was it worth it to apply? merit scholarhips?

hopefullywashu
Sun, 05 Jan 2014 18:22:32 +0000

fallenchemist - Thank you for your feedback. While I know a cumulative 3.2 UW GPA is quite low, I feel as though the student I have been for the past 2 years (with a junior and senior GPA of 3.85 UW) is a good academic fit for Wash U. Additionally, I come from competitive private high school that ranks in the top 25 private schools in the nation.

WUSTL is the place I want to be because it is one of the only schools in the country that offers both a strong liberal arts education as well as a strong communication design/art program. I don’t want to go a strictly art school, or a school that doesn’t have a very strong academic education. What’s more, there’s a plethora of diversity of Wash U as well as all the perks of a mid-sized university, including accessibility of the professors, small and personable class sizes, and challenging academics.

Is there any way that the admissions committee that reads my application will see me not as the student I was in my freshman and sophomore year but as the student I’ve been for the past 2 years: the girl who has learned from the imperfections of her past and has never stopped improving?