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: who knows nowadays?
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
not to sound cocky, but i hope one of you highly-qualified waitlisted people gets my spot if i find out i got into an ivy on monday.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted
ACT:35
SATII:Math I 780, Math II 780, Physics 780, Chem 760
GPA ~ 3.85 UW, 4.3 W
Class rank: 38/377</p>
<p>Essays: I assume they were good
Recs: Two very good teachers, so I assume decent recommendations, counselor isn't so who knows what I got out of her</p>
<p>School: Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male</p>
<p>ECs: 300 hrs. volunteer at free clinic, 50 hours at local temple, 30 hours tutoring, went to summer schools at Northwestern University, Brown University, Track and Cross Country 3 years each, state science fair, state knowledge bowl, state science olympiad x2, math league 4 years</p>
<p>Other thoughts:
i slacked a lot senior year, thought i could scuff by but apparently not</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 670 CR, 710 M, 720 W (2100)
SAT IIs: 760 Math IIc, 690 Math Ic
GPA: 3.88 UW/4.85 W
Rank: 7/485</p>
<p>Other stats:</p>
<p>Essays: spent a lot of time on these
Teacher Recs: very very good
Counselor Rec: also very good</p>
<p>Hook (if any): heavy computer science background and competition awards, summer community service programs</p>
<p>ECs: captain of tennis team, president of economics club, website coordinator/techie for nhs as well as school newspaper, computer science 1st place state awards multiple years...etc </p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Connecticut
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Comments: Was rejected from Williams, Brown, and Penn RD, and deferred and rej. from Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 670 CR, 800 M, 690 W
SAT IIs: 800 Math IIc, 760 Math Ic, 750 Physics, 720 Chemistry
ACT:
GPA: 4.35 Weighted
Rank: 21/337
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: how I went through 9/11
Teacher Recs: great
Counselor Rec: great
Hook (if any): I really don't know...
Location/Person:
State or Country: New Jersey
School Type: Competitivepublic
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: GPA relatively decent, SAT decent
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: extra portfolio I sent in.
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm stuck between CMU and WashU.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 2270
SAT IIs: 800 math 2, 690 chem, 710 lit
ACT: 33
GPA: 3.8 unweighted</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: pretty good
Teacher Recs: didn't see them, but probably good
Counselor Rec: same
Hook (if any): not really any</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: hawaii
School Type: private
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: female
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: i was actually really surprised... definitely didn't see this coming. maybe because i expressed early interest/ went to discovery weekend?</p>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: congrats guys! now i just gotta choose between wustl and cmu......</p>
<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED to the College of Arts and Sciences *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I:2250
[</em>] SAT IIs:770 USH, 740 Lit
[<em>] ACT 33
[</em>] GPA: 3.9/4.0
[<em>] Rank: school doesnt rank so it wasn't included on anything sent to WashU, but I'm second in my class
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: great
[</em>] Teacher Recs: great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: great - she actually worked with me on a project and was able to highlight it as part of my app
[</em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Florida
[</em>] School Type: private
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: ♂[/li][</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: strong ECs, no state/national awards though
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: great essay, great recs, and I was able to meet my reader and ask him questions in a private information session at my school, which probably helped. I actually saw him at a college fair and he remembered my name. It was really the only way I expressed "interest" in WashU beyond my (terrible) interview. [/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone who was admitted!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2170 (800M, 730CR, 640W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 Bio E, 780 US History, 650 Spanish w/o Listening
[<em>] ACT: 35 (35 Writing, 35 Math, 32 Reading, 36 Science)
[</em>] GPA: 4.00 UW, 5.21 W (out of 6)
[<em>] Rank: 1/495
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good (One person said best in hundred he read)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Probably Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably Good
[</em>] Hook (if any): Extensive Summer Work (Internship and SSP)
[/ul] Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: North Carolina
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: South Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: My ACT and grades were good; My SAT writing was pretty bad. My extracurriculars were okay.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I just fit into WUSTL's stats nicely, and I had some things which (I think) made me stand out a bit.
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: First decision from a private college!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 2050 (750M, 630CR, 670W)
SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 Phy, 690 Chemistry
GPA: 3.5
Rank: top 5%
Other stats:</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Pretty Simple
Teacher Recs: I imagine very good.
Counselor Rec: Probably good
Hook (if any): </p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Nepal
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: South Asian
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Weaknesses: International student needing financial aid, Not so good GPA.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Same as above
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>