Mine started with, “We regret to inform you…”. I am so sad WashU was my top choice school
I only saw the message “ the day has finally come “ directs to webpage. No package. He will check later.
Rejected too 
Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1500
ACT (breakdown): 35 (I think it was 36 reading, 32 science, 35 in the others?)
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (weighted 4.38
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 (but so are like 70 other people, it’s weird)
AP (place score in parenthesis): US Gov (5), World History (4), BC Calc (4) AB Calc subscore (5), Stats (TBD)
IB (place score in parenthesis): French HL, Psychology SL, Philosophy SL (5), English HL, Mathematics SL (6), Biology HL, TOK
Senior Year Course Load: The IB classes, AP Stats, Chamber Orchestra
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi-Finalist, national essay scholarship recipient
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): LD Debate (captain/coach 2 years), viola, quartet, university orchestras, youth orchestras, started 2 volunteer organizations (founder/president)
Job/Work Experience: Work as veterinary assistant, manage a quartet and play in it
Volunteer/Community service: Started 2 volunteer organizations (raising money for hospital and providing free music lessons), hospital volunteering
Summer Activities: Medical camps, music camps, work at vet clinic
Essays (rating 1-10, details): For the arts and sciences essay, I talked about my first debate topic and how it inspired my interest in biomedical ethics (it was ok, probably a 7 or 8/10). For the other essay, I chose to write about a quirk and talked about the viola and its imperfections (better, 8 or 9/10)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: IB Bio teacher (7/10). I did two small independent research projects with her, so she knew me pretty well, but not very well.
Teacher Rec #2: From my former debate coach (8/10) who offered to write me the rec before I even asked. I stepped up a lot after he retired and led the team in his absence, so he had a lot to write about, I think.
Counselor Rec: 7/10. I’ve talked to her a decent amount, so she knows me fairly well, but I go to a large school.
Additional Rec: Orchestra teacher, 9/10. He’s known me for almost 4 years and has been involved in my 2 organizations, so he can talk about initiative and all that jazz.
Interview: Did one and it was great! Shoutout to Hannah, she told me a lot about the school.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Applied and didn’t get any, though I expected that
Intended Major: Biology and/or Philosophy
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large, public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: lol no financial aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): nada
Reflection
Strengths: Scores, courseload, IB status
Weaknesses: Essays
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: IB student from reputable school, visited campus, applied to almost every scholarship and program (did not get those lol, but it demonstrated interest)
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted URichmond, William & Mary, UVA, deferred UChicago. Waiting on Rice, Brown, Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Yale.
General Comments: Yay! I probably won’t be able to go because it’s expensive, but I’m trying to figure out a way that I can.
Waitlisted
International student (female; asian)
ACT: 33 (E 33 ; M 35 ; R 33 ; S 32)
SAT II subject tests:
Math II: 800
Chemistry: 790
IB predicted grade: 44/45
HL Chem HL Econ HL English
SL Math SL Chinese SL Physics
Accepted
Objective:
ACT: 33 (29 M, 35 S, 33 E, 35 R, 9 W)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.35
Rank: Top 50%
AP: Human Geographies (4), Biology (5)
Senior Year Course Load: The IB classes, AP Calc AB, Mythology (senior English), Contemporary World Issues, Criminal Justice
Major Awards: N/A
Subjective:
Extracurriculars:
Police cadet program, mock trial, Public Safety course (Sergeant)
Job/Work Experience: Retail
Volunteer/Community service: ~30 hrs working events as a cadet
Summer Activities: Work, Public Safety course (~130 hrs in leadership position)
Essays: #1: I responded to a prompt I found when applying to another college: What keeps you up at night? - I wrote about entropy and what it implies about day to day life. 7/10.
2: Explained home situation and circumstances that lead to low GPA.
Recommendations:
Teacher rec #1: 10
Teacher rec #2: 8
Counselor rec: ?
Teacher Rec #1: (10/10). Known this guy for a year. I’ve never worked harder to present myself professionally than I have in his class. Currently working as his intern.
Teacher Rec #2: From my former Spanish teacher (8/10). Said they always wanted to write a rec for me.
Counselor Rec: ?/10. Idk how this one was. Counselor knows me, but not spectacularly well.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Applied, received generous offer.
Intended Major: Finance
State: WA
School Type: Large, public
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Low
Hooks: 1st gen, URM(?)
Reflection
Strengths: Scores
Weaknesses: Everything else
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Luck
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted UW, Trinity University, USAFA Prep, Whitman, Pacific Lutheran University, deferred Tulane. Rejected Swarthmore, UChicago
General Comments: This is crazy. I thought my GPA alone would get my app turned down.
Accepted
ACT: 34C (36E. 32M, 36R, 31S)
SAT II: 800 Spanish, 730 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Weighted GPA (out of ??): 4.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18/732 (Top 1-2%)
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang (5), Spanish Lang (5), APUSH (5)
Senior Year Course Load: Ceramics 1, AP European History, AP English Lit, Band, AP Biology, Peer Counseling (some mandatory online class), AP Calculus AB, AP US Gov/ AP Macroeconomics (semesters)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Jon Kersten Memorial Award, given to 5 marching band kids in Florida, Nominated for National Hispanic Recognition Program, AP Scholar, Harvard Prize Book at my high school, selection for New World Symphony Side by Side with a Grammy Winning conductor (highly selective).
Big upward trend in grades. From Only 1 AP in 9th and 10th to 6 AP’s now. GPA (uw/w) for junior year is 4.0/5.0 and 4.0/5.3 for first semester of senior year.
