Wash U Class of 2020 Results ONLY Thread

collegelyfelolol
Sun, 27 Mar 2016 23:13:56 +0000

ACCEPTED

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 670 CR, 800 M, 730 W (2200 superscored)
ACT (breakdown): 29 (didn’t submit)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): lol: US History (660), Biology E (630), Math II (650)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school only releases weighted (3.96/5)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): nope
AP (place score in parentheses): US History (4), English Language (4), Calc AB (5), Physics 1 (3), US Government (3), Studio Art 2D (4)
IB (place score in parentheses): nope
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Calc BC, AP Bio, Writing Tutor, Econ/Health, Choir, Band
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, National Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar w/ Distinction

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):

Band (4 years) (Drumline Co-Captain) (Pep Band Composer) (Oboist)

Select Choir (3 years) (Male Leader)

Drama Productions (3 years) (major and ensemble roles in plays in musicals)

Swimming (4 years varsity) (Captain) (Competed in district meets in 10 and 11)

Cross Country (4 years, 1 year varsity) (Captain)

Student Council (3 years, Grade Rep 10-11, Executive Treasurer 12) (head homecoming committee, class fundraisers, organized a blood drive)

Job/Work Experience:

Lifeguard/Learn-to-Swim Instructor (3 years during the summer)

Volunteer/Community Service:

Cleveland Clinic Junior Ambassador (logged 87 hours)

The director of our plays also said we can add on 25 hours per show for the musicals so I accumulated over 200 total

Essays (rating 1-10, details):

Common App: I would honestly say a 7, I talked about my role as a team-player and how they are important to any group, but when I went back and read it it sounded really processed

Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): can’t read but I can make estimates

Teacher 1: Physics teacher - great, I struggled in the class but she and I got along really well and she saw that I was a really devoted hard-worker

Teacher 2: Sophomore English and Writing Internship teacher - pretty good I think, she’s always respected me and we get along really well too

Counselor: I had my apps done relatively early so she gave me “priority consideration” whatever that means, but considering she had over 80 to write and I was in the office almost weekly, I’m optimistic
Additional Rec: nope
Interview: goodish, I thought I was sucking dick the whole time but I might’ve been saying the right stuff

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yis, but got nothing
State (if domestic applicant): OH
School Type: public top 100, class of 168
Ethnicity: Latino
Gender: XY
Income Bracket: ~250k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, lots of demonstrated interest

Reflection
Strengths: I’d like to say my personal qualities is probably taking the wheel on all of my apps, even though my EC’s aren’t spectacular, also there’s the commonality of “team-player good guy” throughout all parts of it, SAT as well
Weaknesses: GPA is low for my school, ECs aren’t spectacular, but I think they might see that I’m taking advantage of everything.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Honestly came as a shock, but I guess I was just a good fit. I’d like to think they appreciate somebody who’s willing to admit they aren’t hot shit instead of building up this whole image. Also I showed a lot of interest.

Where else you are applying or have already applied: accepted at UVM (honors), OSU, DePaul (honors), USC (SoCal), waiting on Georgetown and Columbia (fingers crossed!)

General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Congrats to everyone who was accepted! I know a bunch of you juniors are gonna eat this up like candy like I did, but all it does is stress you out. Just take a breath, give it your best shot, and know that it wasn’t meant to be if you don’t get into your dream school. You’ll be successful in ways that you just don’t know yet, and go on to do great things at some other place. Be optimistic, but realistic!