*Official Regular Decision Class of 2018*

wimmiett
Fri, 14 Mar 2014 03:13:05 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Sam Fox School of Architecture

Objective:[ul]
[]SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (770 reading and writing, 690 math)
[] ACT (breakdown): 32 (36E, 35R, 29M, 27S)
[] SAT II: 740 math II, 740 US history
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Weighted GPA: 4.39ish
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1-2/114
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Euro(5), World(4), USH(5), Lang(4), Chem(3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Lit, AP Psychology, AP Physics, AP Calculus

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Varsity Swim Team (captain), Best Buddies (Vice President), Photography Club (President), National Honors Society (President), Theater, Engineering Fair, I forget what else I put but I filled out all 10 spaces on the Common App
[] Volunteer/Community service: A lot of volunteering with Camp I Am Special, which is where I am paired one on one with a mentally/physically disabled camper and we just have a fun time

[/ul]Writing:[ul]
[] Essay: Pretty good, about photography.
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: AP Lang teacher, she’s awesome so it was probably fantastic
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: AP Physics, doesn’t write many so I think he wrote me a good one.
[] Counselor Rec: I was friends with my counselor before she worked for my school
[] Interview: never happened
[] Art Supplement: Submitted some drawings and photographs for the architecture school!

[/ul]Other:[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private Christian, never sends to top colleges
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: too high for FA
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing really… didn’t apply for FA since I knew WUSTL was need aware. [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: essay, portfolio, recommendations
[] Weaknesses: SAT math, no high school history with WashU
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I was very surprised! One factor that I think was important was contact with the school. I did my part for showing interest by going to the local information session and applying for a scholarship (rejected), however in early February there was this whole deal where my counselor had apparently bragged on my recommendation about my high reading and english ACT scores, but I had never sent my ACT scores to WUSTL yet they had results from my first test (35E, 29R) that conflicted with my counselor’s rec. So there were several phone calls exchanged between my counselor and the admissions people to figure it out, and while I eventually sent my ACT scores to clear things out I think the general confusion made them curious about me maybe. or something.
[] What would you have done differently?: not sucked at the SAT math, spend more time working on portfolio; usually I complain a lot about my high school but I guess it’s not too bad.

[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone accepted! Haven’t seen too many architecture results on here. I really like WashU, and am currently deciding between here and Notre Dame and UVA, although I think WUSTL trumps UVA for me. Still waiting for several decisions later this month. Yay for provided airfare!