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Most centered around music.
-Marching Band (9-12, Librarian in 11 and Band Captain in 12), our band is state finalist every year, being top 3 in the last 2 years, has a strong leadership curriculum and is very well known in our area.
-Student Conductor for Wind Ensemble, which achieved district, state, and national Superiors, awarded Best Brass award in US at Nationals 2017, went to nationals in 2016.
-Greater Miami Youth Symphony (4 years), Section Leader this year.
-March for Babies ensemble (once per year) in grades 9 and 11.
-National Honor Society Chapter at my school, (11 and president in 12)
-Mu Alpha Theta (Secretary in 12)
-English Honor Society in 12
-Speech and Debate Club (11 and Historian in 12)
-Model UN (12)
Essays:
-Common App (8.5/10): Sent it to essay editing companies, college counselors, and teachers, and they all said they had nothing to correct. It was about the way music has shaped me as a person, which is a cliche topic, but I made it personal to me. Mentioned how the elements of the music alphabet are present in literature, where dynamics and tonal shifts are present, and talked about Seamus Heaney. Then talked about leadership and compared myself to a metronome. Overall, solid.
Teacher Recommendations:
-From my AP English Language teacher: Solid, he’s very fond of me and we’ve grown close even when I don’t have him as a teacher anymore. 8/10
-From my PreCalc and AP Calc teacher: It was probably ok, nothing spectacular. 6/10
Counselor Rec: Has a really good opinion of me after my PSAT Junior year, I always go see him in his office for any scholarships, we have a good relationship. It was probably ok. 6/10
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, full ride 
Intended Major: History
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large, public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 40K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): URM, speak a third language
Reflection
Strengths: Scores, commitment to music throughout my app
Weaknesses: GPA, easy course load jr year, generic recs, no demonstrated interest
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no clue, completely unexpected. Maybe my essay was good to them.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted FSU, UF, Grinnell, Northeastern. Waitlisted at Swarthmore. Rejected at BU. Waiting on Northwestern, Columbia, Harvard, UPenn, UMiami, NYU.
General Comments: I’m so happy!!! So unexpected!!! Im so surprised because I didnt even get into BU, which isnt as selective? Anyways, ecstatic about the acceptance and highly considering it
Objective:
Posting my DS’s stats.
ACCEPTED
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 34
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/750
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5) Chem (4) Stats (5) Eng (4) APUSH (5) APWorld (4) CALCBC (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Lit, AP Spanish, Multivariable Calc, AP Psych,
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Soccer - 4 years, all county every year, all state jr and senior year (captain senior yr), Varsity Swimming, all county junior and senior year (4 years (captain senior year), VP NHS, VP Key Club
Job/Work Experience:Soccer camp coach, cashier at an ice cream shop, lifeguarrd
Volunteer/Community service: soccer camp for underprivileged youth,read to sick kids in ped ward hospital, collected supplies for troops abroad
Summer Activities: worked in soccer camp, conducted research in a neuro lab, worked at ice cream shop and as a lifeguard
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common app - 10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): idk, but prob pretty decent
Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major and College: bio or psych
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: $250K+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection - unique essays
Strengths:rigorous courseload, class rank
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted Michigan, Notre Dame, UNC, Boston College
Rejected - UVA
General Comments :
Accepted RD, Finalist for Mylonas Scholarship (I’m flying out in two days for interviews. Super excited!)
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): did not take
ACT (breakdown): 34
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12 (my school does weighted GPAs)
AP (place score in parenthesis): World (4), Euro (5), Bio (3), Language (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: IB History, IB Art, IB Music, AP Literature, IB Math, German 2, Drama 4 honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): lots of fine arts, advanced choirs, speech and debate team, orchestras, dance, visual arts. Also founder of International Club and president of IB ambassadors.
Job/Work Experience: tutoring, food service, customer service
Volunteer/Community service: lots of summer camp counseling, Sunday school teaching
Summer Activities: William and Mary Pre-Collegiate Program in Early American History (would recommend!!), Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts (also would recommend).
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common app essay about audition failures, scholarship essay about renaissance artist I enjoy and a particularly interesting work of hers.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major and College: something in the humanities, college of arts and sciences
State (if domestic applicant): Tennessee
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity:
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: I love and am well versed in art history, and I think that passion was a big strength for a humanities scholarship applicant. I am also a pretty strong writer and I think my transcript and scores are above average (not that scores are everything! I really think it’s about the writing and the development of original ideas here).
Weaknesses: I don’t have any “hooks” (not a minority, parents are college graduates, etc)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think it was because of my essay for the scholarship application. I really poured my whole heart into it and it was a topic I was passionate about. I also think my topic was unique and my development of ideas advanced. Because I am a finalist for the scholarship, I am automatically accepted into the school (even though the review processes are separate). Based on some of my friends who were rejected, I do not think I would have been accepted if I had not impressed the scholarship committee.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted- UTK, UK, Alabama, Alabama Huntsville, Miami of Ohio, Belmont
Deferred at UVA
General Comments: Apply for the Wash U scholarships! The application questions are similar to the Ivy League’s if you are already applying to those, but it will give you a leg up in admissions if the scholarship committee likes you. If they don’t the admissions is separate so that it won’t hurt you. Essentially admissions and scholarships are only tied if they want someone for a scholarship (which only considers your writing btw, not transcripts or ACT) who might not be a definite admit for the school at large (like me). Best of luck! Feel free to message me for advice or questions!