u/Bubbly_Combination33

WashU has been my dream school, I know its not too popular with the general public, but is it very acknowledged by big firms and banks and such.

Dear, u/BoredPineapple12, and u/Brother_Ma_Education, and whoever else may be able to give me a realistic chance-me. no sugarcoating please!

this is my current app:

Gender: Male

Race/Ethnicity: Asian

Residence: North Texas

Income Bracket: middle

Type of School: large public - avg sat: 1340

Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): none

Intended Major(s): Finance and Accounting

Academics

GPA (UW/W): 3.6 uw gpa (end of 11th) , 3.9/4.6 weighted (school only does max of 4.6 not 5.0 idk why)

Extenuating Circumstance: 7-8/10 in severity (could be biased not sure)

Gpa curve (all Unweighted, and 11th with highest rigor 6 Aps, 8 Dual enrollment in 11th) (3.25 in 9th | 3.53 in 10th| 3.9 in 11th| overall still a 3.6. 11th

Rank (or percentile): school doesn't rank only ranks top 10 percent which I am not in.

# of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: aps: 16, 12 Dual enrollment, 15 honors

Senior Year Course Load: ap Stats, Ap Euro, ap Comp gov/Microecon, ap lit, ap psych, ap Calc Ab, Ap Envi Sci

Standardized Testing

List the highest scores earned and all scores that were reported.

SAT: 1480, Projected: 1520

AP/IB:16 aps, 8 completed by application time and 8 in snr year,

3 3s, 3 4s, 2 5s

Extracurriculars/Activities

Eagle Scout from BSA, 3 terms of Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, and 5 terms of Patrol Leader

Cold email professor, experimental research paper with ASU professor R1 research institute. (300 emails sent out for mentorship), paper has been submitted.

Substack financial blog - 100 Stock analyses, heavily in depth with decent views.

Founder of an nonprofit managing 6 Chapters, teaching students and the world about financial usage through a interesting technique using trial investing. Working with couple investors.

John Locke essay Comp Shortlisted for Philosophy (potential Minor)

300 Hours of volunteering with BSA included

Deca 2x state, 3x competitor finance series comp

Awards/Honors

John Locke Essay Shortlisted

National Honor society

Collegeboard AP scholar with distinction

REC LETTERS:

Ap Hug teacher 9/10 - 9th grade teacher however

ASU professor 10/10 (Showed heavy growth)

WashU ED1

Emory ED2

USC

Boston College

Penn state

UIUC

Cornell (Nolan)

A&M

IU

Purdue

Uni of Maryland

NYU

Lehigh

9th: 3.25 1 AP 7 honors

10th: 3.54 1 AP 7 honors 1 Dual credit

11th: 3.92 6 APs 1 Honors 6 Dual credits

Is this type of curve particularly strong for high end unis given my overall gpa is still low at 3.6.

I also did have an extenuating circumstance in 9th grade that I wont mention for privacy.

This is all Unweighted gpa scales.