Class of 2013 Official RD Decision Thread

scootypuff · March 14, 2009, 12:14am

thelovepizza: Thanks for the reply. Good luck with your other colleges!

sophiec152 · March 14, 2009, 12:53am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

<pre><code>* ACT: 33

GPA: 4.32 weighted, 3.95 unweighted
Rank: 22/336
Senior Year Course Load: IB Anthropology, IB Senior English, IB Biology, IB Calculus, IB Spanish Immersion, IB History of the Americas
Major Awards: National Merit Scholar - Commended, National Honor Society
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Subjective:

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Lacrosse, Peer Mentor, Spanish tutor at a low income elementary school, recreational soccer and basketball, ultimate frisbee club

Job/Work Experience: I have worked for the past two summers at a grocery store.
Volunteer/Community service: Listed above with extracurriculars.
Summer Activities: I went to Costa Rica last summer with The School for Field Studies, where I compiled a research paper regarding their national parks. Earned 4 college credits in Environmental Science.
Essays: I talked about bungee jumping in Costa Rica. It was a metaphor for having established a strong sense of self/independence over the years.
Teacher Recs: From an English and Biology teacher, both from Junior year. I think my English teacher wrote a good one, although both had many to write…
Counselor Rec: I think this was good, but I go to a large school so she doesn’t know be personally
Additional Rec: From one of my professors in Costa Rica, I think this might have helped.
Interview: Not very good. My interviewer was hard to talk to, and I was really nervous.
Hook (if any): I visited campus and showed strong interest.
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Other:

<pre><code>* Financial Aid?: Yes.

State or Country: Oregon
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle class, two siblings will be in college at the same time as me.
Perceived Strengths: I am fluent in Spanish (part of a Spanish Immersion program since Kindergarten), solid grades/test scores.
Perceived Weaknesses: White girl with good grades, haha. Also, since Wash U is not need blind, my family’s income.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: Honestly, I was pretty shocked I was accepted. I think a big part of it was connecting with my area’s admissions representative. He came to my school to talk about Wash U, and I kept in contact with him, letting him know how much I loved the school.
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General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I posted another thread about this, but I was accepted in to the January Program instead of a fall start. A group of about 40 students join the rest of their class after a fall semester of independent experiences (study abroad, internships, etc.). I will graduate with the rest of my class in 2013, I will just start later.

I’m very grateful to have been accepted at such an amazing school. I am even more surprised after looking at some of your incredibly competitive profiles. Good luck to everyone!

acceptmeplease · March 14, 2009, 1:24am

Decision: Accepted- Engineering :)

Stats:
SAT I: 2130 780 CR, 710 W, 640 M
SAT IIs: 760 Bio, 710 MCII,
GPA: 3.86 UW, 4.1 W
Rank: 32/600 (top 5%)
APs: 5 AP Bio, 4 APUSH, 4 AP Spanish, 4 AP World
Current APs: Chem, Calc BC, Gov/Econ
Subjective:
Essays: SLAVED over them. Seriously. But the work definitely paid off and these essays have to be some of the best I have written.
Teacher Recs: I think they liked me.
Counselor Rec: She just came this year, but I think she liked me as I came to visit her and get to know her.
Hook (if any): Hmmm I don’t know if this really defines hook, but I focused on my future career goal of becoming a doctor and my reasons for doing so (brother’s illness, shadowing of surgeon experience)
State or Country: CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Writing/SATs
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Seeing that my SAT scores and GPA were a little below par of those waitlisted, I think the deciding factors were my essays. I spent a lot of time working on them and they really define me and give a glimpse of who I am and my future goals.

