Wash U Class of 2020 Results ONLY Thread

shadyconcepts
Tue, 15 Mar 2016 20:03:58 +0000

**Decision: Waitlisted **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (800 CR / 770 M / 800 W)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 790 Lit, 790 USH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.7 / 4.2 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
AP (place score in parentheses): APUSH (5) Lit (5) Calc AB (4)
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP Environmental, AP Psych, AP Stat, AP Econ, AP Lit, Orchestra/Chorus
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Merit Finalist, writing and speech awards but nothing too major, school book award

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Editor-in-Chief of School Literary Magazine, Principal Violist of School Orchestra, All-State Orchestra, Vice President of Volunteer Chamber Orchestra Group, Speech/Debate (Forensics), NHS
Job/Work Experience: Tutoring in English/History/Math
Volunteer/Community Service: Volunteer Chamber Orchestra Group
Summer Activities: Internship at NJSO, music therapy volunteering at an NYC hospital, CTY, prestigious writing camp
Essays: Common App was pretty good, it was very “me”
Teacher Recommendations: 10/10 AP Lang teacher (loves me), 9/10 APUSH teacher
Counselor Rec: 8/10 (probably generic)
Additional Rec: 9/10 (submitted a letter by a writing mentor)
Interview: N/A

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid? Nope
Projected Concentration: First choice PNP, Second choice English w/ Creative Writing Concentration
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Not sure but high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None!

Reflection:
Strengths: Essays/Recs, ECs (very writing/music and humanities-based), Test scores, Applied to Nemerov scholarship for interest
Weaknesses: Didn’t visit (little interest), lowish GPA and mediocre midyear report
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Showed no interest and my academics aren’t stellar
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Deferred Penn ED and UChicago EA, Admitted to Rutgers Honors College, applying to a bunch of other schools in the northeast woo
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Should’ve showed more interest, but c’est la vie