Wash U Class of 2020 Results ONLY Thread

dolph1n
Thu, 17 Mar 2016 04:54:30 +0000

Decision: Accepted to Olin

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): I didn’t take the SAT
ACT: 32, 33 superscore
SAT II: Math II: 730, US History: 660
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top Ten people out of 471 seniors ~top 2.1% (my school doesn’t officially rank but I could be ranked between 1st and 10th)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish Lang (5) Calc AB (5) Euro (4) US History (3) Physics 1 (2, lol i didn’t report this)
IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered at my school
Senior Year Course Load: AP Macroeconomics, AP English Lang, AP Calc BC, AP US Gov, AP Stats, Religion (required at my school)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Merit Scholar, AP Scholar with Honor, other minor awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): swim team, water polo (freshman & sophomore year), Student government (Ambassador), NHS, CSF, minor clubs
Job/Work Experience: swim coach for 3 years
Volunteer/Community service: volunteered as a swim coach one summer and volunteered at church
Summer Activities: coaching job
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7, I found a typo after I sent it and my teacher who proofread it said it was good but not memorable and just ok for me
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 9, this recommendation is from my english teacher and I know she spent a lot of time on it so it’s probably really detailed. She helped me with my application essay and she was probably really positive
Teacher Rec #2: 10, my math teacher wrote this LOR and I know she really likes me, especially since I got a 5 on the AP test, and it was probably glowing
Counselor Rec: 10, my counselor said she put in a lot of effort on this and it was probably glowing
Additional Rec: I requested a letter of rec from my boss but he never sent it and I had to delete the request on common app, idk if this had an negative impact on my application
Interview: I was offered the chance to interview but I didn’t do it because it was far and could only be at a specific date and location

Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: religious & private
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: lower income
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection
Strengths: LORs, URM, rank, ?? I really thought I would be rejected since very few people are admitted from my school,
Weaknesses: test scores, my activities and awards weren’t that impressive
Why you think you were accepted: I showed demonstrated interest on their websites and portal and also applied for merit scholarships and my stats are probably better than most applicants from my school
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was accepted to University of San Diego (safety school) and deferred at Princeton. I applied to 19 schools so I am waiting to hear back from 17 schools :(( :))