Other Factors: 
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
After seeing all the stats of people being waitlisted, I feel really grateful to be accepted into WUSTL. This is a great school, but I still am waiting for my first choices to respond before I make a decision.

lgregorio · March 14, 2009, 11:31am

ACCEPTEDDDDDDD!!! College of Arts and Sciences

Stats:
SAT I: 2140 - CR: 730, M: 710, W: 700
SAT IIs: MATH 1: 690 Spanish: 490 (i know, awful)
ACT: 31/32
GPA: 3.92
Rank: not ranked
Other stats: i’ve gotten a lot of awards at my school and was named the first ever student activist in a new orleans magazine
Subjective:
Essays: about how big of a role volleyball played in my life and how hard work pays off (we won the state championship)
Teacher Recs: both were great
Counselor Rec: i’m thinking pretty good, she doesn’t know me that well but all of the teacher she talks to like me
Hook (if any): none…
Location/Person: New Orleans
State or Country: Louisiana
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: took the hardest schedule possible senior year, have taken every available honors class since freshman year, didn’t have a “slump year”
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: i displayed a lot of interest in the school which is what they look for, i emailed my admissions counselor a lot (she knew my name and face), and the school said they were looking from more girls from my school

jliu · March 14, 2009, 11:57am

Accepted!
at Arts and Sciences
SAT I: 2290 - CR: 720 M: 790 W: 780
SAT II: Math II- 800 Bio M - 770
ACT: 34
GPA: 3.4
Rank: 7%
ECs: Violinist (all state, etc…), Research at Cleveland Clinic, two actual (did things) officer positions, 300 hours volunteering. Really good teacher recommendation. other clubs etc…
also I applied for a scholarship there.
All possible AP/Honors
And Im taking 4 APs and 2 dual credit math classes and had a semester one GPA UW of 3.9

souldrip6 · March 14, 2009, 2:16pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Stats:
SAT I: 2110
SAT IIs: 760 MII, 700Chem, 680Lit
GPA: 4.0/4.0(fres-soph), I had all As with 2 AP classes soph year, not sure what that is unweighted
Rank: 1/~900(fresh-soph year)
APs: 3 AP Chem 4 AP Euro
Current APs: N/A
Subjective:
Essays: I think they were okay.
Teacher Recs: They wrote extremely good recommendations and have a reputation for writing excellent recs.
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Hook (if any): Not sure, used my late grandmother as a catalyst for pursuing a degree in the medical field
State or Country: OK
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: I attend a school specialized in math and science. Our classes are all college level and extremely challenging and difficult. My weakness is probably my SAT score. I did have a 34 on the ACT though.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Probably my SAT scores. My school doesn’t do GPA/class rank, but my grades were ok. They weren’t stellar but I had more As and Bs and improved them to all As and 2 Bs(no easy feat from where I am).
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I don’t know how strong of a candidate I was for WashU, but after seeing the stats of the others who have been waitlisted I feel truly fortunate to be in this group.

vin09 · March 14, 2009, 3:10pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:
SAT I: 2320 (800 CR/760 M/760 W)
SAT IIs: 770 Math II, 740 Biology M, 740 World History
GPA: 4.0
Rank: 2/620
Other stats: NMF, 2 texas decathlon state gold medals, AP w/ distinction, many local and regional awards, varsity tennis
Subjective:
Essays: cant remember
Teacher Recs: probably good
Counselor Rec: pretty good
Location/Personal:
State or Country: South Texas
School Type: Decent Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Not sure
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Dunno
Other Factors: High Income
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:

icecream203 · March 14, 2009, 3:39pm

Decision: Accepted
Sat I: 2280 (780 CR/ 750 M/ 750 W)
SAT IIs: 760 Mat II, 720 Physics, 720 Literature
GPA: we don’t have a 4.0 scale, but high – good grades in tough classes (total of 8 aps in 3 years (max at my school)
Rank: estimating - 2 or 3 out of about 120
Other stats:APs (5 AP Euro 5 AP English Comp 4 AP Physics 4 AP French, AP scholar with honor, high school subject awards, dartmouth book award, nhs, fnhs, society of women engineer’s award, etc. I can’t remember
Essays: just the common app essay - my teachers/counselor really liked it
Teacher Recs: pretty good I think
Counselor Rec: also pretty good I believe
Location: CT
School Type: Private Catholic
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Other Factors: No Financial Aid needed (well maybe needed just wouldn’t qualify)

