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LinguistClass of 20233.8+1500+/34+art/hum
Chinese Language Applicant
Male · Black/AA · Southeast · Private
🏷️ URM
Income: $200,000+
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
4 (UW)
SAT
1520
Class Rank
3/200
AP Courses
11
Honors
10
AP Exams Taken
AP ChineseAP BiologyAP HistoryAP CalculusAP EnglishAP Statistics
Extracurricular Activities
- Track/XC team captain
- Chinese Club President
- Student Council Government Representative
- Paged for City Council
- Music (Instrumental)
- Various Community Service
- Work (Paid)
Awards & Honors
- ★National Chinese Essay Competition
- ★School Honor Roll
- ★National Honors Society
- ★National Chinese Honors Society
- ★University of Pennsylvania Book Award
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
Focused on culture, family members, and running, highlighting hobbies and personality.
Interview Experiences
- Georgetown University
- Performance/Outcome: 8.5/10, connected well with the interviewer.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Performance/Outcome: 5/10, interviewer seemed disinterested.
- Princeton University
- Performance/Outcome: 8/10, good flow to the conversation.
- Harvard University
- Performance/Outcome: 6/10, first Zoom interview was awkward.
- Yale University
- Performance/Outcome: 8/10, had a lot in common with the interviewer.
- Dartmouth College
- Performance/Outcome: 7.5/10, conversation went well.
- Northwestern University
- Performance/Outcome: 9/10, best interview experience.
- University of Pennsylvania
- Performance/Outcome: 8.5/10, conversation went super well.
- Duke University
- Performance/Outcome: 7/10, solid interview but struggled to find common ground.
Letters of Recommendation
AP History Teacher
10/10, really close with her and had her for two years.
AP Biology Teacher
7/10, decently close with her and she knew me pretty well.
AP Chinese Teacher
10/10, told me she wrote that I was one of the best students she had ever taught.
College Decisions
Accepted (15)
Georgetown UniversityUniversity of Notre DameUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of VirginiaUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel HillPrinceton UniversityYale UniversityDuke UniversityUniversity of PennsylvaniaColumbia UniversityDartmouth CollegeNorthwestern UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityVanderbilt UniversityWake Forest University
Waitlisted (2)
Harvard UniversityNortheastern University
Rejected (3)
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUniversity of ChicagoStanford University
Profile Tags
ResearchLeadershipPresidentClubCommunity ServiceVarsity SportsAdvanced Coursework (AP/IB/Dual Enrollment)VolunteeringCultural ClubLanguage Club