<p>The other thread is too cluttered, this one is just going to be who got accepted/deffered/turned down amongst early decision applicants. I'm using the formatting from last year and posting the code so you all can have at it :]</p>
<p>I might as well start this from last year. To make this work, remove the spaces from the tags. (the code is at the bottom of the post)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted: College of Art</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 770CR, 800M, 770W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 Math I, 720 US Hist.
[<em>] ACT: Did not take
[</em>] GPA: 4.098 W
[<em>] Rank: Top 10%
[</em>] Other stats: IB Diploma Programme Candidate, Participated in Portfolio Plus Summer Program at Wash U
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Flawless... I hope
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great, one was written by a Wash U faculty member.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Generic I guess, hopefully said how much I liked the school.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Smart, artistic, minority with demonstrated interest and great extra curricular activities.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Northern Virginia
[</em>] School Type: Small public with the IB Programme
[<em>] Ethnicity: Latino/ Puerto Rican
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Not Sure
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: They payed for my plane to go to discovery weekend even though money is not a problem in my family. They wanted me badly I guess.
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Go Wash U!</p>
<p>Copy and paste what is below and remove the spaces after the opening bracket.
[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision: [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I:
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT
[ *] GPA:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>
<p>Deferred. It seems that most Summer Scholars were this year. Strange. My twin brother was accepted and we almost have identical stats. I outweigh him extracurricularly, but he has an advantage on a few standardized tests. I though WUSTL was more wholistic.</p>
<p>Accepted into College of Liberal Arts & Sciences</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: None
[</em>] SAT IIs: None
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] GPA: 4.3 W
[<em>] Rank: Top 5%
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Spent 2 days on it…
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Very good, they almost wrote essays, with very good points.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very good.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Lots of ECs w/ being a President and VP, asian, 1 sport
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: IL
[</em>] School Type: Well Known and Funded
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Basically portrayed to them that I will work hard…
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I improved immensely from freshman year of high school, going from top 25% to top 5%… I’m involved in volunteering and community service. Also, took a lot of science classes for Pre-med.
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congratz to others. Hit me up and we can become friends <em>cough</em>… haha
Hope you see you all there!</p>
<p>accepted college of arts and sciences!!! i went down there and bought a sweatshirt today! it still hasn’t really hit me yet…but i don’t feel like studying for finals now. congrats to everyone else who got in!! and for those deferred…don’t lose hope - as an ED candidate you have an edge in terms of interest over those RD.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted! College of Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 750CR, 770M, 790W.
[</em>] SAT IIs: didnt submit
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] GPA: 4.468 W
[<em>] Rank: 18/430
[</em>] Other stats: PSAT: 220, National Merit
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: funny and pretty good, I thought
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Incredible. My counselor told me I was my english teacher’s favorite student of all time.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: fantastic as always. we have a great counselor
[</em>] Hook (if any): smart, witty, great leader, Eagle Scout, demonstrated interest
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Vestavia Hills, Alabama
[</em>] School Type: Public, 1700 students
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Leadership and humor. weakness: calculus bc grade haha.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: lots of interest and fantastic recs. I kept email correspondence with my regional admissions counselor and got to know her personally.