icecream203 · March 14, 2009, 3:40pm

woops

DECISION: ACCEPTED

ddp08228 · March 14, 2009, 3:46pm

**Decision:WAITLISTED, SO HAPPY! I Was Rejected From Rice Early Decision and from Notre Dame Early Action **

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2170(750 C.R./720 Math/700 Writing) :1470/1600
[] SAT IIs: 730 Math 1, 750 U.S. History
[] ACT -N/A
[] GPA: 3.8/4 Unweighted 94/100(weighted)
[] Rank: 89/450 (Barely Top 20 Percent)------------------I REALLY THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GET REJECTED FOR THIS, SCHOOL IS REALLY COMPIEITIVE, COUNSELOR DID IN HER REC, that at surrounding schools I would have been top 10 percent…
[] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Common App-----Talked about my experiences as a Hindu, and how that taught me to embrace different viewpoints and beliefs…
[] Teacher Recs: 1 From U.S. History Teacher, said I was top 5 percent of All the kids she has taught…My Calc Teacher talked about how I was scholarly but got a long well with underachievers and kids that don’t try at alll…
[] Counselor Rec: Said I would have been top 10 percent in surrounding schools, My school is ridiculous…
[] Hook (if any):None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Texas
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian Indian
[] Gender:Male
[] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Not being in top 10 percent was killing my chances at any school I applied to.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I was so scared a dumbass like me would get rejected from WashU, because my class rank is horrible…
[/ul]Other Factors: ----6 Years of Karate, 6 Years of being a Youth Club Mentor
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:: This gives a little hope for Emory and Vanderbilt…I am defintly taking a spot on the waitllist(I know they waitlist everyone, and I will never get in, but anything is better than a rejection, since I was rejected from Rice and Notre Dame in early action and early decision Round)

tootangy · March 14, 2009, 5:13pm

basically…i’m in! (:

ps…i don’t really appreciate the people that are saying they’re overqualified
i think it’s a bit disrespectful
if you think you’re too good for washu why did you apply? and saying you did that because it’s your “safety” is a miscalculation on your part.
i got in washu and was deferred from UNC…and i did not complain or claim that I was overqualified
people need to stop thinking so highly of themselves. different schools look for different things from their students.

danr74 · March 14, 2009, 5:33pm

**Decision: Waitlisted **

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2340
[] SAT IIs: 790 780 760
[] ACT 36
[] GPA: 97.5/100 UW (school doesnt weight)
[] Rank: 1/226 (but school doesnt officially rank so reported as top 10%)
[] Other stats: 7 AP’s, all 5s, taking 6 more this year, president of nhs, 400+ hours comm. service, 3 yrs varsity lacrosse, research internship, national merit finalist, presidential scholars candidate, national chemistry olympiad finalist, bunch of other school and regional awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Spent a month on my common app essay, had mom and english teacher edit it. They both said it was great.
[] Teacher Recs: One amazing(best student ever, etc.), another pretty good
[] Counselor Rec: excellent
[] Hook (if any): nope
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: NY
[] School Type: top 100 public school
[] Ethnicity: whitey
[] Gender: male
[] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: idk i thought my whole application was pretty solid overall
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: wish i knew
[/ul]Other Factors: applied for lots of financial aid
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone that got accepted.

Layered_Cake · March 14, 2009, 5:44pm

Here is the format for when decisions do come out. The trick is to take the spaces out of the brackets before you post. If you don’t then the formatting won’t work.

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2120 (M-710 R-730 W-680)
[] SAT IIs: Physics - 730, US History - 770, Math 2 - 740
[] ACT
[] GPA: 98 W
[] Rank: Top 5 Percent
[] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Very good. Had it looked over a lot and had a good topic.
[] Teacher Recs: One 3 page long one, one ehhh one
[] Counselor Rec: Decent
[] Hook (if any): Nada
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: New York
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Maybe SAT is a tad low
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:

bulldoghopeful · March 14, 2009, 9:47pm

hey dan, sorry to hear your misfortune. you were a very qualified applicant (still are!)

washu has need aware admisions so you applying for lots of fin aid may have been why you got waitlisted. i have a hard time believing this “overqualified waitlist” conjecturing. from what i’ve seen, it seems like if you were a strong applicant, didn’t apply for fin aid, and at least showed some interest in washu, you were accepted.

