Pick one:
Decision: Accepted
Objective: Computer Science at the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
SAT I (breakdown): Did not submit.
ACT: 34 (Math:34, Science:33, English:35, Reading:34, Essay: 9)
SAT II: Math: 790 Physics:680(I know it’s bad submitted it before I got my score back due to lack of time).
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.67 (Rising Trend)
Weighted GPA: 4.20 (Rising trend)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank or do percentiles.
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (4), Computer Science A(4), Computer Science Principles(3), Physics 1(4), United States History(4), Modern European History(3), Chinese (4),
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Physics C E&M/M, AP Gov, AP Micro, Dual Enrollment CS course, Film Analysis, and Chamber Orchestra.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, Honorable Mention at a State Wide Chinese Speaking Competition (I have no Chinese background at all.)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Finance Club (Treasurer), Physics Club (Event Manager), CS club that taught coding for students between 2nd-10th grade (One of the founders), 4 years Tennis (9th 10th JV, 11th 12th Varsity), and 3 years Orchestra (Could not take my junior year due to scheduling conflicts).
Job/Work Experience: No job.
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered to teach CS in my CS club throughout my Junior year summer, volunteered at a school and taught English to Chinese students new to the country.
Summer Activities: Flew to China this summer and took care of pandas for 11 days. Much of volunteer work was done in summer.
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation: AP CS A teacher 10/10 (teacher knew me well), AP Chinese Teacher: 10/10 (was one of the first non-Chinese students to take and pass AP Chinese at my competitive school)
Counselor Rec: 6/10 (Did not really know me too well).
Additional Rec: None.
Interview: Went really well actually. Did not just talk about school but also about CS and how we both have been applying it.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): Computer Science
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White ( Middle Eastern)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Top
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not sure if being Arab was a hook.
Reflection
Strengths: Me being almost fluent Chinese, most of my EC’s and courses were focused on coding, my teachers loved me and I think wrote great letters, and extremely heavy course load throughout high school. Not really sure if being Middle Eastern helped. I showed A LOT of demonstrated Interest (Visited Campus, info sessions, etc…).
Weaknesses: Low GPA, Physics SAT II,
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
I think my demonstrated interest helped because I was very eager to go to this school. I also think my devotion to CS was a realllllly big helper too. I wrote my supplement about my love for Chinese, so it coincided with my background in it (showed I was kinda diverse instead of just being focused on CS).
General Comments:
Genuinely surprised I got in honestly. I was scared my GPA would destroy me but it didn’t. I’m really happy to be part of the WashU class of 2023. #GoBears!!!