<p>Attend one of the top public schools in nation, extremely competitive with many ivy candidates.
Rank: Top 5% in class of almost 950
GPA: 4.12 W
ACT: 34 (if you take the best from 2 sittings, which washU does, correct?)
M:35 R: 29 E: 34 S: 36</p>
<p>SAT: M:760 W: 760 CR: 640 (<----should I even report this b/c of low CR???)</p>
<p>SAT II: Math 2: 700 US History: 680 (Do i need this in addition to ACTs?)</p>
<p>Will graduate with 9 APs
Hardest course load available except 1 class senior year
5 years of spanish and math (incl Calc BC)
4 years everything else (incl AP Bio)
3 years Choir with all select vocal group ECs</p>
<p>ECs:
VP of NHS
Co-Pres of School Volunteer Organization (extremely active in this)
VP of FBLA
Pres and Founder of Community Volunteer/Charity Org.
At least 300+ volunteer hours (mostly medical related)
Placed at HOSA Nationals in 2 events
Certified Nurses Aide
Part-time Job at Optometrist Office
Pending Medical Publication
Entered Siemens Westinghouse (hoping for at least semi-finalist)
Strong Cultural ECs (from what I'm told)</p>
<p>2 Amazing recs (from what I hear) from fav. teachers</p>
<p>Essay: still working on them (prob good, but not amazing)</p>
<p>The reason I'm thinking ED is b/c I heard the overenrollment from last year will hurt my year's applicants. I also heard that there are scholarship disadvantages with ED and I def. need as much scholarship as I can get.</p>
<p>What do you think are my chances for ED? and for scholarship?</p>
<p>Oh ya I was nominated for Danforth and I will be applying to others if that helps for the "showing interest"</p>
<p>Also, I will be visiting this week and doing the info session, tour, on-campus interview, overnight stay, and class sit-in, is there anything that you all reccomend I should do while I'm there? Is there a way to get in touch with adcom or something?</p>
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<li><p>Your class rank, GPA, ACT scores, and ECs all indicate you'd be a strong applicant to Wash U, whether you apply ED or RD. And yes, Wash U will take the best of the two ACT sittings, same as they do with SAT scores.</p></li>
<li><p>You do not have to submit SAT2 scores. Wash U says they're recommended, but not required. If I were you, I wouldn't submit them because the College Board sends all the scores of all the tests you took when you ask them to submit scores to a school. Consequently, the CB will send not only the SAT2 scores but your SAT scores as well.</p></li>
<li><p>Can't say anything about your chances for a scholarship, except that the process is very, very competitive. Note that if you're accepted at Wash U, and you've applied for financial aid, the school will certainly offer you a decent financial aid package.</p></li>
<li><p>There may or may not be scholarship disadvantages applying ED, but there can be financial aid disadvantages. If you apply ED, and you are accepted, you must go to the school that accepted you ED, regardless of the financial aid they offer you. If you apply RD, and are accepted and you're accepted at a bunch of other schools, you can compare financial aid offers and choose the best one. In some cases, you can even play one school against another and get them to better their original offers.</p></li>
<li><p>The other thing I would recommend doing while visiting Wash U is to visit the department in which you think you will major and talk to the department head or dean or one of the professors. The deans, professors, and etc. at Wash U are very friendly and very student centered. If they have time, they'll be more than happy to talk to you, and they will remember that you spoke with them.</p></li>
<li><p>Here's the web address for undergrad admissions at Wash U: <a href="http://admissions.wustl.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://admissions.wustl.edu/</a> You may want to take a look. They answer a lot of questions, especially on the FAQ pages.</p></li>
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<p>4.398 Weighted GPA (only 2 B+, remainder A- and above)
National Merit & National Achievement Semifinalist
Honor classes 10 by graduation
AP classes 9 by graduation (2 self study)
(US 5; Statistics 4; Biology 5; Euro 5; World 3
JV soccer co-captain
JV/V Academic Team Captain
School magazine Music Editor & Editor at Large
VP & V County Teen Library Board
Volunteer work in Nicaragua
Many cool summer programs: Smith, U Cincy Med School, Kenyon
(Telluride Finalist - didn't make the final cut). </p>
<p>SAT 1: 700 v; 680 m; 670 w (12 on essay)
SAT 2: 710 US; 690 Biology; 700 Literature</p>
<p>Retaking SAT I & II aiming for 700+ on all
Nominated for Danforth, will apply for Ervin & Rodriquez
Intended Major: Medicine & Society Program Focus
Anthropology & Spanish</p>