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
YAYYYYYYYYYYYYY =)))</p>
<p>It was the Summer Scholars Session B (also in Lopata, third floor). I took art and architecture history along with introduction to film and documentary production.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 33 (35 E/29 M/33 R/35 S)
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.66
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.7 on a 5.0 scale
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 83/430 (18th percentile)
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): AP Biology 3, AP US History 3
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP European History, AP Calculus AB, AP Chemistry, AP English Literature, Anatomy and Physiology (through a local university), Spanish II
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I won the Dean’s Leadership award at their High School Summer Scholars Program Session B this summer.[/ul] </p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Track (9th), Science Olympiad (11th, leadership 12th), Gardening Club (Vice president 12th), founder and president Philosophy Club (12th)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 45 service learning hours for mentoring freshmen my senior year
[</em>] Summer Activities: High School Summer Scholars Program[/ul]</p>
<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Common App Main: Around a 7? (Atlas Shrugged, how much I’ve changed since my 10th grade year)
[</em>] EC Short Answer: 6-8, Philosophy Club
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: 8-9
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Did not see, but should be very strong
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Did not see but should be strong
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: Went well[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Missouri
[</em>] School Type: Large public high school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: <$20000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Possibly first generation, that’s a complicated story. I had a friend at the university that I put down as a friend on the supplement.[/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[li] Strengths: I was the only student out of eighty to get chosen for the leadership award and its accompanying $500 scholarship. I come from a poor household of 5. My ACT score was slightly above average for WashU. I have a strong upward trend starting my junior year in both grades and course difficulty. My essay was read by a professor that teaches courses on writing personal essays for graduate schools, and she made few corrections and thought it was strong on the whole. I’ve taken 11 college level classes (7 AP) with mostly As.[/li][li] Weaknesses: My class rank and my lack of extracurriculars, although I tried to explain that in my counselor’s rec and other areas as having no transportation and having to help a lot around the house my sophomore and junior years. My first quarter my senior year I had an A- in AP European History and a B+ in Anatomy and Physiology.[/li][li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: See weaknesses. I thought they would overlook those in light of my junior and senior years, as well as my performance at their program, but apparently not (or they found some other reason to turn me down). [/li][li] What would you have done differently?: Not much I could do differently aside from turning back time to my sophomore year. I would’ve written them a letter of interest, but by the time I thought of this it would’ve been too late to mail it.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments: It didn’t really bother me that much to see that I was deferred. WashU was my dream school, but it didnt crush me. I guess all of that stoic philosophy came in handy haha. It was disappointing to see that their dean of the summer school’s “very highest recommendation” didn’t carry much weight, and I probably won’t even get to use the scholarship they gave me. As was said earlier in this thread, very few seem to have been accepted from HSSP Session B. Only two that I know of have been accepted, including the brother of the person that posted earlier.</p>
<p>Posting for my son Decision: Accepted College of Arts & Sciences!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: Didn’t submit 2220 (710 CR, 710 M, 800 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 USH, 750 Math 2
[<em>] ACT: 35 (34 R, 35 E, 35 M, 36 S)
[</em>] GPA: 3.5 UW, 4.2 W
[<em>] Rank: Top 10%
[</em>] Other stats: APs: 4 US Gov, 5 Eng Comp, 5 USH, taking 4 this year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:
[</em>] Teacher Recs:
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Generic
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: Suburban public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Decent ECs (theater, mock trial), and some reasonable awards
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: High ACT/Top 10% rank in ED, good fit
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Very excited! Good luck in the RD round for everyone who was deferred.</p>
<p>Copy and paste what is below and remove the spaces after the opening bracket. Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: did not take
[</em>] SAT IIs: did not send
[<em>] ACT: 31 (E=35, M=30, R=32, S=27)
[</em>] GPA: UW 3.70, W 4.5
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] Other stats: ap scores: 4,4,5
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: they were good. proofread and such.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: sent them two. both from teachers who have taught me in more than one class and have known me for a while.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: average
[</em>] Hook (if any): summer scholars program at washu (guess that didn’t help) got an A/B+ in my classes there.
