*Official Regular Decision Class of 2018*

jae221
Tue, 18 Mar 2014 00:27:32 +0000

Decision: Rejected

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 790 CR 740 M 770 Writ - 2300 total
ACT: n/a
SAT II: 730 Math II, 750 World History
GPA: 3.8 UW/4.2 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 4
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: all AP core classes + advanced art class
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar & National Merit Commended, various school awards

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): board for 4 service clubs (I’m big on philanthropy), multiple student government positions, audition-only fine arts/performing arts groups. more details in my previous chance threads
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at a retirement home and did a variety of stuff there
Summer Activities: see above + some career-oriented/leadership summer programs
Essays: I thought my CA essay was risky (had no idea how an admissions committee would evaluate it)
Teacher Recommendation: A+ they both really like me
Counselor Rec: Don’t like my counselor but from what I know they wrote a good one
Additional Rec: I sent 2 teacher recs
Interview/Visit: neither. probably showed lack of interest.

Other:
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: competitive public
Ethnicity: didn’t state
Gender: F
Income Bracket: upper-middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection:
Strengths: really good recs, leadership positions & involvement, and I’m a pretty good writer.
Weaknesses: “laundry list” of activities, lack of evidenced interest (didn’t visit), file similar to many other applicants
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see weaknesses above
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UCSD, URochester, Brandeis, UCSB, UC Davis
General Comments:
I really liked WUSTL but surprisingly I’m not all that sad about not being admitted. It is a little scary however to think how my other school decisions are going to go considering Wash U’s the only one of my non-safeties that’s come out yet. Fingers crossed for good news to come! Congrats to everyone admitted :)