Chances for a Merit Scholarship?

tanookimario
Mon, 07 Dec 2015 17:16:08 +0000

Hey everyone,

I honestly love GWU so so much and would obviously love to go there, but I won’t be able to unless I get some serious merit aid (I don’t quality for need-based aid). Here are my stats- what do you think about my chances?

I decided to use the decisions form for this- it’s easy to read and fill out.

 [ *] SAT I (breakdown): superscore 2210- reading 720 math 690 writing 800
[ *] ACT: 33- don't remember breakdown
[ *] SAT II: US History- 740 Literature- 690
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 91.1- seems a bit low, but there's an upward trend, and my school is an internationally recognized magnet school, so that has some weight as well
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History: 5 English Language: 5 US History: 5. English Lit, Psych, US Gov in progress
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng Lit, AP Psych, AP US Gov, Advanced Latin Readings (honors, not AP), Calculus, Nutritional Science, Newspaper
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): some sort of AP scholar thing?? for getting 5s on 3 AP tests, gold and silver medals on the National Latin Exam
[ /list][ b]Subjective:**

[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): piano for 6+ years, robotics team- PR department- since sophomore year, I'm now a project manager this year, school newspaper since sophomore year (freshmen aren't allowed to join)- now an editor
[ *] Job/Work Experience: november 2014 to present: paid internship at an office. I go 2-3 days a week after school for 2-3 hours a day
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: N/A
[ *] Summer Activities: summer 2012: did "summer school" at my school to fulfill some requirements, to free up periods during the actual school year. summer 2013: paid office internship over the summer. summer 2014: just SAT prep :'( tried desperately to find a job, but no luck. summer 2015: worked at the office
[ *] Essays: my common app essay is valid, writing the why GW right now
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: I'm not allowed to read them, but I assume they're pretty good- both of my teachers really liked me
[ *] Counselor Rec: good I suppose
[ *] Additional Rec: got one from my boss, and she really likes me, so I assume it was good
[ *] Interview: I just tried to go and request one today, but they're not taking any more :'( I'm really upset about this
[ /list][ b]Other**

[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: International Relations/Public Policy/something in that realm
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: magnet public school
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: pretty high lol
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): campus visit, my why GW will be pretty strong

So, what do you guys think? Be honest.