OFFICIAL WashU Class of 2017 RD Decisions

FawkesGoldman · March 8, 2013, 10:55pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 single-sitting (CR: 800; Math: 750; Writing: 800, with an 11 essay)
[] ACT: Did not take
[] SAT II: Biology: 800; Math II: 720 (took twice with the same score); World History: 770
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Nobody is allowed to know their rank, but definitely near valedictorian
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (sophomore, 5); English Lit (junior, 5); Statistics (junior, 5); Biology (junior, 5); Human Geography (junior, self-study, 5); Microecon (junior, self-study, 4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Top orchestra and choir, AP Calc BC, AP US Gov, AP Physics (course is B, with C Mechanics portions self-studied)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, I guess[/li][/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Ambassadors (President; student liaison to new students); NHS (Officer); Orchestra (Council president); Model United Nations; spring musical (stage, moderate role);
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: About 1.5 years as a reception volunteer at a local hospital (5 months in ER); former church A/V volunteer (about 500-600 volunteer hours given freshman - junior years); tutoring; orchestra mentoring
[] Summer Activities: 2012 - Legal Administrative Assistant (unpaid intern) for two months
[] Essays: Upper echelon, nothing outstanding
[] Teacher Recommendation: Two, both of which were junior-year AP teachers who I got along with very well
[] Counselor Rec: Barely knows me, so it wasn’t negative
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: Couldn’t get one scheduled in time (it’s a five hour drive to campus from where I live)[/li][/ul]

Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Iowa
[] School Type: Medium (about 1800) suburban and rural
[] Ethnicity: European
[] Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket: Upper
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I felt good across the board
[] Weaknesses: Relative to the rest of the application, the Common App essay; it was easily the weakest of any essay I wrote for applications.
[] Why you think you were accepted: I emphasized how much I loved the visit, which was the truth. I didn’t expect Wash U to unseat Northwestern as my number one choice, but it did, albeit not quite definitively.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Still waiting on RD’s from Northwestern University, Pomona College, and Claremont McKenna.
[/ul]

General Comments: I’m just gonna give a terrorist fist bump to my friend at Wash U who really, truly helped convince me to apply there.

deepblue14 · March 8, 2013, 11:08pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2310; 750 CR, 770 M, 790 W
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 740 Bio M, 730 Math 1
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99 UW (98/100)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/60
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History (4), English Lang (4), U.S. Gov (5), Bio (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Band, Religion, Economics, AP English Lit, AP Psychology, AP Calc AB, AP Comparative Gov (self study) 
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): SGA (4 years), NHS, Varsity Soccer (4 years), Model UN, All-State Band, tons of music stuff
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Mostly Catholic Heart Work Camp stuff
[] Summer Activities: Hospital Internship, Boys State, various volunteering (CHWC)
[] Essays: I thought they were pretty good? Lol
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read them but I’m assuming they were good (From AP Lang and AP Gov teachers)
[] Counselor Rec: Really good
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): DE
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket: ~150,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, well-roundedness?
[] Weaknesses: Zero demonstrated interest lol
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Literally no idea, I thought I’d definitely be waitlisted/rejected because I showed no interest
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: William and Mary (likely), waiting to hear back from everywhere else[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got accepted!

krishna147 · March 8, 2013, 11:23pm

Accepted

Earlier Admissions: 1. UIUC CS James Scholar
2. UT Austin CS Turing Scholar

Exams Time Give the details later All the best

tboner1495 · March 8, 2013, 11:24pm

ACCEPTED

SAT 2220 single sitting
math2 800. US History 780
GPA 4.0 unweighted
Class Rank 1:560
Leadership NHS (Pres.) Band Council (Pres.) Boys state, tbone section leader, mun, tons of community service
Attended Discovery weekend

Congrats/good luck to all!

