Wash U Class of 2020 Results ONLY Thread

CollegeW20
Mon, 04 Apr 2016 07:27:23 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (800 M, 720 CR, 730 W)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 Bio M, 790 Math 2, 780 World History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/557
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on Wld History, Calc AB, Biology, US History, English Lang
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Spanish Cult and Lang, AP English Lit and Comp, AP Physics 1, Drawing and Painting, Econ/Gov
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Eagle Scout (Former Senior Patrol Leader and other various positions), United Sciences (Secretary), Science Olympiad (Member), Varsity Water Polo (Captain), Varsity Swimming (Member), High Schools Against Cancer (President), California Scholarship Federation (Class Secretary), National Honor Society, My High School’s 20 member Senior Honor Society
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Various boy scouting projects and activities
Summer Activities: Medical project in Ecuador, Shadowing and some research at comprehensive cancer center
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 9
I was pretty active in my AP Biology class, so I assume she wrote well-written recommendation.
Teacher Rec #2: 9
My APUSH teacher writes very well and he is known to give outstanding letters of recommendation.
Counselor Rec: 9? I come from a relatively large class size, but I knew my counselor better than most.
Additional Rec: 9 This one was from my HS swim coach
Interview: 10 I interviewed on campus. My interviewer was a student who mostly talked about his experiences, and I had a relatively productive conversation with him about how I could be involved in the school. Coincidentally he had the same major and pre-professional emphasis as I intend to have.

Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 200,000 +
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
Strengths: My grades, AP scores SAT II scores are very high, and I have a myriad of extracurriculars. Many of my activities were related to my intended major which is biology. I am very blessed to have the opportunities and experiences that I have had that not only made me a stronger applicant but also a stronger character and person than I originally was.
Weaknesses: I’m a very stereotypical applicant in that I’m applying for biology with a pre-professional emphasis on medicine. There are many like me in terms of career plans and desires. My SAT score could be stronger in critical reading. My writing score SHOULD be higher since I missed three questions which actually takes 4 raw points away due to the 1/4 rule. If I had missed 2 questions, I would’ve only had 2 raw points taken away. The one question cost me about 40 points on the overall score, but it’s okay.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I was accepted to WUSTL because of my generally high stats in terms of GPA and sat 2 scores. WUSTL is highly regarded for its pre-med program, so possibly, I just fit their type. Honestly, college decisions have a degree of luck, so that could have played a role, but I am very happy to have been accepted to such a great university.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted: Johns Hopkins, Notre Dame, University of Southern California, UC Berkeley, UCLA, University of Michigan-- Ann Arbor, Brandeis, UC San Diego, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, Occidental

Waitlisted: University of Pennsylvania, Cornell, Rice, Vanderbilt, Claremont McKenna, Case Western

Rejected: Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, Pomona, Northwestern