<p>Looking for stats from the admitted students:
Post your gpa; SAT/ACT scores, EC's, hooks; $ merit aid if any.</p>
<p>3.9something UW, 4.85 W, either valedictorian or salutorian (honestly, who cares), SAT 800CR 800W 760M, ACT 35, violin and debate (but not that great at either), student council, the usual community service, etc.</p>
<p>For more in-depth info on stats of accepted students, you should check the decisions thread; it was pretty thorough this year.</p>
<p>If you're looking for merit aid, you definitely won't be able to rely on good statistics alone. The WU community wants much more than yet another 2400. Be yourself. Be interesting and interested.</p>
<p>i didn't apply for any financial aid.
so...i got in ED1 on 700M, 760CR, 710W. Um 3.8 weighted, i dont know my unweighted actually. 3 year varsity basketball player, 4 year varsity volleyball player, 1 year varsity. 2 year captain basketball, all league volleyball. usual community service.</p>
<p>The GPA is a little low but I went to an elite private school in the Bay Area with a history of crazy college acceptances</p>
<p>but if you wanna go to wash u, show plenty of interest.</p>
<p>This is from the official decisions (real decision) thread:</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT:2270 (M780 CR740 W750)
* ACT: 34
* SAT IIs:None
* GPA: 3.8
* Rank:NA
* Other stats: 2 instruments, freelance web design, lots of research and science fair awards, club awards, AIME, community service, Young Democrats president, and other random stuff
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays:Great/Outstanding
* Teacher Recs: Outstanding
* Counselor Rec: No idea
* Hook (if any): My sister attended Wash. U.,
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Arkansas
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Filipino/German
* Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>I got some merit aid. Most people who apply RD get some. </p>
<p>Read about scholarships here: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=160583&highlight=scholarship%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=160583&highlight=scholarship</a></p>
<p>edit: oops, I see you asked for the amount of aid:</p>
<p>I got 29,500 scholarship plus 6,625 student contribution.</p>
<p>36,125 altogether.</p>
<p>My scholarship essays (for the individual scholarships) might have also played a role.</p>
<p>SAT: 2330 (800M, 770W, 760CR)
SAT II's: 800 Chem, 790 Math I, 780 US History
AP's: 5 Physics B, 5 Calc BC, 5 US History (all junior year AP's)
GPA: 4.0 UW
Class Rank: Top 5%
School Type: Private, coeducational boarding school
EC's: Quiz bowl team president, tennis captain, newspaper (page editor, managing editor, photojournalist, technology coordinator), JETS TEAMS (team placed 8th in nation), AMC 12 bronze medalist and two-year AIME qualifier (9th place in Ohio, almost qualified for USAMO), dorm prefect
Essays: Pretty good
Teacher rec's: Outstanding
Counselor rec: Also very good
Ethnicity, sex, etc.: Asian American male, from Ohio
Admitted during RD round</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 2360 (800M 800CR 760W)</li>
<li>SAT II: 800 Math II 800 World Hist. 740 US Hist.</li>
<li>GPA: 4.2-ish weighted</li>
<li>Rank: 7/175-ish</li>
<li>Other Stats: National Merit Finalist, National Honor Society, AP Scholar with Honor (after Junior year), High Honors, Presidential Scholar (though I was only a nominee at the time of apps)</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Not the best writer, but good when I need to be, and I'm really good at making a little sound like a lot...so they turned out ok...</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Pretty Awesome (Econ teacher loves me)</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Not the best writer, nor does she know me that well, but I know it was decent, most likely</li>
<li>ECs: Mock Trial (very successful), Federal Reserve Challenge (very successful), ICEE Economics Challenge (captain) (very successful), Quiz Bowl (2-year captain) (23rd in Nation after Junior year), Soccer (2 years), Hindu Sunday school/Community Service (monthly soup kitchen), Political activity (St. Joe County Young Dems officer, Pres. of Harvard Ext. School Dems in summer of 2005)</li>
<li>Hooks(if any): Hindu at a Catholic school, Asian applying from Northern Indiana, Harvard summer school/college courses & rec from college professor (2005), Course at Northwestern (2004)</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or country: Indiana</li>
<li>School type: Private Catholic (though I'm Hindu...confusing, eh?)</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian/Pacific Islander-- Indian Subcontinent (I love how they group us all together)</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li><p>Other Factors: Sister went to WashU ('06)</p></li>
<li><p>$$$: $17,100/yr + $2,000/yr for National Merit Finalist</p></li>
<li><p>Regular Decision</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Im not as smart as the other ppl on here, im am just good with numbers, and since i applied to Olin that helped, lots of extracurriculars, started my own profitable business, sports, did some business courses
so basically just show a very strong interest for the school and the field in which you are applying to, and being that WashU is not need blind it helped me because i didnt apply for any aid</p>
<p>yeah... well this should give hope to all you out there who think u wont get in
ACT: 32 (didnt take writing part, if i had my score would have dropped)
I took 8 AP classes, did not submit scores to WashU
Top 10% of class (dont remember but i though i was about 50/715)
Football/Basketball/Track for 4 years(conference champ shot put for 2 years)
was NOT in NHS or any academic clubs
and what couldnt have been that great of an essay cause my writing sucks</p>
<p>oh, and im a white male, middle class, I used to think that I got in because I am fairly smart and maintain my academics while competing year round in athletics(we were division 8A football), however recently I believe its because of this little fact I got off of Wikipedia: "In 2005, GBN had an average composite ACT score of 21.0, and graduated 95.9% of its senior class. It has not made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievements Examination, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act."
So yeah, WashU probably though I'm from an inner city school or something, after all, who else fails the No Child Left Behind(besides us)</p>
<p>got in Early Decision</p>
<p>Wait... GBN as in Glenbrook North?</p>
<p>it will never end. ever since you guys had that hazing incident, we have been confused as them. no, Glenbard North in Carol Stream. my bad though, should have spelled it out. besides, you really think Glenbrook North has an avg. ACT of 21? Its got to be higher than that.</p>
<p>Haha, that's why I was so surprised. I don't personally go to GBN (I'm from Kansas), but I know a few kids from GBN and GBS from debate.</p>
<p>LOL</p>
<p>Half of my class (about 12) can't even spell ACT, much less go take it.</p>