Kieran0696 · March 8, 2013, 11:30pm

Decision:Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (690CR/800M/800W)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 790 Chem 770 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/350
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych 5, Bio 5, Stats 4, EnvSci 4, Eng Lang 3
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Calc AB, AP Eng Lit, AP Euro, Honors Physics
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scouts (SPL, Eagle Scout), Key Club (Vice President), and some other basic stuff.
[] Job/Work Experience: None.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Boy Scouts and Key Club.
[] Summer Activities: National Jamboree - 2010, Environmentalist Internship - 2011, Medicine Internship - 2012.
[] Essays: Decent.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Decent.
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t Read.
[] Additional Rec: None.
[] Interview: None.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): HI
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Indian/White
[] Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket: 220k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT/GPA
[] Weaknesses: CR, AP Scores, ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I suppose I was just academically qualified. I hadn’t really showed that much interest, nor did I have any significant extra-curriculars.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to USC, Emory, Alabama, Upitt, UMD, Tulane, and LA Tech. All acceptances were with varying amounts of merit aid.[/li][/ul]General Comments: It feels nice to be accepted to such an elite university, as this was the most prestigious school of those that I had applied, but I did not get any merit aid, so I will not be matriculating.

Good luck to everyone else!

inmahar · March 8, 2013, 11:30pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): 2190 (760 CR, 760 M, 670 W)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 790 Biology-E, 740 US History, 710 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/106
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP U.S. History (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Chemistry, AP U.S. Government and Politics, British Literature, Physics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, National History Bee State Champion, National History Bowl State Champion, Presidential Scholar Nominee, 8th Place NHSMTC[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academic Challenge Bowl (Captain), Mock Trial (Captain/Founder), National Honor Society, Student Council (Chair of Finance), National History Club (Head Chairman), Varsity Tennis, Varsity Golf, Environmental Club
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship at Ophthalmology Practice, Internship at Family Practice Clinic, Internship at Surgery Center, President/Founder of Student Company
[] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours
[] Summer Activities: Internships
[] Essays: Pretty good. Show my passion for educational reform.
[] Teacher Recommendation: No idea. Probably fantastic, though.
[] Counselor Rec: Probably fantastic
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]

[] State (if domestic applicant): Guam
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private/Parochial
[] Ethnicity: Iranian, Czech, Chamorro
[] Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket: $1M+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I guess Guam is an underrepresented area. Maybe…[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]

[] Strengths: GPA, Extracurriculars, Essays
[] Weaknesses: SAT’s are on the low side for WUSTL, not sure about recommendations, school only offers 5 AP’s, ZERO demonstrated interest
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Despite the weaknesses in my application, I think my personality and interests were revealed in my extracurriculars and essays. Scores may have brought it down. No demonstrated interest.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Fordham, University of Portland, Macalester College, and Lipscomb University; Rejected from Stanford University; Waiting on many more decisions

[/ul]General Comments:
Disappointed that I was waitlisted, but relieved that I wasn’t reject outright. Hoping that other decisions will be happier.

mendez · March 8, 2013, 11:44pm

[ b]Decision: Waitlisted**

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2060 (610M, 790M, 660W)
[] ACT: 30 (32E, 35M, forgot for S&W)
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 620 Bio M, 780 Chinese w/Listening, 670 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.32 W cumulative
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Don’t know. Top 10% perhaps?
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Stats (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): History SL (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB Bio HL, IB Math SL, IB Chem HL, IB Span SL, IB Eng HL, TOK, Physics
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Martial arts (co-founder/president/student coach), MUN (secretary/vice president/ambassador/USG logistics - 11th grade), academic competition (president/co-founder), International club (co-president), strings ensemble
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: hospital volunteer, orphanage volunteer, student coaching
[] Summer Activities: none…
[] Essays: I’d say they’re not bad
[] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read them, but I’ll assume they were great
[] Counselor Rec: should be spectacular…I guess
[] Additional Rec: none…
[] Interview: Went really well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[] Country (if international applicant): International
[] School Type:private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[]Income Bracket: I don’t know
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:ECs, essay (maybe), recommendations
[] Weaknesses:SATs and ACT
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly don’t know
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UGA, Lake Forest, WPI, Tulane, Clark University, Case Western, Rose-Hulman (all accepted)[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to all who were accepted! If you weren’t, don’t worry, you’ll still go to somewhere great. Honestly, I thought I’d be rejected immediately. I’m kind of surprised…

quietdesperation · March 9, 2013, 12:12am

Objective:

