Chance a junior for WUSTL art?

flashmountain
Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:24:34 +0000

Your SAT scores are within Wash U’s average, but they don’t stand out too much. Take it again in the summer or fall to improve, especially critical reading score. With that said, while higher SAT score will generally help chances, it wouldn’t be determinative at all in getting accepted.

You said you want to apply to the Art school, but you’ve only taken two art courses total in Jr and Sr years. Does your high school offer another one next year to take? Also, you only listed one art-related activity, and that’s just an in-school club. Have you done anything else art-related outside of school? If not, you should do that. Perhaps you’ve done more, but your Art-related angle seems weak. The few people I know in the art school all seemed to have a serious interest in art/drawing/painting/jewelry-making (one girl I know started a jewelry-making and design business)/whatever before college and presumably talked about that in their application, essay, or extracurricular sheet.