Decision: Accepted (Olin)
Objective: Undecided Business (Also Communications/Film and Media)
SAT: 1370 (730 M/640 R) DID NOT SEND IN… EXTREMELY low for WashU. I had a lot of trouble on the reading section, so I tried the ACT, which was a lot easier for me.
ACT: 32 Overall (R 30, M 33, G 30, S 33)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
Class Rank: 2/60
-Our School has no AP, IB, Honors
-9 credit hours through local comm. college
Senior Year Course Load: Service Project, English Composition, Brit Lit, Chamber Choir (auditioned), Jazz Band (extra class), Resource, Psych Dual Credit, Business Dual Credit, English Comp Dual Credit, Spanish II, Math Review w/ Calculus
Major Awards: Illinois State Scholar, Salutatorian, 2x All-State Musician (Honors Junior Year)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars:
NHS (President)
Class Officer (President)
Drama Club (President)
Spanish Club (Vice)
Yearbook (Editor)
Musical (Student Director)
Madrigal Dinner (Student Director/Script Writer)
Scholastic Bowl (Varsity Captain)
Chamber Singers (Lead Bass)
Jazz Band (Lead Alto Sax)
Job/Work Experience: Manager at local Dairy Queen. Work ~10 hours a week
Summer Activities: Act in community theater
Essays:
-Common App (9.5/10) Wrote about making paper airplanes with my grandpa who passed away. Made a connection to how I was impatient and my work turned out bad to how people should take time on things they work on/do
-Supplemental (8/10) Wrote about how large businesses inspire my creative leadership skills because of how they start with just an idea and build upon it.
Teacher Recommendation: (10/10) Wrote about how I have been in her classes all 4 years in high school, and how I’ve been one of the best students she’s had in her 30 years of teaching.
Counselor Rec: (10/10)
Additional Rec: (8/10)
Interview: Didn’t have one
State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
Intended major(s): Business and Communications
School Type: Small Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: lower middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
-First Gen college student
-comes from a “low income” family (my parents got divorced, so everything went off of my moms salary)
-Comes from a school where no one has gone to a top 20 before
Reflection
Strengths:
-If anything, definitely my extracurriculars. I have around 10 leadership roles.
-Common App essay
-Reccomendations
-DEMONSTRATED INTEREST. I visited 3 times, emailed at least 4 people at WashU about different things. Had a student tour guide give me their email and I emailed them a lot. Called down a few times to admissions and financial aid.
Weaknesses:
-ACT: 32 is lower middle 50%
-Supplemental essay was kind of bland I feel like
-Lack of AP, Honors stuff, but I couldn’t help that.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
-Demonstrated interest: They really knew I wanted to go to WashU.
-Common App Essay: I think (hope) that the admissions counselors enjoyed reading my essay, because it was close to me.
-Extracurriculars: 10 leadership roles is a ton of work.
General Comments:
-To be honest; I didn’t think I was gonna get in, but with WashU, they want to make sure they accept people that are TRULY interested in going, hence the fact that they added the supplemental essay to make sure that people were actually working on the application, and not just used WashU as a safety school for higher ranked Ivies <Which is lame bc WashU is the best school out there lol