hey i got in for biology and honors college (somehow) with $2k deans award!
my stats:
- in-state from medium-sized public school
- at least top 15% of class (estimated), no class rank
- test optional
- 4.22 W | ~3.7 UW GPA (estimated uw)
- 9 APs, 1 Dual Enrollment, 12 Honors (as of senior year)
- good awards but not amazing (rit book award, national latin exam cum laude, honor roll, ap scholar)
- strong essays that revolved around somewhat strong extracurriculars with leadership/some volunteer hours (founder/pres of red cross club, co-captain scioly, member of nhs, library volunteering, brief harvard shadowing, etc)
- no sports or work experience