<p>Hi! I actually found out about this school in June from my brother who said it'd be the perfect fit for me (I don't know why I've never heard of this school before? Hmm) and I have to agree with him! I love it so much that I plan on applying ED (after I visit the campus and hopefully have an on-campus interview). </p>
<p>However, my standardized tests scores and AP scores really worry me. I'm afraid that having great ECs, essay, teacher recommendations, shown interest, etc. won't be enough. I am retaking the SAT and ACT this fall just in time for ED.</p>
<p>Here's my info (sorry it's long i tried to shorten it):</p>
<p>-SAT superscore: 2070 (CR: 620, hoping to bring up to 700 but likely it'll be 640ish; M: 720, might be able to get it to 750ish; WR: 730)
-Not submitting SAT IIs anywhere because they were in low-mid 600s
-ACT: 30 (E: 33; R: 31; M: 29--might be able to bring up; S: 26--probably will not be able to bring up; W: 9)
-UW GPA: 3.94 (All honors and APs; As except A- in bio h 9th grade, A- WHAP 10th grade, A- APUSH and eng lang 11th grade)
-Got 3s on all AP exams (world history, us history, english lang, chem) except for a 5 on psych
-W GPA: 4.53
-Senior year schedule: AP English Lit, AP Physics B, AP Biology, AP Govt/Macroeconomics (each 1 semester), advanced honors chemistry (can only take after AP chem), AP Calculus AB</p>
<p>-In NHS (co-pres 11th and 12th grade), science NHS, spanish NHS, english NHS, math NHS
-won best english student award in 9th grade
-amnesty international (10th-12th)--secretary in 11th, VP in 12th
-human dignity summit committee (10th-12th)--meet up to plan week where school is informed on certain human rights; plan activities, get guest speakers, etc
-green team club (9th-12th)--secretary in 11th and 12th
-key club (9th-12th)
-tutor middle school students 2 days a week for 2 hours total (10th-12th)
-volunteer at hospital (10th, 12th--hard to reapply); once a week for 4 hours
-library: (summer before 10th-12th)-- 2-3 days a week for 5+ hours; helped start reading program for children, monitor teen's room, shelve books, do misc. for librarian, help w/ children's activities, on library's teen advisory board where we come up with ideas to get teens more involved in library
-"lighthouse" for blind and visually impaired (10th-12th, including the 2 summers in between)--6 hours when i volunteer at holiday events for children ie christmas, halloween and 8 hours per day for 6 weeks during summer when i volunteer at the kids camp (SUPER involved at this place, and it shows in my essay how much this experience has influenced me)
-interned rheumatologist's office once a week for 6 weeks, summer before 11th
-volunteer at church (9th-12th)--food and toy drives, other charitable events
-i donated 10 inches of hair to locks of love summer before 10th if that even helps lol
-i practice the piano daily at home but have not won any awards because i only play at home, so maybe this has no importance
-i ski during the winter?
-i have 700+ hours</p>
<p>-White female from Florida
-Go to private school
-Class Rank: school doesn't have it
-Income: $150,000+
-plan on majoring in psychology and minoring in child studies (i LOVE that option!), will go to med school
-Essay: great, about how I was diagnosed w/ juvenile arthritis in 9th grade, stopped me from doing track and field as I loved and how I moped around, doing absolutely nothing my 1st year of high school , then how volunteering at lighthouse empowered me and made me realize all that I could achieve, etc etc (showed 5 people and all said it wasn't even slightly negative essay)
-Recs: haven't seen them but should be very good, especially college counselor one because she knows me well </p>
<p>Thanks in advance! And I know some of y'all get annoyed by these chances threads but I just REALLY love WashU and can't stop thinking about if I even have a chance lol.</p>