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Illinois
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: middle eastern
[</em>] Gender: m
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: i’m not sure. i thought ED was supposed to help out your chances. my interview went well too. and i’m currently in 5 ap classes and have taken a total of 10 throughout hs.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[/ul][ b]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: whatever</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted Olin School of Business **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 800 Reading, 720 Math, 800 Writing, 9 essay
[</em>] SAT IIs: didn’t send
[<em>] ACT: 34 (36 math, 36 writing, 35 reading, 30 science; 8 essay)
[</em>] GPA: 4.2 weighted, unweighted idk but probably around 3.7
[<em>] Rank: 7% in a class of a little over 300
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit Semi-Finalist, AP Government 4, AP Chem 3 (ahhaahaa), taking 5 AP’s this year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were really good, so did my AP English teacher and my friends who read them
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One was from a teacher who I had for 4 yrs and knows me like a mother, the other was from a junior year teacher and probably good but not anything outstanding
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good, she knows me well
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Cross-Country, Tennis, All-State Orchestra for 4 years, other orchestras, Investing Club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: I spent the summer making sandwiches, I now sell clothes lmao
[</em>] Hook (if any): My dad works at WashU, if that helps
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MO
[</em>] School Type: Suburban Public, pretty competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian American
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: > $200,000
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: My grades honestly aren’t spectacular, I have countless B’s
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Because I applied ED[/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted College of Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 710 reading, 720 writing, 730 math
SAT IIs: 740 math 1, 690 math 2
ACT: 33
GPA: 4.01
Rank: school doesn’t rank, but definitely in the top 10%
Other stats: AP Gov. 5, national merit semi-finalist </p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: I got help on them from a tutor (I hate writing haha) and she said that she thinks it was very good
Teacher Recs: hopefully amazing!! one from my junior year math teacher, one from my junior year lit teacher who is extremely bright (went to Harvard)
Counselor Rec: Good
Extracurriculars: tennis, co-president and co-founder of my school’s alex’s lemonade stand club, member of service board, held many positions in USY, tutor at a school in west philadelphia</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: PA
School Type: Suburban Public, competitive
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: My grades aren’t incredible (i don’t get all a’s), but I have a lot of great extracurriculars and i have taken the hardest classes offered </p>
<p>congrats to everyone that got accepted and good luck to all those that were deferred. can’t wait class of 2014!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted: School of Engineering & Applied Science</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 690CR, 780M, 750W (2220)
SAT IIs: 790 US Hist., 780 Bio M, 750 Chem, 700 Math II
ACT: 33
GPA: 4.93 W
Rank: Top 4% (That’s all my school is allowed to reveal)
Other stats: AP Scholar with distinction, National Commended Scholar, pretty decent ECs. </p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Really unique, or so I have been told.
Teacher Recs: Probably really good.
Counselor Rec: Not sure.
Hook (if any): Alpaca-raising cheerleader and trapeze artist who wants to become a professor of engineering. </p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Southern California
School Type: Relatively large public School
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Most people from my area who get into Wash U don’t go, so I was nervous I’d be rejected for that reason. That’s another reason why I applied ED. I wanted to show that I wanted to go there. A strength: I sent in my preapplication data sheet in July and I sent in my common app very early. I think that makes an applicant seem more serious, organized and motivated
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I am not exactly sure. I would love to know why though</p>
<p>Other Factors: I had pretty decent extracurriculars and a good amount of school honors and awards.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations to all of you who will be joining me at Washington University this fall! I am honored to be a part of your class and I look forward to meeting (some of) you!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted: College of Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 710M 690CR 700W (2100) (did not submit)
SAT IIs: 750 Chem 700 Math II
ACT: 34
GPA: 3.96 UW
Rank: N/A
Other stats: AP Gov 5, AP World 5, AP Chem 3, 5 APs this year, Good ECs</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Fairly strong I think.
Teacher Recs: Good?
Counselor Rec: Not sure.
Extracurriculars: Self taught pianist, violinist, guitarist, vocalist; Strolling Strings; Mock Trial; DECA; Quiz Bowl
Work: I work at a molecular biology lab at the Medical School doing PCR’s and DNA cloning.
Hook: My father is on faculty.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: MO
School Type: Small Public (less than 10 mi from WashU)
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: M
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Low test scores.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I have strong ties to the University already (father works there, I work there).
Other Factors: I had my boss send an extra email rec to the admission’s office.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I look forward to seeing all of you next year!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2170
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 (Chem)/800 (Bio-M)/750 (Math)
[<em>] ACT: Did not take
[</em>] GPA: 4.43 W; 3.87 UW
[<em>] Rank: Top 15%
[</em>] APs: six 5s (Bio, Chem, US Gov, Macroeco, Calc BC, Psyc), two 4s (Eng Lang, USH)
[<em>] Other stats: Most rigorous course load, CBE’d out easy courses with 4.0
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Personally, loved it
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Confident were good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Okay, I think
[<em>] Hook (if any): URM, first generation, childhood in 3rd world country
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: TX
[<em>] School Type: Public (Top 100)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian, Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Tons of community service hours, volunteer abroad experience
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: [/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats everyone who got in and good luck if you got deferred. I am very anxious about next year and a bit concerned about my financial situation…</p>
i went down there and bought a sweatshirt today! it still hasn’t really hit me yet…but i don’t feel like studying for finals now. congrats to everyone else who got in!! and for those deferred…don’t lose hope - as an ED candidate you have an edge in terms of interest over those RD.</p>