Hello everyone! I’m in a bit of a dilemma as my most recent SAT score was not how I hoped it would end up. I have terrible test anxiety, and I cannot afford nevertheless have the time for expensive tutors. I scored significantly lower than what I would hope, and now I’m beginning to think I am no longer competitive for my dream school, University of Washington.
The other schools I have listed are just my general reach schools. If I do not get into any of them I wouldn’t be surprised (although I am hoping my extracurriculars and personal statement somehow make up for the terrible score)
I am an in-state senior and attend a Washington state high school. Here are how my stats look:
Background:
Black (Somali)
Male
Lower-middle class
Scores/GPA:
3.8 unweighted
4.15 weighted
SAT: 1120
ACT: Getting score on the 18th
ECs:
Key Club
- 3 year member
- Officer for 2 years
- Fundraised $3000+ across my term
ASB/Leadership
- 4 year member
- Executive officer for 2 years
- Executive President for 1 year
- Created numerous first-year events for my high school, such as a suicide awareness week
- Food drive that collected 20,000+ lbs of food for my community
- Fundraised $1000+ for local charities
Black Student Union
- Chartered the first ever BSU at my predominantly white school
- Organized a shoe drive for black communities
City Youth Council
- Council representative for my city
- Helped organize events that pertain to building leadership among the youth of my city
- Promoting diversity and culture in my predominantly white city with events such as multi cultural night
- Plan ideas to bridge the disconnect between students and school districts
Thirst Project
- Made my own campaign through the Thirst Project to help fund a well in sub-saharan Swaziland Africa
So far raised enough money to provide 20 families with clean water for life
Kumon
- Employee at Kumon, a tutoring company that teaches children ages 4-12 reading, writing, and math subjects
- Employee for 2 years
- Use the money to help pay for my little brother’s autism treatments
Classes:
Throughout my 4 years I took all the honor classes and “college-in-high school” courses my school had to offer.
Sophomore year I took 8 classes as opposed to the regular 6 class load for a student.
Junior year
AP Lang
AP Chem
AP Calculus AB
Leadership
Japanese 3-4
US History
Senior year:
AP Calculus BC
AP Biology
University of Washington English Composition (ENG 131)
Leadership
Fine arts 1
Fine arts 2
Due to my graduation requirement of taking fine arts, I had to take AP Psychology off my course work, however I am currently self-studying the material to take the AP test this spring.
Personal Statement
- Read over and edited by UW admission counselors
- Covers important aspects such as diversity and is heavily tailored to the University of Washington
- Compelling and highlights my struggles of being a queer, immigrant, black, Muslim.
I feel very confident and happy about my personal statement.
With my stats in mind, are my chances of University of Washington completely out the window?