Wash U Class of 2020 Results ONLY Thread

yelpet98
Mon, 28 Mar 2016 22:12:27 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Never taken
ACT: 34 Composite (35 E, 34 S, 33 R, 32 M, 24 W)
SAT II: Never taken
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/~300
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calculus AB (5), AP English Lang. and Comp. (4), AP European History (4), AP Biology (4), AP US Government and Politics (3), AP English Lit. and Comp. (currently taking)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load:
First Term: Biology II, College US History (DE), Wind Ensemble, ROTC College Finance (DE)
Second Term: AP English Lit. and Comp. (AP), French II, Wind Ensemble, College Physics (DE)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I’m not really sure what counts as this, so I’m just going to put what I feel is appropriate. National Merit Commended Student, AP Scholar with Distinction, Three-Year State Literary Rally Qualifier, 1st Place District Rally in French, Louisiana Boys State Delegate, Three-Year LMEA District VIII Honor Band

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching and Concert Band (Principal Flutist [12th], Section Leader [11th], Band Captain [12th]), Octagon Club (Vice President [11th], President [12th]), AFJROTC (2nd Lieutenant), Student Council (Senator), A Capella, National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Beta Club, French Club
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Various activities through band, NHS, Beta, Octagon, and ROTC adding up to around 500 service hours. Multiple outside-of-school activities adding up to around 200 hours.
Summer Activities: Vacation Bible School Mentor, George N. Parks Drum Major Academy, Louisiana Boys State
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7-8/10 for the Common App essay; it was alright, just had a few errors
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 10/10 from Calculus teacher. Outstanding recommendation about a wide variety of topics.
Teacher Rec #2: ?/10 from AP Lang teacher. I never got to see it, but she really liked me so I assume it was pretty awesome.
Counselor Rec: 7/10, had a few mistakes in it that made it seem a bit lower quality, but content wise was pretty good.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other
State (if domestic applicant): Louisiana
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 150k-170k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflection
Strengths: Wide variety of extracurriculars and clubs along with many leadership positions, high test scores and GPA, high amounts of service
Weaknesses: No work experience, not too many APs (my school didn’t allow anyone under 11th grade to take APs until recently, so I did what I could)
Why you think you were accepted: Probably because of being well-rounded in both academics and extracurriculars. May also help that I managed to be nationally competitive despite attending a lower-quality, non-competitive school.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Rice University, Southern Methodist University (Honors), University of Notre Dame, Louisiana State University (Honors, won’t attend)
Waitlisted: None
Rejected: Vanderbilt University
Pending: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill