Wash U Class of 2020 Results ONLY Thread

yxm8991
Wed, 16 Mar 2016 02:16:42 +0000

**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t give.
ACT: Highest Composite: 34. E: 34. M: 33. R: 32. S: 35.
SAT II: Chemistry (740). Math II (790)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (4). Chinese Lang. & Cult. (5). Chemistry (4). Will take more for senior year.
Senior Year Course Load: Honors/AP English, AP Spanish, AP Statistics, AP Biology, IB/Honors Organic Chemistry, Introduction to C Language Programming.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit, school junior book award, National Spanish Exam gold and silver awards, academic all-state.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School newspaper (section editor and senior editor), varsity field hockey
Volunteer/Community service: volunteer in anesthesia department at local hospital
Summer Activities: volunteering at local hospital (anesthesia department and gift shop; nearly 300 hours total)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7 or 8. It was a pretty cliche topic but I think the way I approached it was different.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 8; English teacher that I’ve had for 2 years. She knows me pretty well so I think she wrote a good one.
Teacher Rec #2: 8 Calc teacher. I improved in his class over the course of 4 marking periods so he knows that I am a hard worker, etc.
Counselor Rec: 8. She took the time to talk to me about my life, etc. So I think she wrote a really good one.
Additional Rec: 10/10 My advisor wrote the additional rec. I’ve known her throughout my entire high school career, and she knows me very well. I am certain she wrote an awesome rec.
Interview: I immediately scheduled an on-campus interview after Pre-Med day because I instantly fell in love. We had a good chat and such. Think it helped show my interest.

Other
State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
School Type: Private preparatory school (one of the best in the state!)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: upper middle.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not really.

Reflection
Strengths: Showed a lot of interest, especially when the representative came to our school.
Weaknesses: Grades aren’t the best, neither are my extracurrics and awards etc.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was accepted mostly because I showed interest, other than that I doubt I stood much of a chance compared to other extremely awesome students.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to University of Michigan, Case Western Engineering, and Purdue Engineering. Awaiting decisions from Carnegie Mellon, University of Rochester, Cornell, Duke, Rice, and Northwestern. Fingers crossed!!!