<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): 2190
SAT II: 2x750
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unr
AP (place score in parenthesis): (4x4, 1x5)
Senior Year Course Load: 4 aps
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): good leadership
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: student coaching
Summer Activities: lots
Essays: good
Teacher Recommendation: who knows?
</code></pre>

Other

<pre><code>State (if domestic applicant): ny
Ethnicity: cauc
Gender: M
Income Bracket: high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
</code></pre>

Reflection

<pre><code>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: gpa/sat
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Tulane, u mich honors, mcgill
</code></pre>

General Comments: probably will end up at u mich, congrats to those accepted

aabat3 · March 9, 2013, 12:14am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 single sitting (720 CR, 770 M, 750 W)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 770 Math II, 670 U.S. History, 660 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 UW, 4.69 W
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/387
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Stat (4), Gov (4), USH (4), Psych (3), Euro (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Psych SL (6)
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB Physics SL, IB History of the Americas HL, IB English HL, IB Psych HL, IB Spanish 4, IB Theory of Knowledge, AP Calc BC
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction [/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, NHHS, MAT, math team (captain), varsity cross country (co-captain), varsity track
[] Job/Work Experience: Unpaid intern on a congressional campaign
[] Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity, coordinated IB service projects, 300+ hours volunteering abroad in India, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Peru, volunteer at local road races/track meets.
[] Summer Activities: Yale Ivy Scholars
[] Essays: Wrote about being a hipster. Topic seemed kinda hit or miss but I guess it worked.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One that I read was very good but not extraordinary, assuming other was the same.
[] Counselor Rec: Probably decent, nothing special.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[]Income Bracket: 120K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Geography?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essay (I guess), rank, SAT, volunteerism
[] Weaknesses: AP and SAT II scores, absolutely no demonstrated interest
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ECs, volunteerism
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UF, McGill, waiting on everyone else[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Was a bit surprised at this! Congrats to everyone else who got in! If you didn’t, don’t fret too much.

Lolface849 · March 9, 2013, 12:15am

**Decision: Rejected. **

luv2dance1995 · March 9, 2013, 12:46am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2390 (800 M 800 CR 790 W)
[] ACT: 36 (36 E 36 M 36 R 35 S 8 W)
[] SAT II: 800 US History, 800 Math 2
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 32/about 900
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych, Calc BC, US History, English Lang/Comp all 5s
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Micro/Macro, Spanish, Chem, Bio, Honors English electives
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Honor, Cum Laude, Science/Spanish honors society, selected to attend an Argonne National Laboratory Women in Science conference, Illinois State Scholar, Presidential Scholar applicant
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Dance is the main one, 10+ hours/week, mainly ballet/modern, since age 3, perform with local company (past 6 years), went with the company (chosen as 1 of 3 schools in the US) to tour in a dance festival in europe, sent in art supplement
Piano since age 5, finished suzuki repertoire
School newspaper staff writer (11th), news editor (12th)
Founder/co-president of South Asian cultural club this year
Model UN 10-12th grade, attended MUNUC twice (going to NUMUN this year)
JV tennis 9th-11th grade
[] Job/Work Experience: Paid dance teaching assistant (5th-9th grade), research internship at UChicago science lab (last summer)
[] Volunteer/Community service: school service club (10th and 11th grade), 2-3 hours/week at local food pantry since July 2012
[] Summer Activities: dance, tennis, babysitting, dance festival tour summer 2010 in Austria, research last summer
[] Essays: edited by parents. I loved it. (Meaning common app essay)
[] Teacher Recommendation: One from sophomore year English teacher/my newspaper advisor for past two years. She loves me and one from my US History teacher last year. maybe not as personal but I did very well in the class, especially the final project/final test
[] Counselor Rec: huge school so maybe generic but she thinks I’m amazingly smart haha
[] Additional Rec: One from the professor I did research under, and one from the head of my dance studio
[] Interview: Nope, didn’t get offered one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: large, decent public (3000+ students), sends maybe 10-15 people to Ivies each year
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Female
[]Income Bracket: not sure but didn’t apply for FA
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nopeeee
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: test scores, well-rounded ECs, essay, recs
[] Weaknesses: ORM, not much demonstrated interest
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: yield protection
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: got a likely from Penn, deferred SCEA from Harvard. that’s it so far[/li][/ul]General Comments:
this kinda sucks. I’m sooo glad it’s not my first RD decision, thank goodness for Penn. clearly WashU wait listed a LOT of people. congrats to everyone admitted though :)

