<p>I am a junior, I have a 3.63 GPA (unweighted), and I am in all honors classes. Next year, I will be in all AP Classes (Sr. Year is only year APs are given in my school). I am president of a Comm Service/Global Education club which I also founded. I am currently part of the volunteer ambulance corps and I do other community service on the side. I also write for the school newpaper and an alternative publication. My grades have progressively increased since freshman year. My brother currently goes to Wash U (he is a junior) and my parents actively donate money (over $1,000 that I know of). My SAT scores will be around 800 Writing, 730 Verbal, and 660 Math (I really f'd it up for some reason). I am going to take the SATs again in May to improve my math score (should be around a 750). What are my chances at Wash U, Northwestern, and schools along those lines?</p>
<p>Take a look at the decision results of this year and see for yourself. You'll proabably be able to make a better judgement than we can.</p>
<p>Youll be waitlisted~~~</p>
<p>better mention washu is the only univ you are applying to and there is no other univ which is better than washu. maybe THATwill help</p>
<p>its a really bad time to post such a thread, post this 4-5 months from now and i believe you will receive better responses! This is decision time and not many of us are in a good mood.</p>
<p>Show a lot of interest, keep in touch w/ your admissions officers, improve your SATs, visit the school.</p>
<p>Apply ED I.</p>
<p>You should have a good chance then, imo.</p>
<p>I agree with fndrplayer8- if you apply ED, you will have a GREAT shot. But, unfortunately, if you wait, you will most likely be placed in the piles with all other "waitlisted" applicants</p>
<p>I'm in a similar boat, Crazo, </p>
<p>except I have really really good extracurriculars and my father is donating alumni. </p>
<p>Another thing I have going for me is the fact I'm applying to Olin and I've been in charge of various business endeavors etc..</p>
<p>Although I'm only a sophomore...</p>
<p>But one thing I find reassuring is that my Dad applied to Olin with not-so-great stats but he was accepted. What did he do? He took charge of his interview, made clear why WUStL was his first choice, he drew clear and distinct conclusions, showed he was not just a number. I think the one thing that made the biggest impact was that he was absolutly sure to demonstrate the fact that he was <em>not</em> applying because of Wash U rankings, or because of the campus or whatever, he made sure to clarify the fact that he found something special, something about Wash U he could <em>not</em> find somewhere else. Make yourself heard. </p>
<p>Well, then again, he was applying to graduate school and he already had a masters in nuclear health physics and a masters in meteorology... but they were from not-so-impressive universities. Meteorology was from University of Nebraska, and Nuc. physics was from a small technical institute in Texas. </p>
<p>I feel confident that if I make an impression I have a chance. If I don't get accepted first wave, that's fine, I'll keep working at it. </p>
<p>I don't know any of this for sure, but I sure as hell feel confident despite other people's rejection. I'm not them, I'm not a member of the crowd, or a number, I'm an individual and that is what this school wants.</p>
<p>You're a junior; you've got a lot of room to manuever. Work hard, prepare a good app, and let the Saint Louis people figure it out. You'll give yourself a aneurism trying to find logic in admissions decisions.</p>
<p>Tell them you love them and send them pie and stuff. Seriously. We can't tell you to get high SATs or a higher GPA or to do well in ECs. Because all that will get you is a nice spot on the waitlist, it seems. </p>
<p>Apply ED and you'll probably be okay. I just think it sucks because plenty of people have Wash U REALLY high on their list, but for whatever reason can't apply ED. And they end up waitlisted in RD limbo. </p>
<p>I knew Wash U used the waitlist before this happened, but what I've seen today, if it's any indication of the overall situation, totally blew me away. </p>
<p>It seems that siblings of attendees and/or people in any way related to cash flow into the university are in good shape. Salute.</p>
<p>I think that being a child of a donating alum that if you are in the range, and have a solid app you should be able to get in. They will think that you are likely to attend b/c you have family so even the "overqualified" legacy should get in.</p>
<p>yes, this is true. there were 3 kids from my school who got in...one was a girl with a solid app but nothing super-special, one was me who had a solid app and a brother who goes to the school, and one was a girl with amazing stats (arguably "overqualified") but two parents who went to the school. </p>
<p>hey...i just noticed...out of the 4 girls and 5 guys who applied from my school...they took 3 girls and none of the guys. maybe more guys apply to washu and that will help your chances too? lol don't count on it i was just making an observation :) but yeah hun, not a good time to make a chances post ;)</p>