Wash U Class of 2020 Results ONLY Thread

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Thu, 17 Mar 2016 21:52:06 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

[] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (740 CW, 760 M, 730 W, 11 Essay)
[] ACT: 35 (36 E, 36 M, 33 R, 35 S)
[] SAT II: 790 Math II, 780 Chemistry, 800 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): N/A
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/219
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC, Chem, Microecon, Macroecon, US History, World History, Comp Sci, Eng Lit, Psych, Physics C: Mech, US Gov, Stats (all 5s), Eng Lang (4), Bio (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Organic Chemistry, Modern (Euclidean) Geometry, AP French, AP European, AP Human Geo, Choir
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): HiMCM Finalist

Subjective:

[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate (Captain), Mock Trial (Captain), NHS (President), Jazz Choir, Show Choir, All-State Chorus, Tennis
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Summer Camps at the Science Center (it’s basically my job)
[] Summer Activities: Above
[] Essays: I thought they were good. I used my common app essay about Show Choir for my extracurricular and I had a TON of people read them.
[] Teacher Recommendation: My math teacher likes me and has had me since 8th grade but I don’t know if he would have gushed over me (8, maybe?), my English teacher ADORES me and wrote an amazing letter (9-10), my Debate coach said that I “change lives” (10)
[] Counselor Rec: I go to a medium-sized school but I am on fairly good terms with my counselor because I take a lot of classes at the local college.
[] Interview: I had my interview on campus when I visited. It was funny because my interviewer acted very similar to me and had a lot of the same interests (although he was a business major, so I guess we weren’t TOO similar).

Other

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[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Chemistry
[] State (if domestic applicant): IA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: High
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I had A LOT of demonstrated interest. I have family in Saint Louis so I visit pretty much every time I come to town.[/li][/ul]

Reflection

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[] Strengths: Looking back, I think my interview actually went really well and I had solid test scores to back me up.
[] Weaknesses: I always felt that I could have done more volunteering but I really only had the time during the summer, when I got to work at the Science Center.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred: I think that I had really good test scores and grades and that I was able to show my personality really well through my essays and interview.[/li][/ul]

**General Comments: **“OMG, OMG, OMG” I got the Langsdorf Scholarship and when they called me a few weeks ago those were literally the first words I said to the dean of the school of Engineering. Probably not the most articulate way to express my excitement but holy crap was I excited. However, after receiving that amazing news, I actually heard back from a few other equally amazing colleges that I might need to take a look at before making my ultimate decision.