Nervous applicant, any insight?

ZackB321
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00:40 +0000

I just submitted my Fall 2010 application to the UW Seattle campus last week and set up my whole MyUW account. I’m here wondering if I have a shot at getting in.

[In-state applicant]
GPA: 3.74 (Top 8%)
SAT: 1670 (1110 CR+M)
Extracurriculars:

I’m the A&E editor for my school’s paper. We were just awarded with a Pacemaker (basically the Pulitzer Prize of H.S. journalism), and placed 2nd at the national convention in 2009.

I’ve played soccer every year of high school and ran cross country my junior year. I have a varsity letter in both.

Member of National Honor Society

Part-time job ever since I was sixteen.

Camp counselor 9th grade at a bible camp.

That sums up everything except the writing section, which I’m confident I did well on. My personal statement was about the paper. I wrote the cultural essay about there being another type of discrimination in high school outside of race and religion, which is popularity. Then I wrote a quick 3 paragraphs in the additional section explaining the 2 C’s I got my freshman year and how I’ve changed since.

In a nut shell, that’s my application. Do I have a chance?