Imma let you finish, but I had one of the lowest chances of all TIME

Colleges & Universities Washington University in St. Louis
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<p>I would be much obliged if a few of you gorgeous CCers would chance me… </p>

<p>White CT female looking at biomedical/pre-med, RD</p>

<p>Academic Stats–
SAT I: 2210 (800/700/710)
SAT II: 760 Spanish w/o listening, 700 Math I
GPA : 4.34 weighted, N/A unweighted
Class Rank : 4/202 at a vaguely competitive public HS</p>

<p>Courseload–
All honors classes freshman/sophomore year (AP not offered), 2 AP’s junior year, 5 AP’s senior year. (APUSH 4, Eng. Language 5, Chem, Stats, Calc AB, Spanish Language, English Lit and Comp.) All in all 7 out of ~10 offered.</p>

<p>Awards/Random–
Laurel Girls State 2009 delegate
Lots of generic book awards
Lots of generic “student-of-the-year” awards
Regional Superintendent’s Association award
National Merit commended
Lots of county/state academic competitions/events</p>

<p>EC’s–
Link Crew (freshman herdin-- I mean, mentoring) - 2
NHS (VP) -2
National Foreign Language HS - 3
Literary Magazine - 2
Tutoring - 4
Big Brothers Big Sisters - 1
Summer job (camp counselor) - 3</p>

<p>Writing–
Recommendations are fantastic.
Essay isn’t super-duper-original, but well-written and memorable. Ish.</p>

<p>Thank you for reading! And hopefully responding?.. if you have time… </p>

<p>Oh, and this is basically my first time doing this, if I’m making a faux pas by putting this in the college’s forum and not some other “what are my chances” forum, please let me know.</p>

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<p>ECs are on the weaker side. Did you get a lot of volunteering hours?
I think you have a good chance, I’d say about 50/50, so pretty much you have good enough stats but it’s all a matter of standing out from the competition so do that in your essays!!!</p>

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<p>I don’t know exactly how many service hours altogether, especially for 9th and 10th since we weren’t required to keep track, but NHS and NFLHS are pretty in-depth in terms of service… This year I’m getting at least an hour each day, finish with around 200? I’m not sure what’s considered “a lot”… </p>

<p>Thank you so much for the quick response!</p>

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<p>I think you have a very good chance. Your scores are great and you took the most challenging course. I disagree that on the point that you have bad ECs, I don’t think any EC activities are bad, you just have to be passionate about them. You seem to do alot of tutoring which shows commitment. </p>

<p>Anyways now just focus on the essays, make them standout, show the adcom why you really want to go to WUSTL. Good luck.</p>

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<p>BME and premed may not be the best idea. BME is a really difficult major and can lower your GPA by a bit.</p>