Juvenis · March 9, 2013, 1:06am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Don’t ask…
[] ACT: 33 (36E/34M/30R/32S)
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH(5), Statistics(5), Biology(5), Calculus BC(pending), Latin(pending)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Max. amount of AP/Honors
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Latin Exam - Gold Medalist for 2 years;
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Swimming & Water Polo, NHS, Key Club, Altar Server, Camp Counselor, Local church’s Filipino club member
[] Job/Work Experience: Summer job as school’s campus maintenance crew (no pay; money goes toward tuition)
[] Volunteer/Community service: See ECs
[] Summer Activities: Camp Counselor
[] Essays: Idk. I was somewhat proud of it
[] Teacher Recommendation: no idea
[] Counselor Rec: no idea
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private/Parochial (Catholic school)
[] Ethnicity: Filipino
[] Gender: M
[]Income Bracket: <100K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Absolutely none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essay
[] Weaknesses: Everything else
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Maybe not enough interest? I know this school is notorious for that
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted:UT Austin, Trinity University, St. Mary’s, UT Dallas, U. Portland, and Tulane[/li]Rejected: WUSTL

Still waiting on Yale, Duke, and Rice
[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got accepted! I know I shouldn’t take this rejection that seriously, since these results on this thread seem VERY counterintuitive. Although I’d be lying if I say it doesn’t bother me that I’m the rejected minority instead of the waitlisted majority (according to this thread, that is. I have no idea what the real numbers are)

barvoets · March 9, 2013, 1:11am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 730 M, 720 CR, 700 W
ACT: 33
SAT II: Didnt send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 14
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), U.S. Gov (5) Comparative Politics (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature/Composition, AP European History, AP Calc BC, AP Physics B, AP Spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): American Legion Oratorical Competition Semi-finalist, NFL Congressional Debate Two time National Qualifier
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis, Track, Model U.N, Speech & Debate, FBLA, NHS, Beta Chi Pi, Mu Alpha Theta, 
Job/Work Experience: Caddy at 2 County Clubs, Worked at WashU Med School for 3 summers
Volunteer/Community service: Senatorial Campaign, Overland summer volunteering
Summer Activities: Caddy at 2 County Clubs, Worked at WashU Med School for 3 summers
Essays: Strong
Teacher Recommendation: Probably Strong
Counselor Rec: Average
Additional Rec:
Interview: Strong
Other
State (if domestic applicant): MO
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: didnt apply for FA
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: Strong essay/Interests/Academics/Leadership
Weaknesses: Test Scores?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Showed a lot of interest/worked at their med school
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Likely from William & Mary and deferred ED Dartmouth
General Comments: Happy I got in, I considered WashU a nice match for me; I will likely end up going if I dont get into some of my other Eastern schools. Congrats to all those accepted!

pr022x · March 9, 2013, 1:16am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): None
ACT: 35 (E: 36 / M: 36 / R: 33 / S: 36)
SAT II: Math II: 800, Physics: 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5% (Weighted 4.7083)
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on all of: AP Comp Sci, AP Calc BC, AP Physics B, APUSH, AP Biology, AP Language
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Physics C, AP Gov, AP Micro, AP Psych (No math, as I took BC sophomore year and Calc3/Linalg last year)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAMO Qualifier (score: 14/42 - top 50%)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team (Pseudo-captain), ARML Team (Have been captain in previous years), Overnight camp (Couselor for several years), AMC/AIME/USAMO, Ice Hockey, Peer tutor, another leadership/volunteer opportunity through school that explaining would give away identity…
Job/Work Experience: None on application
Volunteer/Community service: NHS, Religious volunteering, some other opportunities
Summer Activities:
Essays: Didn’t spend much time tbh, I was already in at MIT and Caltech
Teacher Recommendation: Good recs, esp. one from a teacher who was also math team coach, ARML coach
Counselor Rec: Probably decent…but i have no idea
Additional Rec: Rec from a summer program I did
Interview: none
Other
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: i’d rather not answer
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none that i havent’ listed
Reflection
Strengths: USAMO, math participation, etc
Weaknesses: probably essays, as I didn’t spend time on them
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea in the world tbh
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted at: MIT, Caltech, U of I, UMich
Expecting Acceptance at Carnegie Mellon, Harvey Mudd
General Comments:
Looks like i’ll have to settle for MIT or Caltech :P

