Foster's business school EAG notification

Saintly
Sat, 07 May 2011 22:25:43 +0000

I got my letter of rejection today. Not the greatest day ever, but not the worst. I’m a little perplexed as to why I got rejected. I have a 3.93 cumulative GPA, a pre-application GPA of a 3.9, a 3.5 WSA score, I’ve also held an internship for 4 months at a radio station, there was a definite traumatic extraordinary circumstance in my life, I’ve co-led a team that raised over $10k for cancer research for Seattle Children’s Hospital, I’ve been on the dean’s list, etc. All of these things have occurred since I was admitted to the UW or have happened since I was physically attending the UW.
I know it’s extremely competitive. The thing that irks me is that the average accepted cumulative GPA was a 3.55, the pre-application average GPA was a 3.62, and the average writing score was a 4.32 – or something like that. I know I was below the average for the writing, but I was well above the average for the GPA.
I’ve been told they weight all the classes the same and that GPA counts for a large chunk of your admittance/rejection. I also understand that it might have been my WSA scores, but I mean that’s 1 day vs. 20 weeks of your college life. I guess I’m appealing to whomever might have some explanation as to why I got rejected. I understand that admissions are ultimately a crapshoot and this might fall under that category, but I was also wondering if anyone else heard back today with good/bad news?