Washington University in St. Louis - Applying RD to Class of 2024

Colleges & Universities Washington University in St. Louis
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Congrats to all who are accepted! WashU has a beautiful campus.

I am bit late, S was waitlisted. A little surprised, as I thought he has strong STATs, and good ECs, and good essay. ACT 36, SAT IIs all 800, APs all 5, top 1% of class ( of ~500, school does not do ranking though). Math, Computer competitions, Club head, volunteer works, eagle scout, etc.

We DID fly to St. Louis for campus visit in the summer, had an interview with staff onsite, etc. Guess none of these helped. I personally do not like St. Louis, so this is not very upsetting for me. But now I started having doubts about his applications because he was also waitlisted by UCLA yesterday. Maybe there is something missing or not strong enough in his application package? He was deferred REA. Over the past week, he received acceptance from his safety schools, plus Georgetown.

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My son has very similar numbers and has had a lot of waitlists, as well, including WashU. I just don’t think he has that special something that sticks out on his application. Great numbers are one thing, but he hasn’t cured cancer or invented cold fusion, so I guess he’s a waitlist kid.

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@coolmass Sounds like your son was a very strong contender for WashU. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if he doesn’t get in from the wait list. Good luck.

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It is difficult. As a parent I was there last year. I think any school in the top 20 is random up to a point. They all get so many great applicants that it becomes a question of the class profile that the admissions office is trying to build. I hope it works out from the waitlist. Seems like a strong student and WashU is a great school.

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Accepted Biomedical Engineering

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1520 Composite; 1530 Superscore
ACT: 35 Superscore (36E 35M 32S 35R)
SAT II: Math I (770), Biology E (750)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0UW 4.56 Weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo(5) APUSH (5) Psych(5) English Lang(5) Bio (4) Euro History (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Doesn’t offer
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Calculus BC, AP Lit, AP Computer Science A AP Spanish Lang, AP Macroeconomics, AP Government, Honors Orchestra
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, Medical Award/Scholarship from Hospital, Volunteering Award for 300+ hours, Writing Awards, music awards, science awards

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society(President), National Spanish Honor Society, Honors Orchestra (Concertmaster), Varsity Tennis(Captain), Competitive Medical Experience Program, City’s top orchestra, region’s top orchestra, Track

Job/Work Experience: Violin Tutor, Lifeguard at Park, Mechanical Engineering Intern at Audi, created a fiddle duo with my friend where we busked and did paid and volunteer gigs

Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at Hospital, Peer Counselor/Leader at Elementary
Schools, Volunteer at a summer camp for children with disabilities - over 400 hours total

Summer Activities: Biomedical engineering lab work, Buckeye Girls State, internships/work, volunteering
// tennis, violin, and work took up a lot of my summer so I couldn’t really do a lot of summer stuff
Essays:
Commonapp: 9/10 wrote about my experiences playing both classical and fiddle music and how it allowed me to grow as a person - got a lot of approval from my English teachers
WashU Essay: About how composting made me want to be an engineer
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): Biomedical Engineering
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Hooks: Sister goes there
***** Hope this helps any underclassmen lurking on this forum

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Congratulations to all on your acceptance to WashU.

@coolmass, @hookiecrazy - My S also was waitlisted by WashU and has stats very similar to your S.
He has 4.0 uw, 11 APs , top 1%, SAT II’s all, 800, ACT 36. Eagle Scout, national finalist in math/science competitions, captain of multiple school clubs, some sports and orchestra. He too got into multiple safety schools with full tution scholarship and Georgetown. Like your S, he too got waitlisted by a few T10 and T20 schools.

The T10, T20 schools are reach for every one (unless you are a genius or already famous). The schools expect students to show a lot of demonstrated interest. They are pretty serious about yield protection!!!

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Congratulations to all the students! My son got acceptance letter from this great university!