achlahbachlah · March 9, 2013, 1:26am

Was there an essay topic specifically for Washington University?

stbemtpynest · March 9, 2013, 1:46am

Decision: Accepted Olin School of Business

Objective:

[ul]
[]SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
[]ACT: 33 (35-E,35-M,33-R,29-S,10-W)
[]SAT II: didn’t take
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95 UW, 4.53 W
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[]AP (place score in parenthesis): none taken yet
[]IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish Lang, AP Calc BC, English (regular), AP Psych, International Relations, Poly Sci H
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): nothing outstanding, co-pres of club that tutors inner-city kids weekly, peer tutor, hip hop dance club 2 years, other service-type orgs
[] Job/Work Experience: program asst. for classes for kids with special needs, summer camp counselor, internship w/ chamber of commerce
[] Volunteer/Community service: Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Youth Crew
[] Summer Activities: work
[] Essays: nothing earth-shattering
[] Teacher Recommendation: favorite Spanish teacher, no idea about rec quality
[] Counselor Rec: liked by counselor, no idea about rec quality
[] Additional Rec: sponsor of weekly tutor club, very nice rec (saw it)
[] Interview: interview w/ admissions officer during campus visit, very nice comfortable conversation
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: F
[]Income Bracket: too high to qualify for need-based FA, too low to affort WUSTL (applied for FA)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA? some demonstrated interest - campus visit with interview, met with rep at HS visit
[] Weaknesses: ACT, no AP scores or SAT II’s, nominated for Danforth but didn’t apply
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See General Comments
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted Indiana University (Kelley School of Business DA), Elon, Butler, DePaul. WUSTL was the last school I was waiting for.[/li][/ul]General Comments: After seeing the stats of those W/L or denied, I’m stunned and confused. I wish I knew what made my app stand out so I could share with others. WUSTL was my only high-reach school. Naviance stats show 28 students from my HS applied to WUSTL last year and only 1 was admitted, and my “dot” on the graph is below the average for admitted students from my HS, so I’m puzzled but pleasantly surprised. I committed to IU, so I hope one of you very-deserving waitlisted CC members gets my slot at WUSTL. While I would have loved to attend WUSTL I couldn’t justify spending $120K more than IU (and graduating with huge debt) and I figured I had zero chance for WUSTL scholarship (since I didn’t even expect the acceptance). I did hear somewhere that WUSTL likes “nice kids” and during my interview I talked about tutoring kids and working with a severly disabled girl on my job. Although WUSTL says they don’t have quotas for majors/schools, maybe I got in because I’m a business major, not a science/engineering/pre-med major. Who knows??

