<p>I’m a senior applying to college this upcoming fall. Wash U is one of my top 3 picks for where I am going to apply early. The thing is, I am afraid that if I don’t apply early here I won’t get in either because I won’t be strong enough or I’ll be one of the dreaded “too strong” candidates. Do I have a shot of getting in RD or should I apply ED if I want to get in? I am stuck between Wash U, Brown, and Amherst (3 fairly different schools) for where I am going to apply early and I’m just wondering what my shot at getting into Wash U RD would be or should I just screw the other two as I probably wouldnt get in RD and just apply to Wash U early.</p>
<p>I have:</p>
<p>Grades:
GPA (Unweighted) 3.92
QPA (Weighted) 4.82
Class Rank - 10th/500
Taken hardest classes offered each year.
Attend a large, very competitive, suburban public school (usually gets a student or two into each of the following: MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Brown, Stanford plus a couple students into the likes of Northwestern, Tufts, JHU, and Emory) </p>
<p>Senior Year Schedule:
AP BC Calculus
AP Chemistry
AP English Literature
AP US Government
AP Biology
2 Honors levels history electives taught by the two best teachers in the school
Concert Band during Lunch</p>
<p>SATs:
Math - 760
Critical Reading - 740
Writing - 700</p>
<p>SATIIs:
Math IIC - 780
US History - 760</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
-4 years of Percussion Ensemble. We played at the Music Educators National Convention my Sophomore year (one of 30 groups nationwide, one of only 15 highschool groups, and the only percussion ensembe) and the National Percussion Festival my Junior year (one of 12 groups nationwide) and will probably play at the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association my Senior year. Keyboard Ensemble Senior year (group made up of the 3 best players out of the 60 in the program)</p>
<p>-4 years marching band in the Percussion Front.
Senior year Percussion Front Captain</p>
<p>-4 Years concert band - Senior year Principal Percussionist</p>
<p>-District Band Junior Year (hopefull regional or all-state senior year)</p>
<p>-President of the Chemistry Club Senior year</p>
<p>-3rd place in a Western Pennsylvania Chemistry Competition Sophomore year</p>
<p>-Ultimate Frisbee team Junior and Senior year</p>
<p>-Volunteer once a week at a local hospital for about 4 or 5 hours</p>
<p>-Started a program in a local middle school that monitors the students’ activity, gives them chances to play sports after school/be active, brings in a nutritionist to talk to them about eating correctly and teaches about how rewarding an active lifestyle can be. </p>
<p>-Every summer for the past 5 years have traveled for at least one week to another city to work at homeless shelters or on Habitat for Humanity-style trips.</p>
<p>-Attended Governor’s School for Health Care summer between Junior and Senior years</p>