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GWU ED 1 Class of 2018!
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[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted - CC[/b][/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted - SEAS[/b][/color][/size]
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[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected - CC[/b][/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected - SEAS[/b][/color][/size]
[ b]Objective:[/b]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): [ *] ACT: [ *] SAT II: [ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): [ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): [ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): [ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): [ *] Senior Year Course Load: [ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): [ /list][ b]Subjective:[/b]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): [ *] Job/Work Experience: [ *] Volunteer/Community service: [ *] Summer Activities: [ *] Essays: [ *] Teacher Recommendation: [ *] Counselor Rec: [ *] Additional Rec: [ *] Interview: [ *] Supplementary Material: [ /list][ b]Other[/b]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):- Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate):
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[/b]
[ *] Strengths: [ *] Weaknesses: [ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [ /list][ b]General Comments: [/b]
GPA
Sophomore+Junior Year : 3.14 UW 3.9 W
SAT
680 Reading, 700 Math, 670 Writing
95th percentile/2050
Strengths/Weaknesses
Cons:
Terrible Freshman Gpa that weighed me down .3
To many C's, again from Freshman year
Pros:
Great SAT score that really helped me out
Persistence.
Objective:
- ACT: E:35 R:32 S:30 M:29
- Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.38
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn't rank
- AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (4)
- Senior Year Course Load: AP US Gov, AP Gov Comparative, AP Environmental Science, AP Japanese, Pre-Calc, Economics, High Honors English
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Youth Medal of Honor for Cook County (Chicago)
Subjective:- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Art Magazine (Head Editor); Many service clubs; Peer Helping (Board Member); many other small organizations
- Job/Work Experience: Full-time nanny over one summer
- Volunteer/Community service: Over 300 hours. I went abroad every summer to do service
- Summer Activities: Nannied, travelled
- Essays: Pretty darn good. Wrote abstractly about my hobby of doing puzzles.
- Teacher Recommendation: Really good... Both teacher loved me, don't really know why.
- Counselor Rec: Read it! Talked a lot about my high level classes and my bunch of service hours. Great.
- Additional Rec: Good! From the people I nannied for... They asked to adopt me like every day (as a joke).
- Interview: It went really well! I loved the admissions counselor for my region.
Other- State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
- Country (if international applicant): USA
- School Type: 4000+ student public school, very well known academically
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: F
- Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): 200,000+
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing really...
Reflection- Strengths: Recs, service hours (and awards), essays
- Weaknesses: ACT, GPA, no sports
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I showed a lot of interest! It was my number one choice and I was pretty qualified I guess.
- Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Fordham, U of Wisconsin, U of Denver
General Comments: Elliott School of International Affairs! So excited to be a colonialObjective:
- SAT I (breakdown): 1980 (700 CR, 650 W, 630 M)
- ACT: N/A
- SAT II: N/A
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
- AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Government (5), AP Lang. & Comp. (4), AP United States History (4).
- IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
- Senior Year Course Load: AP European History, AP Literature and Composition, AP Economics (Micro+Macro), AP Biology, and AP Psychology.
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
Subjective:- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Polish Cultural Society (Vice-President), Economics Club (Treasurer), Federal Reserve Challenge, Chess Club, and several other things.
- Job/Work Experience: Worked for several political organization.
- Volunteer/Community service: Over 100 hours of volunteer work.
- Summer Activities: Attended most prestigious summer-program in state.
- Essays: I think both my Common App essay and my supplement were very strong, and I worked meticulously in ensuring they stood out.
- Teacher Recommendation: Both were excellent, 5/5.
- Counselor Rec: Didn't have one.
- Additional Rec: Recommendation was from a former Princeton Professor. It was excellent.
- Interview: Interviewed on campus, went very well!
- Supplementary Material:
Other- State (if domestic applicant):
- NJ
- School Type: Public
- Ethnicity: Caucasian
- Gender: Male
- Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): >40,000.
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
Reflection- Strengths: GPA, extracurricular activities, work experience, essays, and demonstrated interest.
- Weaknesses: SAT scores were not the strongest, and could have taken SAT IIs.
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: A lot of demonstrated interest. Overall, I think I really "fit" the student model GW was looking for.
- Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rutgers University (safety). I never applied anywhere else since GW was my first-choice.
General Comments: I got excellent financial aid, and I'm very excited to be attending!Objective:
ACT: E:35 R:34 S:30 M:24
Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.36
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): English 11 (3), English 12, IB History, IB Music, IB Math
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Rotary Leadership, Mid-State Choir, Girls State
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (Co-editor), JV tennis, piano for twelve years, club softball
Job/Work Experience: tutoring after school four days a week and during summer, office job summer of sophomore year
Volunteer/Community service: Not too many hours, in a few service related clubs but didn't really emphasize
Summer Activities: work
Essays: I'm real good at writin'. I made them all pretty witty, wrote my SMPA essay about Hillary Clinton and my admissions counselor told me she loved it.
Teacher Recommendation: Really good, I assume? I'm pretty sure one was pretty generic and the other was on a more personal level.
Counselor Rec: Didn't read it, and I don't really know her (I go to a pretty big school), but I'm sure it was okay.
Additional Rec: This is the only one I read and it was really good. My mom's friend is a college prof and helps me write papers and stuff so he wrote a great one.
Interview: Mine went really well. It didn't even feel like an interview; we mostly talked about my interviewer's daughter who is a GW student.
State (if domestic applicant): Tennessee
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: 2000+ public school
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: F
Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): 60-70,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing really
Reflection
Strengths: Awards, essays
Weaknesses: ACT, GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I showed plenty of interest while still remaining really laid back. Like I wasn't too obsessive in my interview or essays but I definitely made it clear that I was interested! I also told about how it had been a dream of mine since I was thirteen and got sick in the Marvin Center bathroom. haha
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to University of Alabama, and that's it!
General Comments: Super excited! Good luck to everyone else!