thesmiter · March 9, 2013, 2:18am

Decision: REJECTED

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 790 CR 690 M 800 W
[] ACT: did not send
[] SAT II: 800 Chem 790 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank, top 5-10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5) Lang (5) Psych (5) USH (5) Euro (5) HumanGeo (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: All APs, US/Comp Gov’t, Macro/Microecon, Calc BC, Eng. Lit, World History, Physics CEM
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar with distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Exchange program (president), Latin club (president), Varsity Debate, JSA, Knitting Club
[] Job/Work Experience: Self-employed tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: 2000+ hours over 5 years at the same community center
[] Summer Activities: Exchange program, travelling, summer camp at ^this community center
[] Essays: CA one was about the exchange trip - lighthearted at the beginning, evolved into a reflective piece. English teacher (former professional editor) thought it conveyed my personality very well.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I’ve known both teachers since my underclassman years, but now that I’ve read one of those, albeit slightly modified from the CA one, it wasn’t as gushing as I *thought it was. Still excellent, but not perfect.
[] Counselor Rec: Counselor has known me and my ambitions pretty well. Should be a lot better than other people’s he wrote - he was the one who helped me pull off an illegal 8-class schedule in freshman year.
[] Additional Rec: Didn’t do one.
[] Interview: It was awwwwwwkward. It was my first interview, so I was nervous and relatively unprepared. It was a lot shorter than my other interviews, and I felt as though we didn’t really connect that well.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): US
[] School Type: large public magnet
[] Ethnicity: Chinese (whodaguessedit?)
[] Gender: F
[]Income Bracket: 120k, middle class in my city
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None. Parents went to a crappy college, but college nonetheless. ;_; Within one generation, my grandmother, who is illiterate, and my mother, who went to freaking college.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT scores, GPA (eh, kinda), AP scores
[] Weaknesses: Asian, overpopulated major (History/PoliSci), ECs (too few, and the depth of some of them wasn’t fully explored)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Little demonstrated interest beyond the optional interview. Could’ve had a chance if I had shown more interest.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected at Stanford, LL’d by W&M, waiting to hear from Pton, Yale, UChicago, Northwestern, Amherst, Williams, Yale-NUS, HKU, UCLA/B/D/SD
[/ul]General Comments:
Congratulations to those who got in. I really should’ve heeded my friends’ advice whent hey said that demonstrated interest really counts at WUSTL - they both go here, and they kinda made me apply, even though I don’t think I’d really want to go here…

futuresimon · March 9, 2013, 2:55am

Accepted to the School of Arts and Sciences

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): did not send
ACT: 31-- I think around 33 superscore though
SAT II: did not send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): above 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/109
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro Hist (4) AP Language and Comp (4) AP US (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Bio, AP Gov’t, Honors Economics, AP Literature and Composition, Religion (required), elective (required)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Pres. environmental club which I founded, vice-pres. of student body, varsity chess team soph.-sen. year, JV soccer 9-11 grade, XC 12th grade, speech and debate 12th grade, NHS 12th grade, karate 10-12th grade. Probably missing some, but those are the major ones.
Job/Work Experience: Worked summers at my mother’s neurology clinic
Volunteer/Community service: Through the environmental club which I founded, I created a community garden which donated its produce to local food bank.
Summer Activities: Relaxing, working at mom’s clinic, AP summer work.
Essays: CA was about transitioning from soccer to XC and I came to realize that’s its important to do what I want to do. Extra-curricular was about creating the garden through the environmental club.
Teacher Recommendation: Great. Both teachers knew me very well and both wrote amazing letters.
Counselor Rec: Great. My counselor likes me a lot and probably wrote a glowing letter. Furthermore, my counselor has been building a pretty strong connection with Wash U. over the past couple of years.
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: Didn’t have one
Other
State (if domestic applicant): OR
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Catholic private school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Very high. Probably around 750,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None that I know of.
Reflection
Strengths: I think that my strongest area was just being normal and having a social life outside of school. I also really loved the ECs I did and I didn’t do them just for college.
Weaknesses: Test scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strong application, which reflected my strong personality.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Clark U. in Mass., waiting to hear from Yale, Harvard, Boston U, Bates, Bowdoin, Brandeis, Vanderbilt.
General Comments:
I honestly just applied because they didn’t have a supplement. I demonstrated interest by being one of the four students who came to the Wash U. info session when an admission rep visited, but I am very surprised that I got in. Feels good. Congrats to everyone else who got in.

clairebear29 · March 9, 2013, 3:44am

Waitlisted. Lulz. Likely letters from Harvard and Yale. Lulz. 2390, 4.0, awesome EC’s, recs, and essays. Independent research and loads of volunteering. Varsity athlete and robotics super nerd.
That’s okay WashU, I’ll just go to HARVARD instead…

pr022x · March 9, 2013, 3:49am

@claire read my post lol

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