danr, in any case, best of luck, im sure you’ll do fine at your other schools. plus if washu is still a top choice of yours, i would strongly recommend writing them a letter informing them as such.

danr74 · March 15, 2009, 12:25am

thanks bulldog, yeah i already accepted a spot on the waitlist and started writing a letter and compiling a few other updates of awards and such that i’ve gotten since i sent in my app to send to them now. hopefully itll make a difference.

congrats on your acceptance, and good luck with yale.

christian1206 · March 15, 2009, 12:44am

im really upset now. does this mean i can’t get in any school that has a lower acceptance rate than washu? i would really like to get in duke or upenn. but this waitlist from washu really discourages me. any ideas?

IsabelB · March 15, 2009, 2:00am

WAITLISTED
Stats:
SAT I:800 CR 710 M 760 W (2270)
SAT IIs: 760 World, 730 US History, 710 Math II and Lit
ACT N/A
GPA: i never know how to compute that.
Rank: about top 5%
Other stats:
[ b]Subjective:**
Essays: who ever knows…
Teacher Recs: idk. positive, definitely
Counselor Rec: ditto above.
Hook (if any): ------
Location/Person: the south
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: N/A
Gender: F
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: NMF, decent/respectable ec’s by cc standards. petitioned a university to do significant research in the humanities this past summer. strongest, hardest schedule possible at my school, every year. 9 APs. (4 this year). two 4’s (sci) , 3 5’s (humanities). i applied for a humanities major.
Why you think you were waitlisted: SAT2’s, math scores, (essay??)
[ b]Other Factors:**
General Comments: kinda nervous about all my other colleges now…like seriously nervous.

73552 · March 15, 2009, 2:57am

tootangy,

I think people are mentioning the “overqualified” issue because WashU is “known” for waitlisting people who are overqualified. I’ve even heard a guidance counselor talk about it. No disrespect is intended. I’m sure most people here applied because they genuinely wanted to attend, but there may be some who applied as a safety. I’ve heard of people who were accepted at MIT, Yale, etc. being waitlisted at WashU.

twinsfan22 · March 15, 2009, 9:02am

Decision: Accepted!

Stats:
ACT: 33
SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 730 Physics
GPA: 3.88 UW, 4.27 W
Rank: Top 2%

Subjective:
Essays: really good
Teacher Recs: probably good
Counselor Rec: IDK my counselor very well but I assume they were good

Location/Personal:
State or Country: Minnesota
School Type: Good Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: EC’s, Interview, essay
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I don’t know, I was expecting a waitlist
Other Factors: Didn’t apply for FA
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I liked Washu a lot but i don’t think I’ll be going there. Congrats to everyone who got in and good luck to all on the waitlist!

scribbler91 · March 15, 2009, 12:10pm

Decision: ACCEPTED

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I: subscored 2280: V 800, M 700, W 780
[] SAT IIs: Chem 740, Lit 770, Math II 730

[] GPA: uh…10.09/11 (school doesn’t do weighted)
[] Rank: n/a
[] Other stats: top 12% (school doesn’t tell very much)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: I liked my common app one
[] Teacher Recs: no idea
[] Counselor Rec: no idea
[] Hook (if any):…good grades and scores from a prestigious boarding school?
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: residence: FL, school NH
[] School Type: private, boarding
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: uh…good, unique extracurrics, good grades…
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:[/li][/ul][ b]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congrats to everyone, I wasn’t really expecting to find out on Friday. I suppose it was a nice surprise, though I’ll be honest and say I had decided in December I wasn’t going to apply, but I’d already paid the fee in August…(because I decided if I got into Northwestern or UChicago I’d rather go there, since I lived in the city for 2 years and love chi-town)

But it is really nice knowing that I got in to a top school (and it gives me hope for the even more selective schools), and if I don’t get into one of my top schools (Stanford, Yale, Penn, Brown), I’m definitely going to have to visit it and decide. Kind of wishing I didn’t get lazy and applied for a scholarship, but oh well.

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